Washington telegraph., 1850-07-17
pROCEEDINGS OF THE NASH
VILE CONVENTION.

.;,,oe were substantially those offered by
Mr. Campbell of Ala. under call OF the
Safes. unanimously adopted. They are
as follows: r,
/ Resokue.k, That the territories OF the
Tinted States belong to the people OF the
soz,eral States of this Union as :helr COM
- ,-,nertv. That the citizens OF the
severaI States have equal rights to MI
rrate with their property to these terrific
Res. and are equally entitled to the pro-
to,tion of the federal governmen: IN me
eniovment of that property so long as the
territories remain under the charge OF that
government.
3 ResoLued, That Congress has no
mower TO exclude from the territory OF
the United States any property lawfully
held in the States of the Union and any
act which may be passed by Congress TO
effect this result is plain violation OF
the Constitution of the United States.
3. ResoLued, That it is the duty of
Congress to provide proper governments
for the territories since the spirit OF Amer
20, Institutions forbids malntalnance OF
military governments IN time OF peace,
and as all laws heretofore existing in ter
,;tories belonging to foreign powers
,vbich interfere with the full enjoyment
of relioion-the freedom of the press
tbe trial by Jury and all other rights OF
persons and property as secured or Iecog-
nized in the constitution OF the Unlted
States are necessarily void so soon as
such territories, it is the duty of the feder-
al government to make early provision
FIR the enactment of those laws which
NAV be expedient and necessary to Sc
curo TO the inhabitants of and emigrants
TO such territories the full beneht OF the
constitutional rights we assert.
i. Resolued, That to protect property
existing in the several States OF the
Union the people of these States invested
the federal government with the powers
of war and negotiation and OF SUSTAINING
armies aud navies, and prohibited TO
State authorities the exercise OF the same
DOW ers. They made no discrimination
in the protection to be afforded or the des-
crption of property to be defended, nor
was it allowed to the federal government
to determine what should be held as
property. Whatever the States deal
with as property the federal government
is bound 10 recognize and defend as such
Therefore it is the sense OF this Conven-
tion that all acts of the federal govern
ment which tend to deuationaiize prop
erty of any description recognized III the
Constitution aud laws of the States, or
that discriminate in the degree and eih-
ciency of the protection to be afforded
TO it or which weaken or destroy the IL
tie of any citizeu upon American terrific
res are pain and palpable VIOLATIONS OF
the fundamental law under which 1t
exists.
5. ResOIred, That the slaveholding
States cannot and will not submit to the
enactment 10y Congress of any law lmpo-
sing onerous conditions or restraints upon
the rights of masters to remove with
their property into the territories of the
United States, or to any law making dis
examinations III favor of the proprletors OF
other property against them.
E. ResOIUed, That it is the duty OF the
federal government plainly to recognize
aud firmly to maintain the equal nights
of the citizens of the several States III the
territories of the United States, and to
repudiate the power to make dlscrlmln-
alton between the proPrletors OF different
species of property i'll federal leglslau IN.
The fulfilmeut of this duty by the federal
government, would greatly tend to re-
store the peace of the country and to al
lay the evaporation and excitement
which now exists between the different
sections of the Union. For it is the de-
Iberate opinion of this Convention that
the tolerance Congress has given to the
notion that federal authority night he
employed incidentally and indirectly to
subvert or weaken the institutions exist
ing in The States, confessedly beyond fed
eral Jurisdiction and control, as main
cause of the discord whlcn menaces the
existence of the Union, and which has
we'll nigh destroyed the efficient action
Of the federal government itself.
7. ReSoLupd, That the performance OF
this duty is required by the fundamental
law of the Uuon. The equality of the
people of the several States composing
the Union cannot be disturbed without
disturbing the frame OF the American in
stitutious. This principle is violated IN
the denial of the citizens of the slave
holding States Of power TO enter into the
territories with the property lawfully ac-
quired in the States. The waretare
against this right, is war upon the con-
stltution The defenders of this right.
are defenders of the constitution. Those
who deny Oh impair its exercise, are un-
faithful to the constitution, and II dlsu-
Mon follows the destruction of the right
they are the disunionists.
8. ReSOlUed. That the performance OF
Its duties upon the pr!nciple We declare
would enable Congress TO remove the
embarrassments in which the country Is
now involved The vacant territories OF