The organizer., 1850-07-06

VI IHC iuHuoIAouIol laws unQer which
it exists.
S. ReSOlued, That the slaveholding
States cannot and will not submit to
the enactment by Congress of any
law imposing onorous conditions or re.
straints upon the rights Of masters 10
remove with their properly into the
territories of the United States, or to
any law making determinations in
favor of the proprietors of other pros
perty against them.
@. ReSOlUed, That it is the duty of
the federal government plainly to re-
cognize and firmly to maintain the
equal rights of the citizens ofthe sew
eral States in the territories of the
United States, and 10 repudiate the
power to make discrimination be-
tween the proprietors of different spe-
cies of property in federal legislation.
The fulfiIIment of this duty by the fed.
eral government, would greatly tend
to restore the peace of the country
and to allay the exasperatiOns and ex.
citement which now exist between
the different sections of the Union
For it is the deliberate opinion of this
Convention that the tolerance Con-
gress has given to the notion that fed
eral authority might be employed in
cidentalIy and indirectly to subvert or
weaken the institutions existing in the
States, confessedIy beyond federal
jurisdiction and control, is a main
cause Of the discord which menaces
the existence of the Union, and which
has well nigh destroyed the efficient
action Ofthe federal government itself.
7. ReSOlUed, That the performance
of this duty is required by the funda.
mental law of the Union. The equal
ity of the people of the several States
composing the Union cannot be dis
turbed without disturbing the frame
of the American Institutions. This |
principle is violated in the denial ol
the citizens of The slaveholding States
ofpower TO enter in the territories
with the property lawfully acquired
in the States. The warfare against
this right, is war upon the Constitu.
tion. The defenders of this right, are
defenders Of the Constitution. Those
who deny or impair its exercise, are
unfaithful to the Constitution, and if
disunion follows the destruction of the
right, they are disunionists.
8. ReSOIUed, That the performance
of its DUTIES upon the principle we de-
clare, would enable Congress to re-
move the embarrassment in which
the country is now involved. The
vacant territories of the United States,
no longer regarded as prizes of sec
tional rapacity and ambition. would
be gradually occupied by inhabitants
drawn to them by their interests and
feelings. The institutions fitted to
them would be naturally applied by
formed on American
ideas and approved by the deliberate
choice Of their constituents. The
would be educated and dis
cip!ined under a republican admins
tratiOn in habits ofits government.
and fitted for association as a State,
and the enjoyment Of a place in the
conGederscy. A community so formed
and organized, might we'll claim ad>
mission to the Union and none would
dispute the validity Of the claim.
o. ResOlUed, That a recognition Of
This principle. would deprive the ques-
lions between Texas and the United
States oftheir sectional character, and
would leave them for adjustment
without disturbance from sectional
prejudices and passions, upon eonsid>
sralions Of ofmagnanimiiy and justice.
10. Resolved. That recognition Of
his principle wiuld infuse a spirit Of
in the discussion AMI ad-
ustment OF all subjects Of sectional
dispute. which would afford a guar
antre Of an early and satisfactory de-
IL. ResOlred. That in the avent a
dominant majority shall refuse 10 re-
,ogniEe the gre Institutional rights
we assert, and ontinue TO DENY
he obligations Of Federal Government
10 MAINTAIN them. il is the sense Of
Ihe convention thar the territories
'hould be treated as properly. and di.
Iided between the sretiOns Of The I'm
on, so that the rights Of both sections
he adequately secured in their respec-
live shares. That we are aware this
sourse is open to grave objections,
Jut we are ready to arqaieses in the
adoption Of the line of IS deg. 80 min.
north latitude. extending 70 che Paoif.
.c ocean, as an extreem concession,
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