The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-02-08
Resolutions upon the Slave question,
under consideration in the Commit
tee on Federal Relations,

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tee on Federal Relations.
RESOLVED by the Legislature Of the State
of Mississippi.
1st. That by the adoption Of the Con-
s:itution Of the United States, the people of
each State, in their separate sovereign ca
pacities, incurred the obligation, faithfully
to adhere to the stipulations therein con-
tanned, and that this obligation rests on
them, not as a mass, constituting in the
whole the sovereign power Of the United
States, but as citizenAof distinct and sepa-
rate States.
I'd. ResolUed,. That4this compact con-
tains no adequa0 provA Aions, by which the
obligations incuHd under it, in reference
TO slavery, can bd nforced by the Federal
Government, but pt they rest under the
laws Of nations, u n the. people Of differ
ent States.
Sd. Resolued, I It when this compact
was entered into, d forefA Athers cherished
the hope that there as M element OF dis
cord in the prospec e poAcy of the differ
ent States that wou con ct with COM
mon policy under II conf Iteration.
9TH. ResolUed, TIL 1t IS the opinion OF
this Legislature, thi i til people Of the
two sections of the c federacy, would ex-
hibit in their conducts nd intercourse, I'M
plicit good faith and Brotherhood, as men,
bers of one, and the same great family, by
a scrupulous observance of the provisions
of the national compact, the systems ofthe
North and South can co-exist and operate
harmoniously under common Union, and
the hopes of those who split their blood in
the conteskfor independence be realized.
| 5fh. ResolUed, That the non-slavehold'
ing States have openly disclaimed their OBJ
! legations under the compact of the Union
and by assailing the institutions of the
slave-holding States, have made it incom'
patble with our safety and honor, to cont.
ue in union with them without security fol
the future against repetition Of like In
suits and injuries. And tothis end we ap
prove and ratify the resolutions and pro
ceedings of the Convention of this State
held in October last.
6h. ResoLUed, That when the delegates
of the different States, appointed in pursu
ance of the recommendation of said Stat
i Convention. shall meet at Nashville or 9th
er point, they ought in the opinion OF thl
Legislature, to demand from the non-slave
holding States the following additions t
the Federal compact:
\ 1st. That the clause in the Constitution
ofthe United States in relation to fugitiv,
Slaves shall be rendered more definite; ant
that the non-slaveholding States shall pas
laws by which its object can be effected.
ID. That no petition for the abolition Q
Slavery where it now exists or may here
after be established, shall be received b,
Congress.
Sd. That the non-slaveholding State
shall pass laws prohibiting their citizen
from raising funds, or organizing societies
with view to the abolition Of Slavery, o
to aid in the escape of Slaves.
4th. That new States be admitted int
the Union only on the basis of equality il
point Of number, between the free an,
Slave States, unless majority Of all tn
members of the Slave States concur in
departure from this basis.
9TH. BE it further ResolUed, That tn
States have a common right to the Terrific
ries, and that the passage Of any bill b,
Congress, receiving any part of them I'M
! the Union as State, at the present ses
sion, or the passage of any law, containing
the principles of the Wilmot proviso, wi
be a fragrant violation Of the constitution {
the United States, and revolutionary in il
, character, and in such case, our Senator
and Representatives in Congress are calle
upon to resist such aggression in ever
way possible and to the last extreme.
Sth. Resotved, That this Legislature al
prove the resolutions of the Legislature {
Virginia to resist the principles of tn
Wilmot proviso, and that we "pledge ou
! lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor,
t to sustain her in such resistance.
9th. ReSolued, That in view of the prt
sent political crisis, it would be impoliti
to exhaust the surplus revenue, now in OF
Treasury, and we hereby set apart $50
900 of such surplus, to meet any emergeI
e cy that may hereafter arise out of our pr,
r sent political relations.