The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-06
From the MiSsiSSiDDidn.

Resolutions Censuring Senator FOote
The following arc the resolutions concern
ing Senator Foote, as adopted by the House of
Representatives of Mississippi, on Monday 18th
November.
The first resolution was adopted by yeas 50,
nays SO.
The second resolution was adopted by yeas
IS, nays IS.
Whereas, In a special message of the Govern
Of this State, bearing date the llth Of July,
1850, the following communication from the Sen
ators ard Representatives Of Mississippi in the
Congress Of the United States, was presented to
the Legislature then in session, to wit
WASHINGTON, January 81, 1850
His Erceucncy,
JNo. A. QuIrMAN, Governor, &c. sc.
Sir-We, the Senators and Representatives in
Congress- from Mississippi, feel it incumbent upon
us to advisesyou and through you, our common
| constituents, that we have well defined opinion,
that California will be admitted a State Of this
| Union, during the present session Of Congress.
| The President earnestly recommended it, and we
cannot he mistaken, in suppOSing that a majority
of both Houses of Congress will be found to vote
for it--our individual positions have undergone
no change regard the proposition to admit
California State under all the circumstances
| of her application, as an attempt 10 adopt the
| "Wilmot Provlso' in another form. But separ
ated, are, from our constituents, and hay
| ing no convenient means Of consulting them to
| their views on the new phase Of this perplexing
question, we desire, through you, to submit the
single fact to the people and the legislature, that
California will most likely obtain admission into
the Union with her constitutional prohibition Of
slavery-and we beg leave TO add that we shall
be greatly pleased to have such expression of
opinion by the legislature, the Governor, and if
practicable, by the people, shall clearly indicate
the course which Mississippi will deem it her du-
ty to pursue in this emergency.
| Very respectfully,
Your ob't. servants,
]Signed,] JEFF. DAVIS,
II. S. FooTE,
J. THOMPSON,
w. S. FEATuERsToNE,
WIN. MELVILLE,
A. q. BRowN.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
JACKSON, Feb. II, 1850. )
do certify that the within and foregoing letter
is true copy OF the original filed in this office,
the lth day Of February, 1850.
JAMES MCDONALD,
Pirate Secretary, &c.
And whereas, the legislature, after mature
consideration of the subject matter Of said COM
muncation, adopted, in accordance with the sug-
gestions therein contained, among others, the fol-
lowing resolutions, as instructions to the senators,
and as expressive of their opinions to the repre-
sentatrves in Congress from this State, to wit:
Resolved, That the policy heretofore pursued by
the Government OF the United States in regard to
said territory california; in refusing to provide
territorial government therefor has been, and is,
emlnently calculated to promote, and is about to
effect, indirectly, the cherished objects Of the
Abolitionists which cannot be accomplished by
direct legislation, without plain and palpable
violation Of the Constitution Of the United States
Watt ba "a Tol;
the Union sovereign State, with its present
constitution, the result Of the aforesaid false and
unjust policy on the part Of the Government of
the United States, would be act OF fraud and
oppression on the rights of the people of the
slaveholding States, and it is the sense Of this
legislature that our senators and representatives
should, to the extent of their ability, resist it by
all honorable and constitutional means.
And whereas, the Hon. jeff Da, is, one Of the
senator's, and the Hons. A. G. Brown, VIM. Nc
Willie, w. 8. Featherston, and Jacob Thompson.
members in Congress from this State, in accord
ance with said resolutions, and with the interest
and will Of the people Of Mississippi, did by their
action in Congress resist by all honorable and con-
stutional means, the admission of California,
with her existing constitution, into the Union as
a sovereign State and whereas, the Hon. Henry
). Foote, one of the Senators in Congress from
this State, in violation Of the spirit and intent Of
SAID resolutions, and in opposition to the interest
and will Of the people Of Mississippi, did sist
by all honorable and constitutional means the ad-
mission OF California into the Union as a sover-
eign State, with her existing consttuti ion, but by
giving his support to the mscalled Compromise,
reported by the Committee of thirteen in the United
States Senate, violated the instructions of the leg
slature as contained in said resolutions, based
upon his own request, and dsregarded the inter-
est and will Of the people Of Mississippi there
fore,
Resored, BY the legislature Of the State of
Mississippi, that the course Of the Hon. Jefferson
Davis, as senator, and the Hons A. G. Brown,
VIA. Melville, w. S. Fea,herston, and Jacob
Thompson, as representatives in Congress from
this State, on the question Of the admission of
California, is approved, as representing the inter-
est and will of the people of Mississippi that the
course Of the Hon. Henry S. Foote on this ques.
annrnued. hair In h. IL.