The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-12-14

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! c,rla,,.;,. ~. NV" ''ie
io'''" ny rrS5i'Fioi'S, from the select
! committee oi 1WcGtN-Cnr, sustaining
| the action oCConurcss which uoro
unanimc,,sly adoutrJ. and / 400 co,,;os
ordered to he rr;n.oJ
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| Whereas. The Constitution ofthc -nited States
was designed more eiipctualIy 10 secure ,hr civil
and political rights ofthc citizens orcycry r,rt nt
the Union, and especially to protccl their prrsops
and propcr;y,as well in the other States as in lhr
State in which they might reside: and whereas.
amongst the rights Of property there was none
more generally known. or more distinctly rccoo-
/ niZ"d, than that Of holding slaves: and whereas
the peculiar risk of loss TO witch th;. sn,c.s ol
property was cypoSrd. was en- ol,vi,r- md tbn
absolute necessity ola suitable proyision 70 c,o,
against il so universally felt tba, No on, besto,nI
/ to acknowledge that without such nrovisinn tho
Union could not have been formed: and .yborc,s
certain persons in variors portions of the {Tno,
instigo,r by spirit Of ianaticis,n. hive romhin"J
for the purpose of openly resisting md drfi,in,,
| the guarantees of the constitution and lou,e hy
which alone the slave-hnldinu STATES con Le as
! surcd of the rghtiul pcsseSsion and inst rrot,o
! ton of their pronnrty. W.. The members of tho
| Convention of MARYLAND. Ioic,v ri.ct,d G.o, ,lc
bolv of t,c poo,lc and ;n,;,tot,1 ao,,,at,,,ad
with their FEELINGS and opinions d,o,, + ,,,,,,,
10 declare in ca I'm and deIbcrotr forms ,iat ,n
believe To be their views in relat;n, t., ,Lo ~,
citing subjects TO which we have rc,crr,J ,rd
do
1st Therefore, Resolve. Tia, the Consti,r-
ton of the United States has ACCOMPLISHED all
the objccts-civil and political--which lis most
sang,inc tinmcIs and friend. anticirated. and
that the affections of the prnnle of N,rylonJ oro
justly riv"tcd to its principles bv the memory of
the sacrifices of the wise ard good men who
formed it, as well as BY the blessings it las so
literally dispensed 10 our country.
"a. mat proper appreciation of these bios
Sin"s Sh"n!t lend every State in the Union TO
ADOPT all such measures as from time 10 fine r,ov
he necessary 10 give complete and full effect TO
any provision ofthc Constitution. Or of the laws
pursuant thereto, ihtcn ed fer the protection Of
any portion Ct This great family oiStatrs.
81 mat white we do not conceal that the Soy
caI act ct Congress passed THEN las, session. re-
latlng 10 tn" admission of California tothettrri0-
rial doVcrmrniSo OF tab and New Mexico, TO the
adjustment OF the boundary Texas, to the pro
hlbiiion OF the slave trade in the District of Co
lnlnbia, and tn the reclamation of iugitivcs from
labor. do nat, TO the extent we desired, meet the
IusI demands of The South; nevertheless, viewing
these several acts as parts of an entire system TO
be alhercdto and maintained aSawhole. nrccccd-
in" on the ha j. OF compromise and intended. Tx
permanent aijr tmcnt of so many critical uucs-
tons. to heal the public agitation and perpciu-
ccncc, and have inspired us with ,Imrn, f" Of
those eminent statesmen, who, rising a;,oy, tie
influence Of party and sectional considerations,
period 'lrlt wen earned regulations for the en-
Ilh T TT the rir "rp ro u"5 b
by the general government of all laws, ma 10 in
pursuance of the constitution, is its primary duty,
ana affords The only security for the lust protcc-
,r ,h Un .v .s ' ' o. '@ cil%e "n"
" the duty Of all good citizens to enrou,sc and
support he officers of the government in The ry-