The Yazoo Democrat., 1850-10-03
YAZOO MOCRA T.
The Kinds County Resolutions.


We know no party on the vital question OF
Southern rights, and we will permit no par
~ or faction or leader Of either, to absolve
us from our just allegiance to our State and
the South. We unite here as band of
brolhrrs at the common altar Of our coun-
try. We are threatened by common dan
GERS, and bound TO one common duty, and
ono destiny awaits uS al We are resolved
to make common cause In defence Of the
institutions, the rights, liberties and indepen-
dence guarautsed to uS by the constitution OF
our lGlhers-lhersiOre
/. ResOlrcd, That the rullying principle
and cry Of the South is: The Union OF the
South 10 save the Union; bW The Union to be
sgued must be tle Union phich The CoHsit!u'
tion formed, and not central deSpoItsm.
2, Resolved, That this meeting fully ap-
provs ths resolutions Of the Nashville Con.
yention. and will mai tain and defend the
principles and determinations therein sci
forth.
3. Pesolped, That the ownership, SoverN
eighty and dominion Of tho territory oi the
United States, not within any State limits
belong to and are vested In tho people OF the
several States oflhlu Union, 10 be held by
thea in common, and to be disposed OF oy
thea in accordance with tho provisions OF
The constitution Of tho United Slates' and
tAar.C,ro Dsllhsr tha inhabitants ofthe terri
,sries hqSare their organization, nor terrttoN
rial legfsSatu.,as afterwards, have power to
. ,robtbs slavGry therein, until duly or
,,anizod and emnowered to form q State
fsoD.tis,,ion. with view to admission into
A.. Ir.so,. and that all exercise Of such asSu'
med Sever by The inhabitants OF territory
!. ravol,,t.a,,, Nry and in open violation OF IN .
,irats ss th1, people Of the sIaveholdIng
Slslas.
a. Rsasla d, That the attempt OF por'
,,, ee uBo i,sh ,il,itants OF California TO usurp
dt,,uioi,rp OTsr that extensive territory ano
In aorut tRsgsi a fundamental law, exeIu'
diDs, fDpsper tbs, slavehnlder aud his proper
tv. ia An act Of usurPGtlon ahd 'hluS"ce'
vSReh So FAR fGom inviting the conn'enance
aud sunctiau of Congress, should receive
,bate u,enais;ed re buks and rSpreAenslon'
5. RssaseR, That any act OF Congress
sdrr.istiss CalfiTR'a Gs q State WIN tue
be.r,ds,iss. ard constitution now claimed,
,,y shas sansslOni,ag the irregular, iiIegeI
ana un,asa act tfdsPrIvlng the people OF hf'
ten Of the II ales Of this Union of their
equal rirat to the enjoyment OF their common
urousrty, uuaSa be gross outrage upon the
,,.n.ti,SsiOVsai ria,hts Sfthe South, aud should
never be sUbmitied to.
6. Ress9peL That the enjoyment OF slave
labor in California would DO highly benetl'
.ciaI "a the whole y Aion, in more rapidly de-
.velopinri i1e rich mineral resources OF that
country, by a permanent and fixed Gystem o.
ipdu,,rv, and would be especially beneficial
to tho slavsholding States, by opening new
and very pr,f,abls field for the employment
Of slave labor, thereby tending to enhance
Ina value Of slaves, and to extract surplus la
Lor from the growth of our great stable, nov
glulting the market Of the worIj, For these
reasons also the arbitrary and unjust eEclu
aion Of slave property from that territory
would not only be q violation OF our rights .
equal members oCthe cOniederacy, but high
ly injurious to our property interests.
7. ResOlped, That the final eRactmen
bv Congress Of the Senate bill to admit Cal
iiornia as a State, would be equivalent
tho massage Of :hs WilmOt PrOvisO, an
therefore, and Tor the reasons above So
forth. il would be in the language OF the Mis-
si,iDni Convention aud Of the Legislature
I.,uch a breach Of the Federal Compact, q
in tbat event will make il their duty, as It
the riqh, of the slave holding States, 10 tsk
care of their own safety, and to treat Il
non.saveho.ding States as enemies TO II
slaveholding States and their domestic met
iutiOas.
g. ResolUed, That inasmuch as the l.
eislaturs ofths State Of Mississippi, in ca
TyinE out the will of the people as expresses
in the October Convention, resolved ait
full consideration, that the State Of Missis
ippi will stand by and sustain her sist
n States Of the South, in whatever course
action may be determined on BY the Conve
ton of slave-hoIding States to be held
Nashville" &C., and thereby The acts
said T., invention became the acts Of II
State, it is the duty Of every faithful and tr
MssisSippian to maintain and defend the
sition OF the Slate against her enemies a.
detamers, and not to aid, Rbel and encoI
age them in their assaults upon onr righ
Col. Z. 5. Tarplsy offered the follow
resolutions, which were unanimously ado
ed.
LIST. Resolved, That whereas the efo
ortbe non-slavehOlding States Of the No
and West, have for some years pas! be
INCREASINGLY directed to the restriction of s
very, aud to the destruction OF slave labor
TO the exclusion OF southern men from
enjoyment of territory acquired by the co
mon blosd aud treasure Oithe whole Unl'
and which belongs equally TO the citizens
all the States, to the abuse OF Southern O.
and Southern insliiutions-that u is the U
policy Of the South to build up and enco'
age ils own manufactures, and so far as Il
practicable to discontinue itS intercou
with, and throw off iis dependence upon