Southern standard., 1851-05-31
Platform of the LOWndes County
STATES RIGHTS UNION PARTY

1-Resolued That the Territories acquired by the
States belong the people of the several States
composing the Unions as common property.
2-That the people of the several States have an
equal right migrate to these Territories with every
species of property recognized by the Constitution of
the United States, of the several States.
3.-That protection by the General Government, is
due all the property of all the citizens of all the States
equally and ake-in said Territories and no inten-
tonal degrading discrimination, in the degree or
quality of the protection afforded, should be silently
tolerated.
4-That it is the duty of the Federal Government to
provide laws inictng penalties for harborng, steal
ing concealng slaves in the Territories-as well
for offences of like character, against other species
of property.
5-That the fact that slavery is Unknown to the
Common Law, while it is recognized and guaranteed
by Constitution renders its protection under that
Constitution obligatory upon Congress, wherever its
power of legislation extends
6.-That the people of the several States did, by
revolution reject the institutions and laws of England
and formed for themselves new Government, with
written Constitutions securing to themselves and for
their posterity, extended privileges and recogn
zng rights not secured and protected by the Common
Law The great aim of that new Government and
Constitution was to give protection to the person and
the property of the eitzen wherever its power law
fully extended
THAT the omission by Congress to discharge its
Constitutional duty, by providing protection to our
slave property in the new Territories whereby our cit
is much violation of our Constitutional rights
would be the omission to pass laws for the recovery of
fugitive slaves.
S.--That while we are unwilling to secede from the
Union account of the passage of the late compro
mise bills not satisfied with them compro-
mise and tn hereore insist amendments to said bills
that shall secure the South her equal rights as well
in the Territories as elsewhere.
9-That in consideration of the repeated violations
of the compromises heretofore made by the north and
the aggressive character IF their past and present
conduct we regard it the DUTY of the southern peO
pie to paronse the labor and industry of our peo
pie to encourage the Mechanic Arts and pursuits of
citizens to provide by Joint associations, for the
erection of Manufactures in the south Ito diversity
labor withdraw capital from the production of
cotton towards other pursuits and thereby enh1uce its
price to maintain our Teachers Schools, Col
legeS and Churches to discriminate in the regu Ia
ton of our internal and domestic policy, against those
who show hostility to institutions, and thus to lay
the foundation of lasting southern independence, in
the mutual aid and good will of all classes of c-
Zens at home.
I0.-That to carry into effect this policy, the con-
venton called to assemble in November next, SHOULD
lst demonstrate with Congress against the omission
of its constitutional duty, and protest against the long
er continuance of such degrading, discrimination a.
ganst our institutions, guaranteed by the compact of
Union ID it should instruct the Legislature after the
charged this reasonable duty to the South pass laws
modifying State system, to raise
revenue from such articles manufactured in the
States, indirectly introduced into them
from abroad at the time taking the tax off of the
industry of our people, and off of goods ntrodu
ced into the State by direct importation through our
Southern cities from foreign countries.