The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-07-29

State Rights Party Of Wilkinson County,
among these objects should be lst. \
solemn protest, against the Ia;e Cougcess-
ioual leGislatidii, i'iis-called Tho Compro-
mise, as lrtoic-and especially against
three measures contained in it, viz The
admission of California as State-thc dis
niembermeht Of the State of Texas, and the
LAW usurpng The power to emaocipalc
slaves in the District of Commbia under
the fraudulent pretencc of abolislung the
slave trade therem-thus prevent the Gro
neous impression that the State approves
The, SO called, "Compromise" or is lnscnsi-
Bile to the wrongs inflicted and the odious
determinations imposed on the slGve-hold.
ing States thereby, and preserve her rcpu.
lation from the ndellibo stain of having,
without struggle surrendered essential
interests and Constitutional rights and
guard our posterty from having these acts
erected into prcccdeuts to justify future az
gression, 2d. To propose to the People of
the State declaration of RlGnTs appcr.
taining TO the States, and People, under the
Federal Constitution; and, that they Invite
the people of other States through Il Con
venton to Join in claiming the recognition
and protection of those rights by the States,
who are parties to the Federal Compact,
aud, also, by the General Government,
their agent. Among these we would emu.
mcrate The following, viz
That the States, as sovereign States, ac
ceded to the federal compact, and have the
right, pcaceaJly to secede, whenever the
sovereign people of a State shall de-
termine that the Federal Government 10.
;. longer answers The ends for which it was
instituted, to-wit: "t0 establish juSticc
thsYre domestic tranquilitB proridc .tor
the common dcteacc, promote tie gcneyat
aoc5ayc, and secure the blessings Of liberty
to ourSclreS a.td TO ouj postcrity. Cont.
THAT it be proposed
that the rights guaranteed. TO us by the
federal constitution shall be guarded from
violation First, by giving us protection
against any change in the Constitution, by
which majorities may hereafter take juris.
diction over the institution Of slavery ruth.
IN tie States, unless by unanimous consent
of the States, as in the case of representa-.
ton ia lie Sehmt. Second, by excluding
all future discussion or agitation from tic
Halls of Congress on the subject of slavery.
Third, by the repeal of all laws obstruct.
| ing the use of, or discriminating against
slave property, in tue District of Columbia,
aud in the public Territories. Fourth by
tie passage Of such laws as will give equal
and adequate protection to that species Of
property. both OH land and sea, wherever
the Federal Government has exclusive IL
risdiction or power to protect. Fifth by
declaring that Congress has no rttlU to de.
ny State admission into the Union because
Of the liberation Of slavery within her u-
risdiction. Sixth, that Congress shalt If
Practtc06le procure the retrocession of all
that part of California south of &c > 3O'
to the Federal Government, and then, i'm
mediateIy provide Territorial Goverument
for the same, and extend the Missouri Com
promise line of Sc 80 through New
Mexico, Utah, and California to the Pacific.
However, Judging the future by the past,
and, in anticipation Of a refusal or neglect
on the part Of the non.sIaveholding States,
and Of Congress to do justice to the slave.
holding States, the Convention should inn
press upon the people of the South the
necessity of adopting a policy which will
| speedily develcpe her resources, connect
her railroads aid canals with the Southern
Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, and
make the manufacturing North feel her
value as a customer-her power to punish
by discriminating taxes, on sales, agarhst
the products OF those who evice disre-
gard of their constitutional obligations to
her In short, a policy which will make it
/ plain to the WORLD, that the South is N
DEPENDENT. Aud lastly, the Conven.
ton should preseHt the policy OF ExPAs.
sIos of the slaveholding territory. which,
by reproducing the equilibrium between lie
sIavehoIding and non-sIayeholding States
in the Senate, eau alone perpetuate the
/ UNIoN. A~s @c
/ Resotced, That wesheartily approve the
/ nominations for State ohlcets made by the
J Democratic State Rights party. and viii
use all honorable means 10 secure their cleo
| ton.