Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-10-25
The Committee on Resolutions reported the fol-

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lowing, which were adopted:
.sWhereas we have assembled IN convention a.
freomen to adopt measures for the protection and
reservation of freedom it is due to ourselves, to
The occasion and to the people OF the nation, that
wa declare our views on certain questions OF ma
9! Resolped, That law is without rightful au-
tboritv. unless based upon justice, and Govern
ment without stability unless righteousness De It's
end, as without these no man can ENJOY MS
able rights, and as society secure them
2. ''Resol0ed, That it is the duty OF CoI1s
to divorce the National Government from all con
necton with and responsibility for slavery and the
slave trade, wherever they exist under Its Juris-
diction
8. "Resolred, That an act of Congress contra
venino the law of God imposes no moral oblIga-
ton. and an act of Congress passed without con-
stitutiona authority imposes civil obligation up
on the citizens of the several States.
4. s.Resozyed, That the public lands of right
beIono to the people, and should neither be sold
for revenue, nor in any way allowed to sPecuia-
tors, but should only be granted, without charge
lin limited quantities, to actual settlers.
5. s.ResoIued, That we are in favor OF the cleo
ton of national officers by the people, when Prac-
tcable
6. sResoZged, That the history Of nations dem
onstrates that navy and standing army are IN
compatible with republican institutions we there
fore will exert our influence for disarmament OF
the army for a reduction Of the navy, and an
abandonment of the entire system OF tortltlca-
tons.
Z "ResoIood, That river and harbor improve
|mcnts, when demanded by the safety and conve-
nience Of commerce with foreign nations, or among
the several States objects Of national concern,
and that it is the duty of Congress, in the exer-
else of its constitutional powers, to provide there
for.
! 8. s'ResoIped, That to the demand Of the slave
power for more slave States and more slave terri
tory, our determined answer is, no more slave
States no slave territory
g. "ResoIecd, That the Fugitive Slave Act,
enacted by the last Congress, IS in derogaton OF
the genius Of our free institutions, an unwarrant-
able encroachment upon the sovereignty Of the
States violation of the principles OF natural and
revealed religion, an assumption of Legislative
power without constitutional authority, and mon
strous exhibition of tyranny, injustice, cruelty,
and oppression.
10 s'ResoIred, That our party is the party O
the Constitution and of the Union, OF Freedom
and Of Progress; that it IS opposed in principle:
and aims to secionalism, secession, and disunlon
and knows no North, no South, no East, no West
but embraces with equal patriotic love the country
? the whole country, one and lndlylsible.
=, II. 'RcsoZecd That the friends Of freedom
look with entire confidence to the future, in th,
undoubting faith that their principles viii b
gratefully recognized by the people and embodied
5 in the constitutional laws of the land.
70. ''ResoIged, That we recommend to GU
friends in the several States to organize as soon Z
possible, by holding State Conventions, appoint
ing State Committees, and generally ctrectin
such organization as viii eHec,ually promote III
J cause Of right and humanity