The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-04-23

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WARD. No. l, FIJI. /, 1851,


spectacle number Of the citizens round abont
Conshotts, assembled at Major JAMES BosLy's,
in said ward, the following preamble and reso-
lutions were unanimously adopted, viz:
The meeting having been called TO order by
the president, Major JAMES BosLY, Henry T..
J0NEs and WHrrIELD WILLIAMS. esqs., ex-
planned the object Of the meeting when. %
motion, it was resolved that julius G. p. JONES
be appointed secretary pro tenn. OF the meeting,
to Till the vacancy of JOHN BosLY, esq, absent
On motion, il was Resolved, That the presi-
dent appoint committee Of three, to nominr te
vice president of the meeting. The committee
being appointed, retired, and, in fifteen minutes
reported JAMES HUETsR, esq, of Red river, the
choice Of the committee; the report (Only
equaled by the stirling merits OF Squire Hum
TERI was unanimously adopted, and Squire
HUNTER invited to the chair
On motion, it was Resoiued, That the presi-
dent appoint Henry Jones, Viii ield Villains,
P. X. Bosly, Archy Baird, and Squire Turner,
committee TO draft preamble and resolutions
explanatory of the views of the meeting. The
committee now retired, and, in two hours made
the following report, which was unanimously
adopted, viz:
Whereas, The citizens Of this ward, ever CRATE
ful to benign Providence for the bountiful
fruition Of multiplied blessings In the undis-
turbed pursuits OF life liberty, and domestic hap
piness cherish an unbounded attachment to the
federal Union, 1--WE hope an imperishable lcgacy,)
bequeathed to us and our posterity, and CO.
mented, as it WAS, by the blood and treasure of
our illustrions ancestry
| And Whereas, The citizens of this ward, with
due appreciation of the inestmable value of
the federal Union, in the final consummation of
the most glorious system of popular govern
ment ever presented to the civilized world, feel
alarmed and astounded at the political heresies,
promulgated now abroad by certain politcians,)
on the first principles of our federal Union.
| And Whereas, Common dangers, common
sufferings common defence, and general well
fare, urged the thirteen original States to unite
| in constitutional compact, in which compact,
each sovereign State, by her own sovereign act,
put in trust in the said constitutional compact,
certain specified expressly granted powers, and
all other powers necessary and proper" to car
ry the said powers into operation.
| And Whereas, All other powers not express
| ly granted not necessary for the legitimate ex-
ercise of the said granted powers, and not Sin
hibited to the States" reserved to the States
or the people.
! And Whereas, Should the Congress of the
United States, the high responsible functionaries
| of the constitutional compact, supercede the
constitutional just bounds Of their grant of
power, as laid down in said compact by the
sovereign co-States, and thereby regardless of
the high and exalted trust reposed in them, aim
to subvcrt the great ends of the said compact,
either by perversion of the said granted powers,
to objects foreign to the spirit, letter, and nten.
ton of the constitutional compact, or claim an
unwnrrantable exercise Of powers not granted
by the said co-States, but reserved to themselves
e said panf uofic nat ofi
the friends Of the government every where
would emphaticaly call on the co-States, the
only sovereign parties to the violated compact.
10 rally around the temple of expiring liberty,
and nterpose their sovereign authority to arrest
the progress of the evil, and save the Constitu-
ton though at its last grasp.
| And Whereas The citizens of this ward al
though they cherish as high a sense of loyalty
to the federal Union as any other ward in the
State of Louisiana, and although they ac-
knowledge secondary allegiance to the said
federal Union as consideration to that Union
for the protection she il bound in good faith to
afford the State of Louisiana, yet nevertheless,
when that plighted faith IL violated. and the pro-
lection of that Union withdrawn from the said
State, that allegiance relapses, or results back
to its original grantor, the State of Louisiana
and France, then, in that case, the citizens Of
power under heaven but the State of Louisiana
Be ii therefore Resolped, That the citizens of
this ward, ever devoted to the cause Of consti-
tutional liberty, cherish an unbounded attach
ment to the federal Union, so long that
Union observes in good faith the constitutional
compact beyond that attachment would be
subversive of the rights Of the States, and final
y tend to despotism or dissolution of the
Union.
Resolred, That rs the Constitution of the
United States was signed by the several CO.
States, who adopted the same as a separate and
distinct act of each State, as the said Constitu
ton was not ratified or signed by the people Of
the several co-States in their aggregate conso-
dated capacity, it is a compact between the CO.
States who ratified the same, and not compact
between the people of the States in their col
ective national consolidated capacity; hence,
them il is a federal and not national govern
mcnt-a government of the States or communi-
ties.
Resolred, That as such, ain case of an nfrac-
ton of the constitutional compact, each State
has the right, and is in duty bound, to Judge Of
the said infraction, and the mode and manner Of
redress"
Resolved, That, in case Of said infraction of
the original constitutional compact by Congress,
or any of the high contracting co-States, the
State or States aggrieved by the said nfraction,
should, in good faith to the high contracting
parties, resort to all constitutional peaceable
means to arrest the progress of the nfraction,
such as petition, remonstrance, &c. Should,
however, all constitutional peaceable means fail
to arrest the progress of the evil and the evil is
palpabie violation Of the spirit, letter. and in
tention of the said compact; and the law arising
from the said infracton ntolerable to be borne
by the suffering State or States. so as to super
cede the great benefits arising from the Union,
striking ut the very foundation of liberty, a
withdrawal of the injured State or States from
the Union, no,o no longer north preserving, or Sc
cession, is the only proper peaceable remedy.
Resolped, That, as allegiance is the considera-
ton people justify acknowledge as due to the
sovereign authority, for the protection that au
thorty extends to the people, the citizens of this
ward acknowledge secondary allegiance to the
federal Union, only 80 long as that Union oper-
ates to the protection Of our lives, liberty, and
prosneritv Should however the federal arm