The southern press., 1851-11-06
%- The LouispI

E4- The Louispills Journal doM not, o
course, approve Of our rldiculs Of tho " treason
contrivance. How should it There is some
thing 80 poetic in the feudsl genius, which cor
jured up so many crafty ways of tort taring poo
humanity. To bring all things down to plain
matter-of fact fule---only to punish men for tn
actual extent of the crime committed, wthou
ideaIizing the guitiness, and mystfying tn
truth, would neither give scope TO the legal acu
men Of lawyers, nor wordy sentiment to wori
out romance.
Would the Journal like to build :" treason
castle" on the borders of another Geneva
We have a sketch Of ChillOn--it looks dell
ciously gloomy-shaII we send it to our dis
union" friend May we expect niger com
| papion to BYRoY's Prisoner Of Chillon."
| r-Sy- The following account OF resolution
passed in a convention of Free-soilers, we flint
in an exchange. We give them for the edihca
ton of our readers:
Samuel Lewis, of Ohio; Samuel Aaron, o
Pennsylvania Lewis Tappan, OF New York
len, of Massachusetts,; +. A Stansbury, of Yer
mont; Amos Tuck, of New Hampshire; Sam
uel Fessenden, of Maine; --- Harris, O
Rhode Island; George w. Julian, of Indiana
u. Eastman; of Illinois; j. II. Williams, o
Michigan; S. Nj. Booth, of Wisconsin; VIM. J
Clarke, of Iowa; J. e. Fee, OF Kentucky; DR.
]. T.. Snodgrass, Of Maryland; 5. Mayes Bell
of Virginia - Goodelow, of North Carolina
jacob Bgelow, of the District of Columbia.
The committee on resolutions reported the fol
lowing, which were adopted:
aWhereas we have assembled in convention
as freemen, to adopt measures for the protection
and preservation of freedom, it ia due to our
selves, to the occasion, and to the people Ol
the nation, that we declare our views on certain
questions Of national policy.
l. "Resolued, That law is without rightfa au
thority, unless based upon justice, and govern
ment without stability, unless righteousness be
its end, as without these no man can enjoy his
inaienabe rights, and as society secure them.
2. "ResolOsd, That it is the duty Of Congress
to divorce the national government from all con
nection with, and responsibility for slavery ant
the slave trade, wherever they exist under it's ju
risdiction.
8. "Resolred, That an act of Congress contra
vening the law of God imposes no moral obi
CATION, and an act Of Congress passed withcu
constitutional authority, imposes no civil obi
CATION upon the citizens Of the several States.
A. "Resolued. That the public lands Of righ
belong to the people, and should neither be soIt
for revenue, nor in any way allowed TO spccula
tors, but should only be granted, without charge
in limited quantities. to actual settlers.
g. "Resoired, That we are in favor Of tn
election of national officers by the people, whe
practicable.
6. "Resolued, That the history Of nation
demonstrates that navy and standing army ar
incompatible with republican institutions. VIZ
therefore, will exert our influence for disband
ment of the army, for reduction of the navy
and an ab ,ndonment Of the entire system Q
Notifications.
7. aResolued, That river and harbor improve
ments, when demanded by the safety and cor
l,venience CT commerce with foreign nations, Q
among the several States, are objects of nations
concern, and that it is the duty of Congress,
| the exercise of its constitutional powers, to prt
! vide therefor.
| 8. sResolued, That to the demand Of the ala,
power for more slave States and more slave te
ritory, our determined answer is, no more sla,
States, no slave territory
g. "Resolued, That the Fugitive slave &C
enacted by the last Congress, IS IN derogution
the genius of our free institutions, an unwa
rantable encroachment upon the sovereignty
the States, violation Of the principles of ma
ura and revealed religion, an assumption {
Legislative power without constitutional autho
ity. I'D a monstrous exhibition OF tyranny, il
justice, cruelty, and oppression.
| 10. "Resoiued, That our party is tho party
the Constitution and of the Union, of freedo
and of progress that it is opposed in principle
and aims to sectionalism secession. and disunio
and knows no North, no South, no East, no Wes
but embraces with equal patriotic love the coul
try, the whole country, one and indivisible.
! IL. "Resolued, That the friends of freedol
look with entire confidence TO the future, in III
undoubting faith that their principles will
gratefully recognized by the people, and en-
bodied in the constitutional laws of the land.
IL. "Resolced, That we recommend to OF
friends in the several States to organize. as 500
as possible, by holding State conventions, al
pointing State committees, and generally effec
ing such organizations as will effectually pr,
mote the cause Of right and humanity"
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