The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-07-24

and OF tie Whole nationare due. and, on our part
are hereby rendered TO those eminent Statesmen
and patriots, Who, when they saw the Union IN
danger threw Themselves into the breach dis
regarding.al personal consequences. forgetting
all pariyp redilictions and willing TO be sacrifice
ed, If nee d be, forthe GOOD of the country.
Facts for the People
Keep It before tic. People ;-That the con-
troyersy which grew ont of our territorial ac-
QUESTIONS, between the North and South,
was imitedsto the question whether Con-
gress could exclude the South by legislative
restriction from emigrating with their prop
erty to said territories-the North contend
ing that it could-the South that it could
not; the former asserted the doctrine of the
lYilmot ProYiso-the latter that of non-in-
teryention.
Keep It before tie People THAT the dem
ocratic party throughout the Southern States
in the elections of 184S sustained their can
didates from President down to members Of
the Legislature, upon the doctrine of non-in-
Prevention and that in this district the can
didate for Congress who asserted the special
duty of the General Government to legis-
late for the protection of slavery in the ter
ITitorles was violently opposed and ultimate
4 " defeated by large majority it being ar
gued ~ the non-interventionists that the
right e legislate for, admitted the right to
1 legisLate against slarery
Keep 1t before the People THAT with
these views the Southern members of Con-
gress with but few exceptions previous to
the session of 1880 omitted no opportunity
Of urging the duty, and of advocating all mea-
sures proposing to form territorial govern
ments upon the basis of non-intervention,
suchfor instance as the Clayton Compromise
bill and several others.
Keep % before The People That in con-
sequence of this alarming controversy pro-
duced solely by the Wilmot Previso, and the
repeated failure to provide governments for
Jour new territories, demanded as they were
by the obligation of treaty stipulations and
the urgent necessity Of the inhabitants,
california framed state government for
herself and applied for admission into the
Union while the territories of Utah and
New Mexico still continued to suffer the G.
wills Of a military government.
Keep II before the PeOple;-That the first
session of the thirty-frst Congress found
this disastrous state of things aggravated by
the fact that the admission of California
without settlement of the whole slavery
question, including the boundaries of Texas
would result in dissolution of the Union
and civil war, lYhil the fact of her. admis-
sion was as certain as fate ITSELF
Keep 1t before tie People That in view
OF these perplexing and complicated questions
b Southern Senator moved for a committe of
IL to report plan which should restore
peace and tranquility to the country, by con-
sulting equally the honor and interests of all
that the motion for said committee was
voted for by the South, and that it was com
posed of majority of Southern Senator's.
Keep ft before tie People That said
committee reported series of measures, in
Guiding the admission of California the
formation of territorial governments for Utah
and New Mexico upon the basis of NoN-IN-
PREVENTION; a proposition to Texas for the
adjustment of her boundaries; the suppress
sion of the slave trade in the District of Co
lumbia; and finally bill for the more Ger
tain recovery of fugitive slaves.
Keep 1t before the People That the adj
justment reported by this committee was up
on its introduction violently opposed by the
abohtionists, because, as they asserted the
South gained every thing
Keep at before the People That the non
iuterUe1atioa of the adjustment" is far more
liberal than the Missouri Compromise, since
the former is unrestricted by any line;-the
latter having prohibited slavery north of SO
80, igYes5 us only non=intervention south of
it. The adjustment" is the extension OF
all the privileges and rights of the old Mis-
souri, Compromise Hence those Southern
ultras who clamor for the latter, had to de-
lmand other provisions not 'nominated in the
bond. Hence, also, Mr. Calhoun voted fol
the Clayton Compromise, while he was op
lposed to the old Missouri Compromise.
5 ~ Keep 1t before the People That the adj
+ a mission of California as state was first re
It'll commended by President Polk, and that il
M pursuance ofit, Senator Douglas introduced
ll, ~ such bill, which was voted down by thu
sled North; that the same measure was recon
but, mended by Gen Taylor That Mr.. Cal
as houn In his celebrated resolution asserts
',d t'that no other condition is imposed upon
pair State In order to admission into the union
but, that Its constitution shall be republican
and that the imposition by Congress of an
III. other would not only be violation of th
constitution, but also IN direct-confiet Wit
tent the principles upon which our political sys
pied Item rests. That the following resolution
n IN was passed bg a meeting of the citizens c
mas this county last August, haging been repol
g re- ted and advocated by several who are no.
prominent as State-Rights men. ssResolreo
pied THAT Is our4opinion Congress has the righ
8. to waive irregularities in the formation Of
lie State Constitution That the lFsSissfpD
For on the 4th Of April 1919 uttered til
following language. TIE St.RJEc.
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TH.4g B0DY DECIDE Upon II
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