The Yazoo Democrat., 1851-07-09
Resolutions passed BY the 8 an m
Rights Convention cf NHississil

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,;,g the Demomocratic Stale Rights pa
49, Of Mississippi re-;sfirms the fpslewans
trnths ANNOUNCED and policy indicated py
,he Convention called by the people OF
the state of Mississippi, in which the two
political parties of the Safe We're eqHa.'y
represented. and which a ssempleu III 'ie :
city of jackson on the sec ond Monday o.
October lS49. saaaas
That we continue to entef1aAa = ~ ~ 70
and and cherished attachment 20 sne IL II
on but we desire tohave 1t as II was . io.'
!. and not as an engine of oppresAioM M n i. ),
8. That the Institution Of slavery In the
Southern States is left, by the CONSTITUTION
j. exclusively under the control OF Inc STATES
IN which it exists, as part OF their oo,ilcs-
=. tie policy which they and the. gonly nas =
che right TO regulate, abolish or peIPes0'''c
as they may severaily Judge eAPeuE1eil'' E
and that all attempts on the part % 0Vil. :.
Qress or Others to interfere with this s'lDJee'
either directly or directly is in violatl Q,
the constitution, dangerous TO the rights ana
safety Of the the South, and oguht 10 DC
promptly resisted. .a ess a
Sd. That Congress has no power TO pass
any law abolishing slavery in the District
Of Colnmbia,s or 60 prohibit the slave trade
belweenthe several States, or TO prohibit
the IN trnductIon Of slavery into the terrlto-
ries of the United States; and that
the passage by Congress Of any such law,
weuid not only be a dangerous svSelation
of the constitution. but would afford evi-
dence Of fixed and deliberate design on
,he part of that body 10 interiors with che
institution of slavery in the States.
- 8. Thas we would regard the passage by
fCone ress, oil the 'sWilmot Proviso, (Which
woaId in effect, deprive the citizens OF the
sIavcholding States Of an equal parlIclpa
tion in the territories acquired equally .,
their blood and treasures as an UNJUST AM
insulting dlscrimination-to which thes
Stases cannot without political degradation
submit: and toswhich the convention, rer
.resenting the feelings and opinions OF tn
people OF the mississippi solemnly declar
they viii not submit. s - ..s.ssaszzz..a
s. That he passage OF tie Wilmot Pro
Viko or OF any law aboliseing slavery IN IN
distinct oil Columbia by the Cangress ofth
United States, would of ITSELF be such
breech of the federal compact as in ths
even, will make it the duty, as it Is 81
xight of the sIaVeholding States, to tax
care oftheir own safety andDo o treat the nor
sIave-ho.ding states as enemies to Il
-lave holding states and their domest
slitutions,
=. That the legisla.ure-is hereby reques
ed to pass such laws as may. in their opil
ion, be best calculated TO encourage 4
emigration Of citizens Of the slave holdil
states with slaves, to the new territ
RES of, the United states.
8. That, in view of the frequent a
increasing evidences of the deierminati
Of the people of the. non-slave-holdi
States, &c disregard the guarantees OF t
constitutions, and 20 agitate the subject
of slavery both in and out Of congress,
yowedly for the purpose of ef1ecting Its
legation in the States, and also, IN VI
of tn facts Sc. forth in the late e Addr
of the Southern Members Congress,
convention proclaims the deliberate g
yiction, that the time has arrived when
Southern States should take counsel
reahet for their common safety that g
yention of the Southern States having b'
held In accordance with the above reco
mendation at Nashville ID June 10
we sanction and approve the reslolEta
Of that body sgo assae va
To- Thai we recomnnend to the legia t
,5f.this State that at its next session, at
he enacted making it the duty of the g
ernorof the State, by proclamation to ca
convention Of the States and TO il
writs of election based upon the ratio
ronreseutations i'm she State legislature
on the passage by Congress- OF the = '
voot proviso. or any law abolishing
very in the District of Columbia, Or
i,;b;,,no fl,e slave trade between the st
- talSs into coilsiae aefation The act Of agG
aiou. asad the mode ard measure ol
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