The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-12-04


submit tie action pf the Convention 10 the
people OF the State. AN ordinary degrce Of
respect for the people would seem o Rem to
sall for such course. ustice andtair deal-
Ing towards our constituents demand
The nature Of our organization requires IL.
A are holding and exercising the sovereicn-
81 Of The State: Our opinions, our acts be-
come the solemn will Of the people. I'd Isl
an universal rule, one never hitherto yiola-I
ted in the practice Of any State in the Un-
ion, that such should Be submitted to the
people for their Judgment III ordinary leg
islatlye ACTON ne such necessity exists, as
the same power winch makes, can repeal
laws But hen the sovereignty of the
State has acted It can never be changed with
out calling into action again the powers Of
the people through an organized form. =
Hence the palpahle necessity that their apin-
ion should be had before any. supreme rule
of action, any law, any great principle should
be imposed upon them Distrustof tle pop
ular will does not become popular repre-
sentative, and they have ever held that sys.
tenn of government the Wisest which most
frequently seeks an.exp ression of the popu.
lar will.
And in pursuance Of the foregoing Report,
the minority submit for the action of the
Convention the following resolutions
Resolued, LIST, That this Convention deems
to assume any new or further
position for the people of the State of Mis-,
sissippi on the slavery question, believing
that their position has been fully defined il
the Report and Resolutions of the October
Convention of 1919
Resotred, ID, That this Convention deems
Eit right and proper that full weight SHOULD
/ be given In its action to the will Of the ma
jnrity Of thepeople Of Mississippi, as expires
sed in the electionof September last in re
gard to the slavery question.
ReSolrcd, Sd, That this Convention con
siders acquiescence in the measures of Con
gress, called the. Compromise, as the settled
policy of the people of Mississippi, as indi
Gated by that election.
Resolred, 4th, That this Convention doe
mot regard the election in September as al
depression in favor of the Justice or wisdom
Iof the whole series of those measures, bu
rather as an assent yielded to them by tn
people in preference to the adoption of an,
course which might tend to endanger til
/ Union of the States, and that while tn
.Ipeople have thus yielded their assent to thos
measures, in view of all the surrounding Gil
cumstances, they have in nowise intended t
sanction them, so that they shall be hereat
ter invoked as precedcnts of right agains
them.
Resolred, 9Th, That this Convention deem
I it proper to declare that the Government {
the United States is one of delegated pow
crs, formed BY delegates from the sever;
sovereign States, and limited by a write
Constitution, which was ratified by the Stat,
i separately; that all powers not express
i delegated, or necessary to carry out the del
gated powers, were reserved to the Stat
respectively, and it necessarily follows tn
: any State possesses the right to Judge
: infractions of the Constitution, and who
ever an exigcncy shall arise which, in Il
opinion of the State, is sufficient to justi
! the step, such State has an unqucstionab
= right to resume the delegated powers, al
: withdraw from the Union. All of which
!, respectfully submitted by,
u = WIN. L. CANNON,
w. p. HARRIS,
S. N. GILLELAND.