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


relation DIG matler matter they
did nat wish to know. direct expression
! 81 public opinion, Woul ono haze set
tied tic action Of tie coassalioa
They preferred @ g ato coz p IN
trameled BY any such shaglis pubic 9.
lpinion; the object was 70 lead, rather than
be Instructed by the people
Mr. Stuart Of Wilkinson seeing 70 pros
pect sc getting public sentimen g hls &.
Ejeot By means Of direct vote then oiieIea
THE following amendment as the best ineans
Iof protecting the Constitution of the United
States
That The delegates elected TO the GonYell-
ton herein provided for, before taking their
seats IN said Convention shall be sworn to
support the Constitutional the United States
and Of the State Of Mississippi
This amendment was also rejected BY q
vote Of ST to 81 See House journal page So.
Here was a direct refusal by the Legisla.
ture to require the delegates Of the conyen-
ton to support the constitution Of the Uni
i ted States declared by that instrument to be
the supreme law Of the land" and purchased
.lEby the plighted Hhonor, lives and fortunes
of our noble ancestors. But it is sale, as an
excuse for this fragrant act of disregard Of the
4 Constitution of the United States, that the
amendment also required the delegates to
support the constitution of the State, and
that Constitution having been formed by the
people ofthe State in convention, it would
have been requiring the convention to swear
Ito support an instrument Of their own crea-
alton, and which was subject to their con
troll This is entirely an after thought, and
giyensolely as an excuse for their rejection of
the amendment, forif they had been sincere
in this objection, why did the majority not
render the. amendment free from the objec-
ton, by striking outthis clause and then pass
the amendment requiring the delegates to sup
port the Constitution of the United States?
But to place this matter beyond cayil Mr..
Ford Offered the following amendment, by
way of ryder"
Be Il further enacted, That the delegates
to said convention, shall, before taking their
seats insaid convention, take an oath to sup
port the Constitution Of the United States"
On motion Of Thurmond, the ryder was laid
on the table by yeas and nays-52 voting for
laying it on the table and 80 against it. See
House journal page Sc.
This is conclusive proof thata majority of
the Legislature did not wish to tramol the
convention by such dilapidated old instru-
ment as the Constitution of the Z. States;
requiring the delegates to support it, might
have been somewhat in their way, in effect
ing the recommendation of Governor Quit
mon, to-wit: a secession of this State, either
alone or in concert with other States from.
the Union.
But in order to leave no doubt whatever on
the minds of the people as to the TRUE IS
SUE presented by the Legislature, Mr.. Stu
art of Wilkinson, introduced a set of resolu-
tons to which we wish to call the particular
attention of our readers. They are in the
words following, to-wit:
"Resolreoz, That We cherish undiminished
attachment to our GLORIOUS Union;" thatits
destruction would be the death knell Of liber-
ty and that nothing short Of such usnrpation
of power and oppression as would be desnuc-
tive to the personal and political rights of the
the South, viii justify disunion or a secession
from the confederation by the State of Mis-
sissippi or any other southern State.
HResolred, That the passage of the late
acts of Congress known-as the Compromise
measures; acts which were passed with a view
to settle sectional difficulties and to preserve.
in its entirety the Union of the States, do
not constitute such usurpation Of power, and
such oppression as will Justify the State Of
Mississippi, or any other southern State, in
seeding from the Union.
'ResolUed, That California beingadmitted|
by Congress as State in the confederacy,
with free and equalrights, cannot be dismem-
bered of any part of her territory without her
consent; and if she refuses to divide her terri
tory, or refuses to. agree that slavery may be
introduced south of 36o 80, that her refusal
will form no justifable cause for Mississippi
or any other southern State to secede from the
Union
Reso5gsd, That the settlement of the boun-
dairy question between the United States and
Texas, is a matter between said parties; and
lie Texas aocedes to the proposition made to
her by the United States, it is no justifable
cause for Mississippi, or any other southern.
State, to seeede from the Union.
Resozuea, That the organization of theter
ritories of Utah and New Mexico, upon the
great southern principle Of non-interyention,
or in other words, without the Wilmot proyi-
SO attached to the act organizing them, is not
a justifabIe cause for Mississippi, or any 9TH
southernState to secede from the Union.
Resol0ed, That the guarantiesof the pres
ent Constitution were in the estimation of the
twelve slave States which aided in forming it,
sufficient to protect southern rights; and ne