Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1851-08-22


The Democratic State Rights Conven-
ton which assembled at the City of Jack
son. on the sixteenth dav of June 1851, +,
nominated by acctamafion, GENERAL
JOHN A. QUITMAN, for Governor of
the State of Mississippi; and unanimously
adopted the following,
| Resolutions.
l. Resolred. That the Convention rep
resenting the Democratic State Rights
party OF Mississippi re-affirms the follow
/ ing truths announced and policy indicated
by the Convention called by the people of
the State of Mississippi, in which the two
political parties of the State were equally
represented, and which assembled in the
city of Jackson on the second Monday of
October lS49.
9. That we continue to entertain a de-
voted and cherished attachment TO the u
nion, but we desire to have it as it was
formed, and not as am engine of oppres-
sion.
/ 3. That Institution OF slavery in the
Southern States is left, by the Constitu-
ton, exclusively under the control of the
States in which it exists, as part of their
domestic policy, which they, and they on
| ly, have the right TO regulate, abolish or
perpetuate, as they may severally Judge
expedient; and that all attempts, on the
part of Congress, or others, TO interfere
with this subject, either directly or indi-
rectlv, are in violation of the constitution, d,
dangerous to the rights and safety of the
South, and ought to be promptly resisted.
4. That Congress has no power to pass
any law abolishing slavery in the district
of Columbia, or TO prohibit the slave trade
between the several States, or to prohibit
the introduction of slavery into the terri
passage by Congress of any such law,
would not only be dangerous violation
of the constitution, but would afford evil
dence of fixed and deliberate design on
the part of that body, to interfere with
the institution of slavery in the States.
5. That we would regard the passage,
by Congress, OF the "Wilmot Proviso,"
(Which would, in effect, deprive the citi-
zens of the slave-hoiding States of an equal
participation in the territories acquired
equally by their blood and treasure,) as
an unj just and insulting discrimination
to which these States cannot, without
political degradation, submit; and to which
this convention, representing the feelings
and opinions of the people of Mississippi,
solemnly declare they will not submit.
6. That the passage of the Wilmot Pro-
viso, or of any law abolishing slavery in
the District of Columbia by the Congress
Of the United States, would, of itself, be
such breach Of the federal compact as,
in that event. will make it the duty, as il
is the right of the slaveholding States, to
) take care of their own safety, and to treat
the non slave-holding States as enemies
TO the slave-holding States and their do.
mestic institutions.
! 7. That the Legislature is hereby re-
Iquested to pass such laws as may, in theiI
opinion, be best calculated to encourage
the emigration of citizens 10 the new ter
ritories of the United S States.
8. That, in view of the frequent and
increasing evidences of the determination
of the people of the non slave-holding
States, to disregard the guarantees of the
constitution, and to agitate the subject of
sl3erv, both in and out of Congress-, a.
vowedly for the purpose of effecting its
abolition in the States; and, also, in view
of the facts set forth in the late "Address
of the Southern Members of Congress-
this convention proclaims the deliberate
conviction, that the time has arrived when
the Southern States should take counsel
together for their common safety; that a
convention of the Southern States having
been held in accordance with the above
recommendation at Nashville in June
1850, we sanction and approve the reso-
lutions of that body.
9. That we recommend to the Legisla-
ture of this State, that at its next session.
a law be enacted, making it the duty OF
the Governor of the State, by proclama-
ton, to call general convention, of the
State, and to issue writs OF election based
upon the ratio Of representation in the
State Legislature, upon the passage by
Congress of the "Wilmot Proviso," or a.
polishing slavery in the District of Colum-
bia, or prohibiting the slave trade between
the States, to take into consideration the
act of aggression, and the mode and meas
ure of redress.
10. ResolUed, That by the action OF the
last Congress, the measures miscalled a
compromise, the positions of the Cd and
Sd and 4th resolutions above recited have
been met, and the constitutional rights
therein declared, have been violated.
| IL. Resofred, That in accordance with
the 10th resolution OF the series above re-
cited, convention of the State has been
called, and that we rely confidently on
said convention Justly TO estimate the
wrongs we have suffered and to .ndicate
/ the mode and measure of redress.
IL. That this convention declares that
it regards the admission of California as a
State into the Union, as the enactment OF
the IVila,ot P,'oriSo IN another .}orm," as
is set forth in the following letter:
WASHINGTON, June 81, 1850.
His Ercel1emcy,
Jso. A. QuIrMAN, Governor, DC.
Srp. We the Senators and Representa-