Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-05-24
Platform of the LOWndes County
STATES RIGHTS UNION PARTY

l.-Resoleed That the Territories acquired by the
United States belong the people of the several States
composing the Union; MS common property.
2.-That the people of the several States have an
equal right migrate to these Territories with every
species of property recognized by the Constitution
the United States, of the several States.
3.-That protection by the General Government, is
due all the property of all the citizens of all the States
equally and alike-in said Territories and inten-
tional degrading discrimination, in the degree or
quality of the protection afforded, should be silently
tolerated.
4-That it is the duty of the Federal Government to
provide laws, infictng penalties for harborng steal
ing concealng slaves in the Territories-as we'll
for offences of like character, against other species
of property.
5.-That the fact that slavery is unknown to the
Common Law, while it is recognized and guaranteed
by Constitution renders its protection under that
Constitution obligatory upon Congress, wherever its
power of legislation extends
6.-That the people of the several States did, by
revolution reject the institutions and laws Of England
and formed for themselves a new Government, with
written Constitution securing to themselves and for
their posterity, extended privileges, and recogn-
zng rights not secured and protected by the Common
Law The great aim of that Government and
Constitution was, to give protection to the person and
the property of the CITIZEN wherever its power law
fully extended.
THAT the omission by Congress to discharge its
Constitutional duty. by providing protection to our
slave property in the Territories whereby cit
n,
is much violation of Constitutional rights as
would be the omission pass laws for the recovery
fugitive slaves.
8.-That while unwilling to secede from the
Union, account of the passage of the late compro-
mise bills, not satisfied with them compro-
mise, and therefore insist amendments to said bills,
that shall to the South her equal rights well
in the Territories elsewhere.
9.-That in consideration of the repeated violations
of the compromises heretofore made by the north and
the aggressive character of their past and present
conduct regard the duty of the southern peo-
pie paronse the labor and industry of own peo-
pie to encourage the Mechanic Arts and pursuits of
citizens to provide by joint associations, for the
erection of Manufactures in the south ITO diversity
labor, to withdraw capital from the production of
cotton towards other pursuits and thereby enhance its
price to maintain our own Teachers, Schools, Col
eges and Churches TO discriminate in the regua-
ton of internal and domestic policy, against those
who show hostility to institutions, and thus to lay
the foundation of lasting southern independence in
the mutual aid and good will of all classes of our cit
Zens at home.
1O.-That to carry into effect this policy, the con.
vention called to assemble in November next should
list. demonstrate with Congress against the omission
of its constitutional duty and protest against the long
er continuance of such degrading, discrimination a
ganst our institutions, guaranteed by the compact o
Union Cd it should instruct the Legislature, after th
lapse of given time, if Congress shall not have dis
charged this reasonable duty to the South, to pass law
so modifying State system. to raise ou
revenue from such articles manufactured in thu
offending States, indirectly introduced into then
from abroad, at the time taking the tax off of tn
industry of our own people, and off of goods ntrodu
ced into the State by direct importation through
Southern cities from foreign countries.