Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-05-17
Platform Of the LOWnGles County
STATES RIGHTS UNION PARTY.

l.-Resolped That the Territories acquired by the
United States belong the people of the several States
composing the Union, as 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 of
the United States, or 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 alke-n said Territories and no nten-
tional degrading discrimination, in the degree or
quality OF the protection afforded, should be silently
tolerated
THAT it is the duty of the Federal Government to
provide laws, ncting penalties for harboring, steal
ing or conceang slaves in the Terrtores-as well as
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 our Constitution, renders its protection under tnat
Constitution obligatory upon Congress- wherever It's
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 new Government, with a
written Constitution, securing to themselves and for
their postertv extended privileges, and recogn-
zinc rights not secured and protected by the Common
Law: The great aim of that Government and
Constitution was, 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
with their slaves, have been excluded thererom,
is much violation of Constitutional rights as
would be the omission pass laws for the recovery of
fugitive slaves.
8.-That while we unwilling to secede from the
Union on account of the passage of the late compro-
mise bills, not satisfied with them a compro-
mise and therefore insist amendments to said bills,
that shall the South her equal rights well
in the Territories as 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
pie patronse the labor and industry of peo-
pie to encourage the Mechanic Arts and pursuits of
citizens to provide by joint associations, for the
erection of Manufactures in the south to diversity
labor, to withdraw capital from the production of
towards other pursuits and thereby enhance it's
price to maintain our Teachers, Schools, Col
leges and Churches to discriminate in the regua-
ton of internal and domestic policy, against those
who show hostility to institutions, and thus lay
the foundation of lasting southern independence, in
the mutual aid and good will of all classes of our citi-
at home.
IO.-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 oil
Union I'd. it should instruct the Legislature after the
lapse of given time, if Congress shall not have dis
charged this reasonable duty the South, to pass laws
modifying State revenue SYSTEM as to raise our
from such articles manufactured in the
offending States, indirectly introduced into them
from abroad at the time taking the tax of OF the
industry of people, and off of goods introdu
Ced into the State by direct importation through
Southern cities from foreign countries.