Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-10-06
Mr. CalbOuu,s ResOIutiOnS---SPeech %
GEN PIERCE.

We uublish below the resolutions offered IN tne
Senate OF the United States, December ~, go 60, ~
Mr.. Calhoun, of South Caroline: ON .n nf CnI%mbia,
md The sneech of General PIERCE in support OF the
Ps,oL1ed That in the adoption Of the Federal Con
slu,ion the States adopting the same ac.ea, nd
ay. as free independent, and sovereign states anu
that EACH for ITSELF by its own voluntary assem-, e
tered the Union with the view to its increased sen
ritv auains, all dangers, domesc as well as tcreg1'
and the more perfect and secure enjoyment u '''
vantaoes natural, political, and social. iii,
Resoired That in delegating portion OF '"e
movers TO be exercised by the Federal N!o'eloa 80
the States retained, severally, the I'D noIice
right over their own domestic lns'i'ut 49,, INV in
and are alone responsible for them anu 'a Oh;n
..,odIi;nr of anv one or more States, or couIuin
alton of their citizens, with the oouesc ndor anv
and police of the others, on any grou"u, ~ with
nretext whatever, political, moral OF Iels': &c
pfe.eAs iii alteration, or subverson, IS an as
snmntion of superiority not WARRANTED ~ o0 ,u;,h
etitution; insulting to the states ln' ~ ,,.n'
tending to endanger their domesuc Pe:oI ,ho c..
niI;tv subversive OF the objects Tor whlc" 'lo Oo
,;tn,ion was formed and by necessary consequence
lending to weaken and destroy the Union !Sei:
Reooi,ed That this Government was instituted
and adorted by the several States OF tn'S oI
common agent in order carry into effect the
which they had delegated by the Cons'i'".io. 'o
their mutual security and prosperity anu '''"-' ~
tulfillment of this high and sacred HusI, ..'0 ;,a
eminent is bound so to exercise It's powers q? "
oa
socnry IN the domestic institutions OF Inc States a
comnose the Union; and that it IS the solemn uuIy
of the Government to resist all attemp'S ny o p
ton of the Union 10 use 1t as an ihs'[u'.ei1 ~. ~
tho domestic institutions of another or 10 "edAei VI
doetrov such institutions, instead OF strengthening
and unfolding them, as it is in duty oouno 20 ?o'
ResoIyed That domestic slavery, as II exists III Tue
Southern and Western States OF lhis Cnlon' IN =;
an IMMIGRANT part of their domestic institutions IN
hered from their ancestors, and exlsung a 'he duoP
ton of the Constitution, by which IL IS
as constituting an essential element In lhe ulS''
tion of its mowers among the States; ana that ho
bonne If oninon or feeling the part OF the other
States of the Union in relation 20 II, can JustS .o
or their citizens in open and systematic at,dchs INCL
on with the view its overtrrow and mat all sucn
attacks are in manifest violation OF the mutual ana
.oIemn nIedoe to protect and defend each other'
oiyen bv the States, respectively, on enerlng !h'o
the Constitutional compact, which tormee .Ie io'
and as such is manifest breach OF lai'h' anu a
violation Of the most solemn obligations, moral ana
religious S,,o ~
Resolved, That the ntermeddling of any State OF
States or their citizens, to abolish slavery IN sls
District or any of the Territories, on the grouhu' Vi
under the Pretex that 1t Is lmmoTal OF sIhul ~ ..
MASSAGE of any act or of Congress- with that
view, would be direct and dangerous a''acA oAA '''o
institutions of all the saveholding States.
Resofred, That the union of these States rests on
an equality of rights and advantages among lis mem
hers and that Whatever destroys the equality, tends
10 destroy the Union itself; and that II Is the
duty of all, and especially OF this oooy' winch
represents the States in their cooperative capacity 10
resist all attempts discriminate between the states
in extending the benefits of the Government to the
several portions of the Unon and that to refuse 10
the Southern and Western States any advantage
which would tend to strengthen, render them more
secure or increase their limits or population by me
annexation of new territory or States, the assump-
ton or under the pretext that the institution OF saV-
cry, as it exists among them, is immoral or sinful. OF
otherwise obnoxious, would be contrary to that equa
ty of rights and advantages which the Constitution
ed tn al OIL
the Union, and would, in effect, disranchse all the
slavehoIding States, withholding from them the ad.
vanages, while it subjected them to the bur'hens oil
the Government.