Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-07-08

steps in relation thereto. are calculated to
lead the most alarming consequences. and
that such efforts have an inevitable tenden-
cy to diminish the happiness of the people,
and endanger the stability and permanencv
of the Union, and ought not TO be couhte-
nanced by any friend of our political insti-
tutions."
Which was rejected
Mr. Birch offered the following substitute.
which was laid on the table:
Resolved by the General Assembly ofthc
State of Missouri,
|. That in the opinion of this legislature
the question of slavery in the territories
and the District of Columbia, cannot be
properly, by action. calculated to arouse one
section Of the Union against anothcr;-we
therefore consider all iflnanmatory appeals
10 the people on this stbjcct as unwisc and
in conflict with the peace of our union.
2. That we ;rc decidedly opposed d any
enactment on the part of Congress, prohib-
iting slavery in the newly acquired terri
torloS.-beIieving as we do. that such legis-
lation would tend to weaken the bonds of
the Union, and impair the good feeling now
existing between the States.
3. That whilst we express our decided
opposition to the "Wilmot Proviso." the
people Of Missouri have ever held and still
assert that this is a government of maiori-
ties, except so far as restrained by the con-
sttuton, that the power to amend any law
Of the United States, when assumed BY a
single State, is incompatible with the exis-
tence Of the Union. contradctcd expressly
by the letter Of their constitution, unauthor-
lied by its spirit, inconsistent with every
principle on which it was fonnacd, and de-
structlve Of he great object for which it
was formed; that the people Of these Uni
ted States are, for the purposes enumerated
i'll their constitution. one people, and a sin
gle nation, having delegated full power 10
their common agents to preserve and defend
their nationa! interests, for the purpose OF
attaining the great end Of all government
the safety and happiness Of the governed;
that the allegiance Of the people is rightiul-
Iy due. as ii has been freely given TO the
General Government, to the extent of all
tie sovereign power expressly created tc
that government by the constitution; thai
/ the Supreme Court Of the United States is
the proper and only tribunal, in the last re.
sort, for the decision Of all cases in law anc
IaLrs oftho 7 n;,nJ Stotns and ,roa,io' noJ, NJ,
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laws founded on the inherent and inalicna
in ifs Ho,nrc rrvoIut;onor,.. and XIV, cons,,
tnt,orI ''
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lows.
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, provisions.
r . Resolved, That The States c. the Nj,
; SiSsippi valley are bounded together in
community oflnercstS, commercially. Socia
! ly and politically, and constituting as the
=, 90 the heart Of the American continent, an
\ containing at this time, nearly one half ii
population Of the United States. should al