The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-05-11
POLIT ICAL.
Report Of LIZ. #. Perry,

on the ACT referred to them, calling
this Convention, begs leave to submit
the folio wing Preamble and RcsoIu-
tions, as expressing his views in re.
gard to the impol tant matters con
tained in said Report, and as to the
true policy to be pursued by the State
Of South Carolina in relation to her
difficulties with the Federal Govern
ment. b. L. PERRY.
April 20, 1852.
llhereas, the Legislature Of South
carolina, in consequence of the az
gressions Of Congress and the North
ern States On the domestic institutions
of tho South, deemed it necessary to
cmbody the sovereign powers of the
State in Convention, in order that
the 6 commonwealth should suffer no
detriment," and for the purnosc
of considering the proceedings and
recommendations of a Congress of
tho slaveholding States ;" Aud
schereas, the other slaveholding
States have declined meeting South
Carolina III Southern Congress, for
the purpose Of considering the past
aggresslons Of the Federal Govern
ment on the institution in which they
all have common and equal interest:
And acAereas, it would be unwisc and
imprudent, and wanting in respect to
other Southern States, for South Ca.
rolina, under existing circumstances,
to take any decisive separate action
in cause which equally belongs to
them all: .And avAereas, there have
been recent manifestations on the
sst Of the rast Of the Federal Go
NtsernmcS sa kgfsa !, portion of t!s 3
Northern people Y at 'csss 'cssss 5thciirs s. sss
on the -institutioisS5t of theS
South, and carry \egt in good filth
the guarantees of the Federal Con.
stitution: And avhereas decp.root.
ed and long-chcrishcd regard for the
union of these States, as "paladiun
of our independence" "tranquility,"
.''pcacc,"' 6 Safety" ''prospcrity,"
and ''libcrty," makes it right and
proper, honorable and patriotic, that
we should "sulfer whilst evils are suf.
ffcrabIe,'' rather ethan right our
selves by abolishing the form to which
we have been accustomed -
BE It therefore resolved, That this
Convention will forbear at present to
exercise that highest and most sacred
of all rights which can belong to
free and brave people--a right Sc
cured to them by nature and natures 8
God, and paramount to all constitu-
tions and political compacts or agree
ments-- the right to alter or abolish
sheir government when it becomes
destructive of the ends for which it
was instituted, and ceases to protect
them in the enjoyment of their elves,
liberty, property, and pursuit Of hap
piness."
Resolveel, That the Union of the
several States of this Confcdcracv
was formed for the purpose of pro-
tccting equally the interest of all the
States; their institutions, property,
and Industrial pursuits; and the cx.
istcnce of African slavery in the
Southern States, at the formation of
the Fedcral Union, was not only re-
cognized in the Constitution, but
guaranteed, and made the basis, in
part, of their representation in the
Congress Of the United States.
Resolued, That this domestic in.
stitution of the South is not only
moral and correct in the opinion of
chs Convention, but a great blessing
to the African race; and absolutely
necessary for the continued peace
and prosperity of the slavcholding
States; and as such will be forever
defended and maintained by them at
any and all hazards, and to the last
extremity of their existence as a
people:
Resolved, That South Carolina,
through her sovereign. Convention,
spow pledges herself to her sister
Southern States to resist, in company
,tith them, or alone if need be, by
hl the means which nature and God
hsve given her, any and every at.
tSnpt on the part of Congress to in,
Sfere with slavery in the States, or
tag slave traie between the States,
ohNo abolish slavery in the District
o,n&joluml il without the consent OF
tES'owners, or to exclude slavery
from the Southern territories of the
United States, or tho forts, navy
yards, and other pubic places in the
III tho slayeh ,ldins States Belonging