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slave trade between the States where
slavery may exist; or admit into the
United States as State of this Con
federacy, the sparsely populated Ter
ritory ofCalifornia and New Mexico
Or should tho Governor of this State
receive at any time satisfactory cvi
dence that any slave or slaves hav,
ing escaped from this State to a non.
slavcholaing State, and that such
slave or slaves is Or, are refused to
be given up to the proper owner by
the authorities of the States in which
such fugitiycs may be found, then in
either Of the foregoing events it shall
be and it is hereby made the duty of
the Governor Of this State, within
sixty days thereafter, to issue his
proclamation, ordering an election to
be held i'll each and every county to
a Convention Of the people of this
State, to convene at the seat of Gov.
ernmcnt within twenty days after
sail election.
On the 23d of September follow
Ing the Governor Of Georgia issued
his proclamation, declaring that one
Of the events had occurred, and re-
4uiring the assembling Of the Conven.
tion in December following.
Resolutions Of similar import were
adopted by the Legislature of Mis-.
souri, in March, 1919, of which the
two following will indicate the posi-
tion Of that State:
2. That the territories acquired by
the blood and treasure of the whole
nation ought to be governed for tue
common benefit Of the people of all
the States; and any organization Of
the territorial governments, cxclu.
ding the Citizens of any part of the
Union from removing to such terrific
ries with their property, would be an
exercise ofpower by Congress incon.
sistent with stteSspirituIl uIlon which our
Federal coplpaetaNlhs basedi, |, 5iinsa.tt ttiiS iSg,
to the sovetcisnty ana dignity Of the
States thus affected, calculated 70
ALLEVIATE one portiont of the Union
from another, and tending ultimately
to disunion.
5. THAT in the event Of the pas.
sage of any act Of Congress conflict
Ing with the principles herein ex.
pressed, Missouri will be found in
tho hearty cooperation with the
slaveholding States, i'll such meas
ures as may be deemed necessary for
our mutual protection against the
encroachmcnts Of Northern Fanati
cism.
Alabama, adopted rebplutions indica.
ting the like spirit ant determination.
South Carolina, though equally
alive to the coum9n danger, and
equally, Determined on resistance,
gave place to her sister States and
cordially adopted tNe course which
they pointed out. Her first step in
December, 1917, Vas precisely in
the footsteps of Virl.inia, and each
b'anch Of her Legislature. Her
rext action was in pS4S, when her
Legislature resolved as follows:
Resolved, UnaniIh hously, that the
time for discussion \ y the slavchold.
ing States, as to the r exclusion from
the territory recently acquired from
Mexico, has passed, and this general
assembly representing the feelings of
the State Of South Carolina, is pre-.
pared to cooperate with her sister
states, in resisting the application of
the principles of the Wimot Proviso,
to such territory, at any and every
hazard.
In December, 1910, the subject
was again brought before the Legis.
lature of South Carolina, by a Mes.
sage Of the Governor, communicating
a proposal from the State of Nlissis.
slppi, to send delegates to Conven-
ton to be held at Nashville, in June,
following, and the following report
and resolutions were adopted by the
Legislature.
Extracts .t''om tie Rrpoyts and Res
ol"tions, 1S49, PIP. 312, 31a, 81.
In the Senate, December 13, Is.
40. The Committee on Federal
Relations, to whom was referred so
much of the message Of his Exccllen-
cy the Governor, as relates to the
recommendation Of the people of the
State of Mississippi, for convention
of the people of the Southern States,
to be held in Nashville, in June next:
and also, 50 much Of the message as
relates to convcning the Legislature
OF this State. in tie event of the pas.
sage 10y Congress Of the Wi!mot Pro
vlso, or any kindred measure, bee
leave to report: That they cor'lially y
concur with the views expressed by
his Exccllcncy the Governor, as tc
the necessity, on the part Of the