Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-29
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uoVenment cohhues ib legitimate ACTON w1tnin the
pale Of the constitution, but they will not acknow
ledge the right Of either the Federal Government o,
the people Of the North to disregard the char
tered rights Of the South. On this great ISSUE daily
assuming moro dangerous aspect we shall ever be
found firm, incorporating and unqualified advo.
Gates Of the distinct right Of the people of each State
OF Territory deciding for themselves to the Local
character and domestic relations of their government
restricted only by the time honored tests laid down
In the Federal compact Hence our unqualified re-
probation Of the sixth resolution Of the State
Wing Convention Of Now York. The principles
there laid down, and the rule of action there pre-
scribed, are Ubiquitous In the extreme. We eschew
them, out and out. Here they are
Resolved, That measure 90 perradns and momen-
tous In in scope and influence, vitality affecting the
pua,ion and destiny of our whole eoua,ry az The csab
lbhmsot oe Introduction OF human slavery throughout
portion Of the national domain larger the old thirteen
state esn With poPrey be referred to no tribunal less
exciting and commanding than that composed Of the
whole American people, and We protest against its division
under the false and deceptive CRY Of popular sovereignty
iron this august tribunal to composed Of the few
nundfeos or Thousands OF sqaauers who encamp in
said territory as palpsbe derelicon from duty under
PreteIt too fimsy to misle,d any but those
Do dsluded and eager to be led asrsy.'
We can find no excuse in the history of the past the
circumstances Of the present. or the issues in pros
Pect for so revolutionary doctrine 1t is subyersiye
Of every rule of republican government, and desruc.
tive Of every tenet of State sovereignty and we can
but hope that the good sense aud sober second
thought" OF the people of New York, will induce
them to repudiate such a vile political heresy. No
language can be too severe for such bald faced and
anti-republican hereses
What has the "whole American people" to dos
PeoPle-with the introduction of human slavery
throughout portion Of the national domaing"-
Where Ii the doctrine ascertained in he constitution
or acknowledged In the practical operation of tn
Federal Government, allowing local questions to agi-
tate the legislation Of the "~hole American people,
under what clause or article Of the constitution will
such poser be discovered the bare deyelopement Of
which would shiver this Union into dscordent an
tagonstic fragments? This creed once in practical ope
ration where is the sovereignty of the States This
creed reduced to practical operation would merge
every local issue, involving thurman slavery" in one
wild, uncomfortable destructive consolidation Of Fede
raj power. Would the people Of Ne.o York consent
that the whole American people" should vote on
any local question affecting ther rights, determining
domestic relatonst" Would they tolerate such an
interference with their domciliary rights? Why the
State OF New York less exempt from this impertinen,
-
laton than Territory? Where is the distinction 50
FAR As "human slavery" is concerned or inyolyedy-
The people of Territory are citizens of the United
States emigrating from the different States with their
property, and claiming what? Surely the guarantees
OF the constitution, the protection of the laws all
the immunitics Of the citizen. Thus settled, thu,
protected thus guaranteed in their citizenship and in
the full exercise Of their chartered privileges under
what rule Of political action, by what principle Of
republican equality they be subjected to the will
OF the "whole American people," ascertainns their
rights OF property or defining their personal priv,
lesess And yet this is the doctrine asserted in the
sixth resolution as quoted above,
This resolution is the legitimate offspring of the
spurious doctrine laid down in the two preceed,r-
resolutions, which we give below, that Virginia
Wings may clearly discern the covert treason 70
the Union, which lurked in the heart of this Freeso
Convention
Resolved That BY the act procuring the repeal of the
Missouri compromise we hold tina, are forever dis
charged IRON all obligations support any compromise
with slavery eIoep. such contained in the const
sion OF the United States, and especially that we
forever released from all obligations to admit into our m
non any State which sanctions or permits slavery
Resolved, That the recent action OF Cong,e., s,n,
stsd and approved BY the President whereby the
pact commonly known as the Missouri Compromise s re-
Raoned ana the vast territory known Nebraska and
Kansas opened 10 slavery, has already received the II n
quaned condemnation OF the wings OF New York and We
point with satsacon and pride the fact that not sn
wing member OF either House OF Congress from this or
any other Tree state yielded any sort Of aurpo coun
tenance or favor TO that most un1, aud unrishtous
csedDg." p'o
Lie interests represented, and the abolition affin.
nos which Characterised and gave tone to this Con.
Vention here proclaim to the world that thew stare
forever discharged from all obligation to suppor, anv
compromise with slavery except such as aro contained
In the Constitution Of the United States-1,d ,,o.,
sspseiaHy that zee are foreper released from all obi
cations TO admit, into our Uaio. am State ,sbicb
sanetiors or permits slare7y."
here, thsn, we have the root Of their PRINCIPLES -
IL springs from the hot bed of unalloyci aboIi,;o,
"no threatens to o7ershadow the Union with ito
POISONOUS Injection unless Slavery" is extinpusbed
Aom''ang tnat there was once on obio1tor~ To ,bia
sheent they aosolve themselves from it by the mere
'oht'on OF Convention who strike in their rssol,,
uons, ~ the cornerstone Of the Federal compact -
Fray, when did this "obloation" first e,ist From
whence did 1t spring? What rights did II sscsr,ins
what privileges, as to vested property, did il shield
that such On obligation did exist these ueople .dm,
and IN admitting seek to annu and disavow If I;
was once "a" obligation, !" that "a State which sono
On'on' The obligation" sprang from the Fedora
ennPac', and was one Of the conditions precedsn,
unuer winch Western sovereign States entered into nm,
FORMED The Federal Government Such being ,s ori
g'n' character, dignity and import, how, we ask d,
Pofhon OF the people Of New York assume to them
selves the high functions Of the creative posor
oy Their mere creative yolitioD dissnnu the oobli.
cation" on which the tenure Of each State in N
Uunion dePendsH II the Condition pr.csdsn,n +
this respect is absoved, and new test aq unn.,,,,
a. ills and-Republcaa, is imposed on new state
seeking admission into the Union where ia IN, s,ro
guard sgsinSta further, and, II possible more dar
gsrous invasion Of the Federal compact?
The simple truth u.s. this is a deliberate. pre,nsd
tatsd attack on the slave interest, and should he
once met with Grmness measured by the dang,
involved and repudisted scornsd and prescribed vi,
arssoluton equal to the petuent and invasive and d
organizing spirit which called into existence the FEM
'sh plot against the integrity Of the Union. Su,
will be our course; and we shall watch, with Il
deepest solicituds, the progress Of the New Yor
elections and express agaIu the hope that Bronsc
may be elected over this Seward faction