The Empire County argus., 1854-11-25
Coioma: Saturday, Nov. 25, 1854.

THE SUBSTITUTE REsoLuToNs-lt may not be
amiss at the present time to publish the resolutions
offered by MIR. Bryan last winter as substitutes for
the Nebraska resolutions. Thirteen Senators
Bryan, Cofroth, Colby, llager, Hail. Lent, Liver
more Lyons, Mahoncy, Moore, Stcbbns Sprague
ard whiting voted for them. Nineteen Senators
voted against them Catln, Crabb, Crenshaw,
Gardner. Grewell, Hook, Hudspoth, Keenc Ken
dali, Kurtz, May, Mcfarland, McGarry Peck,
Sawyer, Smith, Tuttlo, Wade and Walkup-
be found all the Wings.
The following arc the resolutions:
Resolred, That the Senate and House of Assem-.
bly, of California fully endorse the right of the
States and Territories Of the Emitted States to fix,
by their own acts and laws, the character of their
institutions with reference to the question of negro
slavery and that the Congress of the United States
should not Interfere with the disposal of such ques-
tions by the people of such Territory or State
Rcs2Ired, That while we agree as to the right of
each State or Territory to fix the character of its
own institutions in reference to the question of
slavery, yet we think it illadvsed and unncces-
sary step the organization Of the territories
OF Kansas and Nebraska to insert any clause in a
bin the tendency of which may be to review the
agitation of the slavery question, which is opposed
to the known wishes of the people of the Terrific
ries, and may greatly endanger the pcrmanency of
the American Union.
Resotred, That we acknowledge the application
of the Fugitive Slave Law passed by Congress- to
all the organized Territories Of the Union, as well
as of the States
Resolre' That We fully indorse the following
sentiments That Congess has no power under the
Constitution to interfere with, or CONTROL the do
mestc institutions of the several States and that
such States are the sole and proper judges Of every
thing appertaining to their own affairs not prohib-
rted by the CONSTITUTIONS that all efforts bv the
AbolitionisS and others, made to induce Congress
to Interfere with questions of slavery, or to take
lncpient steps thereto calculated to lead to the
most alarming and dangerous consequences and
that such efforts have an inevitable tendency to
diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger
the stability and permancncy of the Union. and
ought not to be countenanccd by any friend of our
political institutions.
Resolted, That the foregoing proposition covers,
and was intended to embrace, the whole subject
of slavery agt;ted in Congress, and therefore, the
Democratic party of the Union, standing on this
national platform, will abide by, and adhere to, a
faithful execution of the acts known as the COM
promise measures settled by the last Congress the
act recaiming fugives from labor, or service in
eludcd, which act being designed to carry out an
express provision of the Constitutions cannot with
fidelity thereto be repealed or so changed as to des
troy or impair its efficacy"
Rcsolred, That the Democratic party will resist
all attempts at renewing in Congress or out of it
the agitation of the slavery question: under what.
ever shape or color the attempt may be made
The foregoing resolutions were discussed in the
Legislature of this State at TIE last session. and
were introduced as substitute for the Nebraska
resolutions introduced by Senator Hook
At this time when the masses are prep ,rne TO-
and are actually engaged in pronouncing Judgment
on the subject referred to in the resolutions, it is
well to peruse them carefully, and see if there is
aught OF political infdelity in them Evils enough
have arsenalready from the agitation of the cues
ton of slavery. The aim and object of the COM
promise measures of so was to adjust the differ
ences existing between the North and South on this
subject The Baltimore platform affirmed the com
promise measures and among the planks we find
the exact words of the last of the foregoing resolu
tions. But for the introduction of the clause in
the Nebraska Kansas Bill repeating the Missouri
compromise, fanaticism would have died for want
of food.
Already, agitators were gasping for breath, and
being srangled by public opinion in all quarters
OooiViy was scltiiI uOWIl III SOllu SatlS
faction; determination prevailed in all sections Of
the Union to be satiSfel and would have prevailed
to this hour, no doubt but for the discovery of Sen
ator Douglass that commentary was needed Ir
the progress of which the Missouri compromist
was repealed. An effort an act which not ten men
probably, in the whole Union desired or had evel
seriously thought of one month before the measure
which if any man in California had proposed be
fore the assembling of Congress, he would hav
been considered crazy.
The result is, that agitation and funaticism ha
formed into fresh and renewed vigor, the who'll
nation is in fever of excitement, and we fear th
beginning of the end is not yet. Congress is the las
place where the discussion of slavery should be tol
Grated, having no power to interfere WITH or con
troll the institution, its discussion there, can onl
be productive of evil and. that continually. Th
States being supreme in their domestic affairs cal
manage the peculiar institution whereverit exists
without the advice of their neighbors, and mos
especially without the advice of Congress Il
Territories the people residing there, will in thei
own good time frame constitutions and apply fo
admission into the Union. Where then. is the us
OF this commotion? Sufficient for the day, is th
evil thereof"
The wisdom of the doctrine and spirit of th
resolutions quoted beons now to ho deuors+rot tod