New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-18
TIE VOICE OF CONNECTICuT.

We give below the Resolutions on the Nebraska Dill
which passed the Senate of Connecticut Tuesday bya
vote of IS andthe House yesterday by vote OF las
to 81 They were presented in the Senate on Tues
dav by the Hon JAMES DIXON, from the Committee
on Federal Relations aud are manly, outspoken and
c6npreLensye, as becomes the revolutOnzed AMI
emancpated State Of which they are the utterance.
They are as follows:
wasRr,s b eadns in The Consres, Of The Snei s.'s
10, tlt -ln gu o' 'e a. aaorx ~ tbr .dris,,a
Missouri approved March o. 1922 sdeelared Imperative ana
Resolrcl Bv His General assembly That the form Of
the Prohibition Of Slavery in the Act OF 1890 well as its
incorporation in act designed to be irePealaoe pledged
the public faith the whole extent of the power OF Con
re- so to do against any repeal of the prohibition 50 en-
acted and that the people Of Connecticut have therefore
relied upon tie pcrpeuty OF that enactment with full
confidence in the integrity and honor both of National
Government and of those States which sustain the nsttu
ton OF Slavery within ,heir own Jurisdiction.
Resorcd That in the name, AM in behalf o. the peo-
pie of this State protest against the proposed repeal OF
the prohibition OF Slavery in the Act preparatory 70 the
admission OF Missouri, violation of the national faith
rs destructive of mutual confidence between the States OF
this Union lis exposing the Union itself to imminent peril
and a. inconsistent with the fundamental principles OF nat
ural justice
Pcsolred That we declare fixed purpose never to
mt 10 the legal or actual ADMISSION Oh slavery o 'c
Territory from which excluded by the Act of 1920
OF 10 the admission oslavehodng States from any portion
OF the same.
Resoired. That the attempt to extend Slavery over
vast region from which it has been by law excluded with
the consent the say ehodng States ought to awaken the
people of Connecticut to the aggressive character OF
slavery as political power, and to unite them in deter
mined hostility its extension and to its existence when
ever it comes oonsu,ionaly within the reach OF Federal
legislation.
Redirect That this General Assembly hereby declares
f ready to cooperate with other States any legal and
constitutional measures which the existing crisis of its
consequences shall demand for the preservation of our
rights, and in defense ofliberty.
Res0lred That Senators in Congress be instructed
and that Representatives be earnestly requested to OPP
pore by all lawful means, and to the last extremity tue
bill under consideration with the clause abrogating the
prohibition of Slavery known the Missouri COMPROMISE
Resored That copy of these resolutions be trans
mitted to the Senator's and Representatives OF this state
in the Congress of the United States to be by them LAID
before that body and TO the Executives OF the several
States of this Union.
We learn further from New Haven that a caucus
of the Wings and Free Democrats in the Legislature,
held last evening to x upon candidates for L. ).
Senator On the first informal ballot to nominate for
the short term (from June | to March 4, 1855, in
place OF TRUMAN SMITH the vote stood for FRANCIS
GILLETTE, Free Democrat, - out of AZ On the
formal ballot lie received 90 out of AS.
On the informal ballot for the long term from
March 4, l-55, to March L. lo6l,) IL votes were
cast. La Fayete ;. Foster receiving 49, James Dix
on i7, Roger :. Baldwin 30, T. b. Butler l6 and )
scattering. On the third formal ballot out of l4G
Foster had -, Dixon 49, Baldwin r. and there we're
scattering. The caucus decided TO proceed to the
election this morning at / O'Clock