Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-06-16

/ l ..r,o. T., establish what courts they choose,
and annoint or elect the Judges Of the same
they NAV decide for themselves. and give to their
courts the lwer to adiudicafe on their own lnws
thu courts of States possess the power to do sub
! rct 10 the laws OF the States and the decision OF
| the courts of the States. Ia review by the su-
prernp Court Of the T.. States in Of conflict
with the constitution Of the United States and
the laws passed IN pursuance thereof. That Con
gress shall creafe within the Territories such
courts Of the United Stats as exist by laws ct
Congress in tic States. and the President Of the
United states shall appoint. with the consent ot
the Senate Of the nited -tates, the Judge there
Of and the Judges thereof shall hold office
aud possess Jurisdiction rs all such Judges
do ia the like courts 81 the tnItri States
ian the States that Congress shall create
an -ach Offices AID officers III sai1 Territory rs
nrc INV existent in the States, and said officers
.ha be appointed Ivy the President a the same
are appointed By him. either alone or wi the
consent IF the Senute of tie United States aud
thai fha-aerritories should in general possess like
powers. rights, privileges and immnnites do
the States. except n representation in Congress,
ihey having neither Senators Mr. Representa-
tive therein, but only a single delegate.
Whereas the constitution of the United States
contains the provision following, hcing the third
clause of The second sect n Of article tonr Their,
Of viz ~ person hell il service or labor in
enc State under the law hereof, escnpng into
another, shall, in consequence Of any law or reg
ulation therein, be discharged from such service
or labor, bat shall be delivered up on claim Of the
parly to whom such service or labor may be
due"
Resolved Tint this National Council recog-
nze the full and binding obligation of This rro-
vision of the constitution upon the States of this
Union and the people thereof, and that 1t Is due
to the constitution and to good faith in one State
.. ~, Al tu,,- a.
ist fully, fairly aud honestly to carry out the said
provision in letter and spirit, and that all the
courts of this Union and Of the Statr should fully,
honestly and 18th alncrity enforce all laws made
in pursuance of said provision Of the constitution
and render at all time and in all places operative
aud effective. for the keeping off good faith Of one
State With Their and for the rendering of Justice
and the protc cton of property; and this National
Council pede es itself 10 all Just and proper meas
to seeHr,, hat this provision Of the eonstitu
ton and the laws made in pursuance there of
shah be duly enforced, and that faith shull be
kept and justice done in its regard.
The platform sent was adopted in the commit
tee Of thirty aae ON that subject by seventeen to
fourteen. The abolitionists all standing in oppo
sitiop the one side, ana the national men in
support on the other.
The American Organ of Tuesday says: We
hav conyersed with "A gentleman of the first in
tel igonce, who left Philadelphia last evening and
W 40 informs Us that the platform reported by the
committee will undoubtedly be adopted; that it
wllbe sustained by New Hampshire Connecticut,
Vermont. New York, New Jersey Pennsylvania,
Indiana, Illinois, and the whole Southern del
egation. This is from undeniahe authori.
ty.
\ dispatch from Philadelphia Tuesday says =
\ report prevailed here this afternoon I'll ~ por-
ton OF the members of the American Convention
had seeded, aud there a prospect OF the body
breaking up in n row, but the report was entirely
tulse.-'fhe slavery question was not resumed,
and the Convention WAS engaged in the discus
sion Of the naturalization laws pending which the
platform committee made a final report, which
was laid upon the table, to come up when the nat
uralzation matter is settled, The Convention is
in session this evening.