Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-15

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.on troube 20 it is said but the Pennsylvania dele
@o,;on have met together, and passed certain rrsalu
fms for his guidance. 1t is hoped that they will
modify his views, their representative OF the Pat
| form Committee.
IIut all the indications to-day are, that "Sam'' will
s,l upon the rock Of slavery, and thus be knocked
tu pirces. 4 few Abnlitnnists threaten to seccdc
nui their secession would he useful but that few
Northern incapable of apprerians that sin!e of
things wtlcn protfcra platform ofno use to tho South
aud not manainabe in the North, after such srcrs.
sion. The Council Ia not i'll working condition, nlld
is not likely tn he. Many of the materials, perhaps
most, are Of tho intractae and indocile order.
Tho failing of the effort to agree upon what lIo
party agreed or in this country can agree
''Slavery," is houily demonstrated The touching q"
the subject nj all is death to the American OrsaniLn
| ton, but in spasmodic outbreaks.
The stuff the Tribune prints IA from here, would
not be credtsblc even 10 the Herald, or Police TIA
zette. The HHle-!atie Of the bar-ronms and groS-
shops aud the stories il is manufacturing are "i lnc
| very lowest order of penny -a-!inng.
Though the Convention is made up ni ui'raS uh"
extremes on slavery, and il destroying the party ~
touching the subject i'll any forn,-as It Ia noing-n
Is also made up of large mHj"rity oi nrrSNtr rn nIu
capable though, in the mnin, thcorcucal men. ihc!
are honest and straightforward generally anu INC
great damage thoy arc doing 10 their principles comes
only from mixing up OF irrelevant matters WIN tc'
The probability to-day, then Is, thai they VIII I'"'o
All American party, not mantnliaDie, cenr,aht, ~, ,m
matters that they are a1u!Icatng, and that ihey WAL
|
| South.
The Platform Committee of 81 members met again
this mUrnng,--when general Pdi"r'r t"ok l'a'e'''
slavery ma!,ers-as old cs they are un'n'eres'''S'
The proceedings Of Monday, us reported IN the
New York papers aro Of considerable interest. we
| ~ PHILADELPHIA. June II. 1850.
Fxprcsdent Barker took occasion this n'orii!; 10
! DENY having taken II contract for the Live tnk
candidate us has been ntnated Ill The papers" "h 'ho
| authority of ID. Clmnn and Others A.,
| The committee Oh resolutions leP'''c' ~ ~
Council this afternoon the following resolutions o"
slavery: ,; or;s.u
| Resolved, That the American party having arisen
upon the ruin. and in spitu of the opposition o' nr
Wing and Democratic parties. cannot hr hrl'' ~ ni
manner responsible for the obnoxious acts or vi","e"
pledyes of either that the syscmnc aGitafi"h "i III"
slavery question by thosc parties las eleVa'en sec
tional hostility into POSITIVE cieeit =" P',,'i' W
power and brought institutions mo peril u mas
therefore become the impcrltivc dr;v o' the Ain,i-
am Marty tu iu:crpose, for the purpose ot giving
pence 10 III, country and perretuity I" the nni.-
Tbn, ,s ~, r.ncc has shown il is impossible to r'-
concc opinions 40 extreme rs those "hicn separate
| tho d;.,ninnts aud III there can be 10 dsaonor il
| ub,ntinr Ia the laws, the National Council ha'
deemed il the best guarantee oi common Justice
and of future pence 10 abide by and maintain the eN.
listing laws upon the -ubie OF slavery rs hra ana
conclusive settlement OF that s"Gert III Sptl' ana III
| substance.
| Resolved, That regarding it tho highest duty to
avow thesc opinions upon subject 81 important, III
distinct and unequivoca terms, II !. hereby declared
as the sense oi s National Council, that Congress
possesses no power under the Constitution to legsHt
upon the subject of slavery IN tie Hatcs or 10 tS'
| clidc any State from admission I'M" til" lmnh he
cause her constitution docs or does not rcc"Tnz" IN"
institutions of slavery s pnrt OF her social system;
ard expressly pre;crmrtinS any expressions "i "In.
ion upon the power "f Congress 10 csfnhlsi ar pro-
! lbt slavery in any territory. II l.. the sense q! -
National Council that Congress ought n" to lrc.'tr
| IL, ..t .l.. f,.Trf tt
IN. United States and thar any interference -! Con.
orr-s with slavery a. il exists in the District al Co
lumbia would be- violation III the sP'rit and inl"n-
ton Of the compact by which the Siai" NJ Mary lan'
ccdcd the District 20 the United States, and = br"ac!
of the national faith.
| The maiur;y report having been r,nd a minority
report waa submitted, which wNs signed by the 10"
lowing members Of the committee: William +. John
son, Pa; A. u. Sperry, Conn; Thomas IL. Ford,
Ohio; An,hppY 4sss - \ &Yhan!ar I;tetn. X l.: 5o-
H. Barrett, VI. Schuyler Cnl(nX lnd ID. +. Wood,
Wis: j. Cugsha!l, Mich; W. - Phelps, ILL.,, twelve
in oil; also by Rd Cielncnt, Del, and I. ID. D.shi"r
y. D.. nv to the first claasc. New York aI"n" "' the
free States wvi: for the majority report. Iowa was
not represented M,mcso;a Territory went with \.
York: Us aso tho District oi Columbia; and 'hetr
with the united South carried the majority report i'll
committee.
TIL. minority resolution il ns fnll"ws:
Resolved Tint the repeal Of the Missouri Coinpro
mise iuracton of the p!!Shtd laiih oi The ma
ton aud that il should &c restored, and II efforts 10
shall Congress shoull
any State ,oleratng slavery. which shall he formed
out of any portion of the territories from which that
| institution was excluded by that Compromise.
| In the Council, Mr. Mallory, Of New Iolk, thought
no discussion was needed. lie asked lnsu!tinGiy II
| auy man there would not succumb TO the viii of the
| majority! Gov. GarGncr, ui Mass. took up the
gauntlet, and declared that neither hc nor his state,
nor minority ui the Free States would abide by the
resolutions iirs reported The party could n" carry
| u village in Massachusetts upon them. He charged
| tho New York delegation with deserving the North,
aud of even going fur in dn,ghaceisn is :" com
plain to the South that they were connecting too much
| to the North
Gov, Gartinor made IL bold, earnest speech protest
| iEg agains, the resolutions uf the minority.
| The council adjourned to o'clock ihis evening,
when the debate will be resumed. a long and violent
discussion is anticipated. The resolutions Of the MT
| iorty will undoubtedly pass.
10, O'Clock, Z. M-1ho council ia sti in session.
dull discussion is going resolutions other than
those relating to slavery. These are unohicctonnhe,
and NEE: 10 very serious opposition. slavery will be
| Nd again and more dirrciy Tomorrow. i grca. de
bate ia expected. The Son,h show ndicatun2 u! va.
yerng. They yncver found the North &c determined
and bold before.
The above we ccrry :rom tho Tribune. The Herald
says t,e .oiioMing viii be added to the first resolution
oil the majority report;
"Sulject TO the decision Of the proper Gcurts nav
ing judicial coSnzancr thereof Gni zach amendments
as shall be needed 10 fully larry out their spirit and
more fully give y toe inhabitants Of the territories
the eEt:e p"wcr OF l"rn sovereignty, us The sanc is
possessed by the people of the States. To the second
will be added clausc declaring ''that the people "i
tile Territories of the United States slould possess m
| full and actual sovereignty within the same a7 the
people of the SRtO. do" And, also. the following
| .Whereas. the constitution of the United STATES
contains the provision .uwing, being the ihlrd clause
Qf the second section q; article four thereof, VIZ -
No person held to service labor in one state under
the laws thereof escaping into another, shall, IN con
sequence ct any lnw regulation therein, DC dls-
charged ilrm such service labor, but shall be de-
livcred up rnim Of the party tu whom such service
| or labor may be due.
the full and binding obligation Of this provision o;
the constitution upon the States Of this Union and
the people thereof md that il is due to the const'h'
ton and 10 the g0l faith in Stnte towards another
that ;Ae proper laws should exist I" fully tariy ana
honestly carry the aaid provision in letter ana Ill
spirit and that all the courts of this Union and OF the
States should fully honesty aud with alacr!ty en-
force oil laws made III pursuance OF snld provision oi
the constitution, and render at NIL times ana IN HI
places the said provision operative aud ef.ctitr; Tor
the Keeping o good faith Of State with Rno'hsF
aud for the rendering Of Justice and the prtrtlon ni
property; aud this National Councils pledges itself 10
all Just aGc rrc1c: measures TO secure thai tii's pro-
Yi5iun Of the constitution aud the laws made III nr-
suance thereof shall be duly enforced, and that faith
| shall be kept and justice done in its regard
The same paper says
The platform as sent adopted in tho committee
Of thirty-nne on that subject by aeTrern L" '"F'ee'
The abotonists all s.a;ng in opposition ON the one
side, and the nStns men III support I'm the other.T
! lta adoption was IN overthrow to thtin-ihty VIII
now strive in the convention 10 carry their views,
| and failing in that will bolt.
TIE SPIRIT IN PENNSYLVANIA.
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