Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-09-05

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OF the domestic institutions OF the States
that compose the Union, and thatit is the
solemn duty Of the government to resist
TO the extent of its constitutional power.
all attempts by one portion OF the Union
10 use il to attack the domestic institu-
tons of another, or to weaken or destroy
,Ruch Institutions.
eth. Resoleetl, That domestic slavery
as 1t existed in the southern and western
States OF this Union. composes an impor.
tant part of their domestic institutions.
iuhefited from CiIaif ancestors, and ex
isting at the adoption of the constitution.
by which tits Fec69nfzed as constituting
Ia the appointment Of powers among the
States. and that no change OF opinion or
feeling, on the part of the other States OF
che Union in relation to it, can justify
them in open orsystematic attack thereon.
with view to9itS overthrow. and that, all
such attacks are so manifest violation OF
the mutual and solemn pledges to protect
and defend each other, gwen by the
States respectively on entering into the
constitutional compact which formed the.
Union. and as such are manifest breach
Of faith and violation of the most sol,
ann obligations.
"5ih. ReSo1psd, That the interference Of
any of the States. with view to the aboli>
ton of slavery in this District, and chat any
act or measure OF Congress- designed TO
abolish slavery in this District, would be a
violation Of the faith implied in the cesion
by the States Of Virginia and Maryland.
and just cause of alarm to the people
Of the Slaveholdiug States. and have a
direct and inevitable tendency TO distract
and endanger the Union.
"6tn. Resolvea, That any attempt of
Congress to abolish slavery in any Terri
tory in which it exists, would create seri>
Gus alarm and just apprehension in the
States sustaining thar domestic institution.
would be violation ofgood faith towards
abe inhabitants, who have been permit ted
to settle with and hold slaves therein. be-
cause the people of such Territory have
not asked for the abolition of slavery
therein. and because when any such
Territory shall be admitted into the Ter
ritory as State, the people thereof will
be entitled to decide that question exclu-
siVely for themselves" See Congressional
Globe. vol &, puge SO.
MORE For a more extended view OF
Mr.. Buchanan's opinions on the Calhoun
Resolutions. above referred TO. see APP
pendix to Congressional Globe, vol. 6,
page 80. 81. SO. and73.
He advocated division of Nsv Merico
and California 6et,oeen tie North and South :.
Dung the administration Of Mr.. Polk,
Mr.. Buchanan being Secretary Of State,
the slavery agitation was continued in a
far more dangerous, because more plau-
.Sh1o
Gought to be applied to all the Territories
thereafter to be organized and as large
regions OF country acquired by the Mex
lean war, and defined by the treaty with
England, relative to the Northwestern
territories, were expected soon to be or
genlzed as Territories preparatory to adj
mission into the Union as States. the
question Of slavery was again discussed
with more bitterness than ever. The CON
serVative statesmen Of the North, Mr..
Buchanan among them, together with the
entire Southern delegation in Congress in
1949, proposed TO the Freesoilers to ex-
tend the Missouri Compromise line to the
Pacific. and thus forever, close the agi-
tatien upon that subject. The PROPOSE
tionswas rel cted. Nothing was left hut
for the conservative men Of the North
and Of the South TO withdraw all offers Of
compromise. and throw themselves upon
their constitutional rights as equal mem :
bers Of the coniederacy. and entitled TO
the common territories, regardless Of lati
tuds or Imaginary lines. The battle was
fought: the compromise acts Of 1850
were the result, and every Territory or
ganl2ed since those acts, will come into
the Union with or without slavery, as the
people thereof determine. -s.a
tic expresses the opinion in. November.
1880. that ths Missouri restrict ons had pass
% GOGy:
Mr. Buchanan, as early as November.
1850. in letter to the people OF Phila-
delphIa, declared that The Compromise Of
1850, had superseded the Missouri line,
or. TO use his own language, that the line
had "passed away" which construction,
led inevitably to the adoption OF the Kan
aas-Nebra~k" bill That bill WAS passed
upon that construction. and the re peal vi
the Missouri Compro,nis line is set forth
itself AS having been set aside in the act
OF 1850.
He demonstrates o9dinst an act of The
Psn"EyE"Gnia Legislature o6S'rucsilg tie
arrest and Tet"' " " Jug'nVe St0veS:
This enactment wa afterwards repeal
cd By a Democratic legislature. but the
bill was vetoed by Gov. Johnston. the
joint candidate OF the Ab ltionisls and
Know -Nothings for the Vice Presidency.
HIS diplomatic services to the South
But the South needs not only friends in
councils Of the Union. She is assailed by
foreign foes. instigated by hostility to the
Republic. and a malignant hatred OF that
section upon which foreigners are alone
dependent for an Indispensable material
Of industrial employment and social com.