Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-08-22

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to the committee on the District OF Go.
Tumbia, with Instructions to consider and
report thereon. MIR. Wise moved to lay,
that motion. on the tahle-yeas and nays
ordered on that question-yeas 135. nays
10. Adams. Fillmore, SIade, Giddings
& Co. to the negatiye.-( Cong. Globe.
col 6. p. 10.
Mr.. Adams then presented petition
for the abolition Of slavery in the Terri
tories of the United States and moved its
reference to the committee on Territories.
MIR. Wise moved to lay the resolution on
| the table-yeas and nays ordered-yeas
1876, nays 10 Adams. Fillmore. Gid.
diugs, Slade a. Co.. in the negative.
- (Cong, Globe, Vol. 6. p. 19.
Mr.. Wise, of Virginia. on the 18TH of
December. proposed a series of resolu>
tions, among which one may be found
which asserts doctrine, on the fugitive
sIqve kaUs that may enable US to CLEAN i'll
some measures the opinions of Mr.. Fill
more upon that subject, the very one
now upon which his entire claims in the
South repose.
Mr.. Wise asked leave to submit the
following resolutions, as propositions con-
LuIuln4 HIS "ttHS ttAS -NS
Iieved ito be the. real. sentiments Of the:
whole South.
/. Resolved. That Congress has no
power TO abolish slavery in the District
fof Columbia, or in the Territories Of the
United States, whethersuc power in the
st,id District or Territories be exercised
as a means or with the view of disturbing
and ovcrthrowipg slavery in the States or
not.
2 Resolved THAT Congress has no
power to abolish HE slaSeryttrade, or pro-
hbit the removal Of slaves between the
States and the District of Columbia or
Territories. of the United States. s5os7sz
3. Resolved. That Congress cannot re-
ceive or consider petitions for the exer:
else Of any powers whatever over the sub
ject # slavery, which Con 5ress does NOT
possess.
4. Resolved, That tile LAWS OF Con-
GREss ALONE GOVERN in prescribing and
reyula ing THE NODE AND MANNER in Which
FUGITIVE SLAVES Shall be apprehended,
and their RIGHTS 70 FREEDOM HELD in the
non slavehoiding States. District of CO.
Iumbia, and the territories. ard the MODE
AND MANNER in which they, shall be resto,s
red or delivered to their. owners in. The
Slave States.
% s. Resolved. That Congress has no
power to /" pose upon any tst0tethe abolition
Of SLAVERY IL ITS limits. As condition of nd-
mission into this Union. al
6. Resolved. That the citizens. of The
slavehoiding States Of this Union have the
constitutional right. v0luntarily. to take to.
or through a non slavehoding State and
to sujourm or remain temporarily With
such slaves in the same. aud the slaves
are not thereby Pso facto, ernancipa'ed
and the general government is consutu~
Iionally bound 70 project The rights of
sIavchulding States I; ana that the laws Of
non ->taveholding Safes in conflict with
the laws Of Congress providing for such
projection, are null and void.
On these resolutions. Mr.. Fillmore vo-
ted nay. With Giddings and Slade. s
Globe. vol. Z. ?. %. Mr.. Alherton ask
ed leave to submit tue following resolu-
tiDns:
Resolved. That this government is
government Of limited powers. and that
by the Constitution Of the United States,
Congress has no jurisdiction whatever
over The insitufi ion Of slavery in the se>
vera! States OF The confederacy.
8" Resolved. That the petitions for the
abolition Of slavery in the District Of Co.
lumbia and the Territories of the United
States and against the removal-of slaves
from one Stale to another, are q part of a
plan Of operations. sci on foot to affect The
institution of slavery in the several States,
and thus indirectly to destroy that insti
tuition within their limits.
g Resolved, That Congress has no
fright to do thai indirectly, which it can
not do directly; and that the agitation
of tie subject OF slavery in the District Of
Columbia or the Territories as a means,
land with the view Of disturbing or over.
throwing that INS TlTU;TlON in the Sc
veral States is against the true spirit and
meaning of the Constitution, an infringe
meut OF the right OF the States affected,
and a breach Of the public faith upon
which they entered into the coniede-
rlc5. @ ~
Resolved, That the constitution rests
on the broad principle of equality among
the me mbers this. confeQeracy, and thar
Congress, in1he exercise OF its acknowI-
edged powers. has no right to diserimi>
nate between the institutions of one rpor-
ton OF. the States and another. with the
view of abolishing the one and promoting
the other.ay...sH4 -i.: ..1
"Resolved. Therefore, thatalt attempts
on the part Of Congress TO abolish slavery
ia the DIstfics of Columbia r,the. Terri.
tories, or to prohibitslhe removal efsIaves
from STATE to State. or,to discriminate be>
SweeR.the institutions OF one portion Of
the confederacy and another with the
vie e8s raforesaids are in yiolalion: of the
FeOnstitution, destructive OF the fundamen
tai principle on which the Union sof. these
States rests. and beyond tie iarisdiction