Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-04-03

tlOns; that the reoeIal Oonsusuuo", '"s
liberties of the people, the sovereign rights
Of the States, and the Union Of the States,
must and shall be preserved.
Resolved, That with our Republican
fathers, We hole it to be . sslf-evident
truth, that all men arc created equal (;
that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain inalienable rights; that among
these are life, liberty and the pursuit Of
happiness that to secure these rights,
governments are instituted among men /;
and that the primary duty and object of
our Federal Government is to secure these
rights to all persons under its exclusive
jurisdiction. That, as our Republican
fathers abolished Slavery in all the nation
al territory, and ordained in the COnstitu-
tion I" that no person shall be deprived Of
life, liberty or property, without due pro-
cess of law it becomes our duty to main-
tain this provision Of the Constitution
against all attempts to violate it, for the
purpose of establishing Slavery in the
territories of the United States. That we
deny the authority of Congress, Of the
Supreme Court, of Territorial Legisla-
ture, of any individual or association OF
individuals, to give legal existence to Sla-
very in any Territory Of the United States,
while the Constitution shall be maintained.
Reso!red, That the Constitution confers
upon Congress sovereign power over the
Territories of the United States, for their
government; power not eontroverted for
the first sixty years Of our national exis-
teuce, but exercised by the general con-
currence of all departments Of the Govern
ment, through every Administration from
WASHINGTON to POLK and that in the
exercise of this unquestionabls power, it
is the duty Of Congress to prohibit in the
Territories, those twin relies Of barbarism,
polygamy and Slavery.
Resoloed, THAT WE ARE YET FREEMEN,
and that while we retain the inestimable
rights Of Freemen, secured to US BY the
sacrifices, suferings and blood Of our Rev
olutiouary fathers, we will not submit to
have a new Constitution imposed upon US
by the extra judicial opinions Of Judges
of the Supreme Court-OpiniOns subVer-
siye of the rights of human nature-in
conflict with the truth of L:-.--. 9th 81.
unbroken action of the government and
the law Of the land, a. heretofore pro-
nounced by the Federal Judiciary, and
the Courts of nearly every State in the
American Union.
Resoiusd, That the recent opinions OF
the majority of the Judges Of the Supreme
Court, in q case over which they decided
the Court had no jurisdic,i,n, and, there
fore, no authority to pronounce the Law
arising therein, is but an other step in con-
summation of that conspiracy against oal
free institutions, which had its inception
in the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
that it is the direct result Of the late tri
umph of the Slave Power in the election
of its candidate, JAMES BUCHANAN, to
the Presidency, and unless promptly re-
buked by tho people at the ballot-box,
may be followed BY other usurpations fatal
to the independence Of the Free States
and the liberties of our people.
RESOLVED, That the constitutional rights
of the people of Kansas have been fraud
ulently and violently taker from them
Their territory has been invaded by an
armed force; spurious and pretended leg
islative, Judicial and executive officers
have been set over them, BY whose usurped
authority, sustained by the military power
of the Federal Government, tyrannical
and unconstitutional laws have been en-
acted and enforced; the right Of the peo
pie to keep and bear arms has been In
fringed; test oaths Of an extraordinary
and entangling nature have been imposed
as condition Of exercising the right o.
suffrage and holding office; the right o.
an accused person to speedy and public
trial by an impartial jury has been denied
cruel and unusual punishments have beer
inflicted upon the innocent, while murders
robberies and arsons have been instigated
and encouraged, and the offenders have
been allowed to 60 uDpuuished the right
of the people to be secure in their persons
houses, papers and effects against unrsa
sonabls searches and seizures, has beer
violated they have been deprived Of life
liberty and property, without due process
of law +; the freedom Of speech and of th'
press has been abridged; the right Il
choose their representatives has been mad
of no effect; That all these things hsv'
been done with the knowledge, sanctio,
and procurement of the Federal Govern
, ment, in violation Of the plainest mandate
Of the Constitution That the usurpatiOl
by which a spurious Legislature was i'm
posed upon Kansas, and its people subjec
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