Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-04-16

.oeother the various parts.'' These are
he sentiments Of the citizens Of Vigo, here
assembled, and by the blessing Of Heaven
we shall live and die by them.
Rcsolccd That we are opposed 10 and
wiliresist all eiTyrts TO array the citisens
Of one section of our country against
another upon sectional or geographical
issues. fnal sal
Resolved, That we respond to the pstri-
otto sentiments recently expressed by the
AUnion men, !" Of Platte county, Missouri,
and like them will adopt as the code ofour
political morals, the golden rule. "To do
to Others as We would they should do to
u.s. will oppose abolitionism, border ruff
iarism, and every other fanaticism that
has a tendency to infringe the rights of
others" and that we will have for our mot
TO: The Constitution and the Union, now
and forever, one and inseparable.
ResoEred, That we maintain, what the
American party has always maintained,
that the people Of q territory, when they
form their constitution for admission into
the Union have the right to decide for
themselves, whether they will or will not
have slavery, aud that. they are entitled to
admission into the Union, whether they
docide it one way or the other; it is their
business, not ours, and we don't intend to
trouble ourselves about it.
Resolred, That, in our opinion, Congress
ought not to legislate on, the subject Of
slavery, either in the States, the District
of Columbia, or in any part Of the Ter
ritories of the United States-but ought
to lei it alone. go
Resolvel, That the control of the do
nestle institutions Of the States, including
slavery, belongs exclusively to the States
themselves, and the Federal Government
has no right or power, under the Consti-
tuition, to, interfere with them, either d.
rectly or indirectly. Yi97s a5El8ra
Resolred, That anti-slavery conventions
and continued attacks in the Northern
States upon slavery as it exists in tho
States of the South, have had tendency
to weaken the attachment heretofore exist
ing between the two sections of the couu-
try, and to endanger the peace of the
Union-and should therefore, be discon-
tinued.
Reso1red, That the peace, happiness
and prosperity of the country, as well as
the security of life and property, depend
upon the faithful execution Of such laws
as may be enacted by the proper depart
ments Of goyernment--national or State
Resolued, That we will not engage in
any crusade against the Sapreme Court Of
the United States, nor its decisions, hold,
ing it TO be absolutely ESSENTIAL to the
preservation of our institutions that our
judiciary should remain independent oil
political parties, and because if il were
otherwise, as Mr.. Clay declared in his life
time, 1--WE should have nothing settled
nothing stable, nothing fixed. There woult
be general disorder and confusion through
out every branch Of administration, from
the highest to the lowest oficers---unieersa
modification" Weare opposed to naIIitica
tion in every form.
Resolved, That, in our opinion, Kansas
is not entitled to admission into the Union
under the Lecompton constitution, no,
under any other that shall not be fairly
submitted to and approved of by majority
of the bona fde inhabitants of that Terri
tory.
Resolved, That we hereby tender to the
Hon. J. j. Crittenden, of Kentucky, ant
the Hon. John Bell, of Tennessee, oul
thanks for the bold, noble, and manly
stand taken by them in the Senate of the
United States against the Lccompton con
stitution that we hail them as statesmen
worthy of the better days of the Republic
and upon whom the mantle of our father
has fallen, and that we hereby declare our
willingness to vote for tiher Of them fo
President at the next election. ~.
Rcsolued That we yet cherish and vii
maintain all the great principles of con
servative Americansm as declared by tn
National American Convention held a
Louisville, in June, 1857.