The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-12-22

Territory of FARMLAND, slaveholding, now
Tennessee, then the property OF North Caro-
lima.
4th. In the Ordinance, April Z, 1898, John
Adams approving, organizing the MISSISSIPPI
pi Territory, then belonging to Georgia,
now Alabama and NJ ississippi, in which was
excepted therefrom the anti-sla-
very clause Of the North Western Territory,
In these words:
"ExcEPTINa and EXCLUDING the last arti.
Gle of the ordinance of 1857.
9th. In the Fugitive Slave Law OF 1868,
GEORGE Washington approving, which pass
ed the Senate unanimously, and the House,
ayes, 4s, noes Z.
9th. In the purchase of Louisiana (Presi-
dent Jefferson approving,) all that vast re-
gion West Of the Mississippi, stretching to
all OF which was under the laws of Spain or
France, slsveholding, and larger In extent
at that time than the whole United States.
9TH. In the Treaty of 1888 Goth article)
providing against the deportation of slaves,
with the official correspondence of Washing
ton, Randolph, Governeur Morris and John
Jay, thereon.
9Th. In the Judiciary act, 1889, (34th Sec
tion) adopting the constitutional laws of the
several States which recognize slaves as
property as well as persons.
9th. In the acts enumerating slaves for the
purpose of direct taxation, especially the act
Of 1913, James Madison approving, which
assessed taxes upon the land, dtcelling houses
and slaves, at the value each of them was
worth in money.
10th. In the Treaty of Client (lsl4, } un.
der which, from Great Britain our govern
ment received $l,200,000, and paid it over
to the owners of deported slaves.
l2th. In the purchase Of Florida in 1919,
q nj hnl ipov tarr froo
18th. In the decision by the Supreme
Court of the U. 8. of the constitutionality
Of the act of 1898, in Priggs' case, and Of
the like act 1850, In every ease, before any
of the high Courts, Federal or State, unless
in one State Court in Wisconsin, and in d.
vers other decisions upon Laws, Ordinances,
and Treaties.
Resolutions.
Therefore, Be IL Resolved, That the Union
thus formed, constituting, as it does, the
closest most delicate and important relation
that can exist between communities of peO-
pie, demands from each part a warm and
earnest consideration for the safety, prosper
ity and happiness OF the other; and that
whatever policy tends to subvert these ends,
is hostile to the true spirit Of the compact.
That the Constitution, the Treaties, the
Laws OF the United States, and the judicial
OF slavery, as legally existing; and that it Is
our duty, as good citizens OF common gov
eminent, in good faith to stand by that Con-
stitution, those Treaties, those Laws, and
the decisions of that final arbiter of all dis
puted points, the Supreme Court Of the
United states.
That inasnuch as the proceeding of the
Convention which framed the Constitution,
were brought to a stand, as appears by the
declaration of Roger Sherman, one Of its
most distinguished authors, until a COM
ositions relating to domestic slavery, which
COMPROMISED embraced.
A restriction on the power to prevent
the importation Of slaves prior to 1908.
A provision binding on each State and
upon the Union to surrender fug itives from
service.
A representation In Congress founded In
part on thres-6fths of the slave population.
And a guarantee to protect each State
against domestic insurrection.
Thus providing, under the Constitution,
for the introduction Of slaves for limited
period. and for the protection Of the systen,.
Therefore,
Its the duty Of every citizen and State,
sharing the great blessings OF that instru-
ment, faithfully to fulfill these obligations.
That We protest against and denounce, as
contrary to the plighted faith on which the
Constitution was established, all acts, or in
tlammatory appeals which intend, or tend to
make this Union less perfect, or to leopard
or disturb its Domestic Tranquility, or to
mar the spirit of harmony, compromise and
concession, upon which the Union was form
ed by our Fathers, whose records we have
cited, and whose lega we have, in these
c0mpacts, laws and adjudications.
That we regard the recent outrage at
Hsrper's Ferry, as crime, not only against
the State of Virginia, but against the Union
itself; and we approve Of the frmness by
which the treason has been duly punished.
That, in our opinion, the subject of sla-
very has been too long mingled with party
politics, and as the result has been the erea-
ton of sectional parties, contrary to the ad-
vice, letter and spirit Of the Farewell Ad-
dress of the Father of our common country
that, therefore, it is the duty OF Planters,
Farmers, Manufacturers, Merchants, Me-
ohanics, and of every citizen, North and
South, East and West, to discountensncs all
parties and organizations that thus violate
the spirit of the Constitution and the advice
Of WaahinotOn