The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-10-03
RESOLUTIONS OF the Mississippi Con-
/. ycntion OF November, 1851.
PREAMBLE AND REsoLuTIoxs.


PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.
The people of Mississippi, in Convention assem-
bled, as expressive of their deliberatejudgment
on the great Questions involved in the section
al controversy between the slaveholding and
non-slayeholding States of the American
Union, adopt the following resolutions:
Reseleed, That. in the opinion of this Conven-
ton, the people Of Mississippi in spirit Of con-
Citation and compromise, have maturely consid-
cred the action Of Congress, embracing a series
Of measures for the admission Of California as
State into the Union, The organization Of Terri
torial Governments for Utah and New Mexico,
the establishment ofthe boundary between the
latter and the State of Texas, the suppression Of
the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and
the extradition Of fugitive slaves; and connected
with them, the rejection Of the proposition to ex-
clude slavery from the Territories Of the United
States, and to abolish it in the District of Colun
bia and whilst they do not entirely approve,
will abide by ii as a permanent adjustment Of
this sectional controversy, so long as the same
and all its features shall be faithfully adhered to
and enforced
9 Res0lced That we perceive nothing in the
above recited legislation Of the Congress Of the
United States which should be permitted to dis
turb the friendly and peaceful existing relations
between the Government of the United States
and the Government and people Of the State Of
Mississppi;" therefore,
3. Res0lced, That, in the opinion of this Con-
vention, the people in the State Of Mississippi
will abide by the Union as it is, and the Consti-
tuition of the United States without amendment
that they hold the Union secondary in inn
portance only to the rights and principles it was
designed TO perpetuate; that past associations,
present fruilion and future prospects will bind
them to il so long it continues to be the safe
guard of those rights and principles.
4. ResOiced, further, That, in the opinion Of
this Convention, the asserted right Of secession
from the Union, on the part Of State or States,
is utterly unsanctioned by the Federal Consttu
ton, which was framed TO establish" and not
to destroy the Union of the States, and that no
secession can in fact take place without a sub
version of the Union established and which viii
not virtually amount in its effects and conse-
quences to a civil revolution.
3. ResOirei, further, That whilst in the opin-
ion Of this Convention such are the opinions and
sentiments in the State Of Mississippi, still vio-
lations of the rights of the people Of the State
may occur, which would amount to intolerable
and would justify a resort TO mea-
sures ofresistance, among which, ia the opinion
of the Convention, the people of the State have
designated the following:
LIST. Inc inlcIIcfcsltc w NOigItSSioial ltHis-
laton with the institution OF slavery in the
States.
I'd. Interference with the trade in slaves be-
tween the States.
Sd Any action Of Congress on the subject Of
slavery in the District of Columbia, or in places
subject TO the jurisdiction OF congress, ineom-
patibe with the safety and domestic tranquility,
the rights and honor, of the slayeholliag States
4th. The refusal by Congress 10 admit new
State into the Union on the ground Of her toler-
ating slavery within her limits
5th. The passage ofany law by Congress pro-
hibiting slavery in any of the Territories
9th. The repeal Of the fugitive slave law, and
the neglect or refusal by the General Govern
ment to enforce the constitutional provisions for
the reclamation of fugitive slaves
6. Resoiccd, JaFtter That in the opinion Of
this Conyention, the people in the recent cleo |
tons have been governed by an abiding conf !
dcncc that the said adjustment measures Of Con- /
gress would be enforced in good faith in every
section Of the land.
T. ResoireA further, That as the people Of
the State of Mississippi, In the opinion of this |
Convention, desire all further agitation Of tie I
slavery question TO cease, and have acted upon /
and decided all the foregoing questions, thercl y |
making it the duty of this Convention TO pass no |
acts within the puryiew and spirit Of the law un- /
der which it was call,d, this Convention dccils
il unnecessary to refer to the people for their |
approval or disapproyal at the ballot box, is ac
ton in the premises.
g. Resolrei, That, in the opinion of this Con-
vention, without intending to call in question |
the motives of the members Of the Legislature, |
the act passed Mt It's late exuaordiuary session, I
was unauthorized by the people ;and that said .
act, in percmptorily ordering a Convention Of
the people of the State, without first submitting
to them the question whether there should be
Convention or no Convention, was an ugwar-
rantcd assumption of power by the Legislature /
at war with the spirit Of republican ins,itu-
tons, an encroachmicnt upon Che rights Of the
people, and can never be rightfllly invoked as a
precedent
Approved. C.CABMACK,
President Of the Convention.
Attest: