The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-03-22
From the Washington Constitution.
Resolutions of the Democratic
Senatorial Caucus.

Senatorial Caucus.
We publish below series of resolutions fl
nally agreed upon by the Democratic members
of the Senate, as an expression Of their united
views on the subject of slavery, and the require
ments of the Constitution in connection there
with. These resolutions were adopted in eau
Gus of the Democratic Senators, and will go
forth to the country net only with the weight
which will be attached to them on account of
the high source from which they emanated, but
with the added force Of sound reason and in
vincible argument:
l. Resolped, That, in the adoption Of the Fed
eral Constitution, the States odopting the same
acted Severely as free and Independent sover-
eighties, delegating q portion of their powers
to be exercised by the Federal Government for
the increased security Of each against dangers
domestic, as we'll as foreign; and that any inter-
combination of their citizens, with the domestic
Institution Of the Others, on any pretext what
ever, political, moral, oisreligious, with the
view to their disturbance or subvcrsion, is in
violotiou of the Constitution, insulting to the
States so interfered with, endangcrs their do
mest'c peace and nquility--objects for which
the Constitution was formed-and, by neces-
sary consequence, tends to weaken and destroy
the Union ITSELF
2 Resolved, That negroe slavery as it exists
in fifteen States Of this Union, composes an i'm
portant portion Of their domestic institutions,
Inherited from their ancestors and existing at
the adoption Of the Constitution, by which it
is recognized as constituting an important ele-
ment in the apportionmert Of powers among
the States; and that no change of opinion or
feeling on the part Of the non-slav eholding
States of the Union, in relation to this institu-
ton, can justify them or their citizens in open
or covert attacks thereon. with view to its
overthrow, and that all such attacks are 10
manifest violation of the mutual and solemn
pledge to protect and defend each other, given
by the States respectively on entering into the
constitutional compact which formed the Union
| and are manifest breach of faith and viola.
ton Of the most solemn obligations.
8. RESOLVED, That the Union of these States
rests on the equality Of rights and privileges
among its members, and that it is especially
the duty Of the Senate, which represents the
States in their sovereign capacity, to resist all
attempts to discriminate, either in relation Ia
persons or property, in the Territories-whch
are the common possession of the United States
so as to give advantages to the citizens Of
one State which are not equally assured to
those Of every other State.
T. Resolved, That neither Congress nor
Territorial Legislature, whether by direct leg
isation or legislation Of an indirect and un
friendly character, possesses power to annul O.
impair the constitutional right of any either
OF the United States to take his slave property
into the common territories, and there hol,
and enjoy the same while the territorial condi
ton remains.
| s. Resolved, That, if experience should a
any time prove that the Judiciary and Execu-
tive authority do not possess means to insur,
adequate protection to constitutional rights il
a Territory, and if the Territorial Govern
ment should fail or refuse to provide the ne
cessary remedies for that purpose, it will, be tn
duty of Congress to supply such deficiency.
q. Resolved. That the inhabitants of Ter
ritory of the United States, when they right
fully form Constitution to be admitted as ;
State into the Union, may then, for The first
timc--likc the people Of State when forming
| a fut e.,
whether slavery, asa domestic institution, shall
be maintained or prohibited within their juris
dction; and "they shall be received into th
Union with Or without slavery, as their Cousti
tuition may prescribe at the time of their al
mission"
7. Resolved, That the provision of the Cor
stltution for the rendition of fugitivcs frol
service or labor, without the adoption of whic
the Union could not have been formed, an
that the laws Of 1898 and 1850, which wer
enacted to secure its execution, and the mai
features of which being similar, bear the in
press OF nearly seventy years of sanction b
the highest judicial authority, should be hor
estly and faithfully observed and maintaine
by all who enjoy the benefits of our compae
: OF Union; and that all acts of individuals {
of State Legislatures to defeat the purpose
nullify the requirements Of that provision, an
the laws made in pursuance of it, are hostile
character, subversive Of the Constitution, on
revolutionary in their etfect.-Baton Rouge Il
Uocate.
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