The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-04-18
Resolutions of an Opposition Meeting
in Holmes.

Without being invited to do so, we hav
} transferred to our columns the following re
solutions which were adopted by an "Opposi
tom meeting in Holmes county, on the 26tl
inst, to appoint delegates to the propose'
Convention in this city on the 23d of April
They were introduced by the Hon. A. NJ
West. 1t will be seen that the delegates ap
pointed under them, are instructed to requir
their adoption by the State convention. w
cannot see how the advocates of these resolu
tons can consistently stand upon the Partridge
Sharkey Platform
WHEREAS The measures hitherto dividing
the political parties Of this confederacy have
| all become raerged into the question of slave
ry in some form or other; and whereas, thu
| organization of the Republican party is founded
| in the idea that there exists an iFreconcilable
conflict between the two sections OF the con-
federacy, in reference to their respective sys-
TENS of labor, and for the purpose of hostility
to the institution of slavery as recognized by
the Constits tion Of the United States; asai
whereas, the constitution being a compact OF
union between sovereign States for the better
protection Of life, liberty and property, which
existed by virtue Of the laws of the parties to
the compact be it therefore
Resolved, That in our opinion the Republi-
can or abolition party is not warning upon US
because we are Wings, Americans or Demo-
Gratis, but because we are Shareholders, and
citizens of slave States, and as such we should
meet them in contest for the control of the
government.
ResolUe4, That the constitution of the Uni
ted States is the fundamental basis of our Un-
ion; and obedience to it, and the laws made in
pursuance thereof is the only condition upon
which the Union can be maintained.
Resolred, That the constitution was framed
for the protection of slave property equally
with every other species of property, and the
Government created by it, cannot-nor can
any tribunal acting under its authority, or
permission, whe her it be executive, legislative
or judicial-legally withhold from the owners
of slaves that adequate protection for their
slave property to which the owners of proper
ty of other kinds are entitled, or which, from
its nature, they may further require, to secure
them in its possession and enjoyment.
Resofued, That any action unfriendy to the
institution of slavery as it prevails in the South
ern States, either by the Federal Government
or the Northern States, is an assault upon the
integrity ofthe Constitution, and should be re-
sisted by all constitutional Union loving men
with the same ardent patriotism that repelled
the usurpations of George the III.
ResoIuel, That as according to the 9Th sec
ton of the constitution "each house shall be
the Judge of the election, returns and qualifi-
cations Of its own members, and a majority
Of each shall constitute quorum to do bus-
ness;' therefore the Southern members of both
houses of Congress should unite and in
yite the corporation OF the friends of the con-
North, in declaring the representa-
tives of the States that have nullified and put
at defiance the constitution and laws made in
pursuance thereof, disqualified as representa-
tives in either house of Congress, and there
by deprive the abolitionistS of the power OF
the Government Of our ances-
tors, that the blessings of free institutions may
be preserved and transmitted to the remotest
and our splendid anticpations of
the future still realized.
Resolved That the slaveholding States
should in our judgment, ask according to Sec
ton 10 of the constitution CT the United States
''the consent of Congress to lay imports or du-
ties on imports. As also the consent of Con-
gress to lay duties Of tonnage, keep troops or
ships Of war, enter into any agreement or
compact with any other State or States"
z RESOLVED, That the election of President
Of the United States on the ground that there
exists an irreconcilable conflict between the
two sections, in reference to their respective
systems Of labor, and with an avowed purpose
of hostility to the institution of slavery. as it
prevails IN the Southern States, alili feco54
nized by the compact Of Union, would SO
threaten destruction of the ends for which
the constitution was formed as to justify and
require the friends of the constitutional Uniou
in resisting his Inauguration, or the slave
holding States in taking counsel together for
their separate protection and safety.
Resoived, That for the maintenance Of the
foregoing principles and objects We invite the
of the patriots of all political par
ties and do hereby instruct our delegates to
the convention, called to meet at Jackson on
the 4th Monday of April next, to insist on the
adoption by said Convention of the principles
herein contained.