The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-04
LOUISIANA AID ALABAMA ALL RIGHT.

OF their perceptions uDder the influences OF
a reckless party prejudice.
LOUISIANA AID ALABAMA ALL RIGHT.
We have already published telegraphic
synopsi, of the resolutions upon Federal
Relations, which passed both branches of
the Louisiana Legislature, row in session,
almost without dissenting voice. Those
resolutions declare that the election of
Black Republican to the Chief Magistracy Of
the Union, will afford sufficient cause for
immediate dissolution and pledge Louisiana
to cooperate in joint convention Of the
slaveholdiug States in the adoption of meas
ures for tLeir common safety and protection.
The positions of Alabama upon the great
question of protection to slavery in the Ter
ritories, may be known by the resolutions Of
the late Democratic State Convention of that
State. And we are reioieed to say that the
effort of Nr John Forsyth, of the Mobile
Register, to foist upon Alabama the here
sizes of Douglas was wholly unsuccessful.
The following are the resolutions adopted
by the Alabama Democratic State Conven-
ton, recently in session in Montgomery up
on that subject:
Resolced, further, That in order to meet
aud clear away all obstacles to full enjoy
ment of this right in the Territories, we re-
affirm the principles of the 9Th resolution Of
the platform adopted in Convention by the
Democracy of this State, on the 10th of Feb
Iruary, 1913, to-wit "That it is the duty Of
the General Government, by all proper leg
islation, to secure an entry in those Terri>
tories to all citizens of the United States,
together with their property of every des-
crption, and that the same shal remain pro-
tected by the United States, while the Ter
ritories are under its authority"
ResoIced, further, That the Congress of
the United States has no power to abolish
q slavery in the Territories, or to prohibit its
introduction into any of them.
! Resolced. .Jarther, That the Territorial
Legislatures created by the legislation of
Congress have no power to abolish slavery,
! or prohibit the introduction of the same,
q or to impair, BY unfrendly legislation, the
, full enjoyment of the same within the Ter
o ritores and such Constitutional power cer-
tainly does not belong to the people of the
> Territories in any capacity, before, in the
. exercise of lawful authority, sthey form a
Constitution, preparatory to admission as a
" State into the Unisn and their. action, in
~ the exercise of such lawful authority, can
10 not operate OF take effect before their actual
: admission. as State, into the Union.
. ResolOed further, That the principles en-
# uncated by Justice Taney in his opinion
. in the Dred Scott case, deny to the Terri
j toria Legislatures the power to destroy or
impair by any legislation whatever, the right
:, of pl operty in slaves aud maiptain it to be
= The duty of the Federal Government, in all
= its departments, to protect all the rights of
"a the owner of such property in the Territo-
y ries, and the principles so declared are here
p by asserted to be the rights Of the South, and
the South should maitan them.
=, Resolred, further, That our delegates in
,s the Charleston Convention ale hereby ex-
10 pressy instructed to insist that the said Con,
> vention shall adopt platform of principles
!, recognizing distinctly the rights of the South
a as asserted in the foregoing resolutions; and
~ if the said National Convention should re
Il fuse to adopt in substance the proposition
70 embraced in the preceding resolution, prior
of to nominating candidates, our delegates tt
h said Convention are hereby positively in
a structed toswithdraw therefrom
i Resolued, further, That an Executive Com
in mitee, consisting of one from each Con
=, gressioDai District, be appointed whose duty
y it shall be, in the event that our dele
r. gates withdraw from the Charleston Conven
/, ton in obedience to the 10th resolution, t
I'd call a convention of Democracy Of Alabam
ne to meet at an early day to consider what j
IL best to be done.