The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-15
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS,

Inc people OF MISSISSIPPI IN Convention as
sembled, as expressive Of their deliberate
judgment on the great questions involved
IN the sectional controversy between thu
slayeholding and n-slayeholding States
| Of the American Union. adopt the following
! resolutions
Resolvei. That, in the opinion of this Con.
| Vention, the people Of Mississippi in spirit o.
conciliation and compromise, have maturely
considered the action of Congress, embracing
series OF measures for the admission of Cali
fornia as State into the Union, the organiza.
ton Of Territorial Governments for Utah and
New Mexico, the establishment Of the boun-
| dairy between the latter and the State of Tex
| as, 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 exclude slavery
from the Territories of the United States. and
| to abolish it in the District of Columbia; and
whilst they do not entirely approve, will
abide by 1t as permanent adjustment o.
this sectional controversy, 50 long as the sams
in all its features shall bc faithfully adhered
| to and enforced.
| I'd. RESOLVED, That we perceive nothing ir
the above recited legislation of the Congress
| Of the United States, which should be per.
mitted to disturb the friendly and peaceful
"existing relations between the Government
| of the United States and the Government and
people of the State of Mississippi.
Sd. Therefore ResoIuea, That in the opin.
| ion of this Convention, the people of the
State of Mississippi will abide by the Unior
as it is, and the Constitution of the United
| States without amendment-tha they hold
the Union secondary in importance only tc
the rights and principles it was designed tc
perpetuate; that past associations, present fru
ition and future prospects, viii bind them tc
| it so long as it continues to be the safeguard
| of those rights and principles.
| 4th Resolved further, That, in the opinion
of this Convention, the asserted right of Sc
cession from the Union, on the part Of a STATE
or States, is utterly unsanctioned by the Fed
eral Constitution, which was framed tC
Establish and not to destroy the Union o
| the States, and that no secession can in fac
| take place without subversion of the Uniol
| established, and which will not virtually
amount in its effects and consequences to
civil revolution.
| 5th. Resolued further, That whilst in tn,
| opinion of this Convention, such are the sen
| timents and opinions Of the State of Missis
sippi, still, violations of the rights of the peo
Pile of the State may occur, which woult
amount to intolerable oppression, and woulC
| justify q resort to measures of resistance
amongst which, in the opinion of the Conven
| ton, the people of the State have designated
| the following:
1st The interference by Congressional leg
| islation with the institution of slavery in thu
States.
| I'd. Interference with the trade in slaves
between the States.
Sd. ANY action Of Congress on the subject
of slavery in the District Of Columbia, or il
places subject to the jurisdiction of Congress
| incompatible with the safety and domestic
nquilIity-the rights and honor of the
slaveholding States.
4th. The refusal by Congress to admit a
new State into the Union on the ground o
her tolerating slavery within her limits.
5th. The passage of any law by Congress
nrohibiting slavery in any of the Territories
9Th. The repeal of the fugitive slave law
and the neglect or refusal by the General Gov.
| ernment, to enforce the Constitutional proyis.
ions for the reclamation of fugitive slaves.
| 9Th. Resolved further, That, IN the opinion
| of this Convention, the people in the recent
elections have been governed by an abiding
confidence that the said adjustment measures
| of Congress would be enforced in good faitf
| in every section of the land.
7h Resolved further, That, as the people O
the State of Mississippi, in the opinion of thi!
/ Convention, desire all further agitation Of tn,
| slavery question to cease, and have acted upor
and decided all the foregoing questions
| thereby making it the duty Of this Conyen
ton to pass no acts within the purview anS
| spirit Of the law under which it was called
this Convention deems it unnecessary to refel