The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16
THE MISSISSfPPfAN.
Protests Of the Delegations on Retiring
from the Charleston Convention.
PRoTEsT or ALABAMA.

To he Hon. CaIeb Gushing, President Of III
Democratic National C1avsation, not0 II
SESSION IN The City Of Charleston, Soutl
Carokna.
The undersigned delegates representing
the State Of Alabama in this convention re-
specially beg leave to lay before your hon.
orable body. the following statement of faets
On the eleventh of January, 1860 the Dem
ocratic party of the State Of Alabama met IN
convention, in the city of Montgomery, and
adopted, with singular unanimity, series OF
resolutions herewith submitted.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
1. Resolved By tie Democracy of Aldbana
IN CoaeaatioR assembled, That holding all
issues and principles upon which they have
heretofore affiliated and acted with. the Ma
tional Democratic party to be inferior in dig
nitv and importance to the great question of
slavery, they content themselves with gen.
eral re-affirmance of the Cineinnati platform
as to such issues, and also endorse said plat
form as to slavery, together with the follow
ing resolutions
2 RESOLVED further, That we re-affirm so
much Of the first resolution of the platform
aiopted in convention by the Democracy of
this State, on the 9Th Of January, 1856, as
TGIdlcS ID the S0U1tCt VI csANCilr tt- VIZ hC
unqualified right Of the people Of the slave
holding States TO the protection Of their pro-
perty in the States, in the Territories, and in
the wilderness, in which Territorial Govern
ments are as yet unorganized.
8. Resogped further, That in order to meet
and clear awa5 all obstacles to . full enjoy
ment of this right in the Territories, we re-
affirm the principle of the 9th resolution of
the platform, adopted in convention BY the
Democracy of this State, on the 18th Of Fe-
bruary, 1913, to-wits @that it is the duty Of
the General Government, by all proper leg
islation to secure an entry into those Terrific
ries to all the citizens Of the United States, |
together with their property of every descrip- |
ton, aud that the same should remain pro-
tseted BY the United States while the Terri /
tories are under its authority"
4. Resolved further, That the Constitution |
Of the United States is compact between /
sovereign and co-equal States, unfed upon |
the basis of perfect equality Of rights and pri-
vileges.
s. Resolued further, That the Territories
the United States are common property, in
which the States have equal rights, and to I
which the citizens of every State may right
fully emigrate with their slaves or other pro-
perry recognized as such, in any of the States
of the Union, or By the Constitution of the
United States.
6. Resolved further, That the Congress of
the United States has no power to abolish
slavery in the Territories, or to prohibit its
into any of them.
Z. Rssplvsd further, That the Territorial
Legislatures, created by the legislation Of
Oeasxess. have no poSef to abolish slavery, or
to pTohfoi the int oduction of the same or TO
impair. by unhiendly legislation, the security
and full enjoyment of the same within the
Territories and such constitutional power
certainly does not belong to the people Of the
Territories in any capacity, before, in the ex-
ercise oflawfuI authority they form C0nsti
tuition preparatory to admission as State in
to the Union and their action in the exercise
Of such lawful authority, certainly cannot
operate or take effect before their actual adj
mission as State into the Union.
Resolved further, That the principles enun-
ciated by Chief Justice fancy, in his opinion
in the bred Scott case, deny to the Territeri-
al Legislature the power to destroy or impair
BY any legislation whatever, the right of pro-
perty in slaves. and maintain it to be the duty I,
Of the Federal Government, in all of its de-
partments, to protect the rights of the owner
Of such property in the Territories and the
principles so declared are hereby asserted to
be the rights Of the South, and the South
should maintain them. "
9. Resolued further, That we hold all the
foregoing propositions to contain cardinal
in themselyes-and Just and
proper and necessary for the safety Of all that
IS dear to US, and we do hereby instruct our
delegates to the Charleston Convention to pre- ,
sent them for the calm consideration and APP
prevail of that body-from whose justice and
patriotism we anticipate their adoption. :
TO- Resozved further, That our delegates to
The Charleston Convention are hereby express
IL instructed to insist that said Convention
shall adopt platform of principles, recognize
ing the rights Of the South as asserted in the
foregoing resolutions and if the said National
Convention shall refuse to adopt, IN substance,
he propositions embrac ID in the preceding
resolutions, prior to nominating candidates, !
BUR delegates to said Convention are hereby :
positively instructed to withdraw therefrom.
IL. Resofuaf further, That our delegates to
he Charleston Convention shall cast the vote
IF Alabama as unit, and majority of our !
delegates shall determine how vote Of this +.
State shall be given. =
T. Resolved further, That an Executive
COMMITTEES, to consist of one from each Con- .
zressional district, be appointed, whose duty
i shall be. in the event that our delegates
withdraw from the Charleston Convention, in
obedience to the tenth resolution, to call
convention of the Democracy Of Alabama, to
meet at an early day to consider what is best
10 be done.
neiyed theirappoi and participated in
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