The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-05

remarkable unanlmity. rs matter OF history
it may not he amis5 10 Eentisn that they were
offered in the Senate by the lion 4. Il. West
of Holmes, a supporter Of Mr.. Belli1 lAe late
Pre-, identisl electioaE
Resolutions of tie State Of Mississippi
Declaring Secession TO be the proper
Remedy for the Southern States.
WHEREAS, The constitutional Union was
formed by the several States in their sspArsp
sovereign capacity, for the purposes Of mItuu
advantage and protection That the sevtra
States are distinct sovereignties, whose suIre-
macy is limited so far only as tire saHe has
been delegated by voluntary compact toa
Federal government, and when it ails TO ac-
complish the ends for which it was establish
ed. the parties TO the compact has the right
to resume, each for itself, such delegated pw
ers. That the institution Of slavery existed
prior to the formation Of the federal const tllion
and is recognized by its letter, aud all Efforts
TO impair its value or lessen It's duration b.
Congress, or any of the free States, IS viola
ton of the compact Of Union and IS destuc-
tive of the ends for which it was orlsinei, but
in defiance of the principles Of the Union,
theirs, as our foreathers, would mt have csDFf-
lished. The people Of the 'T2rthern SAFES
have assumed a revolutionary position to-
wards the Souta@D!f States, that they have
| set at defiance that provisiir of the constitu-
ton which was intended t. ensure domestic
| tranquility among the States, and promote
| their general welfare, namely: "No person
| held to service or labor in one State,
under the laws Thereof escaping into an
! other, shall in consequence Of any Law
or regulation therein, be discharged from such
service or labor, tut shall be delivered
up on claim of the party to whom such
! service or labor may be DUE That they have
by voluntary associations, Individual agencies,
| and State Legislation, intericred with slavery
as it prevails in the slaveholding States
| That they have euticed our slaves from Us,
and by State intervention, obsructei and pre-
vented their rendition under the fugitive slave
| law. That they continue their system Of Il
| tation obviously for the purpose OF encouug-
ing other slaves TO escape from service to weak
| en- the institution in the slaveholling States,
by rendering the holding Of such property
insecure, and as consequence its ultimate
| abolition certain. a
| That they claim the right and demand its
execution by Congress, to exclude slavery
from the Territories, but claim ths1 right Of
protection for every species OF property own
ed by themselves.
That thy declare in every manner in which
public opinion is expressed, their unutterd he
determination to excede lroaa admttance into
the Union any new State that tplerates slavery
in its Constitution and theTeSS force Congress
to a condemnation of that sp7cies of property
| That they thus seek by an increase of clifton
| States ito acquire two thirA4of b ,th houses F."
for the purpose of proposing anamendment 10
the constitution of the United States, abolish
| ing slavery in the States, and 50 continue the
| agitation, that the proposed amendment shall
be ratified by the Legislatures Of three-faHrthS
! Of the States. That TO encourage the stealing
| of our property they have put AT defiance that
| provision of the constitution, which declares
! that fugitiveS from justice into another State
| on demand OF the executive authority of the
State from which he fed shall be delivered up
That they have in violation of the comfy of
all civilized nations and in violation of the
comfy established by the constitution of the
United States insulted and outraged our citi-
zens, VIXEN travelling among them for pleasuts
health o. business, by taking their Servants
and liberating the same under the forms OF
State laws, and subjecting their owners 10
degrading and ignominiouS punishment That,
they have sought 10 create domestic sc0rd in
the Southern States by incendiary publications
That they encouraged hostile invas on Of
Southern State to excite Instruction, muir.
der and rapne.
That they have deprived southern citizens OF
their property and continue an unfrendly
agitation of their domestic Institutions claim
ing for themselves perfect immunity from ex-
ternal interference with their domestic policy
We of the Southern States alone made an
exception to that universal quiet
That they hive elected majority Of
Electors for President and Vice President on
the ground that there exists an irreconcilahle
conflict between the two sections of the Con-
federacy in referer1e to their respective sys-
TENS of labor AID in Pursuance Of their
hostility to us and our Institutions, thus de-
claring to the civilized world, that the powers
ofthis Government are TO be used for the dishon-
or and overthrow Of the southern section OF
this great Conederacy.
Therefore Be resolrei, By the legislature al
the State Of Mississippi, That in the opinion
of those who now constitute the said Legs
lature, the secession Of each aggrieHed Safe
is the proper remedy for these injuries.