Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-18
Joint Resolutions
OF the General assembly Of alabama IN respo
10 the Resolutions Of South Carolina:

10 the Resolutions Of South Carolina:
LIST. Be it resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of Ala
bama in General Assembly convened, 1st
Resolved That the State of Alabama fully
concurring with the State ofSouth Carolina, in
affirming the right of any State to secede
from the Confederacy, whenever III her own
Judgment such step is demanded by the
| honor, interests and safety of her people, is
not unmindiul of the facts that the assaults
upon the institution of slavery and upon the
rights and equality of the Southern States
increasingly continued with increasing vio-
| lence and in new and more alarming forms,
may constrain her to reluctant but early
exercise of that invaluable right.
md Be il further Resolved, That in the
| absence of any preparation for systematic
| cooperation Of the Southern States in resist
| ing the aggressions of their enemies, Ala
bama, acting for herself has solemnly de-
| cared that under no circumstances will she
| submit to the foul domination of a sectional
| Northern party, has provided for the call OF
| a convention in the event of the triumph OF
such faction in the approaching Presidential
election, and to maintain the position thus
| deliberately assumed, has appropriated the sum
! of 5000 600 for the military contingencies ,chich
s,lch a course may taUoice.
3rd. Be it further Resolved, That the State
! of Alabama having endeavored to prepare
| for the exigencies of the future, has not deem
| ed it necessary TO propose q meeting of dep
uties from the slave-holding States, but anx-
| iously desiring their cooperation in strug-
| gle which perils all they hold most dear
| hereby pledges herself to a cordial participa-
! ton in any and every effort which, in her
| Judgment, will protect the common safety
advance the common interest, and serve the
| common cause.
| 4th Be it further Resolved, That should a
convention of deputies from the slave-holding
States assemble at any time before the Meet
| ing of the next General Assembly for the
purposes and under the authority indicated
| by the Resolutions of the State of South
| Carolina, the Governor of this State be, and
be is hereby authorized to appoint one dep
| uty from each Congressional District and
two from the State at large to represent the
State of Alabama in such Convention. APP
proved February %. 1860.
ma. Up to the adoption of these resolutions
the purposes of the seeessionists were, in a
manner, yelled. In these resolutions they
are disclosed, and henceforth no one can be
duped unwillingly. See how they progress.
ed. step by step, until they reached the point
aimed at. The first series of resolutions pro
yided for State Convention but the mem.
bers thereof were elective by the people, and
might not, when the day of trial come, be
willing to risk the liberties OF the people
Next. they secure the passage of law or.
ganizing an army OF 5000 men, appropriating
the money to arm and equip them, and pla-
cling them under the erelusiUe control Of ths Coz
ernor. This was a step in advance of the
resolutions, but made under false pretenses