Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-03-21
Public Meeting IN Joans9n CounIy'

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1860, irrespective of partics. A. e. Howl, ".
called 10 Oh, Clair and Geo, NJ. Pierce rfqu-ste
70 act as Secretary, wheTeupol .lno. " Lsrr
offered series ui resolutions, and moved iha
Tue meeting ADJOURN 20 meet On s0me fulSre ia,
"a take said resolutions and any others On III
same subject, under consideration, which motto
was adopted and the meeting aijiurnSa 10 mee
On Monday the 9th Of Mareh, fSdn
] MONDAY, MARCH y, MncctIV.
! According a. adjournment "a numerous gss,n
Mage oi the citizens of johnson county, assem-
lied At buchanan on this diy--A. Z, iloyle il
the Chair, and, ~ the Secretary Of the last In.et
il!ng w's absent, Warren Douglas WAS selected ~
Secretary.
j. " Berry moved the aEpointiaont ora cnm
inittee on resolutions. which wns adopted nu,
~ w, Berry, \. u. Ronnaili aud Isaac laui
wore appointed hy the Chair on said commit o.
Pending the retirement uf the committee, "a,
uhuirman, Mcssrs, Carpenter and Minalc,, nd
dressed the meeting.
On motion, the Chair called on any gentlemen
tn reInTt any active ahnliionism or facts dang =.
nu" TO the well being Of the community of John.
son county, whercuron MIR. Carpenter reported
the Granville Qllin0is) Advocate, u ncwsnapcr
subscribed for and circulated in this county, as
IA abolition newspaper, aud suggested the pro,
lricty ot stopping the circulaton Of the same in
tins county.
The committee on resolutions came forward and
repol tod the following preamble aud resolutions,
which were read
W nEREAs, The Constitution sc the United State,
was formed 10y the PATRIOTS OF the Revolution,
10 form more perfect Union, establish m,ticr.
insure domestic tranquility, provide Tor the
common defence, promote the general welfare,
aud secure the blessings Of liberty 10 the pco.
lle Of the United States and thei: rOSsrrily.
aud
WHEREAS. said Union was folm1l in good faith
by all sections Of the country, and not to cna.
bic the stronger to oppress the weaker etions:
and
WHEREAS, also sectional party hns arisen in the
Union, aiming to overthrow the objects and
ends of the Union Of these States and the
guarantees OF the Constitution, an for over
half a century has committed aggression after
aggression upon the Constitutional rights of
largo and most productive section of this In
ion, and the Southern section has for the sake
of the Union submitted to concession after
concession until the Northern sectional party.
calling themselves Republican,, have boldly and
openly proclaimed their determination to rule
this government and destroy and abolish sla-
very throughout the Union, and have actually,
aided and assisted by the Douglas Democracy.
which is, possibly, more dan -e:ous than Black
Republicanism itself, elected Speaker Of the |
Uouse Of Representatives Of the United States !
Congress- Black Republican-and we have |
every reason to believe that they will ie their (
power thus acquired to cOnsumlnntc their ends:
uEREFoGE, we consider that urther concession
is no virtue, and the rights of justice and !
equality for which for the sake of the Union
we LA @ begged We now demand as unc0n-
ditional and absolute right, and consider that
now is the proper time Tor the unequiyocal cx-
preston of our opinions, therefore,
Resolred. l. That no limited or constitutional
'vernment, such as that of the United States,
the individual States, has the power to create
destroy property of any kind whatever, unless
e owner thereof is using such property in such
amer as to bring the use OF the same unler
'fnition of Il nuisance, to injurc or molest any
'od, pc0ceahle citizen Of such government, or
here the same is taken for public use upon full
demnity therefor.
3 That the Constitution of the United States
is made to insure justice, promote Z mcstic
lnquiity, and to protect every citizen Of the
me, peacefully demeaning himself, in the full +,
Il complete protection of life, liberty and prop. :.
~. aud that the words people and citisen, US l
ed III that instrument, mean white men, and
t negroes nor Indians; and that under said
institution there Is nor can be no difference IN =
e right to hold and to be protected in the use ,
d enjoyment OF negro property and any other :,
rries OF personal property whatsoever: and :
ut all legislation by the General Government !,
any Of the States comprising the same, to in :,
re or destroy directly or indirectly the owners E,
int thereto, is IL violation Of the Federal Com AZ
.t as embraced in the Constitution Of the Uni
States
;, That we deny rhe unconstitutional unjust, !,
and miserable hercsy that the
itorial legislatures can by unircnIly legisla- !"
n " otherwise, drive slavery thercirOm or in
t the owners right thereto hut, on the con " "
ry. we hold that the territories OF the United y
ties are tue common property oi all the States, "
that the citizens OF any State have right t. =,
igrnte to the same with all or any kind of per y =,
al property he may have, and lie there fully u
completely protected in the cnjoym mt OF the .,
/. That in the opinion of this meeting, such cd
ritories, when they form State Governments,
e no right to prohibit slavery therein if any
tion of their citizens are shareholders, without
express consent of such persons; nor has any
h Territory or State right to prohibit the
roiuction of slavery as an article of commerce Tr
he power to regulate commerce between the III,
tes hcing vested in the Congress Of the United vii
tes, and the power to prohibit trade las never So
surrendered by the people to the General ov
ernment or to the State Governments. thu
That all acts and legislation by any Of the un
es of this Conlcderacy or by the citizens of TIT
of the States protected by the Government J' u;
eof, to deprive any citizen Of the United e.. ena
.cs of his property of any kind, or by eneour- ma
,g the escape and stealing of negro property NJ,
n any Of the slaveholdng States, is a palpa- "a
breach of the true intent and meaning of tue
sttution of the United States, as well as Of
good faith that should exist between border of
civilized States, and that such acts by such sua
es, if out of this Confederacy, would be just GOO
e for war wherefore we consider that it 10 hiu
duty of each Stat and it's citiz ms to abide unt
he compromises Of the Constitution in good the
!, and to protect the rights Of every Ameri ete'
citizen whose rights are infringed in their hA'
ers or by their citizens, fully and completely, .s
in default thereof, it is the duty of the re-, ,es'
nal Government to afford such protection, III"
il neither such State Governments nor the :
raj Government will extend that ample pro- .,,o
On. it then becomes the imperative duty of bpr
,tate whose citizen is injured to protect him -;