The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-19
TIE
Il T. S o l. u II | o n s
OF 1851.

To meet very general demand, we have
reproduced the Resolutions passed by the peo-
pie of Mississippi in their State Convention
of 1851, when assembled in their sovereign
capacity, under the guide of the then 81 MON
organization On reading these resolves it
will not fail to strike every one that several
of the conditions which are here declared TO
be indispensable to the continuance of the sx-
isting Union, have been violated by the North
ern States and to consummate their work Of
violence upon the compact which is Che bond
and the condition of the Union, they have, BY
their own votes exclusively, elected candidates
for the Presidency and Vice Presidency pledg-
ed to carry out the Black Republican. policy
in its entirety:
The People of Mississippi in Convention
assembled, as expressive OF their deliberate
judgment on the great question involved in
the sectional controversy, between the slave
holding and non-slAyehoiding States OF the
American Union, adopt the following reso-
luti3ns
Resolved, LIST, That in the opinion Of this
Convention the people Of Mississippi, in q
maturely considered the action of Congress
embracing series Of measures for the admis-
sion of California as State into the Union. the
organization Of territorial governments !or
Utah and New Mexico, the establishment Of
the boundary between the latter and the State
OF Texas, the suppression Of the slave trade
in the District Of Columbia, and the extradi-
ton OF Fugitive slaves, and connected with
them, the rejection Of the proposition TO ex-
clude slavery from the territories of the United
States and to abolish it in the District of Co
lumbia, and whilst they do not entirely an.
prove, will abide by it as permanent adjust
ment Of this sectional CONTROVERSY. SO long as
the same, in all features, shall be faithfully ad-
herd to and enforced.
RESOLVED, I'd, That we perceive nothing in
the above Tecited legislation OF the Congress Of
the United States, which should be permitted
to disturb the friendly and peaceful existing
relations between the Government OF the Uni.
ted States, and the Government and people Of
the State Of Mississippi"
Therefore, resolved, 81, That, in The cpiu.
ion Of this Convention, the people Of the State
Of Mississippi will abide by the Union as il is.
and by the Constitution Of the United States
without amendment; That they hold the Uni.
on secondary in importance only TO the rights
and principles it was designed to porpctuate;
that past associations, present fruiiiou and IN.
ture prospects, will bind them 10 Il so lonr az
il continues to be the safeguard of those rights
and principles.
Resolved further, 4sb, That in the opin;on
Of this Convention, the asserted right of seces.
sion from the Union, on the part of STATE or
States, is utterly unsanctioned by the FEEDER.
i Constitution, which was framed 10 estab.
ish" and not to destroy the Union OF the
States, and that no secession can In fact talro
Dlace, without snbveTsion OF the Union "a.
ablished, and which will not virtually amount
n its effects and consequences to civil revo.
ution.
Resolved further, 5th, That, whilst in the
pinion OF this Convention, such are the sant-
1ents and opinions OF the people of the Sto,a
mississippi, still, violations Of the ripbts az
he people of the State may occur mich
Tould amount TO intolerable oppression anJ
Iould justify resort to measures Of rns;s,-
ice, amongst which, in the opinion az ,ba
Invention, the people Of the State have IA
gnated the following:
lsG The interference by congressional L.
lation with the institution Of slavery in ne
tates. - 'AS
I'd. Interference with the trade in s,sv.s
stween the States. ~'ss
%. ANY acton Of Congress on the subject
slavery in the District of Columbia ~ II
aces subject g the Jurisdiction Of Congress
compauoie with the safety aud domesq;c
anquillty-the rights and honor Of the slsv.-
'lding States. ''N' " 'nV SiA'e-
4th. The refusal by Congress- to adm,
w State into the Union, on the cropnd Of
Z ,0era6ing slavery within her limits,
o MI. ns passage OF any law by Congress
onlo'eng slavery in any Of the territor;es
oth. The repeal Of the Fugitive slave Nv
d the neglect or refusal by the GensraI c. sr
nment to enforce the constitnt;onsi ,,,N''.,'
IS Tor the reclamation Of Fugitive slaves