Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-06-26
The Senate Platform.

ne following are the resolutions of Senator
DaVls, OF Mls-Is,Ippi, which passed the Senate
on Friday last by strict party vote
l. Re50lued Ths. IN the adoption of the fade-
raj constitution. the Senate adopting the same
acted severally as free and independent sover-
elgnltles, delegatlng portion OF their powers
!" be exercised by the federal government tor
the increased security OF each against dangers
domestic as well as foreign, and that any inter
neddlng by any Que more States or by a
combination of their citizens, with the dolnest &c
institutions of the Others on any pretext whetb-
eF political, moral or religious, with the view to
their disturbance or subversIon, Is in violation
OF the constitution Insulting to the States 50 In =
terierred with. endangers their domestic peace
and nquility-obiects for which the copstIt :
ton was formed-aud, by necessary conse-
quence, serves 10 weaken and destroy the Union
itself
x Resotpcd, That negro slavery, as it exists in
htteen States, of This Union, composes an i'm
portant portion OF their domestic institutions,
inherited from their ancestors and existing at
the adoption OF the constitution, by which 1t Is
recognized as constituting an important element
OF apporuonment OF powers among the State,
ana that no change OF opinion or feeling on the
part OF the non-slave holding States of the
Union III relation to this institution, can Justify
them or ther citizens in open or covert attacks
thereon, with view TO its overthrow; ana all
such Alta ks are in manifest violation of the mu-
tual and solemn pledge TO project and defend
each other given by the States respectively on
entering INTO the constitutional compact which
formed the Union, and manifest breach OF
faith and violation OF the most solemn obliga-
tIoBs.
}. Resolved, That the Union of these States
rest on tue equality OF rights and privileges
among Its members, and that 1t Is especially
the duty OF the Senate. which represents the
States inth sovereign capacty,'o resist all at
tempts To discriminate, either in relation 10 per-
or RI IN tla fia~- l4,,l,
are the common possession of the United States
to give advantages to the citizens of one State
which are not equally assured to those OF every
other State.
4. Reso!vcd, That neither Congress nor Ter
ritorlal Legislature, whether by direct legisIa-
tion or Legislation of indirect aud uufriendly
character possesses the power to annul or i'm
par the constitutional right Of any citizen OF
the United States TO take his slave property
into the common Territories, and there hold
and enjoy the same while the territorial condi- =
tIon remains.
.. ReSolued, That if experience should at any
time prove that the Judiciary and executive au-
thority do not possess the means to insure ade-
quate protection to constitutional rights in a
Territory, and If the Territorial govern nnent
should tail or refuse to provide the necessary
remedies for that purpose, it viii be the duty
OF Congress to supply y such deficiency.
q. ReSolred, That the inhabitants of a terrific
ry OF the United States. when they rightfully
form constitution to be admitted q State in =
to the Union may then. for the first time, like
the people OF a State when forming new con-
sfItutiun, decide for themselves whether slavery
domestic institution, shall be maintained OF
prohibited within their jurisdiction; aud if Con
gress admit them as State, they shall be fc-
ceiyed in.o the L Uaon with or without slavery
as their constitution may prescribe at the time
OF their admission"
7. RcSoltcd. That the provision of the consti-
tuition for the rendition of tugitves from service
OF labor. without the adoption of which the
Union could not have been formed and the
laws of l.J3 and 1850, which were enacted to
secure its execution. and tie main features of
which, being similar bear the impress of nearly
seventy years of sanction by the highest in IL
cIal authority, should be honestly and ialLhfll-
ly observed and maintained by all who eIioy
the benefits of cur compact of Union. and Ii,
all acts +, f individuals or of State Legislatures
defeat he purpose nulify the requirements
of that pro isun and the laws made in puisu-
auce OF H. are hostile in character. subyersive OF
the constitution, and revolutionary in their ef-
fects.