The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-06-08
Tho senate Resolutions.

On Thursday and Friday, the Oath and
25th ult. the famous resolutions introduced
by JEFFERSON DAVIS of Mississippi, and
which have been subject of discussion for
a long time in the Senate, were acted upon
They were adopted and are as follows:
l. Resolved, That in the adoption of the fed.
eral constitution, the States adopting the same
acted seyerally as free and independent SOW
ereignties, delegating portion of their powers
to be exercised by the federal government for
the increased security of each against dangers,
domestic as well as foreign, and that any inter
meddling by any one or more States, or Dy
combination of their citizens, with the domestic
institutions of the others. on any preteXt,
whether political, moral or religious. with the
view to their disturbance or subverslOn, IS In
violation of the constitution, insulting to the
States so interfered with, endangers their do
mestic peace and tranquility objects for which
the constitution was formed-and by necessary
consequence, serves 10 weaken and destroy the
Union itself.
Resolved That negro slavery, as it exists in
fifteen 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 it is
recognized as constituting an important element
of appOrtiOnment of powers among the States,
and that no change of opinion or feeling on the
part of the nOn-slaveholding States OF the Union
in relation to this institution, can justify them
or their citizens in open or covert attacks there.
on, with view to its overthrow; and all such
attacks are in manifest violation of the mutual
and solemn pledge to protect and defend each
other, given by the States respectively on en-
tering into the constitutional compact which
formed the Union, and are manifest breach of
faith and violation of the most solemn obi.
cations.
8. Resolved, That the Union of these States
rests on the equality of rights and privileges
among its members, and that it is especially
the duty of the Senate, which represents the
States in their sovereign capacity, to resist
all attempts to discriminate, either in relation
to person or property, so as in the Territories
which 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. Resolred, That neither Congress nor q
Territorial Legislature, whether by direct legs.
laton or legislation of an indirect and unfriend-
ly character, possesses the power to annul or
impair the constitutional right of any citizen of
the United SITES to take his slave property into
the common Territories, and there hold and
enjoy the same while the Territorial condition
remains.
5. Resolved Thatif 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
territory, and if the territorial governmentsho
fail or refuse to provide the necessary RENE
dies for that purpose, it will be the duty of
Congress to supply such deficiency.
6. ResolUed, That the inhabitants of territory
of the United States, when they rightfully form
a constitution to be admitted as a State into
the Union, may them for the first time, like the
people of a. State when forming new constitu-
tuition, decide for themselves whether slavery
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or prohibited within their Jurisdiction; and if
Congress admit them as a State, "they shall
be received into the Union with or without
slavery as their constitution may prescribe at
the time of their admission"
Z. Resolved, That the provision of the con.
stitutiOn for the rendition Of fugitives from SER
vice or labor, without the adoption of which
the Union could not have been formed" and
the laws of 1898 and 1850, which were enacted
to secure it's execution, and the main features
of which, being similar, bear the impress of
nearly seventy years OF sanction by the highest
judicial authority, should be honestly and faith.
fully observed and maintained by all who enjoy
the benefits of our compact of Union. and that
all acts of individuals or of State Legislatures
to defeat the purpose or nulllfy the require
ments of that provision, and the laws made in
pursuance of it, are hostile in character, sub.
versive of the constitution, and revolutionary
in their effects.
The first resolution was carried by the
following yeas and nays:
YEAs--Messrs. Benjamin, Bigler, Bragg,
Bright, Brown, Chestnut, Clay, Clingman, Crit.
tenden, Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green. Gwin, Ham,
mond, Hemphill, Hunter, Iverson, johnson of
Arkansas Johnson of Tenne ssee, Kennedy,
Lane, Latham, Mallory, Mason, Nicholson,
Pearce, Polk, Powell, Price, Pugh. Sebastian,
Slidell Thompson, Toombs, Wifgall, Yulee.-
SO.
NAYs--Messrs. Bingham, Chandler, Clark,
Collamer, Dixon, DOolitte, Fessenden, Foot
Foster, Grimes. Hale. Hamlin, Harlan, King,
Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Wade and Will
SON. 10.
Mr.. TRUMBULL did not vote, and Mr..
DOUGLAS was absent on account of sickness.
The second resolution was carried by the
same vote as the first. On the third reso-
luton the vote stood yeas SO, nays 49,
Messrs. KING and CoLLAMER not voting.
The fourth resolution came up Mr..
PUGH explained, that inasmuch as the reso~
luton declared that Congress had power
over the Territories, be could not vote for it.
Yeas IS, nays 2l-Mr. Pugh voting in
the negative.
Mr.. Clingman offered the following reso.
luton as an amendment
RESOLVED, That the existing condition of the
Territories of the United States does not re-
quire the Intervention of Congress for the pro.
lection of property in slaves.
Mr.. Brown moved to strike out the word
not after the word "does." Lost by a
vote of yeas to 43 nays. The yeas were
Messrs. Brown, Hale, Iverson, johnson, OF
Arkansas, ami Yulee.
Mr.. Collamer offered an amendment to
Mr.. Clingmans amendment, to the effect
that no intervention by Congress in the
Territories ever would be required.
The amendment was lost by yeas 16, nays
SO.
Mr.. Clingman's resolution that no neces-
sity now exists for the Intervention of Con
gress to protect slave property in the Ter
rltorles, was adopted by yeas rs, nays %,
as follows:
YEAS -Messrs. BigIer, Bingham, Bragg,
Chandler, Clingman, Collamer, Crittenden,
Dixon, Doolittle, Foot, Grimes, Hale, Hamlin,
Harlan. johnson, of Tennessee, Kennedy, La.
than, Polk, Pugh Simmons, Ten Eyck, Trum.
bull, Wade and Wilson. ......
NAYS essrs. Benjamin, Bright, Brown,
Chestnut, Clay, Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green, Ham
mond, Hunter, Iverson, Lane, Mallory, Mason,
Nicholson, Pearce, Powell, Rice, Salisbury,
Sebastian, Slidell, Wigfall and Yulee.
A Miss DELLINGER, of Crawford county,