The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-04-04
The Senate Resolutions.


: ton of the Democratic party constituting tn
: Squatter Sovereignty faction, is venting it
rage against the Democratic members of tn
q. S. Senate for adopting the patriotic, con
stitutional, and comprehensive resolutions G
Senator Davis, their conduct is UNIVERSAL,
applauded by all reliable Democrats, and b.
the sound Democratic newspapers in botl
sections of the Union.
As an evidence of Southern sentiment, il
addition to the extracts heretofore published
we append several quotations from journal
which are regarded strictly orthodox upon al
questions affecting the interests of slavehold
nag States.
Says the Montgomery Advertiser. the able
central organ of the Democracy of Alabama
/ These resolutions present to the Democra
cy of the whole Union platform on which all
can stand, without sacrifice Of the rights ofany
State or section. They come fully up to til,
mark laid dozen by the State Rights Democracy
of Alabama, and If adopted at Charleston aot
| hare no fears Of the result in November.
1t is natural for the Register to oppose Mr.
Davis resolutions, for they demolish at one
stroke the foul web of sophistries in which
Douglas has sought to entangle the Democra-
tic party.
The Democracy of Alabama is fully salts
| tisfed with the platform offered by Mr. Davis.
Its adoption at Charleston will forever stifle
the dangerous heresy advanced by Douglas
for his own benefit, and will unite the South
in favor of the Constitution and the Union
The Register may continue to rave against
the decree of the people: every day exposes
more and more clearly the fallacy of its dog
mas. We wish it joy of the Sisyphean task
which it has undertaken.
The Alabama Beacon, another influential
journal in our sister State, comes to hand
with this strong endorsement of the resolu-
tions
A series of resolutions on the subject of
slavery, recently adopted in Washington by
caucus of Democratic Senators, will be found
elsewhere in our columns. Emenating, as
they do, from gentlemen of distinguished
ability, residing in all sections of the Union,
and who represent, in part, the sovereignty of
at least majority of the States, they can
hardly fail to exert a powerful influence in the
formation of public sentiment on the questions
involved. They are looked upon as foresha-
downing the platform, on the slavery question,
and the requirements of the Constitution in
reference to slave property, that will be adop-
ted by the Charleston Convention-whchi i'm
parts to them an additional degree of interest
and importance.
The position taken in these resolution, &C.,
is substantially the same as that we have been
advocating for months past.
The Athens Banner, leading paper in
Georgia, says:
Upon such platform all true men, no
matter of what section, can stand in faternal
concord, and it only remains for the National
Convention to embody the spirit of the pro-
positions enunciated, in its declaration of prin
ciples at Charleston, to win glorious victory,
or prove, beyond doubt that fanatcism is
stronger than conservatism, and that the days
of the Republic are numbered.
So much for the public sentiment of the
South.
And what say the stedfast and incorruptible
Democracy of the North ? It is an auspictous
omen for the harmony and integrity Of the
r1esz.vpfsstIC party. tiitG atey concur iuiiy "4S
the views promulged by the press Of the
Southern States. We have room for only a
few extracts, but they are from the most
sources.
The Republican Journal, an able organ of
the Democracy of Maine, concludes a long ar
ticle indicating the motives of action Of the
Democratic Senators, and the expediency and
policy of their course, with the following un-
qualified endorsement of the resolutions them
selves
The Senate caucus resolves contain the
identical doctrines we have advocated from the
commencement of the controversy, and we
confess to no small degree Of satisfaction at the
endorsement our action upon this question
has met with. We do not propose to repeat
our argument upon this matter, satisfied as
we are that it is based upon the irrefragable
principles of the constitution.
The New York Day Book, well known for |
its bold and powerful defence of Southern in
morally and politically, and for its
loyalty to the Democratic party, brings the |
following assurances:
Col. DAVIS REsoLUTIoNs.-We hear en-
comiums upon all sides for the admirable res
olutions introduced in the Senate by Col Da- |
Wis, of Mississippi. New Yorkers with whom |
we have conyersed, are especially pleased |
with them for their clear, calm, and con-
else expression Of true sentiments. 1t will |
be seen, also, from the communication we pub |
lished the other day, from one who claims to |
know the sentiments of Hon. D. S. Dickinson, |
of this State, that they are fully endorsed by |
him. We believe there was never more |
general unanimity of opinion among true De- |
mocrats at the North, than upon the doctrine |
that every citizen is entitled to equal protection
to his person and property from the Federal |
Government.
Under the significant caption of "7'be True |
Principles" the New Hampshire Democratic
Standard endorses the resolutions as declar- |
atory of the duty of Congress to afford ample |
protection to slave property in the Territories,
and unhesitatingly afirms that if they are |
not adopted in substance at Charleston, the |
contest for the next Presidency will not be a |
battle for principle on the part of the Demo-
cratic party, but disgraceful scramble for |
spoils. Says our outspoken cotemporary:
During the present session Of Congress,
several sets of resolutions respecting the SUBJ !
iect of slavery, and the rights and relations of |
the States under the Constitution, have been |
offered from time to time, by different Demo- |
cratic Senators for discussion in the United |
Senate. The matter was formally brought |
before a caucus of Democratic Senators, who, |
with two exceptions only, agreed upon the fol- |
lowing resolutions as expressive OF the views |
of the Democracy with regard to the subject |
of slavery, the rights Of the States in the Ter
ritories Of the Union, and the duty of Con- |
gress to legislate for the protection of every |
kind of property carried by the citizens of the |
States into the Territories, in the absence OF
adequate protection from the Territorial Gov |
and the Judicial and Executive
branches of the Federal Government 1t will |
be seen that the resolutions embody substan- |
tally, tho doctrines advocated in the columns
of this paper, during the last four years. That
they will constitute, substantially, the plat
form of the National Democracy at Charles
ton, we do not doubt. If they do not, the con-
test for the next Presidency, will not be
hattie for principle on the part of the Democ-
racy, but scramble for the spoils. Every
true patriot will concur in the soundness and
justice of the principles embodied in the res
elutions.
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