Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-08-16
8. That to the Union of the States

/ .. Ihat 10 the Union OF the Ctate
this nation owes its uppreeedente
increase in population, its surprisin
development Of material resource:
its rapid augmentation Of wealth, il
happiness at home and its homo
abroad; and we hold in abhorrenc
all schemes for disunion, come fron
whatever source they may; and W
congratulate the country that n
Republican member Of Congress hn
uttered or countenanced the threat
of disuDion so often made by Demo
cratic members, without rebuke ant
with applause from their poliiica
associates. and we denonce those
threats of disunion, in case of a pop
ular overthrow of their ssceDaance
as denying the vital principles Of s
free government, and as an avowa
OF contemplated treason, which it is
the imperative duty of an indignant
people sternly to rebuke and forever
! silence.
4. That the maintenance invio-
late OF the rights Of the States, and
especially the rights of each State ia
order and control it's domestic insti-
tutions according TO its own judgment
exclusively, is essential to that bal
ance of powers on which theperfeetiou
snd endurance of our political fabric
depend; and We denounce the lawIsss
invasion by armed force of the soil
of any State OF Territory, no matter
under what pretext, MS among the
grGvest of crimes.
5. That the present Democratic
ADMINISTRATION has far excssded our
wors; sprehensions in its measureless
subserviency to the exactions Of a
sectional interests ,as especially evincec
in its desperate exertions to force
the Infamous Lecompton. eonstitu.
ton upon the protesting people Of
Kansas; in constituting the personal
relation between master and servant
TO involve an unqualified property
in persons; 10 its attempted enforce
ment everywhere, on land and sea,
through the Intervention Of Congress
and Of the federal courts, of the eX.
IRENE pretensions Of purely local
interest,and in It's general and uuvary-
ing abuse Of the power entrusted to
it by confdiDg people.
6. That the people justly view
with alarm the reckless extrava-
gancs which pervades every depart
ment of the federal government,
that return to rigid economy and &C.
counlability is indispensable to arrest
The systematic plunder Of the public
treasury by partisans, while the
recent startling developments Of
frauds aud corrupiions at the federal
metropolis show that IN entire
change of administration is impers.
lively demanded.
7. That the new dogma that the
constitution, of its own force, carries
slavery into any or all Of the Terri.
tories of the United States, is a
dangerous political herssy, at vari-
ance with the explicit provisions Of
that instrument ITSELF with legisla-
tive and judicial precedent; is revoIu-
IN it's tendency, and subver-
sive of the peace and harmony Of
the country. !
8. That The normal codition Of all
the Territory Of the United States
is that offreedom; that RS eur rspub. |
lican fathers, when they bad abol-
ished slavery in all our national ter
ritory, ordained that ''no person
should be deprived Of life, liberty or
without due process Of law,
it becomes our duty, by legislation,
whenever such legislation is ueces-
sary, to maintain this provision Of the
constitution against sll attempts to
violate it, and ne deny the author
icy of Congress, Of Territorial
Legislature, or of any incividualasto
give legal existence to slavery IN
any Territory of the United States.
9. That we brand the recent re-
opening of the African slave trade,
under the cover of our national flag,
aided by peryersions Of judicial
powers, as 8 crime against humanity
and burning shame 70 our coun.
try and age; and we call upon Con-
gress to take prompt and efficient
measures for the total and fnal sup
preston Of that execrable traffic.
10. That in the recent vetoes, BY
their federal Governors, Of the acts Of
the Legislatures Of Kansas and Ne
braska prohibiting slavery ih those