Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-01-19
: FEDERAL RESOLUTIONS.

Introduced in the Senate Of North Carolina, by
Mr.. Morehead Of GuiLford
Resoloed That North-Carolina is devotedly at
tached to heConstituton and the Union OF the
United States of America, and deeply deplores the
existence of any circumstance complication Of af
fairs that may tend to weaken that attachment in
herself or in any of her sister States.
ResoIued That thecardinal principle of that Union
is the perfect equality of rights of all the States
der the Constitution; and violation of that great
fundamental principle should be submitted to toll
Grated by any State of the Union.
ResOLUed, That North Carolina cheerfully yields
to every State of this Union not only duty but
pleasure, all the rights guaranteed to each State by
the Constitution of the United States and she res
pectuly requires the rights thus guaranteed to her.
SELF to be duly respected without which, she is de-
ermned sternly to exact them, and to protect main
tain and defend them under all circumstances and at
all hazards.
ResoEred, That there is no principle involved in
the Constitution and Union of the United States,
which warrants justifcs irrepressible conflict
between the States, and the existence of such
flict can arise only from violation of the rights
guaranteed to each State.
ReSOLred That it is the duty of Congress to enact
laws, if such do not already exist to compel the
speedy rendition of fugtives from justice service;
and that is the duty of every State of the Union to
permit the prompt and efficient execution of those
laws within its borders
ReSoLred That the Constitution of the United
States should be amended in words too PLAIN for
misconstruction in the following manner:
1st. That Congress shall have power to inter-
fere with slavery in the States with the traffic Of
slaves between the States, to prohibit hinder
the transportation, in any way manner of slaves
from State to another to the Territories in
which slavery is permitted.
3D. That Congress shall have no power to abolish
slavery in places under its exclusive jurisdiction and
within the District of Columbia, whilst slavery
lists in the States of Maryland and Virginia. either
of them and not then without the consent of the
citizens of said District, without making fair CON-
pensaton for the slaves emancipated when required
by the owners thereof
Sd. That all the territory owned or that may
be hereafter acquired by the United States, shall be
the property OF the citizens of all the States
and they shall be permitted to into, and to
cupy the same, with their slaves, any thing else
recognized property under the Constitution OF the
United States. Or if it be more acceptable to con-
siderable portion of SAID citizens that said territory
shall be divided into free and slave territory them
out of Difference to their wishes that the line of
SO 80 north latitude, commonly known the Mis-
souri, compromise line, shall be extended from the
State of Missouri to the Pacific and all said
territory north of said line shall he free territory,
and all south of said line shall be slave territory,
and the States formed out of the latter territory
SIldll ue IuC UNION Will Ut
slavery the Constitutions thereof may designate.
Rcsotr't, That when the foregoing amendments
have been made to the Constitution of the United
States, amendment alteration Of said amend
ments shall be made without the unanimous consent
Of all the States.
ResOired. That Congress be respectfully request
ed TO make the foregoing amendments to the Con-
stitution of the United States, and that the same,
when made be submitted for ratification to the sew
era State Legislatures.
ResOired, That if Congress for any cause shall
fail to propose the amendments aforesaid, then the
Legislature of North Carolina most respectfully
makes application to Congress TO call a convention
of all the States 10 take into consideration the Con-
stitutIon of the United, States and to make such
amendments thereto as such convention may deem
necessary and proper.
ResOtred, That copies of the foregoing resolutions
be transmitted to Senators and Representatives
in Congress, with the request that the he laid
before their respective houses and that the Cover
of this State be requested to transmit copies Of
said resolutions TO the Governors of the other States
with request that the same be Land before their
pectlve Legislatures. Beaufort Banner.