Washington telegraph., 1865-05-17

threaten, but VIZ may say, by way OF advice to
the Federal Government, that the execution of
JEFF. Davis. or any leading Southern man,
would fill the woods of every State with guer-
rillas.
Iudeed, every gentleman feels that he can
have some remnant of respect for himself in the
woods with six shooter at his belt, and his
sense of wrongs to sustain his mind; but can
not abject subject OF systematic wrong
and contumcly, or AS ! member of = prescribed
and degraded class. He feels too that IL is al
ways better 70 die in hot blood than by cold
rope, or than to live to be kicked insulted and
oppressed, in view Of his family and former
servants.
W. are opposed to guerrilhism, and mean to
discourage il il all ways, unless the enemy
force US to join them Let them look to it.
JoHNsoN's RgCoRD.-1t may be in
teresting to know the opinions and prin
ciples which have heretofore been enter.
tanned, and acted on, by President j John-
SON. We find them ccllated in the Gal
weston News, and present our readers
with the following resolutions, which at
different times have received the support
by solemn vote of Andrew johnson:
Resolrsd, That in the adoption of the
| Federal Constitution, the States adopt
ing the same acted severally as free and
independent sovcreignties. delegating a
portion of their powers to- be exercised
by the Federal Government for the in
creased security of each against dangers,
domestic as well as foreign, and that any
intermeddling by any one or more States,
or by combination OF their citizens,
with the domestic institutions of the ether,
on aay pretext whatever, political, moral
or religious, with the desire to their dis
turbauce sr subversion, is in violation of
the Constitution, insulting to the States
so interfered with, endangcrs their peace
and tranquility---objects for which the
Constitution was formed and, by neces-
sary consequence, tends to weaken and
destroy the Union itself
Res0tued, That Negre slavery, as IL exists in
fifteen States Of the Union, composes AN inpor-
tant portion of their domestic institutions. in
herited from our anceS tors, and -xistilr- .t the
adoption OF the Constitution, by which is is re-
csynZed as constituting An important element
IN the apporuOnment OF power among the States
and that no chas &c of opinion or feeling on the
part OF the non-slaveholding States OF the Union
in relation to this institution can iustify then,
or their citizens i'll open or covert attack :
thereon. with view to its overthrow. and thar
all such attacks are in manifest violation of ,b.
mutual and solemn pledge To protect and de-
fend each other, given by the States rc.rec
lively on entering into the constitutional com
pact which formed the Union. and are a mani
fest breach of faith and violation Of th.. mos,
so.emn obligations
Res0lced, That tho Union of these
States rests on the equality of rights
and privileges among its members, and
that it is especially the duty of the Sen
ate, which represents the States In their
sovereign capacity, to resist all attempts
to discriminate either in relation to per
sons or property in the Territories
which are the common possessions of the
United States--so as to give advantages
to the ciizens of one State which are not
equally allowed to those of every other
State.
Rssotred. That neither Congress nor a Terri
torial Legislature, whether by direct Legislation
or legislation of indirect and uufriend,,
character, possess power to arnul or impair the
constitutional night OF any citizen of the United
States to take his slave property into the COM
pion Territories, and there hold and epiov the
same while the territorial condition remains
Resotred, That if experience should Al anv
time prove that the Judicial and executive au-
thority do not possess msans to insure adeouato
protection 10 constitutional rights in n T.rrito
ry, aud If the Territorial Government sh oulj
fail refuse TO provide the necessary remedies
for that purpose it will be the duty Of Congress
to supply such Deficiency thin the Limits of
the constitutional power.
Rcsoired, That the inhabitants of Terr;,orv
of the United States, when they rieh.fully
form Constitution to be admitted as a Stat.
in the Union. may then, for the first ,ime-like
the people OF State when forming a new Con
stitution--deelde for themselves, whether
slavery, as a domestic institution shall he
maintained or prohibited within their iurisd;c-
ton; and they shall be received into the Union.
with or without slavery as their Constitution
may prescribe at the time Of their admission"
Resotusd. That the provision Of the Consti-
tuition fer the rendition Of fugitivcs from ser
vice OF labor, without the adoption of which
the Union could not have been formed: and th.t
the laws of 1893 and 1850. which were enacted
to secure its execution, and the main features
of which being similar, bear the impress o.
nearly seventy years of sanction by the hiches,
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 acis of individuals or of State Legislatures
to defeat the purpose OF nullfy the require
menfs OF that provision, ana the laws made in
pun suancc of it, are hostile in character sub
yersive of tie Constitution, and revolutionary
in their effect. l.r.r aiI 4o F-bal 80
II have said. in speaking on this subject, that
in 1856 had seen a spirit and feeling mani
tested in tho country that 1 had never seen be-
fore. which convinced me clearly and conclu-
siveiy " hat the Abolition agitation would even
tnate in when it was pressed TO its final ultima-
tum. say shat if the day ever does como
when the effort is made to emancipate the
slaves, to abolish slavery. and turn them loose
on the country, the non-slaveholder Of the
South will be the first man to unite the slave
holder to rednce them to subiugaticn again;
and if one would be more ready TO do 80 then
the other, it would be the non-slsveholder. /
have said that; and that if their resistance to
subjugat!on were obstinate and stubborn, the
would unite with the slave
holder, and all this Abolition philanthropy. all
this Abolition sympathy, when pressed to its
would result in tllc extirrisn Of The
negro race. This is what I said. 1t is what
felt, and what saw. and what / know to be |
tho feeling of the shareholders in the slave
holding States today. Press this question to !