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Resolutions on the subject of slavery. 1848-1849 667 (1848)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmo0099 and id is 1 raw text is: JOINT RESOLUTIONS. Resolved, 3, That the thanks of the people of this State are also due to Brevet Major N. B. Holden, of the 12th regiment of infantry, and the officers and soldiers under his command, for so gallantly sus.taining the honor of the State on the bloody and glorious battle field of Cherubusco, and before the gates of the city of Mexico. Approved March 12, IS119. RESOLUTIONS on the subject of slavery. lesolved by the General.issenbly of the State (f Missouri: 1. That the federal constitution was the result of a compromise be- tween the conflicting interests of the States which formed it, and in no part of that instrument is to be found any delegation of power to con- gress to legislate on the subject of slavery, excepting some special pro- visions having in vieW the prospective abolition of the African slave trade, and for securing the recovery of fugitive slaves; any attempt, therefore, on the part of congress to legislate on the subject, sn as to af- fect the institution of slavery in the States, in the District of Alumbia, or in the territories, is,. to say the least, a violation of the principle upon which that instrument was founded. 2. That the territories acquired by the blood and tre2 sure of the whole nation ought to be governed for the common benefit of the people of all the States; and any organization of the territorial governments, exclu- ding the citi;ens of any part of the Union from removing to such terri- tories with their property, would be an exercise of power, by congress, inconsistent with the spirit upon which our federal compact was based, insulting to the sovereignty and dignity of the States thus affected, cal- culated to alienate one portion of the Union from another, and tending ultimately to disunion. 3. That this General Assembly regard the conduct of the northern States, on the subject of slavery, as releasing the slaveholding States from all further adherence to the basis of compromise fixed on by the act of congress of the 6th of March, 1820, even if such act ever did im- pose any obligation upon the slaveholding States, and authorizes them to insist upon their rights under the constitution, but for the sake of har- mony, and for the preservation of our federal Union, they will still sanc- tion the application of the principles of the Missouri coimpromise, to the recent territorial acquisitions, if by such concessions, future aggres.. sions upon lhe equal rights of the States may be arrested, and the spirit of anti-slavery fanaticism be extinguished. 4. The right to prohibit slavery in any territory, belongs exclusive- ly to the people thereof, and can only be exercised by them in forming their constitution for a State government, or in their sovereign capacity as an independent State. 5. That in the event of the passage of any act of congress conflicting with the principles herein expressed, Missouri will be found in hearty co-operation with the slaveliolding States, in such mueamuures as may be deemned necessary for our mutual protection against the eneroacmnents of northern fauacism. 6)67

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