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A Resolution in relation to the Introduction of Slavery into the Territory of Nebraska. 1854 585 (1854)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0311 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI. - 55 in him a firm upholder of the Union of the Statei, and a fearless defender of State Rights, as expound- ed and understood by thc fathers of the Republic. 2d. Resolved, That the policy of the President, as exhibited in his message and' Executive appoint- ments, in discounteriancing all further slavery agita- tion, in and out of Congress, meets our hearty appro- bation, both on account of its consonance to his known antecedents and pledges before his election, and because we believe that the discussion of the ex- citing questions connected, therewith, is eminently dangerous to the institution itself, and destructive of the best interests of the country. 3d. Resolvfd, That the appointment, by the Presi- dent of Miss~ssippi's favorite son, Col. Jefferson Da- vis, to a seat in the Cabinet, is a just cause of re- joicing to the people of the State; that the President in selecting him him to preside over the War De- partment, whilst he exhibited a patriotic devotion to the interests of the whole nation, in the choice of one possessing such eminent abilities, at the same time manifested a becoming deference to the voice of the people of the South, in making an integral portion of his administration that hero-statesman, who is no less distinguished for his chivalry on (he field of bat- tle, his wisdom in the Cabinet, and his eloquence in the Senate, than for his patriotic devotion to the in- terests of every part of our common country. Approved February 4, 1854. CH APTER 882. A RESOLUTION in rektion to th Introduction of Slavery into the Territory of Nebranka. WHERLAS, fforts are being made in the Congress of the United States, and elsewhere, to prohibit the introduction of slavery into the 'T'erritory of Ne- braska, in a manner not in accordance with the spirit and intent of the federal constitution there- fore, Resolved, That the bill now pending before Con- gress, organizing territorial governments for Ne- braska and Kansas, is in accordance with the prin-

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