Anti Slavery Bugle

Legislative Proceedings in S. Carolina.

The following resolutions have been introduced into the Senate of South Carolina, by the Honorable Joseph A. Black:

1. Resolved, That there is good reason to apprehend that it is the deliberate intention of the people of the Northern States of this Union, to embody into any bill which may be passed by Congress, organizing Territorial Governments for New Mexico and California, a provision for excluding slavery from said territory.

2. Resolved, That we would regard the passage of such a law by Congress, as a gross violation of the Federal compact, an outrage upon the rights of the Southern States, and a wanton, undisguised insult; and that a submission thereto would be degrading and infamous.

3. Resolved, That the State of South Carolina never will, in any contingency, or under any circumstances, submit to any law passed by Congress by which slavery shall be excluded from any territory belonging to this Government, and lying south of "the parallel of thirty-six degrees, thirty minutes of north latitude."

4. Resolved, That in the event of the passage of such a law by Congress, that the Governor of this State, for the time being, convene the Legislature thereof immediately, in order that such action may be taken as shall be deemed necessary and proper.

5. Resolved, That the State of South Carolina earnestly invites the attention of her sister States of the South to this important subject, and is ready to meet and consult with them, at such time and in such manner as may be deemed advisable, as to the best and most effectual mode of avoiding or resisting the dangers with which we are, in common, threatened.