5. That of tbe alleged evils
now existing two
only have assumed i considerable prominence
as the alleged occasion of the present disturb
ances: one, tbe embarrassment, in onosection
of the Union, attending the recovery of furi- I
tives from service and the other, in another
section of tbe country, the insecurity of
life, liberty, and the rights cf suffrags and
opinion both of whbh should be in good
faith oorreotsd io tbe oommnnitiss where
tbey occur. I
0. That, denying all right in the federal
government to interfere in the domestic insti- i
tutions of a State, we declare that all laws of
any Stats designed to conflict, or actually con
ilicting with the federal constitntion, or rights
of persons or property thereunder, should be
repealed.
7. That ws recognise with deep grati
fication an abiding attaenment to the Con-
stitution and the Union, which tbey are
sworn to support, on tbe part of the Govern-!
ors, and people of several of the Southern
States, and ledge ourselves to stand with
them on tbe trusted platform of the Contti
lution, the tnion and the evjorcement of
the law*, and to tbe remedy of all evils ex
i-ting in confiict with tbe letter or spirit of
that Constitution.
8. 'I bat we have undiminished faith in tbe
ability, patriotism, integrity, and imrarttali
tv of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, and believe
that urder his administration a!% rights will
be respected and enforced and the general
prosperity, r^cantly obecked by tbe unwar- i
ranted and seditious disturbances in a por
tion of theoountrv, will again return with
the experience of his patriotic and national
adminstrati n.
