Jefferson Davis: Resolutions to the U.S. Senate on the Relations of States - Milestone Documents

Jefferson Davis: Resolutions to the U.S. Senate on the Relations of States

( 1860 ) Commentary by C. Ellen Connally, University of Akron
  • “Any intermeddling by any one or more States, or by a combination of their citizens, with the domestic institutions of the others, on any pretext, whether political, moral, or religious, with the view to their disturbance or subversion, is in violation of the Constitution.” - Resolutions to the U.S. Senate on the Relations of States
  • “Negro slavery, as it exists in fifteen States of this Union, composes an important portion of their domestic institutions.” - Resolutions to the U.S. Senate on the Relations of States
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