Georgia
Platform (post Compromise of 1850 vote)
Be it resolved by the people of Georgia in
Convention assembled. First, That we hold the American
Union secondary in importance to the rights and principals it was designed to
perpetuate. The past associations and future prospects will bind us to it so
long as it continues to be the safe-guard of those rights and principles.
Third, That the State of Georgia
has maturely considered the action of Congress, embracing a series of
(compromise) measures; and, whilst she does not wholly approve, will abide by
it as a permanent adjustment to this sectional controversy.
Fourth, That the State of Georgia will and
ought to resist, even (as a last resort) to a disruption of every tie which
binds her to the Union, any future Act of Congress abolishing Slavery in the
District of Columbia, without the consent of slaveholders thereof; of any Act
suppressing the slave-trade between slave-holding states; or any Act
prohibiting the introduction slaves into the Territories of Utah and New
Mexico.
Fifth, That it is the deliberate opinion of this Convention, that upon the faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave Bill by the proper authorities depends the preservation of our much loved Union.