From tie charleston Mercury.
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VAN EuREE Us. SLAVERK.-ih he editors of tho Riehaond Enquirer; Journal, Fay eitevile, N. G.; Federal Union, Milledge- vile, Augusta Constitutionalist, and SaYan- nah Georgian, Ga.; Flag of the Union, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Morning Post, N. Orleans; and all other good and faiti5il Van Buren Journals published in the SLAVE HOLDING 6tates, are rcspeotfiiiiiiy lily requested to copy the following Preamble and Reso- lutions, with the names of the Senators who voted in their favor. New York Is an im- portant State, and her son, Van Ruren, Is just aolc, for egriaie reasons, an ialportaat parsonage. The people of the South are part1cuiar}y desirous of knowing his honest sentiments on the subject of slavery and as the editors of the above journals are known to be true pahiots--indePendent in dteir principles-great stieklers for the rights of the South and the people, we hope they will not disregard our request in giving an early insertion of the proceedings of the Legisla- ture of New York, as set forth below.

 PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS, &c.

 ''itfhereas, the inhibifing the further ex- tension of Slavery in these United States is a subject of deep concern to the people of this State: and whereas, we consider Slave y as an evil mneh 10 be deplored, and that every constitutional barrier should be inter- posed to prevent is further extension; and that the Constitution of the United States clearly gives Congress the right to require new States not comprised within the origi- nal boundary of the United Statess the pro- hibaion of Slavery, as a condition of their admission into the Union: Therefore,

 ''Resolved, If the honorable Senate con cur therein That our Senators be instruct ed, and our Members n Congress be re- qttested, t5 oppose the admission iato the Union, of any Territory not comprised as aforesaid, without making the prohibition oi Slavery therein an indispensable condition of admission.

 's0n the 20th January, 1920, the Senate took up the Resolutions and passed the same unanimoasy-the following Senators being present;

 "Messrs. Adams, Austin, Baruum, Bar stow, Bown, Chlds, Dudley, Dayton, Dit miss, Evans, Forthlnghaln, Hammond, Hart, Livingston, Lounsberry, MeMaFtia, Moons, Mallory, Moore, Moves, Payne, Rosss Rosencrantz, Skinner, Swart, VAN BUREN, Wilson, Young. g.-2s."