The national Republican., 1860-12-13

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proper compensation to owners, Of those not
returned; also, the proprety of providing, either
by an amendment to the Constitution or con-
gressional enactment for the protection Of the
rights Of Shareholders in the common Terri
tories.
Mr.. Cox, Of Ohio, submitted the following:
Whereas one Of the chief and Just complaints
on the part of the slaveholding States of this
Confederacy is the REFUSAL neglect, and failure Of
certain Executives of Northern States to deliver
fugitives from justice indicted for treason,
murder, and slave stealing, in said slave States
Therefore,
| Resolved, That the committee OF thirty three,
for the re.establishment of comfy between the
States, be required to consider what, if any,
further legislation is necessary to carry out the
second clause OF the second section of the fourth
article Of the Constitution of the United States
for the delivery Of fugitives from justice, who
shall fee from one State and be found in an.
other, on the demand of the executive authority
of the State from which such fugitive shall have
fled; and that such inquiry be made with
special view to punish all judges, attorney
generals, executives, or othersState officers,
who shall impedetthe execution Of said clause
| OF the Constitution, either in respect to the de.
livery Of felons who may be indicted for treason
or murder in attempted slave instructions, or
who may be indicted for slave stealing.
Mr.. Hutchins, Of Ohio, offered resolution
instructing the select committee to report what
legislation is necessary to give full effect to
that part of the Constitution which provides
that the "citizens of each State shall be en-
titled to all the privileges and immunities Of
citizens of the several States,' and also what
legislation is necessary to secure to all the peo-
pie, whether residing in or travelling through
any State, the full benefit Of another part Of the
Constitution, which secures them against un
reasonable searches and seizures in the absence
of probable cause.
Mr.. Sherman, of Ohio, offered the following :
ReSOired, That the only true and etfectual
remedy for the dissensions that now exist be-
tween the several States, and the people there
Of is in the faithful observance by the several
States, and the people thereof, Of all the COM
promises Of the Constitution, and Of the laws
made in pursuance thereof.
Resolped, That the special committee ofthirty.
three be instructed to inquire whether any
State, or the people thereof, have failed to obey
and enforce the obligations imposed by the
Constitution and if so, the remedy therefor, and
whether any further legislation is required to
secure such enforcement.
Resolred, That, to avoid all further contro.
versy in regard to the several Territories Of the
| United States, said committee divide said Ter.
ritories into States of convenient size with a
view to their prompt admission into the Union
on an equal footing with the other States.
Mr. Bingham, of Ohio, offered the following
ReSoired, That the special committee ofthirty.
three report to this House such additional leg
| islation as they may deem necessary to suppress
and put down armed rebellion against the laws
and authority of the United States, to protect
| tba In wiu zurp
and the citizens thereof against unlawful vio-
lence.
Mr.. Mallory, Of Kentucky, offered a resolu.
ton Of instructions, having in view the estab-
lishment Of line similar to the Missouri Com
promise, making provision for the admission of
new States and prohibiting Congressional in
reference with slavery, &c.
Mr.. English, of Indiana, offered a resolution
instructing the committee to inquire and re.
port, for the settlement of the present unfortu.
nate controversy, that the territory of the Uni
ted States shall be equally divided between the
slaveholding and non slaveholding sections,
making provision for the admission of new
States, declaring that the property in slaves
shall not be destroyed or impaired by Congress,
sioual legislation, and that when slave shall
be rescued by force or violence, while passing
through a non.slaveholding State the owner
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of the slave.
Mr.. Kilgore of Indiana, offered resolution
requesting the committee to inquire into the
expediency of amending the fugitive slave law
50 as to provide for trial by jury where the f. rgi
tive claims to be free also, providing full pay
ment for the slave in cases Of forcible rescue
from custody, and that the committee make
such other amendments as may be thought
necessary to give satisfaction, without destroy
ing the efficiency of the law or impairing the
constitutional rights Of any citizens Of the Uni
ted States.
Mr.. Holman, of Indiana, offered resolution
declaring that secession is wholly unwarran ted
by the letter and spirit Of the Constitution, and
that the select committee be instructed to in
quire whether the acts of Congress now in force
are sufficient, in view Of the present condition
Of public affairs, to protect the rights Of the
several States against attempts which have beer
made, or which may hereafter be made, by an,
State or States to nullify the laws necessary u
the existence Of the Confederacy, and to carr,
out the provisions of the Constitution ; and
the laws now in force are insufficient, it shal
f be the duty of said committee to report tn
, necessary bills to provide for the emergency.
Mr.. Niblack OF Indiana, offered a resolution
J instructing the committee to inquire into tn
} expedency of providing by law for indemnit
, for slaves rescued by force or violence, &c.
Mr.. Noell, of Missouri, proposed the follow
ing, preceded by a preamble:
3 Be ii resolred, That the select committee c
thirty.thre be instructed to take into consider
alton the propriety and necessity of abolishine
. by amendments to the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, the Office of President, and of estat
, fishing in lieu thereof an Executive Council, t
consist of three members, to be elected by dis
e tricts composed of contiguous States, as near a
q practicable, each member of said Council to b
!. armed with a veto power, such as is now veste
, in the President, &c.
a BE ii further resolred, That the said commi
s tee be also requested to take into considerable
s the means necessary (if any can be devised) t
t restore the equilibrium between the free an
h the slave States in the Senate of the Unite