Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1861-01-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Jan, 5

diIg Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Ken
tucky, Missouri, and North Carolins, from
the South. and New Jersey, North. to-day
agreed upon propositions for an adjustment
depending difficulties, by amending the Con-
stitutoL, follow:
I. Recommending repeal Of all the per-
sonal liberty bills.
2. That of the fugitive slave law be amen
ded for the preventing Of kidnapping. and so
as to provide for the equalization OF the COM
missioners' fee, &c.
3. That the Constitution be so amended as
to prohibit any interference with slavery in
any Of the states where it now exists.
4. That Congress shall not abolish slavery
in the southern dockyards, arsenals, &C.. nor
in the District of Columbia without the con-
sent of Maryland. and the consent of the dis
trict, nor without compensation.
S. That Congress- shall not interfere with
the interstate slave trade.
6. That there shall be perpetual prohib-
ition of the African slave trade.
7. That the line of Sc degrees 80 minutes
shall be run through all the existing terrific
ry of the United States that in all north of
that line slavery shall be prohibited, an that
south of that line neither Congress nor the
territorial legislature shall hereafter pass any
law abolishing, prohibiting, or in any man
ner interfering with African slavery, and
that when any territory containing suf6-
cient population for one member of Congress
in any area of 60, 900 square miles, shall ap-
lx,lv "a - Irll L.
mitted, with or without slavery, as its con.
ssitution may determine.
The compromise proposed by the commit
tee of border states is not accepted by the
South. The South will not consent to leav-
ing the territories sonth Of thiriy-slx thirty
to be free or slave as the people may elect,
believing that by leaving the question open
the scene of Kansas will be revived, and the
country ovsrrun by anti slavery people thro'
the agency of the northern emigrant aid So
cieties. They demand the unequivocal rec
ogni,ion by the North that slavery shall ex-
ist in territory south of the proposed line un-
til it shall be divided into states, when, in
their sovereign capacity as states, they may
alter or confirm their status in regard to
slavery. In other words, all territory North
shall be considered free, and oil South slave,
unless the. people shall choose to change
their condition after their government shall
be clothed with state authority. Nothing
else will be accepted by the South and as
false impressions may be formed from the
favor in which the propositions of the border
committee are received in some quarters, it
is proper that this explanation should 20 be-
lore the country as soon as possible.
The republican members of the House
caucussed in the Post Office committee room
again to-day, upon the present state of af-
fairs. Speaker Pennington in the CHAIR
There was a full attendance.
The unfinished business of yesterday was
resumed, being the report Of Mr., Hale, of
Pennsy lvania, from the sub committee of the
border states. rho said that be believed the
members of his committee representing the
border slave states would agree to his prop
ostion; that all the territory of the United
States north of thirty six degrees thirty
minutes should be free. and all south of that
line to remain as it is. with liberty to the
people to prganize into states wheneYer
they please, with or without slavery. lie
was of opinion that it might be better for the
North to take this Proposition than to pre-
cipitate the country into war.
Mr.. Howard, of Michigan, SAID he objected
TO any compromise, because he believed it to
be an acknowledgement OF an error, which
be would not concede, He defended the
motives of the republicans in the committee
of thirty. y.thrse, and expressed the opinion
that they had done nothing that could be in
terpreted as surrender of their principles.
Those who understood Mr.. Adams position
do not believe this.
Mr.. Lovejoy, of Illinois. speaking of the
malcontents of the slave states, and. the pro.
posed compromise of dividing the territory
between freedom and slavery to the Pacific.
said There never was "a more causeless
revolt since Lucifer led bis cobarts of apos-
late angels against the throne of God, but
never heard that the Almighty proposed to
compromise the matter by allowing The reb-
els to kindle the fires of hell south of the ce-
estial meridian of thirty six thirty"
This outburst Of the eccentric member
from Illinois created deal of sensation and
some movement.
Mr.. Sherman stated that, as member of
the border sub-comnit.ee from the border
states, he could neither vote for the PROPOSE
tion proposed by Mr.. Hale, nor that propos-
ed by Mr.. Crittenden, TO restore the Missouri
line and extend it to the Pacific. lie was
also opposed to he compromise to prevent
the abolition Of slavery in tbs district of Cos
lumbia While he did not wish to abolish
it now, he was opposed to yielding up the
right of Congress to do so at any future Pc
rio1
Mr.. Grow, of Psnnsylvsnia, expressed
himself decidedly opposed to all compromi-
ses. lie asked what better platform the
North or the South could have to stand upon
than the Union, the Constitution and the
laws? The republican party has elected
President in accordance with the forms of
the Constitution, and is entitled to fair play.