Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-01-31
rbe Border State Proposition


In order to give ourre' ders full possession
Of oil the pending propositions for compro'
mise, we give what is called the Border
State Proposition"
A. Recommending the repeal Of al the
Personal Liberty bills. n' ~
2. That the Fugitive Slave law be amend
ed for the preventing ofkidnapping, Of and 80
as to provide for the equalization oftho Com
missioners fee, &c 'o
8. That the Constitution lie 20 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
consent Of Maryland and the consent Of the
inhabitants Of the District, nor without COM
pensation. oNI''f
s. That Congress shall not interfere with
the interstate slave trade.
6.aThat there shall be perpetualp prohib
ition of the African slave trade. '''-a
7. That the line of 80 degrees 30 minutes
shall be run through all the existing territory
of the United States; that in all north O.
that line slavery shall 30 prohibited, ans
thatsouth of that line neither Congress mo-
the territorial Legislature shall hereafter pas
any law abolishing, prohibiting or in an,
manner interfering with African slavery; an
that when any territory containing sufficien
population for one member of Congress il
any area of 10000 square miles shall appl
for admission as a State, it shall be admitte
with or without slavery, as its constitutio
may determine.
! Mr. Etheridge's proposition is as follows
First--Congress shall have no power Il
s regulate or control within the States, the r,
g lations established or recognized by the la
of any State respecting persons held to sci
' vice or labor u 3,
y Second-Congress shall have no power [
It Interfere with or abolish slavery in navy yard
e arsenals, forts or other places ceded TO tn
4 United States, or the relations recognize
!, by the laws of any State within which sue
u places are situate respecting persons held
o service or labor.
yl Third-Congress shall have no power
y interfere with or abolish the relations reco
Z nized blythe laws of the District OF Oolumb
: respecting persons held to service or lab0
le without the consent of the States of Marylar
ly and Virginia, and also the consent of Il
m inhabitants Of said District, and witho
= making just compensation in the premise
Fourth-Congress shall have no power
g. prohibit the removal or transportation fro
a. one State to another Of persons held TO 81
~ vice or labor. g. W 1 9 % er
~ Fifth-The immigration or importati
y from abroad of persons held to service
labor for life or for term of years, or Of pt
he sons intended to be SO held and carried
- any of the States, is perpetually prohibite
nd and Congress shall pass all laws necessary
~ make said prohibition effective. , h..
ae Sixth-No Territory beyond the prese
he limits of the Territories of the United :.Sta
e. shall hereafter be acquired or annexed to {
p United States, unless the same be done
the concurrent vote of two thirds of bo
Houses ofCongress, or the same be acquii
,. by treaty by vote Of two-thirds Of I
Senate