Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-02-19
The Boraer sla.e Compromise,


The Border state Compromise.
The Border States Resolutions were
agreed upon some weeks aga ina eanca-
ct Senators AID Representatives from he
Border States. The following is IN aoeu-
rate copy:
JoiHi resolutions proposing cerscia oraezd-
IaeHis 20 ne Constitution Of ne Uhife9
IStGfes:
WHEREAS, Serious and alarming d:ssen.
sions have arisen between the Nurtbern snd
S1Dtbern States conserving she rjgb,s "a
security Of the rights of tue slayeLoIdir,
States, aud esrecially their rights in The
common territory Of the United States.
and, whereas, II Is eminently desirable and
pTouer that those dissensions, which now
threaten the very existence of this Union.
should he permanently quicted aad settled
10y constitutional provisions. which shall do
! equal justice 20 ali sections. and thereby
restore @ The people than peace and good
VA : n'ea ought . prevail between al
the citizens 81 uhc United Siare<. Therefore.
Resofrel. BY the Senate and Ioose ~
Representatives Of the United S,a,es AZ
America IN Congress assembled. ,xo-,b;,d:
Of both Houses eoncurring, that the foIIgw.
ing articles be. aud are hereby. ,prupossd
and submitted ~ amendments 10 the Con-
siituiicn Of the Cbiie4 States. which shall
be valid to all inienis and PURPOSES a.
par. Of said Constitution, vixen ratified nv
conventions VI three foufths OF the several
States.
Aar. !. That Congress shall have No
power to lesislate touching persons held 70
service or labor IN places under i,s erclu-
siye Jurisdiction. within the limits Of States
which have made cessiuns Co the United
States, without the consent Of the State or
States making the grant.
Arr = That 10 all the TERRITORY OF tba
Uni;ed States situate north of latitude
o6:SO. slavery or involuntary seryitude.
except a. a punishment for crime. shall la
prohibited while such Territory shall r.
main under Territorial Government. This.
IN all territory south Of said line peitber
Congress nor amy Territorial Legislature
shall hereafter pass any law abolishIng ar
prohibiting, or in any manner inierfering
with, African slavery, aud when auy Ter
rstOry. north or south Of said line. within
such boundaries rs Congress shall ME.
scribe in any area Of sixty thousand miles
shall contain population eBtilling il 10
cne member o! Congress, shall aDplv for
admission as State. II shall comein on an
equality with tie o;her States, with or
without slavery, a. its Constitution nav
determine.
Arr. 3. That the laws for tbe snsr.,-
sion of the African slave trade ought 10 d.
made efectual. ard ought TO lie tborouybIv
executed. That the prohibition Of the i'm
portation Of slaves into the United State.
shall be made perpetual.
Art. !. Congress shall ha-o no nouer
to prohibit The removal or Transportation
OF persons held 70 service OF labor from
any STATE ia which such service or labor IA
recognized by law, 70 another State in
which such service Of labor is recognized
by law. :
Art D. Congress shall have no power 20
/ regulate, abolish or control within the
/ States, tie relations established CT reeog-
nized 10y the laws Of any State, respecting
: persons held 60 service or labor.
/ AND WHERE'S, also. lesides those cause,
/ oidisseEsion embraced in tie foregoing
I amendments proposed T. the Constitutio5
/ Of the United States, there are others which
come within the jurisdiction Of Cgngress-
/ and power; ard whereas, It is the desire IF
/ Congress, &c far as its power will extend
I to remove all Just cause for the rorular
7 discomfort aud agitation which pow .tarh
/ the peace Of the country, and threaten DE
/ stability e It's Institutions thercflro.
Res0red. dy tie Senate and House Of
Representatives. II tie United lS4ses AZ
american "a COs.yTcss assfmJyel That
Z the las now in force for the recovery az
fugitive slaves are in strict pursuance of
/ the plain and mandatory provisions of the
/ Constitution. and have been sanctioned IA
valid ana constitutional Nv the iudrment
I Of the Supreme Court oe ths United States.
I and that the slave holding States are emf
sInA e. . q "a D
tlOn OF those laws, aud that they onght not
I t. be repealed or Gu modified or changed "a
F to impair their efficiency: ard that lava
d onghi 80 he made for tie punishment Of
those who attempt, by rescue Of the sIav.
or other illegal means. 10 hinder or defeat
the due execution e sad laws.
> That all State laws which eopfic.
with tie Fugitive Slave Acts, or auv other
constitutional acis Of Congress. or which
IN their operation impede. hinder or delay
the free course and due execution Of anz Of
sad acts, are null and void bv the uiain
provisions Of the Constitution Of the United
States, and we respectfully aud earnestly
recommend 70 the several States which
have enacted them, their Immediate repeal.
B. That the act 18th September. 1850.
3 commonly known as the Fugitive Slave
Law. ought to be amended 50 as 10 urovide
I for lite more complete snd efficient onera-
/ ton, and that such amendments sbouId
/ provide, among ether things, for the pre-
ventiun Of kidnapping under II. and 70
equalizs the fees Of the Commissioners
mentioned in the eighth section thereof.