Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-01-17

Ihe w aShlngtOn Correspondent Oh ihc
Chicago Tri5nne. in his letter Of the 7th,
says the Republican House members held
caucus on Saturday afternoon, aud A.
mong other things that came before it was
the Border Committees Compromise. pre-
sented and advocated by Hale Of Pennsyl-
vania. Hale and Nixon o. n. j. advoca-
ted tie propositions and thought they
would be satisfactory to the border Slave
States. Stanton Of Ohio also favored
them and Petit Of Indiana. rather squint-
ed in that direction. 60
The following is the adjustment agreed
upon by the Border Committee:
1. Declaring all Personal Liberty bills
null and void.
2. A more stringent Fugitive Slave
law, giving mpcnsation to owners for
escaping slaves; preventing kidnapping,
equalizing Commissioners fees, trial at
place of escape. dc.
3. That the Consultation be so amended
as to prohibit any interference with slave
ry in any of the States where it now exists.
4. That Congress shall not abolish
slavery in the Southern dochgards, arse
nails. Gc.. nor in the District of Columbia
,cifaout tie consent Of Maryland and the
consent of the inhabitants OF the District,
nor without compensation.
5. That Congress shall not interfere with
the inter- State slave trade.
6. That there shall he perpetual pro-
hibition of the African slave trade.
Z. That the line OF 36 degrees 30 min
utes shall be run through all the existing
territory Of the United States; that in all
north of that line slavery shall be prohib-
ited. and that south of that line neifhe,
Cosoress nor the Territorial Legislature
shall hereafter pass any law abolishing,
prohibiting or in any manner interfering
with African slavery. AMI that when any
Territory contaiHining sufficient popula'
ton for one member of Congress in any
area of 60, 900 square miles shall apply fol
alminission as State. it shall be admit
ted with or without slavery, as its consti
tuition may determine.
The chief plank in this platform Of al
iustmcnt, remarks the correspondent. il
the 7th. 1t differs from Crittenden's which
is to establish and protect slavery south o
36 deg. 30 min. Of latitude. and from th'
Missouri adjustment. which left the condi
ton of the territory entirely an open ques
tion for the s1ustters to decide Thi
scheme ties the han.ls Of Congress and o
the people OF the Territories, and leaves
the Shareholder to take his chances under
some future Supreme Court decision, a.
the Drel Scott dictum could hardly appl,
after the proposed amendments to the Con
stitution are male. The proposition o
the Border Committee is therefore mucl
better than Crittcnicn's, and worse thar
the oil Missouri Compromise.
In the Republican caucus Sherman o
Ohio. and vandcvcer of Iowa. Doth mem
bcrs Of the Border State Committee tha
agreed to the above plan. said they had op
posed it, on the ground that they wonI'
not consent to tinkering with the Consti
,u,;on and te.cb;uo tho country 70 recar,
!. No.. &c .hnon, - !. .h.ec..
with every ebullition Of partisan passion
that swept across the country. All snb
stantial grievances can be remedied by tn
! Constitution as il Is. Sherman. wa, ais,
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oPio'.a - "'"'"S =. '' ~ ''a'e !.
~ IN the District contingent upon the VII
Of Maryland. What business had sh
with il. while the District was the proper
~ of tho r,;,e,, s,.,exs VIII. !. ~,
nv 10 Wv
not Wish 20 Abolish Il now. ne was oppo
sed 10 y'e'd'ng up '"e .'e"' OIL congress e
DO 50 a. any 'u'"s1 ~ s''co' -,
MI Lovc)oy o. ',,,no's' sp ,aN'ns Oh IN
maiconsen's % 'ne o'ase o.s.cs, ana IN
proposed comp.om,se o' o,V%'ng tnc Ter
rtory oetwse" % ',rs'o"' anu slavery 70 TN
fac'lc' sa". mere never was : NOR
eaose'ess 'eso.. .,. s'"so ".":. . .e" us 80
nor.s OF sPoS'"'o s"se'S ass'"ss ~ .''o '"'cn'
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