The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-01-16

| VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
RICHMOND, Jan. l5--In the Senate today Mr..
Neal offered a Joint resolution as follows:
WHEEEAs, The sending Of renforcements to the forts
anu arsenas OF Virginia has caused uneasness, and
source of disquietude to all citizens of this Common
wealth; therefore
RESOLVED That the President of the United States be
respectfully requested to inform the Government of this
ate OF he object of the General Government in sending
Increased forces as aforesaid; and whether in his opn
ION the object of the erection of said sronghod the
allied. " -
The resolution lies over
In the House, Mr. Patterson offered joint reso-
ution to appoint R. NJ. T. Hunter, Wm. C. Rives,
John D. Allen, George W. Summers, Commission
ers TO correspond with the governments of all the
States, to ascertain on what terms, II any, the
present Union can be preserved; and if it cannot,
then upon what terms and with what States a
new conederacy can be formed which will secure
to the people of Virginia the fall enjoyment of her
rights, and report the result to the State Conven
ton. Referred to the Committee on Federal Rela-
tons.
The Alabama Commissioners addressed the Leg
islature to-day and were well received.
INAUGURATION OF GOV. CURTIN, OF PENNSYLVANIA.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 15.-The Inauguration of Gov
ernor Curtin took place this morning In his ad
dress, referring to the political troubles he pledges
himself to stand between the Constitution and the
encroachments instigated by hatred or ambition,
fanatcism or folly. He says the election of Presi-
dent Lincoln is made the pretext of disturbing the
peace OF the country, by wrestling from the federal
government the powers which the people conferred
| on it when the Constitution was adopted There
was nothing in the life acts of the President elect
| TO warrant the excitement. Blinded Judgment on
the part OF the people was now prec pitating them
| into revolution.
he says if Pennsylvania has any laws infringing
on the right of any of the States or which contra
Vene any federal law, or obstruct their execution,
they ought to be repealed She has never fatered
| IN recognition OF all the duties imposed bv the
| natural compact, and she will, bv every act con-
slstent with the devotion to the interests of the
people, promote fraternity and peace between the
| states. When her trade was prostrated and in
dustry paralyzed by the adverse legislation of the
genera government, Pennsylvania waited patiently
ior reoress NO voice of dis loyalty or treason nor
an arm was raised to strike at the sacred fabric of
| the national Union. 1t will now, he SAYS be our
duty to unite with the people of all loyal States in
Just and honorable measures of conciliation and if
they are just and moderate, the impending danger
| may be averted.
Ours is a national government, having all the at
| trloutes of sovereignty. Among these rights is
tnat OF self-preservation and State or combina
cioh OF States can secede or absolve themselves
from the obligations of the Union. Pennsylvania
never can acqulesce in such conspiracy, assent
to the doctrine involving the destruction of the
government 1t it is to exist, it must have power
adequate to the enforcement of the supreme law in
every State. 1t is the first duty of the Federal
Government to stay the progress of anarchy and
enforce the laws, and PENNSYLVANIA will rive tbe
government united, honest and faithful support |
TO this end. Her people mean to preserve the in
tegrlty OF the Union at every hazard
ASSEMBLING GEORGIA CONVENTION.
MlLLEDGEvILLE, Ca, Jan. ia large number
OF delegates to the State Convention which assem-
bIes tomorrow, have arrived here VIM. Nesbit, |
OF Macon, and Mr.. Hit, of Athens county, are spo
Ken OF in connection with the Presidency the
Convention.
There is an unusual number of visitors here |
| among them the ablest leading men in the State |
Mr.. Orr, Commissioner from South Carolina is |
here
UNION FEELING IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN VIRGINIA |
CUMBERLAND Nd, Jan. 15.-The Union feeling |
in Northern and Western Virginia is regaining its
former strength. Union pole was raised at
Martinsburg the line of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad to-day, with every token OF enthusiasm.
There is to be great public enOnstraton made
here on Thursday, representing all Western Mary
land. The Crittenden programme seems to have
met with almost universal approval in this quarter
THE CRTTTENDEN RESOLUTIONS
| WHEREAS, The Union is in danger, and it is diff |
cult, if not impossible, for Congress to concur by
the requisite majority so to enable it to take
such N easures to recommend the States such |
amendments to the Constitution are necessary to
| avert the danger.
and judgment of the people ought to be heard |
Therefore
Resolred, That provision be made by law, with
out delay, for taking the Of the people and
submitting to them the following resolution:
RESOLVED, by the Senate and House of Represan- |
tatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, two-thrds of both houses concurring, |
That the following articles be and are hereby pro
posed and submitted amendments to the Consti |
tuition of the United States, which shall be valid to
all intents and purposes part of said Constitution
when ratified by Conventions of three fourhs of
Article l. In all the territory of the United |
States now held, or hereafter acquired, situate
north of latitude thrtvsix degrees and thirty min
utes, slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a |
punishment for crime, is prohibited while such |
territory shall remain under Territorial govern
ment. In all the territory south of said line of at-
tude, slavery of the African race is hereby recop
nized as existing and shall not be interfered with
by Congress, but shall be protected property by
all the departments of the Territorial government
during its continuance; and when any territory |
north or south OF SAID line, within such boundaries
as Congress may prescribe, shall contain the popu-
lation requisite for member of Congress- accord
ing to the then Federal ratio orepresen taton of the
people of the United States, it shall, if its form of
| government be republican, be admitted into the
Union on an equal footing with the original States,
with or without slavery, the constitution of such
| new State may provide.
Art 2. Congress shall have no power to abolish !
slavery in places under its exclusive jurisdiction,
and situate within the limits of States that permit
| the holding of slaves.
Art 3. Congress shall have no power TO abolish |
slavery within the District of Columbia so long as
it exists in the adjoining States of Virginia and |
Maryland or either, nor without the consent ofthe
| inhabitants, nor without just compensation first
made to such OF slaves as do not consent to
such abOlishment. Nor shall Congress at any time
prohibit officers of the Federal government or
members of Congress- whose duties require them to
be in said District, from bringing with them their
slaves, and holding them such during the time
| their there. nd
afterwards taking them from the District.
| Art. L. Congress shall have power to prohibit
or hinder the transportation OF slaves from one
State to another, or to territory in which slaves
| are by law permitted to be held, whether that
transportation be by land, navigable rivers, by
| the
| Art. 5. That in addition to the provisions of the
third paragraph of the second section of the fourth
| article of the Constitution of the United States
Congress shall have power to provide by law, and
it shall be its duty SO to provide that the United
States shall pay to the who shall apply for
it, the full value of his fugitive slave in all cases
when the marshal or other officer whose duty it
was TO arrest said fugitive prevented from do.
ing so by violence intimidation, or when, after
arrest, said fugitive rescued by force and the
| owner thereby prevented and obstructed in the pur
suit of his remedy for the recovery of his fugitive
slave under the said clause of the Constitution and
the laws made in pursuance thereof. And in all
such cases, when the United States shall pay for
such fugitive, they shall have the right in their own
name to sue the county in which said violence, in
limitation or rescue was committed, and to
from it, with interest and damages, the amount
paid by them for said fugitive slave. And the said
country, after it has paid said amount to the United
States, may, for its indemnity, and recover from
the wrongdoers rescuers, by whom the owner
was prevented from the recovery of his fugitive
slave, in like manner as the owner himself might
have sued and recovered.
Art. g. No future amendment of the Constitution
shall affect the five proceeding articles, nor the
third paragraph of the second section of the first
article of the Constitution the third paragraph
of the second section of the fourth article of said
Constitution, and no amendment shall be made to
the Constitution which will authorize or give Con-
gress any power to abolish or interfere with slavery
in any of the States by whose laws it is or may be
allowed or permitted.
And whereas, also besides those causes of dissen-
sion embraced in the foregoing amendments pro-
posed to the Constitution of the United States there
are others which come within the jurisdiction of
| Congress, and may be remedied by its legislative
power; and whereas, it is the desire of Congress-
far its power will extend, to remove all Just
cause for the popular discomfort and agitation
which now disturb the peace of the country, and
threaten the stability of its institutions. Therefore,
l. Resolced, by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentives of the United States of America, in Con-
gress assembled, That the laws now in force for the
recovery of fugitive slaves in strict pursuance
of the plain and mandatory provisions of the Con-
stitution and have been sanctioned as valid and
constitutional by the judgment of the Supreme
Court of the United States; that the slaveholding
States are entitled to the faithful observance and
execution of these laws, and that they ought not
to be repealed or so modified changed as to i'm
pair their efficiency; and that laws ought to be
| Ia ant of thOsn uho otFa h,