The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-07


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The News from Washington-The Propo-
sition OF the Border States.
The Committee OF the fourteen border States,
composed of Messrs. Crittenden, of Kentucky
chairman; Harris, Of Maryland; Sherman, of
Ohio; Nixon, Of New Jersey; Salisbury, of
Delaware; Gilmer, Of North Carolina; Hatton,
of Tennessee; Petit, of Indiana; Harris, of vir-
ginia; McClernand, of Illinois; Barrett, of Mis-
souri,; Sebastian, Of Arkansas; Vandever, Of
Iowa. and Hale, of Pennsylvania, at their meet
ing in Washington on Saturday, adopted the
following plan Of amending the constitution by
vote wanting only that Of Mr.. Sherman to
make 1t unanimous
I. Recommending repeal of ali The Personal Liberty
Q That the Fugitive Slave law be amended for the pre-
venting Of kidnapping and to provide for the equa
lization Of the COMMISSIONER fees, &C.
8 That the constitution be amended as TO prohibit
any interference with slavery in Of the States where
it now exists
That Congress shall not abolish slavery in the South
ern arsenals, &C. nor in the District OF Co
Of the inhabitants Of the District without compensa
ton.
That Congress shall not interfere with the inter
g. That there shall be perpetual prohibition Of the
African slave trade.
u That the line Of 90 degrees 80 minutes shall be
through all the existing territory OF the United
States that in all north Of that line slavery shall be
prohibited and that south Of that line neither Congress
the Territorial Legislature shall hereafter pass any
law aboshng prohibiting or in any manner interfering
,snng sncent yon I tor one any ehs ~ con
gress in any OF GO 600 square miles shall apply for
admission as State, II shall be admitted with or with
out slavery, as its constitution may determine.
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tons, in the absence of better ones, would
prove acceptable to the North generally and
if submitted to the vote Of the people would
receive three-fourths, or probably fvesixths, Of
the whole vote of the country The border
States have the greatest interest in the present
controversy, and the most urgent desire to set
tie it peaceably. The representatives of those
States, too, appear to possess more statesman
ship than their colleagues generally, as these
propositions plainly indicate.
1t is true, indeed, that caucus Of republi-
can members was held after the border COM
mittee had agreed to the above plan, il is said,
and repudiated it; but it does not appear from
the report of their proceedings that they have
gone SO far; on the contrary, they carefully
avoided committing themselves to anything by
adjourning without taking vote. Although
there was full attendance, only two or three
of the most ultra republicans spoke on the
question, and the language Of some Of them
was very violent and not very select. Mr..
Lovejoy, of Illinois, was one of the speakers,
and his language was exceedingly violent, and
bordering on the blasphemous. Mr.. Hickman, of
Pennsylvania-who was going to lead eighteen
millions of men to march upon the South-also
spoke, declaring hostility to all and every COM
promise. But the fact that no vote was taken on
the propositions Of the border States shows
that the republican members generally are not
prepared to reject every offer Of compromise
and Cancellation.
1t is very probable that the plan of the bor-
der States will be laid before Congress to-day,
together with the Presidents special Message
with reference to South Carolina, and
the result will prove how little the pre-
sent Congress can do towards rescuing the
country from the dangers which threaten its
destruction. 1t will be observed that the pro-
positions combine a variety Of compromises
and suggestions, emanating from different
of Mr.. Crittenden, Mr.. Rice,
Mr. Adams, Mr.. Robinson in our State Legs-
lature, and others-and thus they may
stand better chance OF being accepted than
any one Of the original propositions Of which
they are combination.
Should these measures come before Congress
to-day the people in every section Of the
country will watch the proceedings with earn
est attention, as the fate of the Union may de-
pend upon the spirit in which they are met by
the republican members and the extremists
teen, and the House Committee Of thirty-three,
have both failed to advance any measure by
which settlement Of the difficulty may be ar
rived at; and 1t now remains to be seen whe-
Their the recommendation Of the border States
will be accepted by Congress as compromise
with which both sections of the country can
be satisfied. We have our fears of the result.
1t would seem from the action Of Congress thus
far, that the settlement Of the question rests
with the people themselves in constituent con-
ventions assembled and after ALL this will be
the only way left 10 adjust the difficulty now
impending over the Union.
DISCREPANCY OF REPUBLICAN VrEws on THE
PEsEST CRISIS AND IT'S RExEDIEs.-E Elsewhere
will be found extracts from the addresses of
the incoming and retiring Governors Of Massa-
chusetts to the Legislature Of that State. They
present marked contrast in tone and breadth
of views. Whilst Governor Andrew regards
the claims Of the South as unworthy of serious
consideration, and to be decided only by an