Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-21
Daily gntclliqeurrr.
Majority Report of the Commit.
tee OF Thlrty.Threc.

tGC VI IIlFty"IuFecs
A Complete View OF the DlmcultIcs
between the North and the south,
and Plan OF Compromise Alike
Fair aud Honorable 10 Both.
In the House of Representatives an
Monday eSeuiug last, Mr., Corwiu, from
the Committee of ThirtY.thrce, to which
w"s referred SO much Of tlle Presidents
Message as rclEtes to the present nGtional
troubles, submitted the following Report.
which wis ordered to be printed and
made the special order for MOndAy next,
the 2lst inst.
The following is their report:
The Select Committee to whom was re.
terred so much of the Presidents Message
as relates to the present perilOus condition
of the country, have instructed their
Chairman to report the Lills and resolu-
tions passed by them, with such comments
thereon AS lac SHOULD deem proper.
The terms of the resolution OF reference
were such as t0adviSe the Committee of the
magnitude of tue subjects referred to them.
and were regarded ms an enrncSt appeal
Tor their prompt action. By udtcrting to
that portion of the Presidents Message
referred tD the committee, il will b4 seen
that, IN his opinion, the causes Uf the
present diScomtcntS areto be found in the
lilstOrynf our pnblic affairs, dating back
to the year 1898, cOmprchending the leg
iSlatlSs cnactments OF several States; the
nGitations of the public mind on the sub
jeet of slavery; the improper circulation
VI papers tending to produce apprchem-
sion OF domestic insurrcrtiOn III tile slave
holding States; aud tile Iorcible opposition
tn the peaceful execution uf The lnws Of
Congress. for :he recovery OF fugitive
The natters here alleged as having to-
Eetlier given rise, to the present disturbed
condition Of the public nini of the Spntlt
are OF a Character which could only he
nsscrt"incd hy II knowledge OF the current
histnry Of our politics, as rxhtb ted in tho
newspaper press, i'll the grounds nsSulned
by various political parties, and manifested
10y the votes of the people in rlUctinS State
anu Federal officers. Publications rinhuh-
ting from the newspaper or periodical
press, having tentlenry 10 urbmnte do.
mestlc tnsurrcrti0n III any of the States,
and circulated with HAT intent, arc iu the
judgment uf the committee, highly crirni-
nal, aud should he so treated iy the laws
of The several States. Tho right of free
discussion, whilst it is regarded as mIIsn-
luteIy necessary Ia the nniitlen in"C of free
government, may he cxpectcI, i'll time Of
great excitement. to run iutm occasional
ltcentiouSness. The corrective for this
evil remains with the State Governments,
and the committee do uot' Doubt that the
desired corrective willl,e. .pru,untIy aprlic,l
in all cnses when the evil Shnll ASSUME. a
Formidable aspect, while the just aud r,1-
tlonnl freedom .! spsech and Of the press
will be carefully preserved,
Tue enactnlsnt of lawaby some of the
StOtps tSsItdinur 70
execution .Uf Il,e Law Of Congress fur tile
recovery of !ugitivcs froni lnt,or has heeq
Wtieged as q prominent complaint on the
part Of Tie Union in which slavery exists
The committee had bceu impressed with
t4s slid. that tiVis e
ances referred tOin the Presidents message.
to which the SOuthern5 States attached
great Importance. The resolves of uUpu.
lar assemblies in Southern States, the
addresses ofsrehkers t0 SOuthrru an,liences
the frequent and earnest references 10 Il
by the newspaper press of the South, as n
great and fragrant violation of the Consti-
tuition, and of the frAterRal relation of tho
Free to the Slave States, the denupciatiDn
of those laws by Southern members of
Congress in both branches Of the National
Legislature for the last three or four wears.
have, Together, given tn this subject great
4's'el SuS luukllGIbN Vi kllG committee.
undue Importance. With whRteyer intent
or design such laws mny have been cnYc
cd in any State, they 5annOt be rcpartled
as having hat any effect in preventing or
ohstructing the recapture Of Flgitives from
labor. The laws Of the United States for
the recovery of fugitive slaves are excrGteI
exclusively by the United Statos Conrts.
ana commissioners appointed by them.E
AS a necessary consequence il follows that
any State law which CtferS any obstacle TO
the full and perfect execution of the laws
OF the United States would he void and or
no effect whatever, and would lie So de-
clared by the United States Courts and
Commissioners. Such laws, II any there
be, nre therefore Incompetent to do any
mischief to any one concerned in the re-
capture offs fugitive slave, and, Mt most.
could only lie considered as an exhibition
of opposition to u law which some Of the
States regard as containing provisions
dangerous to the rights OF tSes persons
Tesidiugwithint their limits. Whilst. there
fore, the committee have not been able To
perceive that the State laws complained of
can reAllysaiTcct The rights or Interests Of
Southern people or States, yet. from nm
anxious desire to coneiIiate the feelings as
well as to protect the interests of our fell
iow-cIuzens Nf the South, tie rOmnittes
have respectfully requested all tho Non-
slhveholdtng STATES carefully to revise
their legislative acts and to repeal nil laws
which come in conflict with the Constitu-
tiOn of the United ,Stntes, or will, The laws
enacted by Congress for the recnpture Of
tnGitives from hil'0r. and la submitted
resolution TO that effect for the aloptiun Of
the House. We have seen with sntisfir-
tinn THAI the Governors of several States.
within the last week, lave brought the
subject to the notice of iheir respective
legislatures, and recommended legislative
action IN accordance with the views of tbs
committee. Wei entertain No doubt thai
the feelings rs E'rlt as trme4intsrcsts of ali
the MISUNDERSTANDING States will combine
to effect the great object so murh To he
NesIred-tlIe lrtst6ratiOn rf.mntlrai rt.snent