M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-08-27
TINT0N COUNTY, OHIO, AUGUST 81 1863. !.

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SiAVeholding States ara entiIlad o tie faithf,
observance and execution ofthUsa laws ard LII.
lhey opght not tOb be repealed or so moithei ,
changed az to impair their ethcieuey, and III,
laws ought to be made for tho punishment ,
those whoat;empt, by the rescue OF tbs .lav,
or otherlllegal means, tO hinder,or dciya. th
du' execution Of said laws
Q. That all Stale laws which conflict with til
fugltise Slave Act, or any other constitution
ACT Of Congress, or which IN Iher opinion i'm
Pead, binder or delay .he free conrse an due OK
eeullon otany Of said acts, are nul and void b
! we PLAIN provisions OF tho fConsttuLiou of th
fy pitea States Yet those State laws VOID y
they are, have given color to practices and lea,
toponsequenees which have fobstruotei the du
edhllnisTatlon and eEecution ofacts Of Congros
ana esPscially the acts for the delivery OF fugi
lnVeslayes, and have thereby contributed lmuci
lt9 TINS dlSSordand conimotion now prevaiiul,
congress, wherefore, in the present perilous une.
ture, docs not deeni II improper, respectful,
earnestly 10 recommend Iherepeal ofthose law,
70 tne several States which have enacted the N
or sueh legislative corrections or explanations d
.nslna as may prevent theirbeilg used or poryeI
'oo 70 such 'nischieyops purposes. ...',,r
|, ., That the act Of the 18th of September
looyi commonly called tho Fugitive Slat 70 Law
opg9I " peso amended as To- make the feo o.
IN the 9th section ui
tnis act ,equai IN amount, in the aae decided by
MN, whether his dieisiem be in favor or btt
Ihs claimant, And, " avoid miscOnstruotiJn
me last clause of the 9th section of said nrt'
NIhI hauthorlzes the persons holding warrant
IQr the arrest or detection ora fugitive slave td
summon to his aid posse comitatus and which
declared 1t to bottle duty Of all good citizens 70
him in its execution, ought 10 be so amended ma
10 expressly limit tho authority 'aud duty In
cases IN which there shall be resistance, or dan.
ger OF resistance or rescue .II 'n '7'fIT
a.. That the laws forthe suppression of tbo
IAirleah slave trade and Especially. those proI
hloiung the importltionof slaveo into the iTni.
ted States, ought 70 be nude etleOtual and ol,ght
" DO Thoroughly executed, and all further en-
aGtlnonts necessary to those ends ought to bo
On the 18th Of January, 1861, Sen,
ator Clark ,(AbolitionisD moved to
strike ont all Of Mr.. Crittenden's pro.
position, after the preamble and the
word Res0l0ea, and insert in lieu
thereof the following: "a
That ths provisions of the Constitn.
ton are ample for the preservation Of
the Union, and the protection of an
imateria! interests cftllo country tiiat
it needs to DO obeyed rather than
amended; and that an extrication
from the present dangers ia to be look.
Led.ior in strenuous efforts 10 preserve
'tIB peace, protect tie public 'property,
and On nIorce the laws, rather than in
guarantees forparticular difficuiti,s,
or concessions To- unreasonable DE-:
mands: ' ..l''
ReSolced, That all attempts to dis
solve the present Union, or overthrow
or abandon the present Constitution,
with the hope or expectation OF con
structing a new one, are dangerous,
and destructive; that in the
opinionyOt the Sepate'of the United
States, no such reconstruction is prac,
ticabIe; and Therefore, to The main
tenance of the existing Union and
Constitution, SHOULD be directed all
the energies Of all the departments OF
the Government, and the efforts OF ali
good citizens.
The Object Of the introduction Of
that resolution was very plain: ii
was to kill Mr.. Crittenden's plan
without taking a direct vote on il.
Mr.. Ciark's motion prevailed BY the
following vote: .-..
YEAS = Messrs. ~ Anthony, Baker,
Bingham, Cameron, Chandler Clark.
Collamer, Dixon, iDoolittle, Durkee,
Fessenden, Foot Foster Grlnes. Hale,
Harlan, King, Seward, Simmons,
Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbuil. Wade,
Wilkinson and Wilson - rs. TAll
Republicans s,g ...g. sE.
NAYS = Messrs. B.yard, Bigler,
Bragg, Bright, Olingham, CrItiender.,
Fitch, Green, Lane, Latham, Mason,
Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell
Pugh, Rice, Salisbury and Seba.-
tian-23. All Democrats aud Amer.
leans.
MIR. Crittenden'S proposition was
TINS defeated for the present. Alta
subsequent hour OF the same day.
Senator Cameron, who had voted for
the Clark amendment, moved a re
consideration OF the vote by which
the Crittenden proposition was killed.
The vote on this motion was not ia ken
until the 18th of Japnary, 1851. The
following was the result: (pags 443)
YEAS = Messrs. Bayard," BigIer,
Bragg, Bright, Cling CHAM, Crittenden,
Douglas, Fitch Green, Gwin, Hun
ter, Johnston Of Arkansas, Johnston
of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Lat
ham, Mason, Nicholson, Pearco Folk,
Powell, Pugh, Rice, Salisbury ,Sobas
tian and Slidell-27. ~ -
NAYS = Messrs. Anthony, Baker,
Bingham, Cameron, Chandler. Clark,
OolIameri Dixon, Doolittle, Fessen
den,J Foote. Foster, Grimes, Halo,
Harlan, King Seward, Simmons,
Sumner, Ten Eyck, Made, Wigtall.
Wilkinson and Wiaon--24. .tjs G-ll
1t will be seen tllatrMr Cameron
voted against his own proposition.
The motion toreconsider havinglpre
uailn6 tlo o,,-1;,, IL