rant issued by a justice of the peace, Prigg
caused the negro woman to be arrested, and
without having obtained any warrant of remo
val, he delivered her to her owner in the State
of Maryland. These facts were found by a
'medal veridict, and by the agreement of coun
sel, a judgment was entered against Prigg.
From this judgment a writ of error was taken
to the Supreme Court of the State, where a
pro forma judgment of affirmance was again, by
agreement, entered, and the case removed to
the Supreme Court of the United States.
It will be observed that the question, whether
Edward Prigg was really guilty of the crime
of kidnapping, under the Pennsylvania statute
of 1826, was never actually passed upon, either
by the court or jury, in the county of York, or
by the Supreme Court of the State. The jury
merely found the facts, and the action of both
courts was but a matter of form.
In the argument and determination of the
case, in the supreme Court of the United
States, it appears to have been taken for gran
ted, that our act of 1826 made it a criminal
offence for a master to take his slave out of
this State, without a warrant of removal ; and,
upon this construction, the act was declared
unconstitutional and void. This, I submit,
was a clear misapprehension of the purport
and meaning of our legislation. The first sec
tion of the act of 1826, under which the in
dictment against Prigg was framed, was almost
literally copied from the seventh section of the
act of 1788, to which a construction had al-
ready been given by the highest judicial tribu
nal of the State of Pennsylvania, where it was
held to have no application whatever to the
removal of a slave by the master or his agent,
with or without a warrant. Such was the un
doubted law of the State under the statute of
1788, and in re-enacting that statute, in the
act of 1826, with an increased penalty, it is
manifest that the intention and object of the
Legislature was to protect free persons of color,
and to punish those, who, by fraud, force or
violence, were guilty of kidnapping, and hold
ing or selling free men as slaves. This the
State had a clear right to do; and nothing but
a misconstruction of her act, could have in
duced the declaration that it. was forbidden by
the Constitution of the United States. It is
perfectly clear, that Edward Prigg had com
mitted no crime in removing Margaret Morgan
from the State of Pennsylvania to the State of
Maryland, and delivering her up to her owner;
and it is equally clear, that no attempt was
made, by the statute of Pennsylvania, to de-
glare his act a crime. He should have been
discharged, not because the act of the State
was unconstitutional, but because he had not
transgressed its commands.
The Supreme Court of the United States not
only pronounced the particular section of the
act of 1826, then before them, unconstitutional,
but a majority of the court held that the whole
act was void, because the power to provide for
the rendition of fugitives from labor, was
vested exclusively in Congress, and the several
States were, therefore, incompetent to pass
statutes either in aid of, or to hinder, delay or
prevent, the delivery of such fugitives. That
this was the extent of the decision, as deliv
ered by Judge Story, not only appears from
the opinions of the majority, but also from
the dissenting opinions delivered by the mi
nority of the court. By this unfortunate deci
sion, it was authoritatively proclaimed that
Pennsylvania, in enacting her liberal statute
of 1826, making it the duty of her own offi
cers to aid in arresting and delivering up fugi
tives from labor, had mistaken her constitu
tional obligation, and that her act was .in vio
lation of, rather than obedience to, the Con
stitution of the United States. Under such
circumstances, it was the manifest duty of the
State to repeal her law thus declared unconsti
tutional. This was done by the act of 1847 ;
and if that act had contained nothing more
than a repeal of the law of 1826, and the re
enactment of the law against kidnapping, it
could not have been subject to any just com
plaint. But the third section of the act of
1847, prohibits, under heavy penalties, our
judges and magistrates from acting under any
act of Congress, or otherwise taking jurisdic
tion. of the case of a fugitive from labor; and
the fourth section punishes with fine, and im
.pritionment, the tumultuous and riotous arrest
of a fugitive slave, by any person or persons,
under any pretence of authority whatever, so
as to create a breach of the public peace. The
sixth section, denying the use of the county
jails for the detention of fugitive slaves, was
repealed in 1852, and need only be referred to
as showing the general spirit of the act. The
seventh section repealed the provisions of
the act of 1780,. which authorized persons
passing through our State to take their slaves
with them, and gave to sojourners the . right
to bring their slaves into the State, and re ,
Lain them here for any period not exceeding
six months.
The provisions of the third and fourth sec
tions of the act of 1847, seem to have been
predicated upon the language of the Supreme
Court in Prigg's ease. It is there admitted
that the several States may prohibit their own
Magistrates, and other officers, from exercising
an authority conferred by an act of Congress ;
and that while an owner of a dale, under and
in virtue of the Censtitutien of the suited
State/4 is clothed with power, in every State of
the Union, to seize and recapture his slave, he
must, nevertheless, do so without using any il
legal violence, or commitiing a breach of the
peace. It is evident that the framer of the act
of 1847, had closely studied the case of Prigg
vs. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and
had kept his law strictly within its letter
many respects, the act is a codification of the
piinbiples enunciated by the court ; and more
fault may justly be found with its temper than
its want of constitutionality.
If fugitive slaves were still claimed under the
act of Congress of 1793, the denial to the master
of the aid of State judges and magistrates,
might be a source of great inconvenience to
him ; but the complete and perfect remedy now
provided by the act of Congress of 1850, ren
derihim entirely independent of State officers.
And the punishment of arrests without warrant,
by a master in the exercise of his constitutional
right of reception, but made in a violent, tu
multuous and unreasonable manner, amounting
to X breach of the peace, is but recognizing, by
statute, what was before the common law.—
These sections were re-enacted in the revised
penal code of Pennsylvania, at the last session
of the Legislature, and are still the law of the
State; but they are not now of any practical
importance, and as their retention on our sta
tute book is caculated to create the impression
, that the people of this State are unfavorable to
the execution of the fugitive slave law, and the
discharge of their confederate duties, and with
the view of removing this subject of reproach,
I earnestly recommend their unconditional re
' peaL
While a majority of the judges of the Su
jrreMe Court of the United States, in the Prig
ease, held, that a State had no constitutional
right to provide by legislation for delivering
a. up fugitives from labor, a minority were then
of the opinion that State laws, Consistent with,
and in aid of, the constitutional injunction,
were valid and proper. And this minority
opinion is , now the judgment of the present
court, noreeently indicated in a case which
arose inThe State of Illinois. There is, there-
fore, nothing to prevent the revival of the act
of 1826, and-its .restoration to the place in our
code to which, by its - inerits, kis so justly en
titled.' This would leave to the option of the
claimant, whether . he would seek his remedy
.. pAdei State . or National laws. He' had this
iiglfkbefoFe the repeal of our act of 1826, and,
ppinion, no good reason can in assigned
t e yjOiring to place himngain lit the itnne.por•
-1_-
woulikiklito recommend that the - consent at
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for a limited period, or
palfas igVIIIY-be Accompasied by his
‘4.4avet Idtbo,vitk. liisiPsA44 right to lAge.
linkoh./I*§Ntioti: Es:t Alm comity
I.l , lo4kaiteit/4 ev,friegiaOstkreigiAbe ditTerent•
States of this Union, it would undoubtediy tend
grertly to restore that peace and harmony,
which are now so unwisely imperiled. By it
Pennsylvania would concede no principle—we
would simply be falling back upon our ancient
policy, adopted at a time when our people were
themselves struggling for their rights, and
never departed from, until, by a misconception
of its meaning, one of our most important
statutes was declared unconstitutional. From
1780, to 1847, a period of sixty-seven years,
Pennsylvania, herself a free State, permitted
the citizens of other States to sojourn within
her limits, with their slaves, for any period
not exuding six months, and to pass through
the State, in traveling from one State to another,
free from all molestation. Was she injured, or
was the eause of freedom retarded, by the
friendly grant of this privilege ? This question
cannot be truthfully answered in the affirma
tive; but it may be safely averred that by
changing our policy in this respect, we have
in some degree, at least, alienated from us the
feelings of fraternal kindnees, which bound
together, so closely, the sisterhood of States.
Let us, then, renew this pledge of amity and
friendship, and once more extend a kindly
welcome to the citizens of our common country,
whether visiting us on business or pleasure,
notwithstanding they may be accompanied by
those who, under the Constitution and the
laws, are held to survice and labor.
The Territories of the United States belong
to the General Government, and in those Ter
ritories the people of the several States un
questionably have equal rights. They were
acquired by means of the common expenditure
of blood and treasure. By the Federal Con
stitution power is given to Congress "to dis
pose of and make all needful rules and regula
tions respecting the territory and other prop
erty belonging to the United States." Whether
under this, or any other power conferred by
the Constitution, Congress can prohibit or fro
feet slavery in the Territories, has been seri
ously questioned. But., if the power to legislate
upon this delicate and important subject were
clearly vested in Congress, in my judgment it
ought not to be exercised. To declare that
slavery shall not exist in the Territories, is
calculated to exclude from their occupancy the
citizen of the southern or slaveholding States;
while, to make it a legal institution in All the
Territories of the U. States, by Congressional
enactment, and to provide for its continuance
during their entire Territorial existence, would
be equally injurious to the people of the free
States. The principle adopted in the Compro
mise measures of 1850, for disposing of the
question of slavery in New Mexico and Utah,
and reiterated in'the Kansas and Nebraska bills
of 1854, of non-intervention by Congress with
slavery in the States and in the Territories, is
the true rule. It is the duty of Congress, when
a sufficient number of hardy and adventurous
pioneers find their way into our distant Terri
tories, to furnish them a shield of protection
and a form of government; but to the people
themselves belongs the right to regulate.heir
own domestic institutions in their" own way,
subject only to the Constitution of the United
States.
While these views have been long entertained
by roe, and while I am einoerely of the opinion
that their general adoption, and faithful en
forcement, would have preserved, and may
yet restore, peace and harmony *to all sections
of the country, I am nevertheless not so wedded
to theist as to reject, unceremoniously, all other
propositions for the settlement of the vexed
questions which now threaten to sunder the
bonds which for three quarters of a century
have made us one people. Forty years ago,
our fathers settled an angry controversy grow
ing out of a similar question, by dividing the
Territories purchased from France, and pro
viding that slavery, or involuntary servitude,
Should not exist north of a certain line; and
the whole country acquiesced in that compro
mise. In 1854, that restriction upon slavery
was removed, and the people of all the Terz
tories were left free to decide the question Tor
themselves. Now the sectional issue is again
presented, by the dominant party in the north,
claiming that slavery cannot legally go into
the Teritories, even if sanctioned by Congress,
or the Territorial Legislature ; and that h is the
right and the duty of Congress to prohibit its
existence. While the doctrine which obtains
with a majority of the people in most of the
southern States, is, that under the Constitution,
the Territories are all open to slavery; that
neither Congress nor the Territorial Legisla
ture can lawfully prohibit its existence, and
that it is the duty of Congress to provide for
it all needful protection. May we' not wisely
follow the example of our fathers, by re-enact
ing the old compromise line of 1820, and ex
tending it to the boundary of California ?
- Not by the means of legislation of doubtful
constitutionality, but by an amendment to the
Constitution itself, and thus permanently fix
the conditioi of the Territories, so that those
who desire to occupy them, may find a home,
at their discretion, either where slavery is tol
erated, or where it is prohibited. If the adop
tion of such' an' amendment would peacefully
- settle the difficulties which now surround us,
I am satisfied that it would be sanctioned by the
people of Pennsylvania. At all events, they
should have an opportunity to accept or reject
it, if made 'as a peace offering. I would,
therefore, recommend the General Assembly to
instruct and request our Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress, to support a proposition
for such an amendment of the Constitution, to
be submitted for ratification or rejection, to a
convention of delegates, elected directly by the
people of the State.
In the event of the failure of Congress spee
dily to propose this, or a similar amendment,
to the Constitution, the citizens of Pennsylva
nia should have an opportunity, by the appli
cation of some peaceable remedy, to prevent
the dismem!verment of this Union. This can
only be done by calling a convention of dele
gates, to be elected by the people, with a view
solely to the consideration of what measures
should be taken to meet the present fearful
exigencies. If Congress should propose no
remedy, let it emanate from the source of all
authority, the people themselves.
Every attempt, upon the part of individuals,
or of organized societies, to lead the people
away from their allegiance to the government.,
to induce them to violate any of the provisions
of the Constitution, or to incite insurrections
in any of the States of this Union, ought to be
prohibited by law, as crimes of a treasonable
nature. It is of the first importance to the
perpetuity of this great Union, that the hearts
of the people, and the action of their constitu
ted authorities, should be in unison, in giving
a faithful support to the Constitution of the
United States. The people of Pennsylvania
are devoted to the Union. They will follow its
stars and its stripes through every peril. But,
before assuming the high responsibilities now
dimly foreshadowed, it is their solemn duty
to remove every just cause of complaint against
themselves, so that they may stand before High
Heaven, and the civilized world, without fear
and without reproach, ready to devote their
lives and their fortunes to the support of the
best form pf government that has ever been de
vised by the wisdom 'of man.
In accordance with the provisions of the
Constitution of the State, I shall 'soon resign
the office of Chief Executive of Pennsylvania,
with which the people have entrusted me, to
him whom they have chosen army successor.
I shall carry with me into the walks of private
life, the consciousness of having honestly
charged . the +Wits that have devolved on m 0
during the term of my office, to the best.of my
ability; and shall ever cherish the warmest
affec'ion for, and the deepest interest in, the
future welfare of our beloved Commonwealth
go our glorious Republici. The shadow of a
din* elOud does indeed rest upon ns:; 'but my
hopes 'and my affections still oling to our Union;
and' Mrprayer shall be that Re who orders the
t destinies •of.nationg. When He-shall have, Chas
- Anted us for our Wins, and . himibled us before
Hun t liriltrestoree itai ode' ikt in/ mercy, and, bind
us together ilircetaikllPZ and liord hallowed
bonds of fraternity, to remain unbroken through
all future time. WM. F. PACKER.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Harrisburg, January 2, 1861. 5
ORIGINAL RESOLUTIONS
Mr. LEISENRING moved that 10,000 copies
of the message be printed in English, and
3,000 in German, for the use of the House.
Mr. SMITH, of Berks, desired 5,000 in Ger
man, which was not agreed to. After discus
sion between Messrs. RIDGWAY, SMITH, of
Berks, WILSON and COLLINS, the original
resolution was agreed to.
Mr. HOFIUS offered a resolution retaining
the officers of the late House, for the same
length of time as the retiring officers of 1860,
which, after discussion between Messrs. COL
LINS, FRAZIER, HOFIUS, AUSTIN and WIL
SON, was agreed to.
Mr. MOORE offered a resolution inviting
clergymen of Harrisburg to open the sessions
with prayer. Agreed to.
Mr. AUSTIN offered a resolution prohibiting
the Post Office from being open on Sundays.--
On motion of Mr. BARNSLEY, it was agreed
that it should be kept open between the hours
of and 10 a. m.
Nominations were then made, on motion of
Mr. BARNSLEY, for officers of the House.
The nominations were as follows :
Clerk—Mr. SELTZER nominated E. 11.
Rauch ; Mr, DUFFIELD nominated Jacob Zieg
ler.
Postmaster—Mr. WALKER nominated E. J.
Woodhouse; Mr. DUNLAP nominated Thomas
O'Harra. _ _
,Sergeant-at-Arms—Mr. SELTZER nominated
J. R. Mathews; Mr. M'DONOUGH nominated
John Gill.
Doorkeeper—Mr. BUTLER (Lehigh) nomina
ted John Farrel ; Mr. HUHN nominated E. D.
Pickett.
. -
Messenger—Mr. BOYER nominated ;Jacob
Wiegaman ; Mr. HOFIIIS nominated H. B. Gib
son.
An election having been enlered into, the
successful candidates were as follows, the vote
being a strictly party one:
Clerk—E. H. Rauch.
Postmaster—E. J. Woodhouse.
Sergeant-at-Arms—J. R. Mathews
Doorkeeper—E. D. Pickett.
Messenger—H. B. Gibson.
The above named, together with their sev
eral assistants, were then all either sworn or
affirmed.
The House then adjourned
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The Governor's Message.
The last annual message of Governor PACKER
was delivered to the Legislature yesterday, and
will be found in our columns this morning. It
is written with clearness and ability, awl in a
tone whiclipannot fail to exercise a favorable
influence upon public affairs, both State and
National. We'are glad to find in it much to
( 1 41,1.61-0 / k id eoramend, With but little to dissent
from or condemn.
The message opens with a review of the con
dition of the State finances, showing that the
public debt has been gradually diminished
within the past few years ; and that, with'pro•
per care and economy, on the part of the Le
gislature, that it can be easily mastered, without
imposing additional burdens upon the people.
The Governor alludes to the proceedings
against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
for the Collection of the tonnage tax; and re
commends such legislation in reference to the
Sunbury and Erie Company as will secure the
completion of the road at an early day; which
he regards as a. necessary measure to secure the
lien of the State upon the road, and devilop
the resources of North-western Pennsylvania.
The attention of the Legislature is directed
to the subject of general education, and an in
crease in the appropriation to common schools is
recommended.
The establish/neat of the system of Free
Banking is regarded as removing from the Legis
lature the necessity of passing special bank
charter; and the Governor recommends thatthe
private banks throughout the State should be
placed under proper legislative restrictions, and
made to contribute their fair proportion to the
revenues of the Commonwealth.
Attention is again directed to the inadequacy
of existing laws regulating the recovering,
keeping and disbursement of the revenues of
the State, which are now deposited at the dis
cretion of the Treasurer. The checks proposed
to secure the Treasury from possible loss are
such as cannot fail to commend themselves to
the favorable consideration of the Legislature.
Passing from State
. to national affairs, the
message enters into an elaborate argument to
prove that no State has a right to secede from
the Union at pleasure.
In reference to the Legislation of this State
on the subject of slavery and the rendition of
fugitive slaves, the message enters into a full
and succinct history of the several enactments
previous to the decision of the Supreme Court
Of the United States in the Prigg case, which
led to the passage of the act of 1847 in a spirit
unfriendly to the return of fugitives. The
sections of this act incorporated into the Revised
Penal Code the Governor regards as of no
practical importance ; but, he forcibly adds—
“as their retention on our statute book is cal
” culated to create the impression that the peo
" pie' of ` this State are unfavorable ' to the
" execution of the fugitive eittVe law, and the
' , discharge of their confederate duties, and
" with the view of removing thiseubjecit of re
„ prOaoh, I earnestly - r ee6nurieliit their 'icheoniii
.34l.rei eat" s •
• -The (Overt:tot goes one Step further than this,
in. reentnitending tho revivat of the act of 1826,
So leave it to the orlon of the claimant
whether Ai . iii4tl seek h is : remedy'under shif t! '
Or. Platiittled 10W0w- railonamenav,
tae td tit. **ay *kith (sholll4inrovedist be.
tween the different States of the Union, the
restoration of so much of the act of 1780 per
mitting masters while sojourning in the State
for a limited period, or passing through it, to
be accompanied by their slaves without losing
the right of their service ; and the arguments
advanced in favor of these measures are irre
sistible.
We are glad to record the fact, that Governor
ri l .ensx hits spoken bold, manly, and unequi
vocal language on this subject, worthy of his
high position and of the great and conserva
tive State that he represents. His words can
not fail to have a powerful influence upon the
country, and we trust that they will not pace
unheeded by the Legislature.
The Senate Resolutions
The following resolutions, understood to have
been adopted by the Republican members of
the Senate, were introduced into the Senate on
Tuesday last, referred to a select committee of
five, and reported yesterday with but olight
amendment. This morning has been appointed
for their consideration :
WHEREAS, A Convention of Delegates now assembled
in the city of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina,
did on the twentieth day of December, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty, adopt
an ordinance, entitled An Ordinance to dissolve the
Union between the State of South Carolina and other
States united with her under the Constitution of the
United States of Arnerica, ,, whereby it is declared that the
said Union is dissolved : And whereas, It becomes the
duty of the people of Pennsylvania, through their Rep
resentatives in this General Assembly to make known
what they consider to be the objects sought, and the ob
ligations and duties imposed by the Constitution; be it
therefore
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General As
sembly mer, and it is hereby resolved:
1. That the Constitution of the United States of
America was ordained and established, as set forth in
its preamble, by the people of the United States, in
order to form a more pertect union, establish justice,
insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common
defence, promote the general welfare and secure the
blessings of liberty to themselves and their posterity ;
and if the people of any State in this Union arc not in
the full enjoyment of all the benefits intended to be
secured to them by the said Constitution ; if their rights
under it are disregarded, their tranquility disturbed,
their prosperity retarded, or their liberties imperilled.
by the people of any ether other State, full and adequate
redress can and ought to be provided for such grie
vances through the action of Congress and other proper
departments of the National Government.
2. Resolved, That the people of Pennsylvania enter
tain, and desire to cherish, the most fraternal senti
ments for their brethren of other States, and are ready
now, as they have ever been, to co-operate in all mea
gares needful far their welfare, security and happiness
under the Constitution which makes us one people.
That while they cannot surrender their love of liberty,
inherited from the founders of their State, sealed with
the blood of the Revolution and witnessed in the his
tory of their legislation, they nevertheless maintain
now, as they have ever done, the right of the people of
the slave holding States to the uninterrupted enjoyment
of their own domestic institutions, and all their Consti
tutional rights in relation thereto.
3. Resolved, Unanimously, that we adopt the sentineent
and language of President Andrew Jackson, expressed
in his message to Congress on the sixteenth of January,
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, that the
right of the people of a single State to absolve them
selves at will, and without the consent of the other
States, from their most solemn obligations, and hazard
the liberties and happiness of the millions composing
this Union, cannot be acknowledged, and that such au
, thority is utterly repugnant both to the principles upon
which the general government is constituted and the
objects which it was expressly formed to attain.
4. Resolved, That the Constitution of the 'United
States of America contains all the powers necessary to
the maintenance of its authority, and it is the solemn
and most imperative duty of the government to adopt
and carry into effect whatever measures may be neces
sary to that end ; and the faith and the power of Penn
sylvania are hereby pledged to the support of such mea
sures, in any manner, and to any extent that may be re
quired of her by the constituted authorities of the Uni
ted States.
6. Resolved, That all plots, conspiracies and warlike
denstosstrations against the United States in tiny section
of the country, are treasonable in their character, and
whatever power of the Governmentis necessary for their
suppression, should be applied to that purpose without
hesitation or delay.
6. .Resolved, That the Governor be, and he is hereby,
requested, to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the
President of the United States, properly attested ander
the great seal of the Commonwealth, and like attested
copies to the Governors of the several States of this
Union, and also to our Senators and Representatives in
Congress, who are hereby requested to present the same
to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States.
There is much contained in these resolutions
that is entirely unexceptional ; but they are
inadequate to the exegencies of the existing
crisis and are not calculated to exercise a ben
ficial effect upon the country. They fail to
propose any peaceful settlement of our national
difficulties, but, on the contrary, threaten to use
the power of the State for coercive purposes,
and cannot fail to inflame excitement andraise
additional obstacles to an amicable adjustment.
The Union cannot be preserved by threatening
war and arming militia. It must be preserved
by peaceful means or not at all. If the Legis
lature of Pennsylvania would proceed immedi
ately, in aicordance with the recommendation
of the Governor, to repeal the objectional sec
tions of the act of 1847, and recommend some
practical settlement of the Territorial contro
versy, securing to the South their constitutional
rights therein, such proceedings would go far
towards restoring confidence and tranquilky to
the nation. But the passage of resolutions like
these, threatening coercion and civil war, must
aggravate the difficulty arid render a peaceful
adjustmenedifficult, if not impossible.
Proposed Adjustment.
The following is the plan of adjustment pro
posed by Mr. BIGLER, of Pennsylvania. The
object, as will be perceived, is to get the ques
tion of slavery out of Congress and the popular
elections in the North. Even the admission of
a State is provided for:
That amendments to the Constitution be submitted,
embracing the following propositions, to wit:
1. That the territory now owned by the United States
shall ber divided by a line from east to west, on the par.
allel of 24 degrees 60 minutes north latitude.
2. That the territory south of said line, with the view
to the formation of States , shall be divided into four
Territories, of as near equal size as Congress may deem
best, considering the formation of the country, and having
due regard to the convenience of the inhabitants of the
Territories now organized. That the territory north of
said lino shall in like manner be divided into ciglet Ter
ritories.
8. That when the inhabitants of such Territories, or
either of them, shall become sufficiently numerous, Con
gress shall provide governments for the same; and.when
the bona fide inhabitants in any Territory shall be equal
to the then ratio of representation in Congress—the fact
to be ascertained by a census taken under the direction
of Congress—it shall be the dutyof the President of the
'United States, by proclamation, to announce the admis
don of such State into the Union on terms of equality
vith the original States.
4. That in all the Territories'south of said line of 36
degrees 30 minutes, involuntary servitude as it now ex
ists in the States south of. Mason and Dixon's line, shall
be recognized and protected by all the departments of
the Territorial Governments; and in all the Territories
north of said line, involuntary servitude,
except as a
puni.hinent for crime, shall be prohibited.
6. That Congress shall be denied thepower to abolish
'layer.) , in places now under its jurisdiction, situate
*Rhin the limits of slaveholding mates, as also within
the District of Columbia, so long as slavery may exist
in either of the States of Virginia or Maryland.
0. That,in addition to the present provision for the
rendition of fugitives from labor, it shall be made the
States to provide efficient
luty of the non-filavoliolding
IS.ws for the delivery oil - fugitives from labor to the per.
sous to whom such service or labor may be due.
7. That neither these proposed amendments, nor the
third paragraph of the second section of the first article
f the Conatitnlion, nor the third paragraph of the se.
Bond section'Of the fourth article of the Uonstitution,
Wall be liable to future' amendment,
The President's Reply to the Smith Caro
tine Commissioners.
special dispatch from Washington
i pub-
.
pub
lisped i n- the Pezinsylvanian, gives the.ollowing
outline of the reply "orthe President to the
Until Carolina Commlssioners:
, 2 The President; approved the conduct of Major Ander.
eon, on the ground that he had tangible evidence of the
intention, on (the part of the. South Cirolintana, to seize
' and occupy Po3l,BllllYan. .Bnbeeqiientdieeleenaeg h a y s
eatiatiet.these well Infornted;.that each wee the inteu. •
lion. °zoo inxicimpane y of .Sumter, 'Major , Andelyon
.would- linvebeen;:jiownrlose- and Of the mercy Of the
Camlinlane. .N•Alinforceanebt.of Sort Moultrie mu
have booa r madealleeleat-fee:tho roroVort
tar: , MajoriAndattam Lheingan vekancaa, teak Wladli,.l
tarp view, and anticipated the Southeftiiiintane'
proceeding to the stronghold they coveted under the
cover of the night. Upon these considerations, the
President also refused to interfere for the withdrawal of
the United States forces, saying ; "This I cannot do, and
I will not do."
He also announced his firm determination to collect
the revenue; and that the property now in the occupancy
of the troops of South Carolina must be restored The
seizure of the U. B. Arsenal he deems a high-handed
outrage.
IZEEMMI
The Commissioners are hors du combat at the nonre
cognition of their title and office, beingaddreseed as dis
tinguished gentlemen only. They had threatened to
leave at once upon non-compliance with their requests,
but to-day they are silent, and busily engaged in wri
ting. During last night and this morning crowds of
Southern gentlemen have visited their quarters. One of
them asserted that the President had gone over to the
Republicans and deserted his friends. A consolidated
South and a consolidated North is now predicted. Ef
forts will be made at once in Congress to strengthen the
President , a hands. high praise is showered upon him
from all sides. His policy is now developed. Being
grossly abused by the ignorant, the malicious, and the
depraved politicians of all parties for pursuing a peace
policy, he departs from it now only because peace is no
longer possible. Until that was demonstrated, he was
unwilling to do en act which would directly or indirectly
involve the nation in the calamities of war. Upon
those who have provoked the employment of force must
all the consequences fall. The rigorous counsels of
Stanton, Mack, Timmy and Holt, aided by the powerful
representations of prominent gentlemen from your city,
have greatly contributed to the strengthening of the
President's purposes. Against these the whole force of
Southern influence was directed in the hope of obtaining
the adoption of an opposite policy.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
New 'York Legislature.
ALBANY, N. Y.I; Jan. 2
The Legislature organized yest erday, choosin g
Republican officers. Governor Morgan deliv
ered his message at noon to-day. He recom
mends a brief session, to avoid special legisla
tion ; urging the placing of tolls on railroads
during the season of navigation ; ; advises the
amendment of the capital punishment law to
make it effective ; recommend's that measures
be taken to establish a suitable quarantine eta
tion, and `the selling of the Staten Island pro
perty; he refers •to other State reforms, and
devotes the last portion of his message to the
secession difficulties, closing by saying that it
is the duty of the . National Executive to act
with promptitude and firmness, and the Na
tional Legislature with moderation and con
ciliation, and the public press with that regard
to tab rights of all sections and interests which
its vast influence demands. "Let New York
set the example in this respect; let her oppose
no barrier, but let her representatives in Con
gress give a ready support to any just and
honorable settlement ; let her stand in hostility
to none, but extending the hand of fellowship
to all, live np to. the strict letter of the Consti
tution, and cordially unite with the other mem
bers of the confederacy in proclaiming and en
forcing a determination that the Constitution
shall be honored, and the union of the States
be preserved." He recommends the repeal of
the Personal Liberty bills, and also advisesthe
other States to do the same..
In the Senate Mr. Spinola (Dem.) introduced
a series of resolutions authorizing the Governor
to tender to the President the services of the
militia of the State, to be used as he may deem
best for the preservation of the Union, and to
enforce the Constitution and laws of the coun
try; also instructing the Military Committee,
if necessary, to report a bill to raise ten mil!
lions to properly arm the State.
Mr. Spinola said that he believed the time
was approaching when old party divisions must
be temporarily laid aside, and all good citizens
to unite for the preservation of the , Union, 'and
put down Northern abolitionism and Southern
fanaticism.
From Boston.
13014T01q, Jan. 2
John Seibert, of Charlestown, yesterday dan
gerously wounded his wife with an axe, and
then committed suicide by shooting himself.
The State Legislature was organized to-day
and afterwards listened to the annual sermon by
Professor Phelps. Gov_ Banks will deliver his
valedictory to-morrow.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, Jan 2
It is not true, as reported, that the House
Committee of thirty-three have accepted the
proposition of Senator Crittenden , ; but some of
the members are yet hopeful that they may ar
rive at some general agreement to save the
Union.
Honor to Major Anderson,
TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 2
At noon yesterday a salute of twenty-one
guns was fired in honor of Major Anderson, for
the noble stand taken by him.
From . Maine.
PonTr..txn, Me., Jan. 2
The City Council has passed a resolution in
structing the Representatives in the State Le
gislature to Tote for the repeal of the Personal
Liberty law. '
MARRIED.
On the 25th of November, 1860, by Rev. Charles A.
Hay, Mr. Omai ET' AN EBERSOLE and ?dies PRI SO IL LA MAR.
GARETTA DEIHIL both of Elizabethtown, Pa.
On the 27th alt., by the same, Mr. JACOB THEODORE
EMRICH and Miss MART ANN REINHART, both of Millers
town,
Pa.
On the let inst., by the same, Mr. WILLIAM H. Slums.
LET and Miss ANN ELIZABETH YOUNG', both of Harrisburg.
Neu) abutttisemento.
STATEMENT
OF THE
HARRISBURG BANK.
JANUAEY 1, 1861.
Assets
Loans and Discounts ...$705,052 69
Stock of the Commonwealth ...... ... 50,505 00
Specie 72,175 17
United States Loan. 19,000 00
Due by other Banks.. $124,680 95
Notes of other Banks... 27,836 00
•
Stocks (at present market value)... 28,000 00
Bonds " " 5,000 00
Real Estate 14,600 00
Liabilities . :
$481,000 00
Circulation
Deposits
Due to other Banks
$717,562 21
The above statement is correct, to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
J. W. WEIR, Cashier.
Sworn and subscribed before me,
jon2-ci2t Davin HARRIS, J. P.
ASSIGNEES' NOTlCE.—Notice is here
by given that JOHN WALLOWER and JOHN WAL
LOWER, Ja., of Dauphin county, by .voluntary assign
ment, have assigned and transferred to the undersigned
all their property, in trust.for the benefit of their credi.
lore. All parental, therefore, having claims naluat the
saidlohn Willower and John WalloWer, Jr., trading as
JOHN WALOWER & SON, or againit "either of them,
will;present them to the undersigned, awl. those indebted
will wake inuoodiate ,payment to .
A. BIESIETB,
CHAS. 'InFENtli 5 Allai lP /e6l * .
Valdese; Ilstrisbiteg, Ps. :
Harripburg, Jansaryj, 1,81)1. jan.?...d3tairwat
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SCOTCH WHISKY.—One Puncheon
of PURE SCOTCH WHlsig i n . rv i ej_r_d_ 4n4 fOr
E ULuft,
, a le by
73 Market street.
jan2 •
HHOARDING.--Mrs. ECK - En:2, in Lo cust
street, below Third, is prepared to accommodate',
number of BOARDERS in the best manner, and at re ,
sonable prices. de20.4,04irn
TO RENT—From the Ist of April n ext
a THREE-STORY BRICK DWELLING .AND
OF D
EWE in Second street, opposite the Governor's rem
dence. Apply next door to Mr. A. BURNETT, janl.4l;
CANDLES!! -- i:
PARAFFIN CANDLES,
SPERM CANDLES,
STEARINE CANDLES,
ADAMANTINE CANDLES,
CHEMICAL SPERM CANKP,s
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A large invoice of -the above - in store, and for sale of
unusually low rates, by
janl
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
_____
Notice is hereby given that the partnership lately
existing between Josiah Espy and John Gotshall, of th:.
city of Harrisburg, Pa., under the firm o f J. Espy 4.
CO., has been dissolved by - mutual consent. All debt,
owing to the said partnership are to be received by th,.
said Josiah Espy, and all demands on the said partner
ship are to be presented to him for payment.
Ilarrißburg, December 28, 1860
Notice is hereby given that BENJ. 1,. Foasyss is fully
authorized by me to receive all moneys due said firm,
and settle all claims against it.
JOSIAH ESPY
Harrisburg, December 28, 1880.—de29-dlw
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AND ALL ,DRUGGISTS EVERYWHEA.S.
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$1,046,849 81
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. HARRISBURG, PA.,
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ALSO,
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