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THE CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE. 373
Notwithstanding the Constitution, as expounded by the decision of the
Supreme Court, opened all the territories, both North and South, as the
common property of the States, to the introduction and protection of slave
property, these resolutions yielded everything to the North, except a mere
-abstraction, by proposing as a peace offering, to restrict this general right and
confine it to the territories south of the latitude of 36° 30'. It gave in point
of fact, all the vast territories of the United States to perpetual freedom,
with the single exception of New Mexico, which could never practically
become a slaveholding State, owing to its geographical position.1
Within a day after these resolutions had been submitted to the committee
■of thirteen, on December 23d, Mr. Kobert Toombs thus informed his constituents in Georgia:
" I came here to secure your constitutional rights and to demonstrate to you that you
can get no guarantee for those rights from your Northern confederates.
" The whole subject was referred to a committee of thirteen in the Senate. I was
appointed on the committee, and accepted the trust. I submitted propositions2 which, so
far from receiving a decided support from a single member of the republican party of the
committee, were all treated with derision or contempt. A vote was Ihen taken in the
committee on amendments to the Constitution, proposed by Hon. J. J. Crittenden, and
each and all of them were voted against, unanimously, by the black republican members
■of the committee.
" In addition to these facts, a majority of the black republican members of the committee declared distinctly that they had no guarantees to offer, which was silently
acquiesced in by the other members.
" The black republican members of this committee are representative men of the
party and section, and, to the extent of my information, truly represent them.
" The committee of thirty-three, on Friday, adjourned for a week, without coming to
any vote, after solemnly pledging themselves to vote on all the propositions then before
'them that day. It is controlled by the blaok republicans, your enemies, who only seek to
amuse you with delusive hope until your election that you may defeat the friends of secession.
1 Buchanan's Administration, p. 134. shall be delivered up as other criminals. Lost
2 They were—1. The people of the United by the same vote.
: States shall have an equal right to emigrate to, 4. Congress to pass laws punishing persons en-
and settle in, the present or any future acquired gaged in invasion or insurrection, or other act
territories, with whatever property they may tending to disturb the tranquillity of any other
possess (including slaves), and be securely pro- State. Lost, 6 to 4.
tected in its peaceable enjoyment, until such 5. Fugitive slaves not to have benefit of writ
Territory may be admitted as a State in the of habeas corpus, or trial by jury. Lost, 7 to 5,
Union, with or without slavery, as she may de- as before.
termine, on an equality with all existing States. 6. Congress to pass no law in relation to
Lost under the rule—yeas 7, nays 5 (the republi- slavery in the States or Territories, or elsewhere,
can members). without the consent of a majority of the sena-
2. That property in slaves shall be entitled to tors and representatives of the slaveholding
the same protection from the Government of States. Amended, on motion of Mr. Hunter, so
the United States, in all of its departments, as to add: " and also a majority of the senators and
everywhere, which the constitution confers the representatives of the non-slaveholding States," and
power upon it to extend to any other property— then lost—yeas 5, nays 6.
this not to interfere with the right of every 7. None of these provisions, or others in the
State to prohibit, abolish, or establish and pro- constitution relating to slavery (except the
tect slavery within its limits. Lost under the rule African slave trade), to be altered without the
Vby the same vote. consent of all the States in which slavery exists.
3. Persons committing crimes against slave Lost, 6 to 5 (the republican members).—McPher-
;,property imone.State, and fleeing to aro'her, son's Political History of the Rebellion, p. 71.
Object Description
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Description
| Title | 00000404 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE. 373 Notwithstanding the Constitution, as expounded by the decision of the Supreme Court, opened all the territories, both North and South, as the common property of the States, to the introduction and protection of slave property, these resolutions yielded everything to the North, except a mere -abstraction, by proposing as a peace offering, to restrict this general right and confine it to the territories south of the latitude of 36° 30'. It gave in point of fact, all the vast territories of the United States to perpetual freedom, with the single exception of New Mexico, which could never practically become a slaveholding State, owing to its geographical position.1 Within a day after these resolutions had been submitted to the committee ■of thirteen, on December 23d, Mr. Kobert Toombs thus informed his constituents in Georgia: " I came here to secure your constitutional rights and to demonstrate to you that you can get no guarantee for those rights from your Northern confederates. " The whole subject was referred to a committee of thirteen in the Senate. I was appointed on the committee, and accepted the trust. I submitted propositions2 which, so far from receiving a decided support from a single member of the republican party of the committee, were all treated with derision or contempt. A vote was Ihen taken in the committee on amendments to the Constitution, proposed by Hon. J. J. Crittenden, and each and all of them were voted against, unanimously, by the black republican members ■of the committee. " In addition to these facts, a majority of the black republican members of the committee declared distinctly that they had no guarantees to offer, which was silently acquiesced in by the other members. " The black republican members of this committee are representative men of the party and section, and, to the extent of my information, truly represent them. " The committee of thirty-three, on Friday, adjourned for a week, without coming to any vote, after solemnly pledging themselves to vote on all the propositions then before 'them that day. It is controlled by the blaok republicans, your enemies, who only seek to amuse you with delusive hope until your election that you may defeat the friends of secession. 1 Buchanan's Administration, p. 134. shall be delivered up as other criminals. Lost 2 They were—1. The people of the United by the same vote. : States shall have an equal right to emigrate to, 4. Congress to pass laws punishing persons en- and settle in, the present or any future acquired gaged in invasion or insurrection, or other act territories, with whatever property they may tending to disturb the tranquillity of any other possess (including slaves), and be securely pro- State. Lost, 6 to 4. tected in its peaceable enjoyment, until such 5. Fugitive slaves not to have benefit of writ Territory may be admitted as a State in the of habeas corpus, or trial by jury. Lost, 7 to 5, Union, with or without slavery, as she may de- as before. termine, on an equality with all existing States. 6. Congress to pass no law in relation to Lost under the rule—yeas 7, nays 5 (the republi- slavery in the States or Territories, or elsewhere, can members). without the consent of a majority of the sena- 2. That property in slaves shall be entitled to tors and representatives of the slaveholding the same protection from the Government of States. Amended, on motion of Mr. Hunter, so the United States, in all of its departments, as to add: " and also a majority of the senators and everywhere, which the constitution confers the representatives of the non-slaveholding States," and power upon it to extend to any other property— then lost—yeas 5, nays 6. this not to interfere with the right of every 7. None of these provisions, or others in the State to prohibit, abolish, or establish and pro- constitution relating to slavery (except the tect slavery within its limits. Lost under the rule African slave trade), to be altered without the Vby the same vote. consent of all the States in which slavery exists. 3. Persons committing crimes against slave Lost, 6 to 5 (the republican members).—McPher- ;,property imone.State, and fleeing to aro'her, son's Political History of the Rebellion, p. 71. |
