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Session 11907: 1860-12-12 12:00:00
More members join the House. Various members present Resolutions to instruct the Committee of Thirty-Three on the slavery question.
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Resolutions on the State of the Union and Slavery
1. Resolved, That the Constitution of the United States, by which the several States of the Union are organized into one Government, is a compact founded upon good faith between the States, of mutual and permanent obligation; and the right of a State to secede from the compact, and to resume the powers surrendered in its adoption, is wholly unwarranted by the letter and spirit of its provis-ions.
2. Resolved, That the mutual and common interest of the several States, in the obligations of the Constitution, ren-ders it the imperative duty of the Federal Government to enforce, in good faith and with temperate firmness, the laws enacted in pursuance of its authority in all cases where their infringement would impair the constitutional rights of any State, or the common and reciprocal rights of the several States.
3. Resolved, That the select committee of thirty-three on the state of the Union be instructed to inquire whether the acts of Congress now in force are sufficient, in view of the present condition of public affairs, to protect the rights of the several States against attempts which have been made, and which may hereafter be made, by any State or States to nullify the laws necessary to the existence of the Confederacy, and to carry out the provisions of the Constitution; and if the laws now in force are insufficient, it shall be the duty of said committee to report the necessary bill or bills to provide for the emergency.
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- Resolutions on the State of the Union and Slavery (introduced on 1860-12-12 12:00:00 - CREATE - e812010) [This document]
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