The Road to Civil War

Senate Special Committee of Thirteen on the Condition of the Country

A committee formed through a resolution submitted by Mr. Powell on December 6, 1860 and adopted on December 18, 1860. The role of the committee was to examine the conflict between slaveholding and non-slaveholding States and provide solutions and concessions to avoid secession.

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Session 14193: 1860-12-26 10:00:00

The Committee considers Mr. Toombs' compromise resolutions; documents introduced in Senate by Mr. Bigler and Mr. Pugh are laid before the Committee.

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Resolution on the Prosecution and Punishment of Armed Rebellion: Mr. Toombs' Division

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Resolved, That under the fourth section of the fourth article of the Constitution, Congress should pass an efficient law for the punishment of all persons engaged in all attempts to excite insurrection in any State by the people of any other State.

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