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Mr. Mckean submits a resolution to instruct the Committee of Five on the slavery question. The House considers resolutions on compromise, slavery, and secession.
Resolved, That neither the Congress[+e901822]Federal Government[-e901822], nor the people or governments of the non-slaveholding States, have a purpose or a [-e901780]constitutional right to legislate upon or interfere with slavery islaveholding [+e901783]n any of the States of the Union.