REPEAL OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAWS, "CONTRABANDS," AND KINDRED SUBJECTS. The act of 1793 was passed by the following | ris, Thomas L. Harris, Thomas S. Haymond, Harry Hibbard, vote: IN SENATE. January 18, 1793—Without a call of the yeas George W. Jones, David S. Kaufman, John B. Kerr, Emile and nays. IN HOUSE. February 5, 1793-Yeas 48, nays 7, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Fisher Ames, John Baptist Ashe, Abraham Baldwin, Robert Barnwell, Egbert Benson, Elias Boudinot, Shearjashub Bourne, Benjamin Bourne, Abraham Clark, Jonathan Dayton, William Findley, Thomas Fitzsimons, Elbridge Gerry, Nicholas Gilman, Benjamin Goodhue, James Gordon, Christopher Greenup, Andrew Gregg, Samuel Griffin, William Barry Grove, Thomas Hartley, James Hillhouse, William Hindman, Daniel Huger, Israel Jacobs, Philip Key, Aaron Kitchell, Amasa Learned, Richard Bland Lee, George Leonard, Nathaniel Macon, Andrew Moore, Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, William Vans Murray, Alexander D. Orr, John Page, Cornelius C. Schoonmaker, Theodore Sedgwick, Peter Silvester, Israel Smith, William Smith, John Steele, Thomas Sumpter, Thomas Tudor Tucker, Jeremiah Wadsworth, Alexander White, Hugh Williamson, NAYS Samuel Livermore, John Francis Mercer, Nathaniel Niles, Josiah Parker, Jonathan Sturges, George Thatcher, Francis Willis-48. Thomas Tredwell-7. GEORGE WASHINGTON, President, approved it February 12, 1793. The act of 1850 was passed by the following vote: IN SENATE. Henry W. Hilliard, Moses Hoagland, Alexander R. Holla day, Isaac E. Holmes, John W. Houston, Volney E. Howard, David Hubbard, Samuel W. Inge, Joseph W. Jackson, Andrew Johnson, James L. Johnson, Robert W. Johnson, LaSère, Shepperd Leffler, Nathaniel S. Littlefield, Job Mann, Humphrey Marshall, John C. Mason, John A. McClernand, Joseph E. McDonald, Edward W. McGaughey, James X McLanahan, Finis E. McLean, Fayette McMullen, John McQueen, William McWillie, Richard K. Meade, John K. Miller, John S. Millson, Jeremiah Morton, James L. Orr, David Outlaw, Allen F. Owen, Richard Parker, Charles H. Peaslee, John S. Phelps, Paulus Powell, William A. Rich ardson, John Robbins, jr., Thomas Ross, John H. Savage, James A. Seddon, Augustine H. Shepperd, Edward Stanly, Frederick P. Stanton, Richard H. Stanton, John L. Taylor, James H. Thomas, Jacob Thompson, James Thompson, John B. Thompson, Robert Toombs, Abraham W. Venable, Hiram Walden, Daniel Wallace, Albert G. Watkins, Mar shall J. Wellborn, Isaac Wildrick, Christopher H. Williams, Joseph A. Woodward, Timothy R. Young-109. NAYS-Henry P. Alexander, Charles Allen, Edward D. Baker, Henry Bennett, Kinsley S. Bingham, Walter Booth, Cable, Samuel Calvin, Lewis D. Campbell, David K. Cartter, George Briggs, Lorenzo Burrows, Thomas B. Butler, Joseph Joseph R. Chandler, Charles E. Clarke, Orsamus Cole, Moses B. Corwin, John Crowell, Jesse C. Dickey, David T. Disney, Nathan F. Dixon, James Duane Doty, James H. Duncan, Charles Durkee, Nathan Evans, Graham N. Fitch, Orin Fowler, John Freedly, Joshua R. Giddings, Daniel Gott, Herman D. Gould, Ransom Halloway, Moses Hampton, An drew J. Harlan, Andrew K. Hay, William Hebard, William Jackson, George W. Julian, George G. King, James G. Henry, John W. Howe, William F. Hunter, William T. King, John A. King, Preston King, Horace Mann, Orsamus B. Matteson, Thomas McKissock, James Meacham, Henry D. Moore, Jonathan D. Morris, William Nelson, John Otis, August 23, 1850-yeas 27, nays 12, as fol- Charles W. Pitman, Harvey Putnam, Robert R. Reed, John lows: YEAS-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Barnwell, Bell, Berrien, Butler, Davis of Mississippi, Dawson, Dodge of Iowa, Downs, Foote, Houston, Hunter, Jones, King, Mangum, Mason, Pearce, Rusk, Sebastian, Soulé, Spruance, Sturgeon, Turney, Underwood, Wales, Yulee-27. NAYS-Messrs. Baldwin, Bradbury, Chase, Cooper, Davis of Massachusetts, Dayton, Dodge of Wisconsin, Greene, Smith, Upham, Walker, Winthrop-12. IN HOUSE. September 12, 1850-yeas 109, nays 76, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Nathaniel Albertson, William J. Alston, Josiah M. Anderson, William S. Ashe, Thomas H. Averett, William V. N. Bay, Thomas H. Bayly, James M. H. Beale, William H. Bissell, Franklin W. Bowdon, Richard I. Bowie, James B. Bowlin, Lynn Boyd, Daniel Breck, Albert G. Brown, William J. Brown, Alexander W. Buel, Armistead Burt, George Alfred Caldwell, Joseph P. Caldwell, Thomas L. Clingman, Williamson R. W. Cobb, William F. Colcock, John R. J. Daniel, Edmund Deberry, Milo M. Dimmick, Cyrus L. Dunham, Henry A. Edmundson, Samuel A. Eliot, Andrew Ewing, Winfield S. Featherston, Thomas J. D. Fuller, Meredith P. Gentry, Elbridge Gerry, Edward Gilbert, Willis A. Gorman, James S. Green, Willard P. Hall, William T. Hamilton, Hugh A. Haraison, Isham G. Harris, S. W. Har L. Robinson, Joseph M. Root, David Rumsey, jr., William A. Sackett, Cullen Sawtelle, Ab'm M. Schermerhorn, John L. Schoolcraft, Peter H. Silvester, William Sprague, Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Stetson, John R. Thurman, Amos Tuck, Walter Underhill, Samuel F. Vinton, Loren P. Waldo, John Wentworth, William A. Whittlesey, Amos E. Wood, George W. Wright-76. MILLARD FILLMORE, President, approved it, September 18, 1850. MOVEMENTS FOR ITS REPEAL. First Session, Thirty-Second Congress. IN SENATE. 1852, Aug 26-The civil and diplomatic bill pending, Mr. SUMNER offered an amendment to add to a section appropriating money to pay ministerial officers of the United States extraordinary expenses incurred, this proviso: That no such allowance shall be authorized for any expenses incurred in executing the act of September 18, 1850, for the surrender of fugitives from service or labor; which said act is hereby repealed. Which was rejected—yeas 4, nays 47, as fol- | introduced a bill to repeal the fugitive slave lows: law; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. YEAS-Messrs. Chase of Ohio, Hale of N. H., Sumner of Mass., Wade of Ohio-4. NAYS-Messrs. Adams of Miss., Badger of N. C., Bayard of Del., Bell of Tenn., Borland of Ark., Bradbury of Maine, Bright of Ind., Brodhead of Penn., Brooke of Miss., Butler of S. C., Cass of Mich., Charlton of Geo., Clark of R. I., Clemens of Ala., Cooper of Penn., Dawson of Geo., DeSaussure of S. C., Dodge of Iowa, Douglass of Ill., Fitch of Mich., Fish of N. Y., Geyer of Mo., Gwin of Cal., Hamlin of Maine, Houston of Texas, Hunter of Va., James of R. I., ones of Iowa, King of Ala., Mallory of Florida, Mangum f N. C., Mason of Va., Meriwether of Ky., Miller of N. J., dorton of Fla., Pearce of Md., Pratt of Md., Rusk of Texas, hields of Ill., Smith of Conn., Soule of La., Spruance of Del., Toucey of Conn., Underwood of Ky., Upham of Vt., Walker f Wis., Weller of Cal.-47. First Session, Thirty-Third Congress. 1854, July 28 Mr. THOMAS D. ELIOT, of Massachusetts, asked leave to introduce a bill to repeal the fugitive slave law. Mr. BRIDGES, of Pennsylvania, objected, Mr. ELIOT moved to suspend the rules for that purpose; which was rejected-yeas 45, nays 120, as follows: introduced a bill to amend the fugitive slave 1862, May 24-Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, law; which was ordered to be printed and lie on the table. June 10-Mr. WILSON moved to take up the bill; which was agreed to-yeas 25, nays 10, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Browning, Chandler, Clark, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Howe, King, Lane of Kansas, Morrill, Pomeroy, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilson of Massachusetts-25. NAYS-Messrs. Carlile, Davis, Latham, McDougall, Nes mith, Powell, Saulsbury, Stark, Willey, Wright-10. The bill was to secure to claimed fugitives a right to a jury trial in the district court for the United States for the district in which they may be, and to require the claimant to prove his loyalty. The bill repeals sections 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the act of 1850, and that part of section 5, which authorizes the summoning of the posse comitatus. When a warrant of return is made either on jury trial or confession of the YEAS-Messrs. Edward Ball, Henry Burnett, Samuel P. Benson, L. D. Campbell, David Carpenter, Moses B. Corwin, party in the presence of counsel, having been Samuel L. Crocker, Thomas Davis, Alexander DeWitt, John warned of his rights, the fugitive is to be surDick, Edward Dickinson, Ben. C. Eastman, J. Wiley Ed-rendered to the claimant, or the marshal where mands, Thomas D. Eliot, William Everhart, Joshua R. Giddings, John Z. Goodrich, Aaron Harlan, Thomas M. necessary, who shall remove him to the boundHowe, Daniel T. Jones, James Knox, O. B. Matteson, Sam-ary line of the district, and there deliver him to uel Mayall, Edwin B. Morgan, Jesse O. Norton, Samuel W. the claimant. The bill was not further considParker, Alexander C. M. Pennington, Benjamin Pringle, David Ritchie, Samuel L. Russell, Alvah Sabin, Russell ered. Sage, William R. Sapp, George A. Simmons, Gerrit Smith, Andrew Stuart, Benjamin B. Thruston, M. C. Trout, C. W. Upham, Edward Wade, Samuel H. Walley, Ellihu B. Washburne, Israel Washburn, jr., Daniel Wells, jr., Tappan Went-resolution: worth-45. NAYS-William Aiken, James C. Allen, Willis Allen, William S. Ashe, D. J. Bailey, W. S. Barry, T. H. Benton, T. S. Bocock, W. W. Boyce, J. C. Breckinridge, S. A. Bridges, P. S. Brooks, S. Caruthers, E. M. Chamberlain, E. S. Chastain, J. S. Chrisman, W. M. Churchwell, S. Clark, T. L. Clingman, W. R. W. Cobb, J. P. Cook, L. M. Cox, B. Craige, C. B. Curtis, J. G. Davis, J. L. Dawson, D. T. Disney, J.F. Dowdell, A. Drum, W. Dunbar, N. Eddy, A. P. Edgerton, H. A. EdmundBon, J. M. Elliott, A. Ellison, W. H. English, E. W. Farley, C. J. Faulkner, T. B. Florence, T. J. D. Fuller, W. O. Goode, A. B. Greenwood, G. A. Grow, S. W. Harris, W. P. Harris, J. S. Harrison, S. G. Haven, T. A. Hendricks, B. Henn, H. Hibbard, C. S. Hill, G. S. Houston, T. G. Hunt, H. H. JohnBon, G. W. Jones, R. Jones, L. M. Keitt, J. Kerr, Z. Kidwell, G. W. Kettridge, W. H. Kurtz, A. W. Lamb, M. S. Latham, J. Letcher, J. J. Lindley, F. McMullen, J. MeNair, J. McQueen, J. B. Macy, J. Maurice, A. E. Maxwell, J. G. Miller, 8. Miller, J. S. Millson, G. W. Morrison, W. Murray, M. H. Nichols, D. A. Noble, E. B. Olds, A. Oliver, J. L. Orr, R. W. Peckham, J. S. Phelps, P. Phillips, J. T. Pratt, W. Preston, R. C. Puryear, D. A. Reese, G. R. Riddle, J. Robbins, jr., S. H. Rogers, T. Ruffin, J. L. Seward, W. Shannon, H. M. Shaw, J. Shower, C. Skelton, S. A. Smith, W. R. Smith, G. W. Smyth, A. R. Sollers, F. P. Stanton, R. H. Stanton, A. H. Stephens, H. L. Stevens, N. T. Stratton, C. M. Straub, D. Stuart, F. J. Taylor, J. L. Taylor, N. G. Taylor, G. Vail, J. Vansant, H. Walbridge, W. A. Walker, J. Wheeler, W. H. Witte, D. B. Wright, H. B. Wright, F. K. Zollicoffer-120. IN HOUSE. 1861, December 20-Mr. JULIAN offered this Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee be instructed to report a bill, so amending the fugitive slave law enacted in 1850 as to forbid the recapture or return of any fugitive from labor without satisfactory proof first made that the claimant of such fugitive is loyal to the Government. Mr. HOLMAN moved to table the resolution, which was disagreed to-yeas 39, nays 78, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Ancona, Joseph Baily, Biddle, George H. Browne, Cobb, Cooper, Cox, Cravens, Crittenden, Dunlap, English, Fouke, Grider, Harding, Holman, Johnson, Law, Lazear, Leary, Lehman, Mallory, Morris, Noble, Noell, Norton, Nugen, Odell, Pendleton, Robinson, Shiel, John B. Steele, William G. Steele, Vallandigham, Wadsworth, Webster, Chilton A. White, Wickliffe, Woodruff, Wright-39. NAYS-Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold, Babbitt, Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham, Francis P. Blair, Samuel S. Blair, Blake, Buffinton, Burnhan, Chamberlain, Clark, Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Cutler, Davis, Dawes, Delano, Duell, Edwards, Eliot, Fessenden, Franchot, Frank, Gooch, Goodwin, Gurley, Hale, Hanchett, Harrison, Hooper, Hutchins, Julian, William Kellogg, Lan sing, Loomis, Lovejoy, McKnight, McPherson, Marston, Mitchell, Moorhead, Anson P. Morrill, Justin S. Morrill, Olin, Patton, Pike, Pomeroy, Porter, Potter, John H. Rice, Riddle, Edward II. Rollins, Sargent, Sedgwick, Shanks, Shellabarger, Sherman, Sloan, Spaulding, Stevens, Benjamin F. Thomas, Train, Vandever, Wall, Wallace, E. P. Second Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress.* Walton, Washburne, Wheeler, Whaley, Albert S. White, IN SENATE. 1861, December 26-Mr. Howe, of Wisconsin, On the 23d of July, 1861, the Attorney General, in answer to a letter from the United States marshal of Kansas, inquiring whether he should assist in the execution of the fugitive slave law, wrote: ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, July 23, 1861. JL. MCDOWELL, U. S. Marshal, Kansas: Your letter of the 11th of July, received 19th, (under frank of Senator Lane, of Kansas,) asks advice whether you should give your official services in the execution of the fugitive slave law. It is the President's constitutional duty to “take care that Wilson, Windom, Worcester-78. the laws be faithfully executed." That means all the laws. He has no right to discriminate, no right to execute the laws he likes, and leave unexecuted those he dislikes. And of course you and I, his subordinates, can have no wider latitude of discretion than he has. Missouri is a State in the Union. The insurrectionary disorders in Missouri are but individual crimes, and do not change the legal status of the State, nor change its rights and obligations as a member of the Union A refusal by a ministerial officer to execute any law which properly belongs to his office, is an official misdemeanor, of which I have no doubt the President would take notice. Very respectfully, EDWARD BATES. The resolution was then adopted-yeas 78, | persons escaping from the service of their masters," ape proved February 12, 1793, and the act to amend and supnays 39. plementary to the aforesaid act, approved September 18, 1850. 1862, June 9-Mr. JULIAN, of Indiana, introduced into the House a resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to report a bill for the purpose of repealing the fugitive slave law; which was tabled-yeas 66, nays 51, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. William J. Allen, Ancona, Baily, Biddle, Francis P. Blair, Jacob B. Blair, George H. Browne, William G. Brown, Burnham, Calvert, Casey, Clements, Cobb, Corning, Crittenden, Delano, Diven, Granger, Grider, Haight, Hale, Harding, Holman, Johnson, William Kellogg, Kerrigan, Knapp, Lazear, Low, Maynard, Menzies, Moorhead, Morris, Noble, Noell, Norton, Odell, Pendleton, John S. Phelps, Timothy G. Phelps, Porter, Richardson, Robinson, James S. Rollins, Sargent, Segar, Sheffield, Shiel, Smith, John B. Steele, William G. Steele, Benjamin F. Thomas, Francis Thomas, Trimble, Vallandigham, Verree, Vibbard, Voorhees, Wadsworth, Webster, Chilton A. White, Wickliffe, Wood, Woodruff, Worcester, Wright-66. NAYS-Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham, Blake, Buflinton, Chamberlain, Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Davis, Dawes, Edgerton, Edwards, Eliot, Ely, Franchot, Gooch, Goodwin, Hanchett, Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Lansing, Lovejoy, McKnight, McPherson, Mitchell, Anson P. Morrill, Pike, Pomeroy, Potter, Alexander H. Rice, John II. Rice, Riddle, Edward H. Rollins, Shellabarger, Sloan, Spaulding, Stevens, Train, Trowbridge, Van Horn, Van Valkenburgh, Wall, Wallace, Washburne, Albert S. White, Windom-51. Same day-Mr. COLFAX, of Indiana, offered this resolution: Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report a bill modifying the fugitive slave law so as to require a jury trial in all cases where the person claimed denies under oath that he is a slave, and also requiring any claimant under such act to prove that he has been loyal to the Government during the present rebellion. Which was agreed to-yeas 77, nays 43, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold, Ashley, Babbitt, Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham, Francis P. Blair, Blake, Buffinton, Burnham, Chamberlain, Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Davis, Dawes, Delano, Diven, Edgerton, Edwards, Eliot, Ely, Franchot, Gooch, Goodwin, Granger, Gurley, Haight, Hale, Hanchett, Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, Francis W. Kel logg, William Kellogg, Lansing, Loomis, Lovejoy, Low, McKnight, McPherson, Mitchell, Anson P. Morrill, Justin S. Morrill, Nixon, Timothy G. Phelps, Pike, Pomeroy, Porter, Potter, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Riddle, Edward H. Rollins, Sargent, Shanks, Sheffield, Shellabarger, Sloan, Spaulding, Stevens, Stratton, Benjamin F. Thomas, Train, Trimble, Trowbridge, Van Valkenburgh, Verree, Wall, Wallace, Washburne, Albert S. White, Wilson, Windom, Wor cester-77. NAYS-Messrs. William J. Allen, Ancona, Baily, Biddle, Jacob B. Blair, William G. Brown, Calvert, Casey, Clements, Cobb, Corning, Crittenden, Fouke, Grider, Harding, Holman, Johnson, Knapp, Maynard, Menzies, Noble, Noell, Norton. Pendleton, John S. Phelps, Richardson, Robinson, James S. Rollins, Segar, Shiel, Smith, John B. Steele, William G. Steele, Francis Thomas, Vallandigham, Vibbard, Voorhees, Wadsworth, Webster, Chilton A. White, Wickliffe, Wood, Wright-43. - Third Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress. IN SENATE. 1863, February 11-Mr. TEN EYCK, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a bill, introduced by Senator Howe, in second session, December 26, 1861, to repeal the fugitive slave act of 1850, reported it back without amendment, and with a recommendation that it do not pass. First Session, Thirty-Eighth Congress. IN HOUSE. Mr. HOLMAN moved that the resolution lie upon the table, which was agreed to-yeas 81, nays 73, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. James C. Allen, William J. Allen, Ancona, Anderson, Baily, Augustus C. Baldwin, Jacob B. Blair, Bliss, Brooks, James S. Brown, William G. Brown, Clay, Cobb, Coffroth, Cox, Cravens, Creswell, Dawson, Deming, Denison, Eden, Edgerton, Eldridge, English, Finck, Ganson, Grider, Griswold, Hall, Harding, Harrington, Benjamin G. Harris, Charles M. Harris, Higby, Holman, Hutchins, William John son, Kernan, King, Knapp, Law, Lazcar, Le Blond, Long, Mallory, Marcy, Marvin, McBride, Mc Dowell, Me Kinney, William H. Miller, James R. Morris, Morrison, Nelson, Noble, Odell, John O'Neill, Pendleton, William H. Randall, Robin son, Rogers, James S. Rollins, Ross, Scott, Smith, Smithers, Stebbins, John B. Steele, Stuart, Sweat, Thomas, Voorhees, Wadsworth, Ward, Wheeler, Chilton A. White, Joseph W. White, Williams, Winfield, Fernando Wood, Yeaman $1. NAYS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Arnold, Ashley, John D. Baldwin, Baxter, Beaman, Blaine, Blow, Boutwell, Boyd, Brandegee, Broomall, Ambrose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Cole, Henry Winter Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Dumont, Eckley, Eliot, Farnsworth, Fenton, Frank, Garfield, Gooch, Grinnell, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Hulburd, Jenckes, Julian, Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando Kellogg, Loan, Longyear, Lovejoy, MoClurg, McIndoe, Samuel F. Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, Norton, Charles O'Neill, Orth, Patterson, Pike, Pomeroy, Price, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Edward II. Rollins, Schenck, Scofield, Shannon, William B. Washburn, Whaley, Wilder, Wilson, Windom, Spalding, Thayer, Van Valkenburgh, Ellihu B. Washburne, Woodbridge-73. 1864, June 6-Mr. HUBBARD, of Connecticut, offered this resolution: Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report to this House a bill for the repeal of all acts and parts of acts which provide for the rendition of fugitive slaves, and that they have leave to make such report at any time. Which went over under the rule. May 30, he had made an ineffectual effort to offer it, Mr. HOLMAN objecting. REPEALING BILLS. 1864, April 19-The Senate considered the bill to repeal all acts for the rendition of fugitives from service or labor. The bill was taken upyeas 26, nays 10. Mr. SHERMAN moved to amend by inserting these words at the end of the bill: Except the act approved February 12, 1793, entitled “An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters." Which was agreed to-yeas 24, nays 17, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Buckalew, Carlile, Collamer, Cowan, Daris, Dixon, Doolittle, Foster, Harris, Henderson, Hendricks, Howe, Johnson, Lane of Indiana, McDougall, Nesmith, Powell, Riddle, Saulsbury, Sherman, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Willey-24. NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Clark, Conness, Fessenden, Grimes, Hale, Howard, Lane of Kansas, Morgan, Mor rill, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sprague, Sumner, Wilkinson, Wil son-17. Mr. SAULSBURY moved to add these sections: And be it further enacted, That no white inhabitant of the United States shall be arrested, or imprisoned, or held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger, without due process of law. And be it further enacted, That no person engaged in the executive, legislative, or judicial departments of the Government of the United States, or holding any office or trust 1863, Dec. 14-Mr. JULIAN, of Indiana, of- recognized in the Constitution of the United States, and no fered this resolution: person in military or naval service of the United States, shall, without due process of law, arrest or imprison any Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be in-white inhabitant of the United States who is not, or has not structed to report a bill for the repeal of the third and fourth sections of the "act respecting fugitives from justice and been, or shall not at the time of such arrest or imprisone ment be, engaged in levying war against the United States, or in adhering to the enemies of the United States, giving them aid and comfort, nor aid, abet, procure, or advise the same, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger. And any person as aforesaid so arresting, or imprisoning, or holding, as aforesaid, as in this and the second section of this act mentioned, or aiding, abetting, or procuring, or advising the same, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and, upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than one nor more than five years, shall pay a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000, and shall be forever incapable of holding any office or public trust under the Government of the United States. Mr. HALE moved to strike out the word "white" wherever it occurs; which was agreed to. Which was rejected-yeas 9, nays 29, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Buckalew, Carlile, Cowan, Davis, McDougall, Powell, Richardson, Riddle, Saulsbury-9. NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chandler, Clark, Conness, Dixon, Foot, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Harris, Hicks, Howard, Howe, Johnson, Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sprague, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wade, Willey-29. Mr JOHNSON, of Maryland, moved an amendment to substitute a clause repealing the act of 1850; which was rejected-yeas 17, nays 22, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Buckalew, Carlile, Cowan, Davis, Harris, Hicks, Johnson, Lane of Indiana, McDougall, Powell, RichThe amendment of Mr. SAULSBURY, as amend-ardson, Riddle, Saulsbury, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Willey-17. ed, was then disagreed to-yeas 9, nays 27, as follows: NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chandler, Clark, Conness, Dixon, Fessenden, Foot, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, HowYEA8-Messrs. Buckalew, Carlile, Cowan, Davis, Henard, Howe, Lane of Kansas, Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sprague, Sumner, Wade, Wilson-22. dricks, McDougall, Powell, Riddle, Saulsbury-9. NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Clark, Collamer, Conness, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harris, Howard, Howe, Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wilkinson, Willey, Wilson-27. Mr. CONNESS moved to table the bill; which was disagreed to-yeas 9, (Messrs. Buckalew, Carlile, Conness, Davis, Hendricks, Nesmith, Powell, Riddle, Saulsbury,) nays 31. It was not again acted upon. 1864, June 13-The House passed this bill, reported from the Committee on the Judiciary by Mr. MORRIS, of New York, as follows: Be it enacled, &c., That sections three and four of an act entitled "An act respecting fugitives from justice and perBons escaping from the service of their masters," passed February 12, 1793, and an act entitled "An act to amend, and supplementary to, the act entitled 'An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from their masters,' passed February 12, 1793," passed September 18, 1850, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Yeas 90, nays 62, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Arnold, Ashley. John D. Baldwin, Baxter, Beaman, Blaine, Blair, Blow Boutwell, Boyd, Brandegee, Broomall, Ambrose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Cobb, Cole,Creswell, Henry Winter Davis, Thomas T. Davis, Dawes, Deming, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eliot, Farnsworth, Fenton, Frank, Garfield, Gooch, Griswold, Higby, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Hulburd, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Julian, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando Kellogg, Littlejohn, Loan, Longyear, Marvin, McBride, McClurg, McIndoe, Samuel F. Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Daniel Morris. Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, Norton, Chas. O'Neill, Orth, Patterson. Perham, Pike, Price, Alexander II. Rice, John H. Rice, Edward H. Rollins, schenck, Scofield, Shannon, Sloan, Spalding, Starr, Stevens, Thayer, Thomas, Tracy, Upson, Van Valkenburgh, Wm. B. Washburn, Webster, Whaley, Williams, Wilder, Wilson, Windom, Woodbridge-90. NAYS-Messrs. James C. Allen, William J. Allen, Ancona, Augustus C. Baldwin, Bliss, Brooks, James S. Brown, Chan ler, Coffroth, Cox, Cravens, Dawson, Denison, Eden, Edgerton, Eldridge, English, Finck, Ganson, Grider, Harding, Harrington, Charles M. Harris, Herrick, Holman, Hutchins, Philip Johnson, Kalbfleisch, Kernan, King, Knapp, Law. Lazer, Le Blond, Mallory, Marcy, Mc Dowell, McKinney, William H. Miller, James R. Morris, Morrison, Odell, Pendleton, Pruyn, Radford, Samuel J. Randall, Robinson. James S. Rollins, Ross, Smithers, John B. Steele, William G. Steele, Stiles, Strouse, Stuart, Sweat, Wadsworth, Ward, Wheeler, Chilton A. White, Joseph W. White, Fernando Wood-62. June 22-This bill was taken up in the Senate, when Mr. SAULSBURY moved this substitute: The bill then passed-yeas 27, nays 12, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chandler, Clark, Conness, Dixon, Fessenden, Foot, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Harris, Hicks, Howard, Howe, Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sprague, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilson-27. McDougall, Powell, Richardson, Riddle, Saulsbury, Van NAYS-Messrs. Buckalew, Carlile, Cowan, Davis, Johnson, Winkle, Willey-12. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President, approved it, June 28, 1864. ESCAPE OF FUGITIVE SLAVES, FROM 1850 TO 1860. The census report shows that notwithstanding all the controversies upon the subject of the fugitive slave law and its enforcement, from 1850 down to 1860, there were less per cent. escapes of fugitive slaves than at any former period of the Government. The report states: "The number of slaves who escaped from their masters in 1860 is not only much less in proportion than in 1850, but greatly reduced numerically. The greatest increase of escapes appears to have occurred in Mississippi, Missouri, and Virginia, while the decrease is most marked in Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, and Tennessee. "That the complaint of insecurity to slave property by the escape of this class of persons into the free States, and their recovery impeded, whereby its value has been lessened, is the result of misapprehension, is evident not only from the small number who have been lost to their owners, but from the fact that up to the present time the number of escapes has been gradually diminishing to such an extent that the whole annual loss to the southern States from this cause bears less proportion to the amount of capital involved than the daily variations which in ordinary times occur in the fluctuations of State or Government securities in the city of New York alone. "From the tables annexed it appears that while there escaped from their masters 1,011 slaves in 1850, or 1 in each 3,165 held in bondage, (being about one thirtieth of one per cent.) during the census year ending June 1, 1860, out of 3.949.557 slaves, there escaped only 803, being 1 to about 5,000, or at the rate of one fiftieth of one per cent. THE NEW ARTICLE OF WAR-MARCH 13, 1862. Second Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress. IN HOUSE. ART. 102. All officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing That no person held to service or labor in one State, un- any of the forces under their respective commands for the der the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in conse-purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor who quence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged may have escaped from any persons to whom such service from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on or labor is claimed to be due, and any officer who shall be claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be found guilty by a court-martial of violating this article shall due; and Congress shall pass all necessary and proper laws be dismissed from the service. for the rendition of all such persons who shall so, as aforesaid, escape. SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. 1862, February 25-The article passed the Francis P. Blair, Samuel S. Blair, Blake, Buffinton, Camp House-yeas 95, nays 51, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold, Ashley, Babbitt, Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham, Francis P. Blair, Samuel B. Blair, Blake, Buffinton, Campbell, Chamberlain, Clark, Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Conway, Covode, Cutler, Davis, Dawes, Diven, Duell, Edgerton, Edwards, Eliot, Ely, Fessenden, Franchot, Frank, Gooch, Goodwin, Granger, Gurley, Hale, Hanchett, Harrison, Hickman, Hooper, Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, William Kellogg, Lansing, Loomis, Lovejoy, McKnight, McPherson, Mitchell, Moorhead, Anson P. Morrill, Justin S. Morrill, Nixon, Olin, Patton, Timothy G. Phelps, Pike, Pomeroy, Porter, Potter, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Riddle, Edward H. Rollins, Sargent, Sedgwick, Shanks, Sheffield, Shellabarger, Sherman, Sloan, Spaulding, Stevens, Stratton, Benjamin F. Thomas, Train, Trimble, Trowbridge, Van Horn, Van Valkenburgh, Van Wyck, Wall, Wallace, Charles W. Walton, E. P. Walton, Washburne, Wheeler, Albert S. White, Wilson, Windom, Worcester-95. NAYS-Messrs. Ancona, Joseph Baily, Biddle, Jacob B. Blair, Calvert, Clements, Cobb, Corning, Cox, Cravens, Crisfield, Crittenden, Dunlap, English, Grider, Hall, Harding, Holman, Johnson, Knapp, Law, Lazear, Leary, Lehman, Mallory, May, Maynard, Menzies, Morris, Noell, Norton, Nugen, Pendleton, Perry, Price, Robinson, James S. Rollins, Shiel, Smith, John B. Steele, William G. Steele, Francis Thomas, Vallandigham, Vibbard, Voorhees, Ward, Webster, Wickliffe, Wood, Woodruff, Wright-51. NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Browning, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Howe, King, Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, Morrill, Pomeroy, Sherman, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilson of Massachusetts, Wright-29. Mr. SAULSBURY moved to exempt from the operation of the article, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri. and Kentucky, and elsewhere where the Federal authority is recognized or can be enforced; which was lost-yeas 7, (Bayard, Carlile, Latham, McDougall, Powell, Saulsbury, Wilson of Missouri,) nays 30. bell, Chamberlain, Ambrose W. Clark, Colfax, Frederick A. NAYS-Messrs. Allen, Ancona, Joseph Baily, Burnett, Calvert, Carlile, Cobb, Cooper, Cox, Cravens, Crisfield, Crittenden, Dunlap, English, Fenton, Fisher, Fouke, Grider, Haight, Harding, Holman, Horton, Jackson, Johnson, William Kel logg, Law, Lazear, Logan, McClernand, Mallory, Menzies, Morris, Nixon, Noble, Noell. Nugen, George H. Pendleton, Richardson, Robinson, Sheffield, Smith, John B. Steele, Wm. G. Steele, Francis Thomas, Upton, Vallandigham, Wadsworth, Ward, Webster, Whaley, Chilton A. White, Wickliffe, Wood, Woodruff, Wright-55. Dec. 20-Mr. SHANKS offered this resolution, which was referred, Dec. 23, to the Committee on the Judiciary: Resolved, That the constitutional power to return fugitive slaves to their masters rests solely with the civil de partments of the Government; and that the order of the Secretary of War, under date of December 6, 1861, to GenMaryland, as well as all other military orders for the return eral Wool, for the delivery of a slave to Mr. Jessup, of of slaves, are assumptions of the military power over the civil law and the rights of the slave. Second Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress. 1861, December 23-Mr. WILSON, of Iowa, offered this resolution: Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to report to this House a bill for the enactment of an additional article of war for the government of the army, whereby the officers in the military service of the United States shall be prohibited from using any portion of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor; and providing for the punishment of such officers as may violate said article by dismissal from the service. Which Mr. NOELL moved to lay on the table; lost-yeas 33, nays 70. The YEAS were: YEAS-Messrs. Joseph Baily, Biddle, Jacob B. Blair, George H. Browne, Calvert, Cobb, Cravens, Dunlap, Dunn, Fouke, Grider, Haight, Harding, Knapp, Law, Leary, Logon, Maynard, Menzies, Noble, Noell, Norton, Nugen Odell, Perry, Robinson, Shiel, Smith, John B. Steele, Francia The resolution was then adopted. Mr. SAULSBURY moved to add after the word "due" the words "or for the purpose of entic-Thomas, Upton, Vallandigham, Webster-33. ing or decoying any person held to service or labor from the service of their loyal masters;" which was lost-yeas 10, nays 29, (same as above.) The article then passed-yeas 29, nays 9. The affirmative vote was the same as above, except that Mr. Cowan did not vote, and Mr. McDougall voted aye. The negative vote was: Messrs. Bayard, Carlile, Davis, Henderson, Latham, Powell, Rice, Saulsbury, Wilson of Missouri-9. ON EMPLOYMENT OF SLAVES IN DOCK-YARDS, ETC. 1862, June 14-Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, offered this additional section to the naval appropriation bill: That persons held to service or labor, commonly called slaves, shall not be employed in any capacity whatever in The following action had previously been any navy-yard, dock-yard, arsenal, magazine, fort, or in the Naval Academy. taken in the House: First Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress. 1861, July 9-Mr. LOVEJOY offered the following resolution: Resolved, That, in the judgment of this House, it is no part of the duty of the soldiers of the United States to capture and return fugitive slaves. Which was agreed to-yeas 92, nays 55, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold, Ashley, Babbitt, Goldsmith F. Bailey, Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham, Which was agreed to in Committee of the Whole. June 16-It was rejected in open Senateyeas 17, nays 18, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Clark, Collamer, Dixon, Foot, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, King, Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, Mor rill, Pomeroy, Sumner, Trumbull, Wilmot, Wilson of Massachusetts, Wright-17. NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Browning, Chandler, Daris, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foster, Henderson, Howard, Howe Latham, McDougall, Powell, Saulsbury, Stark, Ten Eyck, Willey, Wilson of Missouri-18. |