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u. S. CONGRESS. SPEECH OF MR. BLACK far. BL.A* K. of Georgia, begged leave to occupy lue aiieuiiun ofthe House fora s.iort ume, and, litforc iia proceeded, he u-veJ perhaps an apoioe v to the llna-e and tile gentleman front Mary Lin I for toe man— lie.'ill which he had lor the tiist time pie soiled 111 ill self to its notice. Hr meant no disrespect to any noe ii-re : lie had only claimed the r.ght for his colleague (Mr. Coi quitt) to be heard, when other gentlemen, who had spoke-i ivpeated’y, weie wander, ing from the i.i idt-utal question befor** them, andtvldresdog ilie iiseives to the mer it* wftlie main proposition. lie again as serted the p.isitnm' he In.l jiss irred in his el.i.m o illi fl »or op.in the mound that, •.iilurtii'i tim tpiestion iouneJiatciv before the tio-ise might (is new in its mrrts farm, yet tint was substauiiaiiy the same that then ii.td been debated lor sw-m days betbre tli.it holy: in pr.nfol' which. lie referred to the speech just delivered by the gent leman from Xr-v York ( 'dr. Vaiiderpuel.) and to the tvply - thereto by the gentleman from Ver mont (Mr. -Everett.) both of wliich had been addressed to the waits of the original •<y«. sh-tn. In continuatEn of that debate, the gentleman from Maryland bad risen, and, although there could be no doubt but tilit,he believed himsell rightfully entitled to the door as speaking to anew question, yet (said Mr. Biick) the gentleman may b ■ mistaken innocently so, without doubt —but not the-less so on that account, as he i bought he h r! conclusively shown hv re lercni" to the chara-ter of the present d.s t:u ixioti. Mr. Black said that he, like liis honors- Me colleague (Mr. Colq.fit,) begged leave t > exhibit to the House tlie commission by virtue of which he stood here. It so hap pens that my credentials of election, and my lights consequent upon that election, are ic t disputed. So far as he was informed, no nun was prepared to dispute them: b it, il the rule winch has been attempt 'd to be enforced here is ultimately established, he did not know Imw soon he might be ar rested in his representative capacity, and compelled to go back ti Georgia, togath e* up the | oil books, to ascertain the com petency of the presiding officers of election and the qualifications of eve y man who had presented hi ose.lf.it the polls and participa ted in the election, before he would be per mitted to take his seat. r l he ostensible question now before the House is, whether ihe gentleman from Ohio [ Mr. Duncan] shall be allowed to proceed wi h the testimony in beiialt of those gen tlemen from New Jersey who are claiming their seats nere in opposition to the mem bers elect trouuhat Shite, who have in their possession the commission of the Governor. I o such a proposition lie must answer 1 a the 1 • gative. A grave and important question —one involving the lights of the States and the People ol the States in the high and mo mentous privilege of the elective franchise is now submitted. To whom is it sub mitmi! To a mere assembly of citizens— to men who, although they may be ultimate ly entitled t u their seats upon this floor, have not as yet produced even the prima fa eje evidence of their election.' State the case as you inay, turn it and twist it as you 'HU, “to this complexion it must come at last. ’ Shall we [said Mr, B.j hear testi mony. either on one side or the other, be fore we arc '•o tsli'uHon iiy qualified to act on it ' Will you hear the merits of the case before you ire in a condition to decide upon it ? Who and wliul are we ? (asked Mr. H.) Admit, sir, for the sake of argu -•tienf. that we are the Representatives of the People. To whom can that fact, at this stage of our existence, be known, save to those gentlemen almie who have their credentials in their pockets ; admit that we have no other contest here but that to the scats of the members from New Jersey. I put it to your wfs lotn, sir to say wheth er we are yet organized in accordance with the Constitution and the law ? And wheth er we can take cognizance of any matter, ei ther in our judicial or legislative capacity, until wc are organized ? Will you try a case ot such high concern before you im pannel and swear your.jury ? By virtue of what authority and under what solemn sanc tion do we apj ear here as judges in a mat ter of such interest to the parties ? By vir tue ot our commissions ; by virtue of the authority of the sovereign States we repre sent; and the sanction under which we should act is to he found alone in iho oath which, under the Constitution, we are im peratively required to take. J.et us, then, who are thus delegated as St,-,te Represen tatives, and by virtue of Slate authority, pmcecd to organize ourselves, in order that we may be constitutionally qualliiled to hear and decide this question, ifwc are to nr rive at that point ol out* legislative existence r.t wliich our pow ers as members of the Gen. Government begin, we must lake the only practical course, and that is. the usual ati ! ordinary one hcri tofore mu-med by the House. Lei your (Jerk call the 1 II of members, beginning, if he pleases, w ith the State of Maine, and going on in geograph ic® I order until the whole rod is completed, and then let the members thus called take the oath of office prescribed by ilie Consti tution. Ijntil we do this, we have no pow erto do any ac; in our representative capao- Uy \ Mr. Chairman, to the "House of Itepre sesf.ill res' alone belongs the exclusive right to adjudge and determine this question. 1 hat l louse is made by the law paramount of the land “tliejndgc of the 1 lei (ions, re turns, nmi qualifica lions of its own mem hers.” Os what, then, is the House of Representatives composed? Os members cßo'sen every second year by the People of the several. States ; not only o, sir, but a majority of the members s« chosen must be sworn into office before they can “Jo btisi i“'ss” as: * body recognised by the COll titu ' »“«* o 1 'bis country. The only practical w ay id which this organization can lie effect ed is. as ( suggested*belli re. to call tIie ; ro!l < i members, mi! to swear ihem, or a mn j >nty of the n, if no more present tbemselrus into offiae irpoffThe prima facie evide. re a lone oj( the couiiiiLsioir issued bv the S, tes V. hick,they may severally represent.' This i- way m which we may hope to p if au end to this most disgraceful state of tilings.. .pi t this prima facie evidence ot my electlji,!.r-.wy-.cnuniiissiou tinder the gn at j-if ilap tlii- Stqie off j uirgia ; yon per mit me to take my seat; and when the gen-' tlemen frr.ni New-Jer.s.ey, wR, f lo Li in their, hands pre. isely similar Evidences of (heir election 'present themselves to he si*<>rn, reason the Constitution, and the la .vs made jn pursuance therpoV. require that yon should extend to thenq also the same ,rh figged-you accord to me W 0 have bee* Lvre now seven days wast ing ih«* rime and money of the People, and h ve not yet arrived at the only mateiial point - tbit of orga: izat.on Ail the do fc«. ' mi lis hVhnrtii-oceurred was idle and 1 ; .0 ilajffe. lie, himseif, wys then, soeuk rg by lire liivie courtesy of the (lonic; every member who had spoken had been listened to only by the same couitesy ; and tsaid Mr. Black) until we can organize, and place ourselves in a condition to act defin itely, all our debate will be mere talk. In order iliat we may arrive at that point, per mit me to address myself to the majority; me numerical majority, on this floor. It is s ;, id that one of tlie great political patties Chat now divide the country das that major* itjt here ; if that he (he trui h. rite w hole res ponsibility f«r the waste of the lime and money of the People w ill ultimately fall up on th.’iii. The minority here, an elsewhere can do no'bin a ; the majority, which is said to h r no Administration may >ritv. am all powerful. I; lliev refuse to act; to orgiu i/.e the House upon | r.picr principles, and to dispose of this question—-they, and they alone, will b • responsible to t!ic?ereat bodv of the coil-fiitumicv. Go on, therefore. I 'beseech you, gentlemen of the majority; relieve us from the extraordinary position in which we are ; term iiate the scenes of disorder and confusion which have been const,iutly occutiiusi here since we first as sembled ; ami place us in such a slate of constitutional existence as will enable us to decide upon this question thus prematurely thrown before us. If the friends of the Administration can th is command and direct the action of this House, an I they are disposed to be governed in tlo-irc iiirse by motives ot policy, 1 put it to them to say whether the odds will not be fearfully against them if they continue to stand out doggedly against the organiza tion of this lloilse ? Reflect what may be tiie opinion entertained of you if you arbi trarily exclude these five New Jersey mem bers from their seats from fear that if they are admitted you may not be able to elect an Administration Speaker. If on the otb - er hand the Whigs are admitted to their seals in order to lorin a 11-use, and upon subsequent investigation they are ousted, you may then well claim the merit of hav ing sacrificed your political predilections and party interests for the purpose of remov ing obstructions which otherwise would have clogged the wheels of-Government and threatened the existence of the Uuion itself. And, if the Whig votes from New Jersey, thus admitted, should' be made the instrument of placing an Opposition Spea ker in the Oh ea ir, his tern re of office would rest solely on the validity oftha votes that elected him, and the House, ifthe Whigs from New Jersey are ultimately rejected, would vacate the Chair which had been fil led by the instrumentality of spurious votes, and instantly proceed to anew election. Such a course would secure to you, not only the enviable consciousness of having done your duty to the country, but will en sure your success in Hie election of a Spea ker upon the ouly grounds on which any party ought to succeed ; upon the strength of the legitimate and majority members of the House ol Representatives. Mr. Black said he had as vet only spoken on the preliminary question ; and as to what might lie his opinions and what his votes in regard to the ullbuaU riidit of these claim ants to the scats from New Jersey, when that question should como pronerly before him he w as prepared to do what law and jus tice required. After the House should be organized, he w is willing to open that case ; he would lie willing to hear the evidence on both sides, to examine the facts as to who had the majority of legal votes, and then finally decide who are the rightful Rep resentatives of the Slate of New Jersey. But before we can achieve “a consumma tion so devoutly to be wished,” we must form ourselves into a “House of Represen tatives.” In conclusion, (said Mr. B.) permit me to say. we have heard much during this wide and distillery debate of the ligh's of the People— the voice of the People-—the po tential voice of the People—and the great democracy of the country, as contradistin guished from the regularly organized and constitutional atithoriiies of the State Governments. I know nothing of such a distinction. The People of Georgia are democratic, republican, sorer cion ; but the potential voire ol jthejsovereign People of Georgia is always heard through the reg ularly constituted organs id the Govern ment whiefi the'People themselves have in stituted. An v other expression ol'that voice, except when th ‘[People are in their original convention, would he but the raving* of a mob, and the bowlings of anarchy. Tie hoped that the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Duscan) would see that, until the House had organized itself, and placed it self in a constitutional attitude, he could not he permitted to go into the merits of the case. Mr. 1; N DErvWOOD said he believed the questions was whether the gentleman from Ohio, (Mr. DencaS,) who proposed the reading of certain papers, should or should not he permitted to have them read, lie (Mr. U.) was opposed to the rc • ling.— He was also opposed to the reading of the papers which he believed a colleague of his (Dir. White) proposed to re; and by way of ,offset. The reason wps that, after "they were.read, there could be no effectual ac tion upon them; because other gentlemen might rise and say that they wanted time to got Other papers. If the House refused to give time, the effect would he that a de cision would he made on partial testimony. If time was given, did not gentlemen per ceive that it was wholly unnecessary to read the proofs until tlicy had all-come in ! He had a word to say to hi.s friends on this floor. It seemed to him that this mat ter had been discussed long enough, they had in view former speeches v made by gen tlemen in direct contradiction to thetr.selres. His friends had taken this matter upon the first nrinciple. They had shown that ivhen the House, in the act oforganization, de parted from the regular Certificate, it found itsc'f at sea without rudder, chart or com pass. It had been a question with him whether, until Congress should point out the mode of electing its members, they could g . be- Ifim' »he regnlarcmificate ofthe Sqite.-and investigate the matter at all ; but the prece dents ran N> ihe-confrary. Under the old Confederation the State' commissioned its members in Congress, and could • rCcal them at pleasure ; and it was in pursuance ofihat power that a clause Was inserted in the Constitution of (lie United States al lowing the States to. prescribe ".the mode and manner of its elections until Congress should see fit to chabge those regulations ; and as CongresVnever had done so, it might be a question, if qot settled by prece lent,' whether the House.conld go behind the re gular certificate, lie acknowledged, how ever, that, that question had been settled ’o the contrary, by that clause in the Con stitution which declared that each House should be the judge of the elections,'returns, and qualifications of its own members.— But that could not lie dorie until they were an organized body: and the whole question now whs, hoav should they proceed to organ ize ? He desired to suggest a mode which appeared to him to bo practical; but, be- fore he did so, he intended to call for the previous question >n the question immedi ately pending, i. e. permission to read.the papers. He pro.msed to move the previous question on every proposition until the Mouse could be brought to act on some de finite resolution for its organization. If the plan he was about to propc se was not so good as another gent! email might pro|iose, he wn* willing to go for ilie latter. Alrea dy hadkJgO OOOefthe People’s money been expended. But that was not the only avil result growing out of this state of things. Tile People had been preveuted from hear ing from the Chief Kxecutive Magistrate, end from the cons itutional departments, as to the conditionof the Country ; matters in which every man here, and probably in Ku rope, felt aii interest. Should the House, by useless debate, stop the regular opera tions of the Gover uncut ? [ Phis prop i-.tion was not read, but its purport w is to proceed with the call of the roll mini if w.i* gotten through with; that the names or the New Jersey members (of one or kotli side- ) should be pretermitted or called, and if called, on objection being made, they should be passed over until the roll was gone through with and a quorum had been formed.] Having a quorum (concluded Mr. U.) we can then decide on the pretensions of the contesting members. After they shall have been decided, (and 1 contend they must he decided befoi>- organization) the next thing will be to elect a Sneaker. He will then take the, o. lh, and qualify the rest of the members, and tho House would then he an organized bo ly. AM he wanted was to have the debate silenced (ill the ques tion was propoly presented. Mr. U. then moved the previous ques tion, which was seconded; and the main question being put, the House determined that the papers might be read. GEORGIA IEGISIA TORE , \ HILL, To be entitled “An Act to proteetthe slave property of the people of the Slate of Georgi i from the aggressions of the people of the State of Maine, to confiscate the property of the citizens and inhabi tants of Maine within Hie 'iinits of this State, and to seize the persons of such citizens and inhabitants, and other persons coming into this State from the State of Maine.” Whereas, the people of the State of Maine, through their, Stare Government, have altogether and repeatedly disregarded their constitutional obligations to the peo ple of this State, liy refusing to deliver up, upon the legal demand of the proper au thority of this State, Daniel Philbrook and Edward Kclleran, fugitives from justice, for the crime of larceny of slaves, committed within this State . And whereas, the hon or of this State, as well as the protection of its citizens in the peaceful and unmo lested enjoyment ol their slave property, re quires that the citizens of a Slate, which thus,in direct violation of its most sacred constitutional obligations, offers its territo ry as an asylum for i.'neva and felon a , who may flee from the criminal justice of its sister States, should not be permitted to hold property within this State, or to en joy the protection ofour laws, but should be deemed, held and taken as public en emies of the people of this State : Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Geoigia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same , That the citizens, residents and inhabitants of the State of Maine, and each and every person or persons coming into this Slate, any country or port thereof, from any dis trict or port of the said State of Maine, af ter a residence therein of three years or more immediately preceding, whether as travellers, seamen nr mariners, or any other character w hatever, shall be dimmed, held and considered as the public enemies of this State, and their persons shall be liable to be seized and treated as such, and their estates, hoth real and personal within this State, shall be liable to confiscation, under the provisions of this act hereinafter de clared. BeitJurlher enacted, 'Vhnt if any such citizens, residents or inhabitants of the State ot Maine, or any such person or per sons as aforesaid, from any district or port of the State of Maine, either as travellers, seamen or mariners, or any other char acter whatever as aforesaid, shall, after the first day o‘* April next come into, or he sou id within the limits of this State, any country or port thereof, such person or per sons shall be liable to be arrested by war rant, under the hand .of any Judge of the Superior Courts ofthis State, or any Jus tice of the Inferior Court of any of the coun ties o! tli s State, upon information received upon oath hetore such Judge or justice, that such person is a citizen or inhabitant of tn<‘State from some district or port of Maine, as aforesaid ; and it shall be the du ty of the Judges of th 6 Superior Courts and each and every one of the Justices of the Inferior Courts of the several counties of this State, immediately upon the receipt of.such information, to issue their warrants, respectively addressed to all and singular the sheriffs and constables ofthis Slaie, for the arrest and apprehension o( any such per son so charged of being in violation ofthis act: and it shall be the duty of each of said Judges and Justices, upon the execu tion am) return of said warrant and arrest ot such persons, if it shall be made satis factory to appear that such persons so ar rested is a citizen 01 inhabitant of the State ot Maine, or lias so come into this State as aforesaid, to commit such person to the common jail o| the county wherein such in formation was given, thereto rem.cn, with out benefit ol bail, until the (rnveruor of this State shall order his discharge there from : Provided, f fiat il the person so ar rested shall make oath that he is not at the time of his arrest, nor has been since the said first day of April, a citizen or inhabitant of the State of Maine, or lias not so as.afore said court*' into tins State; a id wlll'givo bond, with good and sufficient security, in such sum as may be deemed proper and jnst“by the Judge or Justice before whom he may be brought, for lii.s appearance at the next term of the Superior Court of the county in which such information may be given, as is usual in criminal cases, it shall |>e the duty j of said Judge or Justice to discharge him, subject to his said bond. And he it further enacted. That in the event ofthe appearance of such persons at said Court in pursuance of his said bond, said Court shall cause an issue *0 be made up, tried at the first term thereof, by a spe cial jury, unless good cause be shown for a continuance, whether or not snob persons so arrested as aforesaid,' was or was not a citizen 01 inhabitant of the State of Maine at the time of liis arrest, or at any time after the said fust day of next-, or whether or not such persoqs has or Itas not so come into this State qs id in violation of t’uis act aud if upon the trial of issue, such person shall be found iu violation of this act, lie shall be confined in the common jail of said county as before directed, until discharged by the order of the Governor of this State : Provided , That if such persons do oot appear according to the condition of the said bond, the sum by ibe said Court, as well as M!other bonds >aken in pursuance of this act, shall be forfeited by said Court, as in other criminal cases. An! be it further enacted, That from and after the said first day of next, all real and personal property, which now is or which hereafter may be within the lim its of this Stats which may be owned by any person who may at the time of the pas sage ol this act be a citizen or inhabitant of the State of Maine, and also all otlict proper ty, both real and personal, within the limits of this State, which maybe owned or of right belong to any citizen or inhabitant of k the State of Maine, or any such person so l cninming into this State,| froma the State of Maine as aforesaid shall be, and the same is hereby confiscated and vested in the State i of Georgia, to and lor the uses hereinafter declared. And hr it further enacted, That from 'and after the said day ol next, it shall andtuty be lawful for any citizen of this State, to institute the proper and usual action now recognized by the laws of this State, in the name of the for the use of the person suing lor the recovery of any real or personal property, within the limits of this State, belonging to any citizen or in habitant of the State of Maine, or other per sons) coming into this State as aforesaid, and it shall be sufficient evidence to entitle such persons to recover the property sued for. to show title in any citizen or inhabitant of the State of Maine, or such other per sou as aforesaid. And all conveyances and contracts made and entered into with in tention to deleat the true intent and mean ing ul this act, be, ami the same are hereby declared null and voitl. to all intents and purposes whatsoever. And be it f urther enacted, That whenever any person shall recover any property, real or personal, under the provisions of the foregoing sections of t’tis act, it shall be the duty of the sheriff of the county in which such recovery shall be had, to sell such property so recovered, after thirty davs un tie- at lie time and place poin’edout by !»w for sheriffs sales; and after paytneiit of all reasonable and legal costs and charges, he shali pay one-half of the proceeds of such property to the person who sued for the same; and the other half into the Treasury of this State; and t tie State of Georgia hereby warrants the title of the property thus sold to the purchaser thereof. And be. it further enacted. That all citi zens and inhabitants of the State of Maine, who are now in this State, or who may come into this Slate by the said first day of next, and each and everv. one of such other persons as aforesaid, who may lie in this State, having come from the State of Maine, as aforesaid, shall, by the first day of next take and sub scribe, before some Judge of the Superior Courts of this Slate, or Justice of the In ferior Courts an oath to < hey, observe and conform to the laws of this Statein relation to slaves, or such person or persons shall be liable to the pains and penalties ol this act. both in reference to their persons and property, as are hereinbefore declared. And be it further enacted. That in cast; any citzens or inhabitants ol the S'ate of Maine, or persons coining therefrom, as aforesaid, iuto this State after the said day of next, with the bona fide intention ofbecomiug ci’izens or residents of this State, and shall so make oath in writing before someone of the Judges of the Superior Courts, or Justices of the In ferior Courts as aforesaid; and also, that du ring his or their enntinnane'e or residence in this State, that he or they will observe, obey and cornform to the laws of this Slate, and particularly in relation to the slave population; and will, moreover, be fore such Judge or justice, make and en ter into his bond, with two or more good sufficient securities, payable to the Govern or of this State, in the sum of dollar*, for bis good beha viour and demeanor during his residence in this State, and particularly for his obser vance of the laws thereof in relation to the slave population; then and in that case such person or persons shall not be liable to the said pa : ns and penalties hereinbefore mentioned. And in all cases, it shall be the duty of such Judge or justice, before whom such oath is made as provided in this and the preceding'section, and such bond taken, to return the same to the clerk of the Superior Court of the same county. — And a certified copy of such affidavit, given by any clerk of the Superior Courts of any ol the counties of this State, that the origi nal is of file in his office, shall be a suffici ent passport for any such person or persons, against any interference under this act. And be it further enacted, That it shall be' the duty of the Governor of this State, to draw his warrant upon the Tresury thereof for such expenses as may be inclined by any county in tins State, in keeping persons confined under any of the provisions of this act ; which warrant shall lie paid from the proceeds of property confiscated under this act, ifthere should be a sufficiency of such funds; if not, then the same shall be paid out of any monies in the Treasury not other wise appropriated. And be it further enacted. That whenever the Government of the State of Maine shall have complied with her constitutional ob ligations to this State, in the premises, it shall be the duty of the Governor of this State to suspend the operation of this act by proclamation, and to discharge all per sons in custody under it. And be it further enacted. Tint all laws and parts of laws militating against this a<S, be, and the same are hereby repealed. MR. JENKIN’S RESOLUTIONS. Tlie Federal Constitution, having been Iramed partially with a view to regulate the conventional intercourse between the sove reign States that ordained it, and having j conferred all the powers necessa v and pro ' per forcarrying its provisions into full effect, upon a Congress of the United States, it is incumbent on that body, by its legislation, to secure the several States in the enjoy ment of their constitutional rights. Not the least important stipulation in that com pact,.is, that "a person charged with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State,'shall, on demand of the Executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having juris diction of the ciime.” Doubtless the past legislation on this sub ject, has been predicated upon the presump tion, that each State, having in the pledged faith of all the others, a sufficient guarantee, nothing more was requisite, than to pre scibe the forms which should give authen ticity to the demand. Doubtless too, in the times which gave birth to the Constitution —whilst the Union was young, and her re volutionary associations' fresh and warm, thi*..piesumption found its warrant in the. mutual fidelity which' promptly responded to all fjxecutivodgnuurJtjv jo this gener? ation has been reserved the humilrtingspec tacle ot a sovereign State making herself a city of refuge lor fugitive felons from her sisters confederates. Two such cases, of recent orcorrence, demonstrate the utter inefficiency of the existing laws for carrying into effect this provision of the Constitution. They niorrover clearly indicate the cause ol this inefficiency. Those laws are depen dendant for their execution, upon the mere will of the Executive officers of the several States, who neither are, nor can be made responsible to the Geueral Government. If then it be correctly assumed, that the Feder al Legislature is bouud to make ample pro vision for the contemplated exigency, and if experience tins proven that reliance on State authorities is delusive, the ques tion occurs, whether there be any other mode which gives fairer promise of securi ty ? May not the object be accomplished, by employing in that service, officers ap pointed by, and responsible to the Federal Government? Inasmuch as that Govern ment has employed, in every State of the Union, competent judicial and ministerai officers, it is believed that this duty, enjoined by the highest obligations, and intimately connected with the harmony and perpetui ty of the Union. may be appropriately and efficiently performed, through their instru mentality. There would seem to be a pe culiar fitness in providing that the aid which she is hound to afford to the Slatejudiciaries, should result from the action of her own judiciary. The process would be simple, and the agents directly responsible to the power whence the laws to he executed em anate. Be it therefore resolved by t 1 e Senate and. House of Representatives of the State of Geor gia. in General Assembly met, That the statutes of the United Stales enacted to carry into efleet the latter clause of the second Section of the fourth article of the Constitution, are wholly inadequate to the object. A nd. be it further resolved. That in the o pinion of this General Assembly, those sta tutes should be so amended, as—l.vf, To au thorize the demand in the eases contempt 1- ted, to be made upon the Circuit Judge of the United Slates having jurisdiction 111 the State wherein such fugitive may be found: ‘idly. To requite that sue h.l mice, upon such demand being made in due form of law, shall issue liis wftrrant, to he directed to Hie Marshal of the U. S. in the State whrein such fugitive may he. requiring his arrest and delivery to the agent duly authorized to receive him, who slnll be named in such warrant. 3 dly, To require each Marshal to whom any such warrant shall be deliver ed. forthwith to ex»citfe the same. And be it farther resolved. That His Ex cellency the Governor, be requested to for ward to our Senators and Representatives in Congress, copies of the abpve pream ble and resolutions, with a request that they endeavor to procure such amendment of tiie statutes in question, as in their judg inent will be best calculated to effect the desired object. Tuesday, December 17. The House took up the special order of the day, which tyas the bill to protect the citizens of the State of Georgia against the stealing ol their negroes by the citizens of the State of Maine. Mr. Stephens’ bill be ing under consideration, Mr. Toombs offer ed a substitute for the same. Mr. Craw ford offered the following as a substitute for the original bill, and the substilute of Mr. Toombs: A BILL, to he entitled “An act to com pel vessels, owned or commanded by citizens of, or f timing from the ports of Maine, and the officers, seamen.and passengers thereof I to perform quarantine, and to provide for a seaich thereof On their departure ” Whereav, certain persons have been charg ed with having feloniously taken and carri ed away the personal property of some of the good citizens, of this State, and have fled to th- State of Maine; and whereas, the Government of Maine, after a constitu tional and legal demand lias been made by the Executive of this State, has refused to deliver up said fugitives from justice, which refusal is an assumption of authority, not on ly in violation ofthe constitutional compact but wholly destructive to the rights of pri vate property. For remedy whereof. Beit enacted tyr., That from and after the first day of March next, every vessel, by whatsoever description or name known, owned or commanded by any citizen, or coming directly or indirectly from any port of the Slate of Maine, and the officers, crew and [Rissengers thereof, shall perform qnar entine for and during the space of one hun dred days, after arrival within the limits of this State ; and whilst such vessel may be under quarantine, it shall not be lawful for the officers, eaincn and passengers thereof, or any of them, to go on shore, or on board of any ship, vessel or boat whatsoever, and in case such officer, seamen or passenger, whilst under quarantine, shall go on shore, or on board of any ship, vessei or boat what soever, he, she orthey shall be guiltvof a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be imprisoned, at hard labor in the Penitenti ary, for a period not less than live uor lon ger than ten years. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of this act, no vessel from the State of Maine, as before described, nor any officer, seamen or passenger thereof, shall approach within three miles of any sea port, city. town or hamlet of this State, without being consider! and as having violated the limitsofquarantine as intended to be pro vided by this act, and for such approach to said city, town or hamlet, he, she or they shall be indicted for a misdemeanor, and on comiction, be imprisoned in the Penitenti ary, at hard labor, not less than five nor lon ger than ten years. And be it further enacted. That it shall not lie lawful for any officer, seamen 01 passen ger of any vessel, as hereinbefore described, whilst under quarantine, »o have orliold a ny communication either directly or indi rectly, with any slave or slaves, or free per son or persons of color, without the written authority of the owner or guardian thereof wbi h shall he the only justification for such officer, seamen or passenger, and if, whilst sncl vessel is under quarantine, any such officer seamen or passengers shall have or hold any intercourse or communication with any slave or slaves, or person or persons of Color, without the authority aforesaid, he, she or they shall be indicted for a mis demeanor, and on conviction, shall he im prisoned as herein provided by the first sec tion. And be it further enacted, That after any vessel as hereinbefore described shall U’e discharged from quarantine, and beforesail ing from any port of this Slate, it shall he tt.e duty ot the Captain or commander thereof, to give twenty-four hours previous noHce of such departure, to the Mayor or the highest municipal officer of the spaport, city, town or hamlet, from which such ves sel is about to sail, who shall be anil is here by authorized to make a search of such ves sel, and on failure to-eive such notide. such Captain or’commander shill be guilty of a rr.-.sdymeanoV, and f>n conviction, fined atth c of the CdUfL After much discussion, the vote was taken on the passage of the same, and the veaS weie 143, nays 44, as follows: Yea* —Anderson, Arnett, Arnold,. Bill lari, Becher. Berrien of Burke, Berrien of Jefferson. Reihea, Boyd, Burkes, Burt, Blount, Calhoun, Campbell, Cawon, Cas sels. Chlandler, Chester, Clark, Cleveland, Cobb of Dooly, Collier of Baker, Collier of Pulaski, Craft, Crawford. Darden ofTroup Darden of Warren, Daniel of Greene, Dait] DeLaperriere, Dennard, Dixonjtf Talbot] Dunn, Evans. Farnal'. Flournoy, Foard] Frierson, Gartrell, Ghent, Glascock,Goode] Graham. Gray. Greene of Macon, Greer* Guerry. Hag. rman. Hall. Haralson, Har dage, Harris. Hendon. Hilliard, Holcombe, Hubbard. Hudson, Hunter of Cherokee* Ingrain, Jenkins, Jester. Johnson of Ap pling, Johnson of Heard, Jones of Elbert Jones of Gilmer, Kenan, King ofWilkinson* Knox, Lary, Lawrence, Ledbetter, Liddell Linder. Livingston, Long, Lynch, Malone] Mann, Martin. Mayes of Cobb, McArthur McCloud, McDowell, McDuffie, McMath] Meadows, Millen, Moore, Mnlkey, Neal of Franklin, Neal of Pike, Newsorti,| O’Neal of Mclntosh, O’Neal of Monroe, Palmer, Parker, Perry. Philips, Pratt, Prescott] Reese. Revell, Reynolds, Richardson, Rilev Rives, Robinson of Jasper, RobirSon of Lau rens, Scott, Sermans, Seward, Sikes, Spen cer, Stell of Stewart, Stephens, jtone, Stroud of Clark, Tarver, Taylor, Thomas, Toombs, Turner, WaPace, Ward, Ware, Warren Waters, Weiiman. West, What ley, Whitfield of Pulaski. Whitfield of Put nam, White, Whigtnati, Wilcber, Willing ham. Wilson, Wingfield, Woolley, Wyatt. N^ys—Barclay, Rennet, Berry, Bulloch] Bryan ol Wayne, Bryant of Walton, Bryson, Camp of Campbell, Camp of Franklin] Cannon, Carlton, Chappell, Chastain, Cobb of Carroll, Coker, Cone, Darden of Butt*. Daniel ot Twiggs, Denmark. Ellis, Erwin] Green of Forsyth, Hamilton, Hancock, Hand, Harrison, Hunter of Crawford, Mays ofCass, McKinnon, IVleMullnti, Murphy, Pittman, Rivers, Robeits, Robinson f Fay ette, Rudd, Sanford, Sliropshir, Smith of Randolph, Smith of Walker. Statliam. Stell of Gwinnett, Stroud of Walton, Sum ner, Tanner. “UNION DEMOCRATIC REPUBLI CAN” MEETING. An adjourned meeting of the “Union Democratic Republican” Party, was held in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Thursday evening lasi, for the purpose nominating a Congressional, and an electo ral ticket. We were present, and such ,1 scene!!! But for (acts.. General Sanford in the chair. On motion of Mr. Sturgis, Mr Frank lin of Warren, was appointed Secretary, and Mr Sanford ol Monroe, asMstaut Secrela ry. A resolution was then offered by Maj. General Cone, for w icli a substitute was offered by Mr. \\ hitlieldof Pulaski, the n moutjt of which was, that the members of. the legislature of that party present, aid the citizens of counlies not represented in the Legislature who might be present, pro vided they did not exceed the number of representatives t.o which such coni.ties wens entitled in the legislature, should proceed 10 ballot, first for a Congressional, and second for an Electoral ticket. To this motion, Mr. Secretary Sanford demurred! and offer ed a resolution as a substitute for the w lode, calling a convention of the party to assem ble at Mi'ledoeville on the first Monday in May, for that purpose. Mr. Sapford sup ported his motion, in a lengthy argument, showing most conclusively tt»ar his “Dem ocratic” brethren were acting without au thority, and prophecyiug that a mortifying defeat ol the Congressional ticket that would be nominated, would certainly toliow tiie no tion ot that body. I'tie confusion, nay dis traction, that prevailed at this stage of the proceedings is indiscribalde. One half of the body were upon the floor, ami it was ,1 long time ere ordercould be restored. There was evidently a disposition manifested on the part of a large number of these self constitu ted delegates not to proceed with the nomi nation. whilst a majmity were determined to force them into measures. But this was not all. another preliminary wHwto be settled ere thrvote could be taken on the resolution of Mr. Sanford, and it consisted in the que ry propounded once and again to the chair man by Mr. Tracv of Bibb. “Sir, Mr. chairman, I should like to know wim are entitled to vole upon tills mailer?” “Who ther, sir, is it to be voted upon bv the com munity in general, or the members of the Union Party in the Legislature?” The “hubbub" ilia* ensued, wastruly laughable- The members of the Legislature eonteiidiuw that they were alone entitled to vote, whilst those out of flic Legislature claimed the same privilege ; and the strong argument by which the latter sustained themselves was that their votes would he wanted at the polls to elect the nominated ticket, Mr. Sturgis, however, very modestly contended that it was the exclusive privilege of the members of ihe Legislature only, to make the nominations, unless they gave invitation to others to join in with them. This mat ter being settled by .1” being allowed a vote, the question again arose as to the policy or propriety of nominating. Gen. Echols af fectionately remonstrated with Mr/ Stmforil upon the propriety of introducing his resol ution, and humbly solicited its withdrawal. Like a dutiful child, he did s', but it was immediately renewed hy another of the hoil dy. Here ihenjnppearcd, * the lion of the night," General Glascock, who vehemently urged the party to put an end to the matter at once by taking the vote npon the resolu tion before them, to act harmoniously throughout, and ret disgrace themselves by such iiproarous conduct. He succees ded in his appeal, the resolution was voted down, and in spite of the admonitions anil warning of Mr. Gray of Jones, and others, they proceeded to ballot for candidates lor Congress. Never have we witnessed so un ruly a body in caucus before. It was a per fect farce throughout, and if it had been witnessed bv the whole people of Georgia condemnation, by an overwhelming majori ty‘oft heir votes. would be the certain re sult. As it is. there were ears and eyes en ough present, to reveal to the people the proceedings of this burlesque upon the term Convention. Georgia Journal. Mr. Pickens, one of the Administration candidates for the Speakers cluiir made the following remarks in Congress. “I thought it due to the country, to one own dignity, and to a sovereign State of the Union, that the certificates of her constitu ted authorities should be received as jrriina- Jacie evidence; and I regret that a triumph ant party, flushed with its recent victories ot different sections of the Union, should have taken a different course. They have thought proper to rake a course different from the one 1 approved of, and we are now involved in difficulties very little creditable to an American Congress.