STATE OF THE UNION,
Mr. PITTS submitted a joint resolution, (3)which was referred to the Committee of Thirteen, declaring that Indiana spurns with just indignation the charge that she ever had, either now or heretofore, any legislative enactment, constitutional or otherwise, the intent or effect of which is or was, either directly or indirectly, to impede, obstruct, hinder or retard the rendition of fugitives from service or labor, when "claimed" under the act of Congress of 1798 or I860, commonly known as the Fugitive Slave Law.
2. That Indiana is now, as ever, loyal to the Constitution ; that she views with regret the passage by Massachusetts and other Northern States, and the continuance thereof on their statute books, of so-called Personal Liberty Bills; that she is opposed to the spirit of all such laws, and demands their speedy and unconditional repeal, as well as that of all other laws nullifying any of the provisions of the Constitution, either North or South.
3. That the Fugitive Slave Law should be so amended or modified as to make the fee allowed to the Commissioner equal in all cases, and to allow the Marshal to call the posse comitatus only in those cases where there is an apparent or manifest intent to prevent the apprehension of the fugitive, or to rescue the same.
4. That a copy be sent to the Governors of the slave States, including South Carolina and Mississippi.
