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Resolutions in relation to the communications from the State of Indiana upon the subject of slavery. 1838 390 (1838)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0340 and id is 1 raw text is: RESOLUTIONS. the slaves of our citizens in making their escape after they shall have reach- ed the borders of said State-therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com- monwealth of Kentucky, That two Commissioners be appointed by a joint vote of the Senate and House of Representatives, to proceed forthwith to the seat of government of the State of Ohio, to make such representations to the Governor and Legislature of that State, in relation to the subject of these resolutions, as may be authorized by the tenor thereof, and by the in- structions to be given by the Governor of this Qommonwealth ; and that they especially be directed respectfully to solicit the passage of an act to prevent evil disposed persons, residing within the jurisdictional limits of Ohio, from enticing away the slaves of citizens of Kentucky, or aiding and assisting, or concealing, them after they shall have reached the limits of that State; and, also, to solicit the passage of an act providing more efficient and certain means for recapturing and bringing away absconding slaves by their masters or legally authorized agents. Be it further resolved, That the Governor be requested to furnish said Commissioners with a copy of these resolutions, and of our statute, entitled, an act to amend the law concerning slaves, and for other purposes, ap- proved January twenty eight, eighteen hundred and thirty, and with such general instructions as he may deem expedient,; and, also, with a general letter of authority addressed to the Governor of the State of Ohio. Approved January 4, 1839. A RESOLUTION giving the members of the Board of Internal Improvement the use of the books 'in, the Public Library. Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the members of the Board of Internal Improvement be allowed the use of the Public Library, upon like terms and conditions prescribed for members of the Legislature. Approved January 27, 1839. RESOLUTIONS in relation to the communications from the State of Indiana upon the subject of slavery. WirEmAs, the Legislature of the State of Indiana, regardful of the rights of her sister States of the South, have, by a vote of eighty seven to one, in the House of Representatives, and of forty to one in the Senate, Resolved, that any interference in the domestic institutions of the slaveholding States of the Union, (without their consent,) either by Congress or the State Le-

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