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Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee. 1859-1860 653 (1859)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0221 and id is 1 raw text is: 653 if so, what legislation, and that they report by bill or otherwise. W. C. WHITTHORNE. Speaker of the House of Representatzves. TAZ. W. NEWMAN. Speaker of the Senate. Adopted, November 21, 1859. NUMBER 4. Joint Resolution directory to the agent of Penitentiary. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Rep? esentatives, That the agent of the Penitentiary furnish to the two houses of the General Assembly, a written statement of what will be the probable cost of enclosing all the prison grounds, also the cost of erecting a suitable sales-house, for the sale of all manufactured articles; also the cost of erecting such other shops as may be necessary for the use of the Institution, and what portion of this labor can be performed by the convicts; and also the cost of a hospital building adequate to the requirements of said Penitentiary, and the amount that will be required to be paid out of the treasury for the same. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMAN, Speaker of the Senate. Adopted, November 28, 1859. NUMBER 5. WHEREAS, A most dangerous epoch has arisen, in the history of our country, based upon the fanatical aggres- sions of Northern Black Republicans on the reserved rights of the States and the Institutions of the South, seeking to abolish slavery by preventing the extension into common territory, and rendering it insecure and hazardous in our midst. And whereas, in the recent in- surrection at Harper's Ferry as well as in the revolution-

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