Sec. 7. Congress shall provide by law that the United States shall pay to the owner the full value of his fugitive from labor, in all cases where the marshal, or other officer, whose duty it was to arrest such fugitive, was prevented from so doing by violence or intimidation from mobs or riotous assemblages, or when, after arrest, such fugitive was rescued by like violence or intimidation, and the owner thereby deprived of the same; and the acceptance of such payment shall preclude the owner from further claim to such fugitive. Congress shall provide by law for securing to the citizens of each State the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.
Mr. MASON:—I suppose the proper disposition is to have it printed.
Mr. CRITTENDEN:—There is nothing to print.
Mr. GREEN:—And refer it to the Committee for the District of Columbia. I think that is about right.
Mr. CRITTENDEN:—I move that it be referred to a select committee, with instructions to report to-morrow morning.
Mr. MASON:—We ought certainly to have it printed.
Mr. DOUGLAS:—It can be printed in the mean time.
Mr. FESSENDEN:—We should have time to look at it.
The VICE-PRESIDENT:—It is moved that the communication be printed and referred to a select committee, with instructions to report to-morrow morning.
Mr. BIGLER:—I would be glad to make a suggestion to the Senator from Kentucky, that he name in addition an hour to-morrow at which the consideration of the report shall be in order, or else a single objection will throw it over to the next day.