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Mr. English and Mr. Florence present resolutions on the Crittenden Compromise. The Committee of Thirty-Three reports.
Resolved, That the special committee to which was referred the President’s special message of the 8th instant, be, and they are hereby, instructed to consider that portion of said message which recommends a reference to the vote of the people of the questions at issue between the different sections of the country, and now agitating the public peace, and threatening the speedy dissolution of the Government, and to report thereon at an early day, either by bill or joint resolution.