Constitutional Union (nationalist) Senator John J. Crittenden, of the Commonwealth of Kentucky proposes the Compromise of 1860:

       Six constitutional amendments to the Constitution:

• Amendment one – would restore the old Missouri Compromise line of 36 degrees, 30 minutes, between free and slave enclaves;
• Amendment two – Congress would be forbidden to abolish slavery in any place under its Article I, Section 8 [Clause 17] jurisdiction;
• Amendment three – Congress would be forbidden from abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia as long as it was allowed to exist in Maryland and Virginia;
• Amendment four – Congress would be forbidden from interfering in the interstate commerce in slaves;
• Amendment five – Congress would be permitted to pay compensation for fugitive slaves who had escaped into Canada;
• Amendment six – the preceding amendments may not be repealed, nor may Congress interfere with slavery in any State; also

       Four Congressional resolutions:

• Resolution one – that the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 is lawful, and should be vigorously enforced;
• Resolution two – that all State “personal liberty laws,” which interfered with enforced of the FSA of 1850 are unlawful and should be repealed;
• Resolution three – that the FSA of 1850 should be amended as to be more palatable to the free States;
• Resolution four – that the suppression of the international slave trade should be vigorously enforced.

       Postscript: By the end of the month the Crittenden Compromise (of 1860) was dead in both houses of Congress.

       [updated 1/17/2025]