In House, 1861, December 20—Mr. Julian offered this resolution: _Resolved_, That the Judiciary Committee be instructed to report a bill, so amending the fugitive slave law enacted in 1850 as to forbid the recapture or return of any fugitive from labor without satisfactory proof first made that the claimant of such fugitive is loyal to the Government. Mr. Holman moved to table the resolution, which was disagreed to—yeas 39, nays 78, as follows: YEAS—Messrs. _Ancona_, _Joseph Baily_, _Biddle_, _George H. Browne_, _Cobb_, _Cooper_, _Cox_, _Cravens_, _Crittenden_, _Dunlap_, _English_, _Fouke_, _Grider_, _Harding_, _Holman_, _Johnson_, _Law_, _Lazear_, _Leary_, _Lehman_, _Mallory_, _Morris_, _Noble_, _Noell_, _Norton_, _Nugen_, _Odell_, _Pendleton_, _Robinson_, _Shiel_, _John B. Steele_, _William G. Steele_, _Vallandigham_, _Wadsworth_, Webster, _Chilton A. White_, _Wickliffe_, _Woodruff_, _Wright_—39. NAYS—Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold, Babbitt, Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham, Francis P. Blair, Samuel S. Blair, Blake, Buffinton, Burnham, Chamberlain, Clark, Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Cutler, Davis, Dawes, Delano, Duell, Edwards, Eliot, Fessenden, Franchot, Frank, Gooch, Goodwin, Gurley, Hale, Hanchett, Harrison, Hooper, Hutchins, Julian, William Kellogg, Lansing, Loomis, Lovejoy, McKnight, McPherson, Marston, Mitchell, Moorhead, Anson P. Morrill, Justin S. Morrill, Olin, Patton, Pike, Pomeroy, Porter, John H. Rice, Riddle, Edward H. Rollins, Sargent, Sedgwick, Shanks. Shellabarger, Sherman, Sloan, Spaulding, Stevens, Benjamin F. Thomas, Train, Vandever, Wall, Wallace, Walton, Washburne, Wheeler, Whaley, Albert S. White, Wilson, Windom, Worcester—78. The resolution was then adopted—yeas 78, nays 39. 1862, June 9—Mr. Julian, of Indiana, introduced into the House a resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to report a bill for the purpose of repealing the fugitive slave law; which was tabled—yeas 66, nays 51, as follows: YEAS—Messrs. _William J. Allen_, _Ancona_, _Baily_, _Biddle_, Francis P. Blair, Jacob B. Blair, _George H. Browne_, William G. Brown, Burnham, _Calvert_, Casey, Clements, _Cobb_, _Corning_, _Crittenden_, Delano, Diven, Granger, _Grider_, Haight, Hale, _Harding_, _Holman_, _Johnson_, William Kellogg, _Kerrigan_, _Knapp_, _Lazear_, Low, Maynard, _Menzies_, Moorhead, _Morris_, _Noble_, Noell, _Norton_, _Odell_, _Pendleton_, _John S. Phelps_, Timothy G. Phelps, Porter, _Richardson_, _Robinson_, _James S. Rollins_, Sargent, Segar, _Sheffield_, _Shiel_, _Smith_, _John B. Steele_, _William G. Steele_, Benjamin F. Thomas, Francis Thomas, Trimble, _Vallandigham_, Verree, _Vibbard_, _Voorhees_, _Wadsworth_, Webster, _Chilton A. White_, _Wickliffe_, _Wood_, Woodruff, Worcester, _Wright_—66.