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as designated by the voice of the country as the leader in effecting this new Compromise. He did not, in his old age, shrink from the task. In this he was powerfully aided by several of our wisest and most conservative statesmen. The necessary legislation for this purpose was accomplished in September, 1850, by the passage of five distinct acts of Congress These were: 1. An Act to amend and supplementary to the old Fugitive Slave Law of the 12th of February, 1793. 9 U. S. Laws, 462, Sept. 18. This provided for the appointment of as many Commissioners by the Courts of the United States as the public convenience might require to supply the place of the State magistrates who had, as heretofore explained, been forbidden to carry into effect the mandate of the Constitution for the restoration of fugitive slaves. The chief object was to make the Federal Government independent of State assistance in the execution of the law. 2. An Act for the admission of California, as a free Sta