In Senate, March 24, 1851 : the Joint Special Committee, to which was referred so much of the Governor's address as relates to the subject of slavery, and to which was also referred numerous petitions from the inhabitants of the state, paying the Legislature to instruct their senators and to request the representatives in Congress to use their endeavors to procure a repeal of the "Fugitive Slave Law" : and also numerous other petitions praying the Legislature to provide further safe-guards to protect the citizens in the enjoyment of their natural rights, submit the following report.