Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-12-28
JOINT RES0I.rTIUS.

JOINT REsoLrTIUs.
Resolved, by the Senate ana House Of Re-
representatives. Of the United States Of America
IN Congress assembled, ttwo-thirds Of both
Houses concurrine.) That the following articles
be and are hereby proposed end submitted as
amendments to the Constitution Of the United
States, which shall bc valid, to all intcn,s and
purposes, rs part of said Constitution, when
ratified bY Conventions Of .h:ec-iourths Of the
several States.
ARTICLE XIII.
Congress shall make no laws in respect to
siarcry or servitndc i'll any Territory of the
United States. and the status Of crch Territory
IN respect to serritude, as the same now exists
by law. shall remain unchanged until the Terri
tory, with such boundaries AS Congress may
prescribe, shall lave i population of fifty
thousand white inhabitants, when the white
male citizens thereof over the aye Of twenty
one years may proceed 10 form q constitution
and government for themselves, and exercise
all the rights q sell-governmcnt consistent
with the Constitution Of the United States
and when such new State shall contain the re-
quisite population for Z; member Of Congress,
according to the then Federal ratio of rcprcscn-
taton it shall be admitted into the Union on
an equal footing With the original States, with
or without slavery. rs the constitution Of such
new State shall provide at the time Of admission
and in the lncau time such new State shall be
entitled to one delegate in the Senate, to be
chosen By tie Legislature, and one delegate in
the House Of Representatives, TO bc chosen by
the people having the qualifications requisite
for electors Of the most numerous branch Of
the Legislature and said delegates shall
have all the rights and privileges Of Senators
and Representatives, respectfully, except that
Of voting.
Sec. . No more territory shall be acquired
bi' th~ United States except by treaty or by
the concurrent vote Of two.thrds Of each
House Of Congress, and when so acquired the
statu. thereof in respect to scrvitude, as it cx-
istcd at the tIimc 6! acquisition, shall remain
unchanged unit! it shall contain the population
Aforesaid for the formation Of new States, when
II shall he suffice. to the t-rl:iS, conditions and
privileges herein provided !oc the existing Ter
ritoricS
Scc 3. The area ol all new States shall be
as nearly uniEurrr in sia. rs may be practica-
br, having duc regard 10 convenient Dounda-
rics and natural capnctics; and shall not be
less thar sixty hur more than eighty thousand
Square UilcS, lACEtlt Ill EuSc vi IHId1'LS tith
may contain less t!'an ttrat amount.
SIT i. The second and third clauses Of the
second section Of the iGiil!l article OF the Con.
Slitntivn which provides for hrl' cring up iu-
gitivcs from Justice ard tugi,vcS from service
or labor, shall have the satue force in the Ter
ritnrics and new States as in the States OF the
Unon and the said clause III respect to iugi-
tivcS from Justice shall lie construed 10 include
all crimes committed within and against the
laws Of the State ir"n which the fugitive fled,
whether the acts charged be criminal or not
in the State where the fugitive vas found.
SEC. ). Tie Secynl section Of the third arti-
Gle Of the Constitution, in respect to the judi
cial power of the Inr;ri STATES, shall BIZ deem
cd applicable to The Territories and ne" States
as well as to the States Of the Union.
ARTICLE XIV.
SIC. /. The elective franchise and the right
to hold Office, whether Federal, Stutc, Tcritori,
al or municipal, shall not be exercised by per-
so:s Of the African race, in whole or in part.
Sec . The Uri:c'l States shall have rower
To acquire, from tine Ia tir, districts Of conn-
try in .lil:cl ani Sou;tr America t"r the culo-
uiZlion, at tie expense of the Federal Treasury,
Of such free icgrocS ami muattocS as the sew
crai State: NAV wish tu have removed from
lEci; limits, and from the District Of Columbia
and sGcl other places tS may he under the
Jurisdiction oi Congress.
See. =. Cuugrrss shall have 10 power to
abolish >'arcry III ihs places under lis cxclu.
Sirc jurisdiction ni.i situate within the limits
o. Slales that permit the holding Of slaves.
Sec. i. Cansrcss >haI! have no power to
abolish slavery wilhn tire District Of Coum-
I'll, n.,Ni,, fatn
of Virginia and Maryland or either, nor with
out the consent Of the inhabitants, nor with
out Just compensation first made TO such owners
of slaves aS 10 not cnlIscnt To such aboiShmcnL.
Nor shall Congress ut any time prohibit officers
of the Federal Government or members Of
Congress- whose duties require them Ia he in
said District, from bringing with them their
Slaves, aud holdin. tlr.n Is such during the
time their duties may require them to remain
there, and afterwards taking thcm from tie
District.
Sec ). Congress shall nave no power TO
prohibit or hinder the transportation Of slaves
from one Stale to another, or TO Territory in
which slaves are permitted by Law to be held,
whether such transportation bc By land, navi-
gable rivers, or by sea but the African slave
trade shall bc forever suppressed, and it shall
be the duty of Congress TO make such laws as
shall be necessary End ciItctual to prevent the
migration or Importation Of slaves or persons
owing service Or labor into the United States,
from any foreign country, place, or jurisdiction
whatsoever.
Sec t. in addition TO the provisions Of tue
third paragraph Of the second section OF the
fourth article Of the Constitution, Congress
shall have power to provide by law, and it shall
BE- its duty 50 to provide. that the United States
shall pay To The owner who shall apply for it.
the full valne Of bis fugitive slave, in al cases
when the Marshal, or other officer, whose duty
it vas to arrest said fugitive, was prevented
from so doing By violence or intimidation, or
when, after arrest, said fugitive was rescued by
force, and the owner thereby prevented and
obstructrd in the pursuit Of his remedy for the
recovery Of his fugitive slave under the said