The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-01-11
zr. iDsaslas,s Plan Of Adtustmsnt.


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Ar. Deaglas's Plan. Of Adjustment.
On Monday, December Oath, Mr.. Douo.-
Las introduced Joint Resolution into the
Senate proposing amendments to the Con.
stitution Of the United States, with view
Of restoring peace and preserving the
Union. His proposition was read first
and second time, and referred to the Com
mittee of Thirteen. It is as follows: al ;
1e"i9lI JOINT RESOLUTION. gq} sa'
Resolped By the, Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
Anserieo in Congress assembled. (tsoo.thirds of
both Houses coacurring, That the following
articles be and are hereby proposed and
submitted az amendments to the Oonstitu.
ton of the United States, which shall be
valid, to all intents and purposes, as part Of
said Constitution, when ratified by Con-
stitutions Of three. fourths Of the several
States. se.'T ...a,.....-.'.. 80. :. ....r.', i
5i.fcaa i;ia ARTICLE KIN. bssi4,! ..sl sas.,
Congress shall make no laws in respect to
slavery or servitude in any territory Of the
United States; and the status Of each terri
tory in respect to servitude as the same now
exists by law, shall remain unchanged until
the territory, with such boundaries as Con.
gress may prescribe, shall have population
of fifty thousand white inhabitants, when
the white male citizens thereof over the age
OF twenty-one years may proceed to form q
constitution and government for themselves,
and exercise all the rights of self-govern-
ment consistent with the constitution of the
United States; and when such new State
shall contain the requisite population for
member Of Congress according to the then
Federal ratio of representation, it shall be
admitted into the Union on an equal footing
with the original States with or without
slavery, as the constitution of such new
State shall provide at the time of admission;
and in the meantime such new State shall
be entitled to one delegate in the House of
Representatives, to be 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, respectively, except that Of
voting. Fl.
eSec. 2. No more Territory shall be &C.
quired by the United States except by
treaty or by the concurrent vote of two>
thirds of each House OF Congress, and
when 80 acquired the status thereof in re.
spect to the servitude, as it existed at the
time of acquisition, shall remain unchanged
until it shall contain the population afore-
said for the formation of new States, when
it shall be subject to the terms, conditions,
and privileges herein provided for the ex-
listing Territories. i"a h.
Sec. g.. The area of all new States shall
be nearly uniform in size as may be practi.
cable, having due regard to convenient
boundaries and natural capacities; and shall
not be less than sixty nor more than eighty
thousand square miles, except in case of
islands which may contain less than that
amount. ss st,I-..- .--..- ..f-3 .,' g.
Sec. 4. The second and third clauses OF
the second section of the fourth article of
the Constitution, which provides for deliv-
ering up fugitives from justice and fugitives
from service or labor, shall have the same
force in the territories and new States as
in the States of the Union and the said
clause in respect. to fugitives from justice
shall be construed to include all crimes COM
mitted within and against the laws of the
State from which the fugitive fled, whether
the acts charged be criminal or not in the
State where the fugitive was found.
Sec. 5. The second section of the third
article of the Constitution, in respect to the
judicial power in the United States. shall
be deemed applicable to the Territories and
new States as well as to the States of the
.s ..r!. s- ARTICLE XIV. ......... 49,.
Sec. l. The elective franchise and the
right to hold Office, whether Federal, State,
Territorial, or municipal, shall not be exer-
cised by persons Of the African race, in whole
or in part. f.-...-.. ......- 49,
Sec. 2. The United States shall have
power to acquire, from time to time, dis
tricts of country in Africa and South
America for the colonization, at the expense
ofythe Federal Treasury, of such free ne
groes and mulattoes as the several States
may wish to have removed from their limits,
and from the District of Columbia and such
other places as may be under the jurisdic-
ton Of Congress. ...
Sec. 3. Congress shall have no power to
abolish slavery in the places under its ex-
elusive iurisdictiOn and situate within the