Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-21

his fugitive slave, in like manner as tn.
owner himself might have sued and recoT-
cred.
ARr. 6. No future amendment of the
constitution shall effect the EEe preceding
articles, nor the third paragraph of the sec.
ond section Of the FIRST article of the con-
Stitution. nor the third paragraph of the
second section Of the fourth article Of said
constitution, and no amendment shall be
made 10 the constitution which will author
iGe or give to Congress any power to Hbol-
ish or iptcTfere with slavery. in any of The.
States by whose laws tits or may be al
lowed or permitted.
Art. Z. Sec. 1. The elective franchise
and the right to bold Office, whether fede
raj, state, TERRITORIAL or municipal, shall
not be exercised by persons who are, in
whole or in part, of the African race.
See. 2. The United States shall have
power to acquire from time to time, dis
trirts of country in Africa and South Amer
lea. for colonization, at expense of the fed
eral treasury, OF such free negroes and mn
lattoes 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 u der the Jurisdiction of
Congress.
And whereas, also, besides those causes of
dissension embraced in the foregoing
amendments proposed to the Constitution
of tue United { t.tes, there arc others
which come within the jurisdiction of
Congress, and may be remcdied by its
legislative power and whereas, it is the
desire of Congress, as far MS its power
will extend, 70 remove all just cause for
tue popular dt content and agitation
which now disturb the peace of the coun.
try, and threaten the stability of its it,
Stitntions: Therefore,
1. Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
Americ:, in Congress assembled, that the
laws now in force for"the recovery of flu
gitive slaves are in strict pursuance of the
plain and mandatory provisions of the
Constitution, and have been sanctioned as
valid and constitutional by the judgment
Of the Supreme Court of the United States;
that the slnyeholdiug states are entitled to
the faithful Observance and execution of
those laws, and that they ought not to be
repealed or so modified and changed as to
impair their efficiency, and that laws ought
TO be made for the punishment of those
who attempt, by rescue ofthe slave or other
illegal means, to hinder or defeat the due
execution of said laws
2. That all State laws which conflict with
the fugitive slave acts. or any other con.
stitutiOnal acts of Congress, or which in
their operation impede, hinder, or delay the
free course and due execution of any of
said acts, are null and void by the plain
provisions of the Constitution of the United
States. Yet those State laws, void ms they
are have given color to practices, and led
TO consequences which have DISTRACTED the
due administration aud execution of acts
OF Congress, and especially the acts for the
ID fNF 81.
By contributed much to the discord and
cOmmotion now prevailing. Congress.
therefore, in the present periIous junction,
does not deem it improper, respectfully
and earnestly, to recommend the repeal of
those laws to the several States which have
enacted them, or such legislative correc-
| tons, or explanations of them, a may pre-
vent their being used or perverted to such
mischievous purposes.
3. The act of Sept. ls, 1850, commonly
| called the fugitive slave law, ought to be
so amended as to make tine fee of the COM
missioner, mentioned in the eighth section
OF the act. equal in amount, in the cases
decided by him, whether his decision be in
favor Of or against the claimant. And to
avoid INSTRUMENTATION, the last clause Of
the itth section of said net, which thor
ICES the person holding n warrant for the
hIASSt OF usteutiou VI IuSitlEe slave TO
summon to his aid tho posse eomitdtus, and
which declares it to be the duty of all good
citizens 10 assist him in its execution.
ought to be SO amended rs TO expressly
limit the authority cod duty TO cases in
which there shall Bsresistance, or danger
| of resistance and rescue.
4. That the laws for tho suppression OF
the African slave ttade, and especially
those prohibiting the Importation OF slaves
into the United States, ought to be made
etfectual, and ought to be thoroughly exc
cuted, aud all further enRctments necessary
to those ends ought to be promptly made.
1t WAS said that their adoption here
would insure their ultimate success and
restore all the States to the Union.