The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1861-02-15
PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION.

) 1000 majority. sHes has been hitherto re-
garded as an orthodox Republican, and is
known as the warm personal and political
friend OF the President elect. On Friday
last, Mr.. KELLOGG In the House, submitted
the following amendments to the Constitu-
ton (imperfectly reported by telegraph)
saying he had been constrained to doso, by
the disturbed condition of the country.
They areifour resolutions proposing amend.
mepts to the Constitution, to be ratified in
the manner indicated by that instruwent.,di
ART. XIII. That in all the territory now
held by the United States, situate north
latitude thirty>six degrees and thirty min
utes, involuntary servitude, except for the
punishment of crime, is under O territorial |
government /; that in all the territory now |
held south of said line, neither Congress !
nor any territorial legislature shall hinder |
or prevent the emigration to said territory |
OF persons held in service from any state OF
the Union, where that relation exists by
virtue OF any law or usage of such state, |
while it shall remain in q territorial c0ndi-
tion, and then any territory north or south
of said line, within such boundaries as Con-
gress may prescribe, shall contain the po.-
pulation required for member Of Congress,
according to the federal ratio of representa-
tiOn of the people of the United States, it
may, if its form of government be- republi-
can, be- admitted into the Union on an
equal footing with the original states, with
or without the relation of persons held to
service and labor, as the constitution OF
such new state may provide. .. :.
ART. XIV. That nothing in the Consti-
tuition of the United States. or any amend
ment thereto, shall be so construed as to
authorize any department OF the government
in any manner to interfere with the rela>
Etions of persons held to service IN any state
| where that relation exists, nor in any man.
ner to establish or sustain that relation in
any state where it is prohibited by the laws
or the constitution of such state, and that
this article shall not be altered or amended
| without the consent OF every state in the
| Union.
ART. XIV. That the third paragraph of
the second section of the fourth article of
the Constitution shall be taken and con-
strued to authorize and empower Congress
to pass laws necessary to secure the return
of persons held to service or labor under the
laws of any state, who may have escaped
! therefrom, to the party to whom such ser
vice or labor may be due.
| ART. XVI. The emigration or impOrta-
tion OF persons held to service or involuntary
servitude into any state, or territory, or
place within the United States, from any
place or country beyond the limits of the
United States or territories thereof is forever
prohibited.
The Chicago Tribune, New York Ir,.
bune, and other Disunion sheets, for we
claim that the legitimate Disunionists ere
those who oppose all measures OF cancellations
are now engaged in reading Mr.. KELLOGG
out of the Republican party; but We guess
be will survive.
| The position of Hon. ALEXANDER H.
STEPHENS, OF Georgia, in this crisis, may be
ascertained from the following resolutions,
which he submitted to the Miledgeville
Convention, and which were adopted:
Resolved, That the delegates sent from this
| State by this Convention to the proposed Con-
gress to assemble at Montgomery, Alabama,
on the 4th day of February next, be fully au-
thorized and empowered, upon free confer
| ence and consultation with the delegates that
| may be sent from other seeding States to said
Congress, to unite with them in forming and
putting into immediate operation a temporary
or pro Ovisional government for the common
safety and defence of all the States represented
in said Congress, such temporary or provision
| al government not to extend beyond the period
| of fxppva months from the time m N
| operation, and to be modelled as nearly as
| practicable on the basis and principles of the
late government of the United States of Ameri-
ca; the powers Of the delegates SO appointed by
| this Convention, in this particular, being here
| by declared to be full and plenary.
| Be it further resolved, That said delegates be
likewise authorized, upon like conference and
| consultation with the delegates from other
States in said Congress, to agree upon plan
| Of permanent government for said States upon
| the principles and basis of the Constitution OF
| the late United States of America, which said
plan or constitution of permanent government
shall not be binding or obligatory upon the
people of Georgia until submitted, approved
and ratified by this Convention.
Under the caption, "'rhe Northern
States Looking Round for. Help" the To
ronto Leader discusses the probability of
the British provinces renounciug their alle-
glance to the Grown and uniting their des-
TIMES with the United States 1t says that
if England were to give Canadians the
choice of connection with the Northern
States, and vote were to be taken upon
the question within three months, it believes
a large majority of British Americans
would vote against it. The largest vote in
favor of the project would come from the
peninsula of Upper. Canada, where there is
feeling that the connection with New
York is the natural one, and that it is more
profitable than any other that could be
formed. Below Cobourg different feeling
is predominant, and in Central, as we'll as
in Lower Canada, the feeling against any
connection with the United States is almost
universal. The<nnk of the st. Lawrence
in Upper Canada we're settled by United
Empire Loyalists, who went there after the
close of the Revolutionary war and accepted
of free grants of land. The old feeling OF
loyalty, the Leader says, is as strong as ever
in the descendants of these settlers; and it
has spread among the entire population in
that quarter. In Lower Canada the eppo-
sitionists of the French Canadians to con.
nection with the republican States amounts
to q perfect horror. In their case the mo,
tive is partly religious and partly national.
Nova Scotia, too, it thinks would be nearly
as diffcnltsto move. The revolution of