Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-03-05

Herewith - publish the majority -
pdtt ofstthe Psee Congress, and We
mostsav thstys rather like it rhe
ptneessl terri suit ~, and " think no
man Who really loves the Unien in pref
srssee 70 party end pssty platforms, can
end word Of objection to its provisisns.
We feel convinced, however, that it viii
not end favor either in the eyes Of the
Republican party or the Secessionists.
Both Of these parties call it by the same
name, ssd-decisRs'is sossiIy imprscsics-
bic. We publish it without further COM
ment:
SEo7loE l. In Ill the psesent Terrific:
~ Of the United States, not embraced
within the limits of the Cherokee treaty
sraatI north Of line from east TO west
on the parallel of thirty.six degrees thir-
~ minutes north latitude, involuntary
sesvitude, except in punishment OF
crime. il prohibited whilst it shall be IN
der Territorial Government and in oil
the present Territory south Of said line,
the status Of persons owing service OF
Ia Dor % it now ex'sts, sbsll not be
changed by Law while such Territory shall
be under Territorial Government and
neither Congress nor the Territorial
Government shall have power to hinder
or prevent the taking to said Territory
Of persons held to labor or involuntary
service within the United States, accord
ing to the Laws or usages OF the State
from which such persons may be taken,
nor to impair the rights arising out Of
said relations, which shall be subject to
judicial cognizance in the Federal
Courts, according u the common law
and when any Territory north or south
Of said line, within such boundary as
Congress may prescribe, shall contain .
population required tor member Of
Congress, according to the then Federal
ratio Of representation, it shall, if It's
form Of government be Republican, be
admitted into the Union on an equal
footing with the original States, with or
without involuntary service or labor, as
the Constitution OF such new State may
provide.
Ssc.2 Territory shall not be aoquir-
ed by the United States, unless by trea-
~; nor, except for naval and CONNER
ci.l stations and depots, unless such
treaty shall be ratified by four-fifths of all
the members OF the Senate.
SEC. 3. Neither the Constitution, nor
any amendment thereof, shall be con-
strucd to give Congress power to regu-
late, abolish, or control, within any State
or Territory Of the United States, the
relation established or recognized by
the laws thereof touching persons bound
to labor or involuntary service therein,
nor to interfere with or abolish involun-
tary service in the District Of Columbus
without the consent of Maryland and
without the consent Of the owners, or
making the owners who do not consent
just compensation nor the power to in
tcrfere with or prohibit representatives
and others from bringing with them to
the city of Washington, retaining and
taking away, persons 30 bound to la
Dor; nor the power to interfere with or
abolish involuntary service in places un
der the exclusive jurisdiction Of the
United States within those States and
Territories where the same is establish
ed or recognized nor the power to
prohibit the removal or transportation,
! bv land sea az rixs-.1ae ne-rnSr u} State
or Territory of the United States to any
other State or Territory thereof where it
is established or recognized by lw or
usage; and the right, during transporta-
ton, OF touching at ports, shores and
landings, and of landing in case Of dis
tress, shall exist. Nor shall Congress
have power to authorize any higher rate
of taxation gu persons bound to labor
than on land.
SEC. 4. The third paragraph Of the
second section Of the fourth article of
the Constitution shall not be construed
to prevent any of the States, by appro-
pirate Legislation, ard through the ac-
ton of their judicial and ministerial Off
GERS, from enforcing the delivery of flu
gtivcs from labor to the person: to whom
sucn service or labor IS due.
SEC. 5. The foreign slave trade and
the Importation Of slaves into the Uni
ted States and their Territories, from
places beyond the present limits thereof,
are forever prohibited.
Sec. 6. The first, third and fifth Sec
tons, together with this section six of
these amendments, and the third para
graph of the second section OF the first
article of the Constitution, and the third
paragraph OF the second section Of the
fourth! article thereof, shall not be amend
ed or abolished without the consent of
all the States.
SEC. 7. Congress shall provide by law
that the United States shall pay to the
owner the full value OF his fugitive from
abor III all cases where the marshal, or
other officer, whose duty it was to ar
rest such fugitive, was prevented from
SO doing by violence or intimidation
from mobs or riotous assemblages, or
when, after arrest, such fugitive was
rescued by force, and the owner there
by prevented and INSTRUCTED in the
pursuit of his remedy for the recovery
OF such fugitive.
The following is the vote taken on it
Atiirmative-Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Delaware,
Maryland, Kentucky aud Wisconsin,
nine. Negative-Alaine, New Hamp.
shire Vormont Ma..ch,.ox.. ~