Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-02


9nt Territories where the same is as,,b-
lshel or recognized /; nor the power tn
prohlbit the removal or transportation by,
land, sea, or river, of persons held toils.
. 0oF or involuntary service in any Stat OF
territory Of the Cnitsd States 10 apy 9th.
eE state or Territory thereof vhers II ia
esi1bllshed or recognized ny law or usnVe !.
ftnd the right, daring transportation. Of
louehiRg Mt ports, shores and iundfnosy ami
fot laudinKl inscnse oftdistress. sllnlitexisf
Nar shall Congress have powkr to author
izr any htgher,rate of taxdtiot1 on pcrsons
sonnd to labor, than ON land.
SEC. 4. The thirl paragraph of the SEE
ond section of the fourth nrticlc of the
Constitution shall not be construed m
prevent any the Stntes, by appropriate
legislation, mud through the action ofgthrir
JUDICIAL aud ministerial officers, from en-
forcing the delivery Of mEitives from In.
DOT 10 the person to whom such services or
lHbOr is due. s.-fi :, -. =
SRcs 5.fThe foregn slave trade and the
Importation of slaves into the uuited
states and their territories from ulares
beyond the present limits thereof. are for.
eyer prohibited. aa5 " 1,''-5Se.
SEC. d. The first, third and 9th sec.
lions, together with this section six OF
these amendments, and the third para
graph OF tho second section of the E;rst
article of the Constitution, and The tbirJ
paragraph of the second section of fEe
tourtharticle thereof, shall not be amcnJ.
ed or abolished withOut the consent of all
the States. = S''
SEc. "a Congress shull provide by law
that the United States shall pay 10 th,.
owner the full lie of his fugitive Frnm
Iauor in allie fe8 where the marshnl. or
other officer, TuUse duty it wus to arrest
SUCH tu4tuve, was prevented from so do.
ins hysriolence or intimidation from mobs
or r1otous asserublagrs, or when. after ar
rest smvh fugitive WAS rescued by force.
ana lhe owner thereby prevented and oil,
sIrueted in the pursuit of his remedy for
the recovery of such fugitive.
The FIRST section of this comnromi.a-
the only one which has Occasioned serions
difference in the uuurerence-is knoXvn as
the Fr2uElin proposition, and has been
adopted as II substitute for tie CORE .p,,n,l-
lug part of the Gutherie compromise. The
olher six sections form the remaining mar,
otthe Gntherie propositions, That Ia 10
say, the compromise MS adopted, consists
OF t3ths Gntherie propositions. with the Erst
and principal one so amended Hs 10 make
the rights of shareholders subject to indi.
cnl cogniZnHce by the Federal Oonrts o,..
eording TO tho principles Of the common
If theso propositions are adopted a,
amendments to the Constitution. tbry
must belproPoseH to the state legislatures
oy joint resolution of Congress. twn.
thtrds of both houses cOncurrine. TLcy
must tnen be ratified by the legislatures n
l'three-fnurthS of the States, when tlIev he.
come come part Of the fundamental law. We
nope and believe that Congress will tnkq
.Ine necessary action before the close of iIls
week, when. the propriety Of the amend.
'Ineh.s " III become subjects of earnest dis.
cnssion in all tho States.
The. seeon'l section of these PROMISED
amendments viii, II adopted. be an iusnr.
Imountable barrier to the extension ii
slavery. and will effcctually extinpnish
the misuhieViOus slavery agitation. from
which the country has been suffering fn,
the last fifteen years. The great Pondor.'.
box has heen the acquisition of new tori.
tory BY the adoption of this ameadment
suc'l acquisitions will hereafter be render,
ed impossible, except in such casrs n,
manifest and urgent national necessity thai
tour-htths of all, the Senators con,:,,,s In
approving tho treaty of annexation. The
various propositions of this compromise
cover all the grounds of controversy he
tween the North and the Sontb onJ
though not precisely what either section
could wish, nre such that both may nrcett
lhem without dfshOnor, and so remove. for,
ever from tie national councils the nos,
d"ngerUus hrcbrand ever thrust into them.
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