Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1861-01-17

tied States now held, or hereafter acquired,
situated North Of latitude thirty-six degrees
and thirty, minutes, slavery or involunlarlly
seryilude, except as punishment for
crime is prohibited, while such Territory
shall remain. under territorial Govern
lment. In all the territory south OF said
line of latitude, slavery Of the African race
is hereby recognized as existing, and shall
be protected as property by all the depart
ments of the Territorial Government du-
ring its continuance; and when any Terri
tory North and South of said line, within
such boundaries as Congress may prescribe
shall contain the population requisite ior a
member of Congress, according 10 the then
Federal ralio OF representation of the peo-
pie Of the United States, it shall, IT Its form
of Government be Republican, De admitted
into the Union on an equal footing with the
original States, with or without slavery, as
the Constitution Of such new State may pro-
vide. -'' p.
ART. 2. Congress shall have no power 10
abolish slavery in places under Its exciu'
siye jurisdiction, land situated within.the lin
hts OF States that permit the holding Of
slaves.
Arr. 8. Congress shall have no power
10 abolish slavery within the District of
Columbia, SO long as 1t exists in the asjoin-
ing States ST Virginia and Maryland, or
either nor without the consent Of the inhab-
itants, nor without just compensation first
made 10 such owners Of slaves as do not
consent TO such adjustment. Nor shall
Congress at any lime prohibit officers Of the
Federal Government, or members OF Con-
gress, whose duties require them 10 be in
said District, from bringing with them
their slaves, and holding them as such du-
ring the time their duties may require them
to remain there and afterwards taking them
from the District. ..-. ~
ART 4. Congress shall have no power
to prohibit or hinder the transportation Of
slaves from one State 10 another. or 10 a
Territory in which slaves are by law per-
m;ttedt 10 be held. whether that iransporta-
ton be by land, navigabIe rivers, or by the
sea.
| Arr, 5. That in addition TO the provis-
ions Of the third paragraph of the second
section of the fourth article of the Constltu-
ton OF The United States. Congress shall
have no power to provide by law, and it
shall be its duty SO TO provide. that the u
nited States shall pay 10 the owner who
shall apply for the full value OF his fugitive
slave in all cases when The Marshal, or
Their officer whose duty it was to arrest
such fugitive, was prevented from so doing
by violence or intimidation, or when after
arrest, said fugitive was rescued by force
and the owner thereby prevented and OBJ.
struggled in the pursuit of his remedy for
THE recovery Of his fugitive slave. under
the said clause OF the Constitution and the
laws made in pursuance thereof. And in
all such cases, when the United States shall
ray for such fugitive, they shall have the
right in their own name, TO sue the county
in which said violence. intimidation, or res
cue was committed, and TO recover from it.,
with interest'and damages, the amount paid
! by them for said fugitivs slave. =
And the said, county, after if has paid said
h. amount to the United States, may, for its
indemnity, sue and recover from the wrong
doors or rescuers, by whom the owner was
prevented from the recovery Of his fugitive
slave, in like manner as the owner him.
self might have sued and recovered. J.. #
Arr. 6. No future amendment Of the
Constitution shall affect the five preceding
articles, nor The third paragraph Of the sec.
ond section of the first article Of the Consti.
tuition, nor the third paragraph Of the sec
ond section Of the fourth article of said Con
stitution. and no amendment shall be made
to the Constitution which will authorize OIL
give to Congress any power TO abolish oil
interfere with slavery in any of the States
by whose laws it is or moy be allowed o.
: permitted. .r> aa go. PIE .
And whereas, also, besides those causes
) Of dissension embraced in the foregoing a
mendments proposed to the Constitution o
the United States, there are others whicl
come within the jurisdiction of Congress
and may be remedied by its Legislative
power; and whereas il is the desire Of Con
gress as far as its power will extend
TO remove all Just causes for the pop
; ular discomfort and agitation which nov
disturb The peace Of the country, and threat
en- the stability Of its institutions. There
fore, ..... ...... .....
, l. Rssoiued, by The Senate and House o
Representatives Of the United States Of A.
|, merics, in Congress assembled, That tn
laws cow in force for the recovery of fugi
tive slaves are in strict pursuance Of tn
plain and mandatory provisions of the Con
{ stitution and have been sanctioned as valit
and constitutional by the judgement of tn
Supreme Court Of the United States; tina
the slaveholding States are entitled to III
faithful observance and execution Of thos
y laws, and hatthey ought not be repealed
. or so modified or changed as to impair ,hei
efficiency; and that laws ought to be mad
: for the punishment OF those who attsmp
by rescue Of the slaves or other illegal mean.
to hi lder,or defeat the due execution Of sal
= laws.
}, 2. That ell State laws which conAis
with the fugitive slave acts, or any othe
constitutional acts of Congress, or which
! their operation, impede, hinder, o: dsla
the free course and due execution Of any
said acts, are null and void by the piai
: | nrovi,iona of the Constitution NJ the TIoitr