Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1861-02-16

amendments to the Constitution as are necessary
to avert the danger,
WHEREAS, In so great an emergency the opin-
ion and Judgment OF the people ought to be
heard. Therefore
Rssolce8, That provision be made by law,
without delay for taking the sense of the people
and submitting to them the following resolution
Rssolcea, by the Senate aud House Of Repre-
sentatiyes Of the United States Of America in
Congress assembled two thirds Of both houses
coneuring, That the following articles be aud are
hereby proposed and submitted az amendments to
tha Constitution OF the United States, which shall
be valid to all lntenls and purposes as part OF said
Constitution, whea ratified by Conventions Of
thlee,'oddh Of the several States:
Ariiclel. ln all the territory Of the United
States now held, or hereafter acquired, situate
north Of latitude thirty six degrees and thirty
minutes, slavery or involuntary seryitade, except
as punishment of crime, IS prohibited while such
territory shall remain under lerritora government.
IN all the territory south Of said line of latitude,
iayery Of the African race Is hereby reconzed as
existing, and shall not be einterleTed with by Com
giass but shall be protected rs property by all the
departments Of the Territorial government during
itsycontnuacoi and whon any territory north Or
solth Of said line within such boundaries as Con-
grel5 may prescribe, shall contain the population
requisite for member Of Congress, according to
| The Federal ratio OF representation Of the people
Of Che United States, it shall, fits form Of gov
ernnent bempubIican, be admitted into the Union
on an equal Iooting with the original States with
or without slavery, as tho constitution Of such new
State may provide
Ar. 2 Congress shall hayenopower to abolish
slavery in places undcr its exclusive jurisdiction,
and situate within the limits Of States that per.
init The holding of slaves
Art 3. Congress shall have no power to abol-
ish slayery within tho District Of Columbia so
long as II exists in the adjoining States Of Vir-
ginla and Maryland, or either nor without tho
consent Of tho inhabitants. nor without Just conf
ponsation fgst made to such owners Of slaves as
DO not consent to such a5oIl.hment Nor shall
Congress at any time prohibit officers Of the Fed
eral government, or membqTs OI Congress, whose
duties require them to be in said District, from
bringing %ilhthem their slaves and holding them
az such during the time tisr duties may require
illom to rJaain there, and afterwards taking them
IRON tho District
Art 4, Compress shall have no power to pro-
hibit or hinder the transportation OF slaves from
one State to another or to u territory in which
slaves are by law permitted to be held, whether
that transportation be 5yand, nayigable river, or
by the sen.
Art g. That in addition to the provisions Of
The third paragraph Of the second section OF the
innrih altela of the lnsli.ntiaa- ai lha i,ild
tGtcs Congress shall have power to provide by
law, and it Shall he the duty 80 to provide, that
tho United Suites shall pay TO the owner who
shall apply for it, the full value Of his fugitive
slave III ail cases when the marshal or other officer
whose duty il was to arrest said fugitive was pre-
yeated from doing so by violence Or Intimidation
orwhen, after arrest, said fugitive was rescued by
force, and the owner thereby prevented and ob-
stricted in the peysuit olhs remedy for The re-
coyery OF his fugitive slaye under the said clause
oltho Constitution and the laws made in pursu
anee thereof. And in all such cases when tho
United States shall pay for such fugitive they shall
have the right in their own name 1sue the county
in which said violence, intimidation or rescue was
committed. and to recover ron it, with interest
and damages, the amount paid by them for said
fugitive slave. And the said county, after it has
paId said amount to the United States, may, for
| It's indemnity, sue and recover from the wrong
doers Or rescuers, by whom the owner was pre-
vented from the recovery Of bis fugitive slave, In
| like manner as the owner himself might have sued
and recovered
Art. 6. No future amendment cl the Constitu-
ton shall affect the five preceding articles, nor
the third paragraph Of the second section OF the
first article ofthe Constitution nor the third par
aeraph Of the second section Of the fourth article
ofsaId Constitution, and no amendment shall be
made to the Consultation which will authorize Or
give Congress any power to abolish or Interfere
with slavery in any Ofthe States by whose laws 1t
is or may be allowed Or permitted.
And whereas also, besides those causes Of dis
sension embraced in the foregoing ainandments
proposed to the Constitution Of the United
States, there are Others which coae within tho
jurisdiction Of Congress, and may be reuedled by
its legislative power aud whereas. 1t Is the desire
Of Congress- as fur as its power will exteid, to re,
move all jnst cause for the popular discomfort and
agitation which now disturb the.peace oftha couI-
ltfy, and threaten the stability Of Ito insEatonss-
1 Therefore,
\ /. Rssolssd by tho Senate md House Of Rep
( r5i6i isa. .ol tlia lalted Sttqs QI AWeTea N
CoiIsfess assembled, That the laws now iiiAIca
or the recovery of fugitive slaves are in strict pur-
suance Of the Constitution, and have been aanc-
toned as Wild aud constitutional by The Judgment
of the supreme Court Of the United states that
the saveholling States are entitled to the lalth.
4 fall observance and execution Of these laws, and
that they ought not to be repealed, or SO modified
or changed as to impair their efficiency and that
laws ought to be made for the punishment Of those
who attempt by rescue OF the slaves, Or other
illegal means, to hinder Or defeat the due exocu
ton Of said laws, ~
/ 2. Thatall State laws which conflict with tho
Fugitive Slave acts, or any other Constitutions
acts Of Congress, or which IN their operation I'M
pelo hinder, or delay the free course and due OK
ecution any said acts are null aud VOID W thI
plain provisions Of the Constitution Of the United
States, Yet those State laws, void as they are
have given color to practices and led to conse
ouences which have obstructed the due admins
, tratiou and execution Of acts Of Congress, ant
"A especially the acts for the delivery o. iugltlv'
slaves, and have thereby contributed much to th'
, dscord and commoton prevailing. Congress
therefore, in the present perllous juneture, doe
not deem il improper respectfully and earnestly 4
recommend tle repeal Of those laws TO the seveIa
, states which have enacted them, OF such legisla
tive corrections 0r explanations oI them a. ma