Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-01-08
Mr.. Douglas Plan OF Adjust
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las introduced Joint Resolution into tie
Senate pr posing amendments to the Con
sii;ution uf the Uuited States. with a view
ct restoring peace and preserving the Uuiou
Ills proposition was read a first and second
time. and referred to the COMMITTEES Of
Thirteen. Itas follows:
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Resolred by he Senate and Houss oc
Representatives. Of tie C.fcd States Of
america IA Congress assembled. lflcy Miyfs
81 both Houses cORcuFring.l that the follow
ing articles he and are hereby pror sed
and submitted as amendments TO the Com
situation of the United States. which shall
lie valid. t. all in;ents and purpuses. as
part Of said Constitution. when ratified bv
conventions Of three fcurths Of the several
States.
ARTICLE XIII.
SEC. l. Congress shall make no law. in
respect TO slavery or servitude in any Ter
ritory Of the United States; and the sfa,us
of each Territory IN respect to serviiude ms
the same now exists By law, shall remain
unchanged until the Territory, with such
boundaries ~ Congress may prescribe. shall
have a population Of fifty thousand white
inhabitants, when the white male citizens
thereof over the age Of twentv-ore years
may proceed % form q conSti;utiou ard CIV
ernmenJ for thems elves. and exercise ali the
rights ui self government consistent with the
Constitution Of the United States; and
when such new State shall contain the
requisite population for a member of Con
gress, according 10 the then Federal ratio
uf representation, ii shall be admitted into
the Union on an equal footing with the
original States, with or without slavery. As
the constitution Of such new State shall
provide at the time IF admission ard In
the meantime such new State shall be en-
titled 10 one delegate Ia the Senate, to De
chosen by the Legislature, and one dele
gate in the House Of Representatives. % be
chosen by the people having the qualifica.
uuns requisites for electors Of the most
numerous branch Of the Legislature: and
said delegates shall have all the right. aud
privileges # Senators and Representative.
respectively, except that of voting.
SIC =. No more territory shall be &C
quiyed by the United States except bv treaty.
or by the Concurrent vote Of two thirds Of
each House Of Congress. and vher SO
acquired the status thereof in Tes.ect 1.
servltute, a. II existed at the time OF arqui
sltI0u, shall remain unehau gei until IL shall
contain the population aforesaid for the
formation Of new States, when il shall Re
subject to the terms, condition., and nriyil,
yes herein provided for the existing Terri
tories
SEC. 3. The area of all new States shall
be nearly uniform in size as NAV be
practicable, having due regard to canveu-
lent boundaries ard natural cauacities /:
and shall not he less than sixty nor more
than eighty thousand square miles, exceI t
IN case OF islands which may contain les
than tina. amount.
SEC. !. The second and third clauses of
/ tie second section Of the fourth article Of
/ the Constitution, which provides for deliv-
/ ering ny fugitive from justice and fugi,iyes
/ from service or labor stall have the same
/ toice ia the Territories aud new States AZ
I in the States If the Union: and the said
I clause in respect to lugitiVes from Justice
shall be construed u include an crimes
| committed within aud against the laws If
/ the State from which the fugitive fed.
whether the acts charged be criminal OF
not la the State where the fugitive was
I Sound
SEC. 5. The second section Of the third
article Of the Constitution, in respect - the
/ Judicial power Of the United States, shall
! be deemed applicable to the Territories and
new States as we'll a. to the States OF the
/ Union