The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-01-26

feeling Which care Lincoln q 10 ljority Of,
tlieipnpliiar sote III nearly every Northern.
stated ouceitIe causc 81 fear removed,
what guarantee can wa have that the.
past entrages will not be succeeded by
still more insulting Otiasg. What truce
can De made which wit not De broken:
.aFysaia .at. The First Opportunity li9Ii9es.
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MR.. DOUGLAS PLAN OF AD-
81 JusTMENT
On the GATH nit, Mi. Douglas intro
daecd q joint resolution into the Senate,
proposing amendments 10 the Gonstitn-
ton Of the United States, with view Of
restoring peace and preserving tho Union
His proposition was read q first and
second time, and referred to the commit
tee Of thiFtesn. It's as follows: /
h JoIST EEsoLrTfox. Y
l Resolved By tie Senate and House Of
Representatives OF the United States OF
America in Congress assembled ftNo-
thirds Of both Houses eoncurTing j, That
the following articles be and are hereby
proposed and snbuaiited as amendments
70 the Constitution Of the United States,
which shall be valid, TO all .intents aud
purposes, as part OF said Constitution,
when ratified by conventions Of three
fourths Of the several states. Nh Il. II.
III. &: s. I. ARTICLE XIII. p. . .55s
Congress shall make no laws in respect
to slavery for serritade IN any territory
of: the United States; and the skaiFs of
each territory in respect TO ssryitade, as
the same now exists by law shah remaiH
unchanged until the territory, with snch
boundaries rs Congress may prescribe,
shall haso n Iapqlatfoa Of fifty thousand
white inhabitanis; when the white male
E,eitizens thereof over the age: Of twenty.
zone years may proceed 70 form n coDstiiii,
| fi0a and government Tor themselves, and
exercise al the rights Of seltgotcrnmeni
Eeollssstent with the Constitution Of tht
| United States; aud when snch new stat,
SHAH contain the requisite population foi
a member Of Congress- according To til,
Ithea federal ratio Of representation, II
shall be admitted. into the Union oil ri
ieqaai footing with the original states
Ewitir or without slavery, as the constitl
ton uf such new state shall provide al
The time Of admission; aud in tile mean
/ time such ueM state shall be entitled ii
one delegate in the Senate, to be- caIOseI
Fly The legislature, and enc, delegate. il
ttiie House of Representatives.. TO b
itl:liDseRxhy the people having the qaaliGca
tons rc9hiSite for electors Of the mos
numerous branch Of the legislature; pIl,
i said Delegates Shall have all the right
land privileges Of senaiors and representa-
i iires, respectively. except that Of voting,
i SEC, =, No more territory shall be a(
tgliFcd by the Taitea States except L,
ttc;l " or by the concurrent vote of two
thirds Of each, House of Cergrtss, an
Il when SO acquiccd The stdtRs thrreqf !
EFrGsIe4:t., TO seFsitt.le, Us IL existed a
ttGe tjtae Of acqfiisitioa, shall remain III
!. EE.Gl,nn4ed uRtii It shall Coutaih the .porGlI
i .tiGa aforesaid for sife FurmatioA of nst
! Estates, when it shalt be subject 10 III
j terms. conditions, and privileges ktrsl
provided for The existing territories. :
Fl saE. !. The area OF all new states sha
be rs nearly uniform III size ms lnay i
flpractiea6lt, having due regard 10 .5eoi
yeaienI boundaries and natural capaeitie:
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