The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-05
LETICLR XIV.


right to hold office, whether Federal, State,
Territorial, or municipal, shall not lie ex-
e:cised by persons OF the African race, in
whole OF IA part
SEC. y The United States shall have
power to acquire, from time 70 tune, dis
uicts Of country in Africa and South
America. for the colonization, at the ex-
pe1se OF the Federal Treasury, of such
Tree negroes and .aalAttoes as the several
States NAY wish to have removed from
tAeir iirllis, and from the District of CO.
lUnU-s and such other places rs may be
under the jurisdiction Of Congress
$50. 3 Congress shall have no power to
abolish slavery IN the places under its ex-
elusive jurisdiction, anu situate within the
limits Q! States that permit the holding Of
Slaves
SEc. l. Congress shsu have no power to
abolish slavery within the District of Co.
LAIN bia 50 long =, IL exists IN the adjoining
States OF Virgins and Marj land, or either,
nor wIthou; the consent Of the Inhsbit-
ants, nor without just compensation first
made 10 such owueIs of slaves ss do not
consent 10 such abolsEment Nor shall
Congress at any time prohibit officers of
the Federal Government or members of
Congress, whose duties require them to be
III said District, tIom bringing with them
their slaves and holding them AZ such du-
ring the time their duties may require
them 10 remain tkere, and afterwards TAX
Ing them from the Dlstrlcs.
SIC. !. Congress shalt have no power to
prohibit or hinder the transportation of
slaves from one Stale To another, or to q
Territory III which slave. are permitted by
law 10 be held, whether such trznsporta-
ZION be by la'G, nsyi..ble rivers, OF by
sea; but the African slave trade shall be
forever suppressed, aud il .bAil bs the du-
tY OF Congress 10 make such laws "a shall
De necessary Gnd eitecigsl 10 prevent the
migration or lmpol tatIoE OF slaves or per-
sons OWN. service cr labor, into !he United
States from any foreign country, place, or
jurisdiction whatsoever
SEC 9. ia addition 10 the provisions of
the t4i.d paragraph of the second section
OF the fourth article Of the Constitution,
Congge., shall have power 20 provide by
law, and il shall be lis duty SO 10 provide,
that the United States shall pay to tho
rner who shall apply for il the full value
ol his fugitive slave in all cases when the
marshal, or other officer, whose duty it
was to arrest said fugitive, was prevented
from so dong 10y violence or intimidation,
OF when, aitor arrest, ,aid fugitive was res
cued by force and the owner thereby pre-
vented and obstructed in tue pursuit Of
his remedy for the recovery OF his fugitive
slave under the said clause of the Consti-
tuition and the laws made in pursuance
thereof And in al such cases when the
United States shall pay for such iugitives
they shall have tho right in their own
name 10 sue the county in which said vio-
lence, intimidation, or rescue WAS commit
ted, and to recover from IT, with interest
anc danagss, the amount paid by them ior
ssid fugitive slave. And the sad county,
after it has paid said amounts to the Uni
ted 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 himself might have
sued and recovered
SEC T. No future amendments OF the.
Constitution shall affect this and the pre-
c,din- article nor the third paragraph Of
the second section of the first article o.
the Constitution, nor the third paragraph,
of the second section of the fourth article
of said Constitution, and no amendment
shall DO made to the Constitution which.
will authorize or give to Congress any
mower to abolish or interfere with slavery
in any Of the States by whose laws tits on
NAV be allowed or sanctioned.