The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-01-24
Crlltenden A m Q n q m Q n ts.

Crlttcn0en A mc q mo nto.
Below we publish the amen iments 20
the Constitution submitted by Crittenden, a.
now amended and under discussion 10 the
Senate:
Article Let. In oil the territory OF tho
United States, now held or hereafter 90.
buried, situate north Of latitude So degrees
80 minutes, slavery or involuntary servi.
ude, except ~ punishment for crime,
is prohibited while such territory shall
remain under territorial government. 10 ell
territory south Of said line Of latitude, nov
held or hereafter acquired, slavery Of tho
African race 10 hereby recognized - exist
ing, and shall not be interfered with BY Con
gress, but shall be protected as property BY
oil the departments Of tho territorial gov
eminent during it's continuance. And when
any territory north or south OF said line,
within such boundaries as congress may pre-.
scribe, shall contain the population reoui-
site for a member Of Congress according to
tho then federal ratio of representation OF
the people OF the United States, il shall, If
its form Of government be republican, be ad-
mitted into the Union, on an equal footing
with the original States, with or without
slavery, as the Constitution OF such new
State may provide.
Art. 2. Congress shall hsve no power TO
abolish slavery in places under its exclusive
Jurisdiction, and situate within the limits Of
States that permit the holding Of slaves.
Art. 3. Congress shall have no power to
abolish slavery within the District Of toium-
bia, 90 long as il exists in the adjoining
States OF Virginia and Maryland, or either,
nor without the consent Of the inh abitants,
nor without just compensation first made to
such owners OF slaves as do not consent TO
such abolshment. Nor shall Congress ..
any time prohibit officers OF the Federal Gov
eminent, or members Of Congress, whose
duties require them to be in said District
from bringing with them their slaves, and
holding them as such during the time their
duties may require them to remain there,
and afterwards taking them from the Dis.
trict.
Art. 4. Congress shall have no power TO
prohibit or hinder the transportation Of
slaves from one State to another, or to q
Territory in which slaves are by Law permit
ted to be held, whether that transportation
be by land, navigable rivers, or by sea.
Art. 5. That in addition to the provisions
OF the third paragraph Of the second section
Of the fourth article Of the Constitution OF
the United States, Congress shall have power
TO provide by law, and il shall be its duty go
to provide, that the United States shall paw
TO the owner who shall apply for it, the full
value OF his fugitive slave in all cases when
the marshal or other officer whose duty il was
to arrest saii 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 AMI
obstructed 10 the pursuit Of his remedy for
| the recovery OF his fugitive slave under the
| said clause Of the Constitution and the lave
made in pursuance thereof. And in all such
cases, when the United States shall pay for
such fugitive, they shall have the right, in
| their own name, to sue the county 10 which
| said violence, intimidation, or rescue was
committed, and to recover from it, with 10
tarest 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 its indemnity, sue and re-
cover from the wrong doors or rescuers BY
whom the owner was prevented from the re-
covery OF bis fugitive slave, in like manner
as the owner himself might have sued and
recovered.
| Art. 6. No future amendment OF the Con
stitution shall affect the FIVE preceding arti
cles nor the third paragraph Of the second
section Of tho 6rst article Of tho Constitu-
tion; nor the third paragraph Of the second
section Of the fourth article OF said C0nsti-
tuition; and no amendment shall be made "a
the Constitution which shall authorise OIL
give 70 Congress any power to abolish or in.
tcrfero with slavery in any Of the States BY
whose laws II is, or may be, allowed or per.
mtted.