The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-03-08
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We subjoin the schedule of amend
ments adopted yesterday by the Conyen-
ton of Commissioners. 1t will be seen |
that they embrace the substantial fea- I
tures Of the plan submitted by Mr.. Crit. |
tenden, and which, by the popular favor
il has commanded, may be said almost to
ensure in advance the acceptance of this
report. In future paper we shall sub
init an analysis of the pending plan, as
compared with that Of Mr.. Crittenden,
for the sake of showing how entirely it
commends itself to oil who recognise in
the latter symbol of paci6cation. The
report. as finally adopted by the Conven-
tion, is as follows Mad Intel.
ARTICLE xIIT.
| Sec. ]. Tn all the present territory of
| the United States North Of the parallel
of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes
of north latitude. involuntary servitude.
except in punishment for crime, is pro-
hibited In all the present territory
South of that line the status OF persons
held TO involuntary service or labor, as
it now exists shall not be changed nor
shall any law be passed by Congress or
| the Territorial Legislature to hinder or
prevent the taking of such persons from
any of the States OF this Union to said
territory, nor to impair the rights arising
| from said relation; but the same shall be
subject to judicial cognizance in the Fed
| ertl courts, according to the course of
the common law. When any Territory
! North or South of said line, within such
boundary as Congress may prescribe, shall
contain population equal to that re-
qured for member OF Congress, it shall,
if its form of government be republican,
be admitted into the Union on an equal
footing with the original States, with or
without involuntary servitude, as the
constitution OF such State may provide.
Sec. . No territory shall be acquired
by the United States except by discovery
and Tor naval and commercial stations,
depots, and transit routes, without the
concurrence of majority of all the SEN
ators from States which allow involunta-
ry servitude, and majority of all the
Senators from States which prohibit that
relation; nor shall territory be acquired
by treaty unless the votes of a majority
OF the Senators from each. class of States
hereinbelore mentioned be cast as part
the ratification of such treaty
Sec. 3. Neither the Constitution nor
any amendment thereof shall be con-
strued to give Congress power to regulate,
abolish, or control, within any State the
relation established or recognised by the
laws thereof touching persons held to la
Dor or involuntary service therein, nor TO
! interfere with or abolish involuntary SER
vice in the District of Columbia without
the consent of Maryland and without the
consent OF the owners or making the
owners who do not consent just compen-
sation; nor the power to interfere with or
prohibit Representatives and others from
bringing with them to the District of
Columbia, retaining, and taking away,
persons so held to Labor or service; nor
the power to interfere with or abolish in
voluntary service in places under the ex-
elusive jurisdiction Of the United States
within those States and Territories where
the same is established or recognised; nor
the power to prohibit the power to pro-
hibit the removal or transportation of
persons held to labor or involuntary SER
vice III any State or Territory of the
United States or Territory thereof where
it is established or recognised by law or
usage; and the right during transporta-
!
shores, and landings, and of landing in
case OF distress, shall exist; but not the
right of transit in or through any States
or Territory, or of sale or traffic against
the laws thereof. Nor shall Congress
have power to authorize any higher rate
of taxation on persons held to labor or
service than on land. The bringing into
the District OF Columbia OF persons held
to labor or service for sale. or placing
them in depots to he afterwards transfer
red to other places for sale as merchan-
disc, is prohibited.
Sec. 4. The third paragraph OF the sec
ond section of the fourth article of the
Constitution shall not be construed to
prevent any of the States, by appropriate
legislation and through the action of
their judicial and ministerial officers,
from enforcing the delivery of fugitives
from labor to the person to whom such
service or labor is due.
Sec. s. The foreign slave trade is here
!, by forever prohibited; and it shall be the
duty of Congress to pass laws to prevent
the importation of slaves, coolies, or per-
sons held to service or labor into the
United States and the Territories from
!, places beyond the limits thereof.
See. q. The first, third, and fifth Sec
tions, together with this section OF these
amendments, and the third paragraph of
the second section OF tho first article of
the Constitution, and the third paragraph
Of the second section Of the fourth arti
Gle thereof, shall not be amended or abol-
ished without the consent OF all the States.
Sec. 7. Congress shall provide by law
that the United States shall pay to the
owner the full value of his fugitive from
. labor in all cases where the marshal or
other officer, whose duty it was to arrest
such fugitive, was prevented from SO do
ing by violence or intimidation from
mobs or rotous assemblages, or when,
after arrest, such fugitive was rescued by
like violence OF intimidation, and the
owner thereby deprived of the same; and
the acceptance OF fsuch payment shall
preclude the owner from further claim to
such fugitive. Congress shall provide by
law for securing to the citizens of each
State the privileges and immunities Of
citizens in the several States.
| HADEs CoMINa.--The sudden appear
ancc Of oil in such immense quantities in
regions where it could not have existed
but short time, has given rise to very
alarming theory, alarming to some peo-
Pile, as to its cause The latest and most
feasible is, that the internal fires of the
/ earth known to exist are making their
way to the surface, where, in accordance
/ with the prophecy. .the elements are TO