Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1861-01-09
MIR. DOUGLAS, PLAN.

Monday, December Gath, Mr.. Dou glas
introduced a Joint Resolution" into the
Senate proposing amendments to the Con-
stitution of the United States, His propo-
sitlon was read the first and second time,
and referred to the committee Of Thirteen.
1t isas follows; s.i3:t5,l; ...,ee7.f saH,o
aa JOINT RESOLUTION. # daitia
Resolved by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of, the United States oil
America in, Congress assembled (two-thirds
Of both Houses concurring.) That the fol-
ling rules be and are hereby proposed and
submitted as amendments to the Constitu
ton Of the u. S. which. shall he valid, to
all intents and purposes, as part of said
Constitution. when ratified by conventions
of ee.fourths Of the several States. Ha;i
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Congress shall make no laws in respect to
slavery or servitude in any Territory Of the
United States; and the status Of each Ter
Eritory in respect to sevtude, as the same
now exists bylaw, shall remain unchanged
until the Territory, with such boundaries as
Congress shall prescribe, shall have a popu.
lation Of fifty thousand white inhabitants,
when the white male citizens thereof over
the age of twenty-onc years may proceed to
form a, Constitution and government for
themselves, and exercise all the rights Of
government consistent with the Consti-
tuition Of tho United States; and when such
new State shall contain the requisite popu-
,'ation for a member of Congress, according
to the then Federal ratio Of representation,
it shall he 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
Of admission and in the meantime such
new State shall be entitled to one delegate
in the Senate, 10 be chosen by the Eegisla.
ture, and one delegate in the House of Rep
resentatives, to be chosen by the people
having the qualification requisite Cor electors
OF the most numerous branch Of the Lesis-
lature; and said delegates shall have the
rights and privileges Of Senators and Rep
resentativcs, respectively, except that Of
voting. - m. z2sltai g.Ggz w1tl5I
SEC. q No moro Territory shall be &C.
qnired by the, Omitted States except 10y
treaty or by concurrent vote of two thirds
of each House Of Congress, and when so &C.
quired, the status, thereof, il respect to serv-
itude, as it existed at the time Of acquisition,
shall remain unchanged until it shall contain
the population aforesaid for the formation
of new States, when it shall be subject to
the terms, conditions and privileges herein
provided for the existing Territories. Sst4s
= SEC. 8. The area Of all new States, shall
be as nearly uniform in size as. may, be prac-
lticable, having due: regard to convenient
boundaries and natural capacities, and shall
no.: DO less than sixty. nor more than
eighty thousand square miles, except in case
|ot islands, which may contain less than
that that amount. fieast!f 40r!5s9tits 10
7 SEC. 4. The second and Third clauses OF
tho second section Of the fourth article 81
the Constitution, which provides for deliver
ing up1fugtives from justice and fusitiyes
from service or labor, shall, have the same
force in the Territories and new States as
in the States o. the. Onion; and the said
clause in respect to the fugitives from Justice
shalt be construed to include all crimes
committed within and against the laws Of
the State from which the fugitive fed.
waes her the acts charged criminal ornotin
the State: where the criminal was found,
SEC. 5. The second section Of, the third
articleIo the Constitution, in respect to the
judicial power Of the United States, shall be
deemed applicable to the Territories and
new States as well as to the States Of the
Union. <1+ 41.A :Ssase8 aJsasIt