The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-02-21
THE BORDER STATE RESOLU-


| II. The toasttts1;on of TIE United Ststs.
WHEREAS, SERIOUS and alarming dissen.
sions have arisen between the Northern and
Southern States, concerning the rights and
SECURITY of the rights Of the sIsveholdng
States, and especially their rights in tho
/ common territory ofthe United States; and.
Whereas, 1t is emincntly des rabe and
proper that those dissensions which nov
threaten the very existence of this Union,
should be permanently Quoted and settled
by constitutional provisions, which shall do
/ equal justice I" all sections, and thereby
restore TO the people the peace and good
will which ought t" prevail between all the
citizens Of the United States; therefore.
Resolsed, BY the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. two.thirds
OF both Houses concurring, That the fol-
lowing articles be, and are hereby proposed
and submitted as amendments to the Con-
stituti"n OF the United States, which shall
be valid to all intents and purposesas part
OF said Constitution, when ratified by Con-
ventions of three tourths of the several
States:
ART. l. That Congress shall have no pow
er to egislate touching persons held to SER
vice or labor in places under its executive
Jurisdictions, within the limits of States
which have made cession to the United
States with out the consent of the State
or States making the grant.
ART. 2. That in all the territory of the
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30 min. slavery or involuntary servitude,
except as a punishment for crime, shall be
prohibited while such territory shall remain
under Territorial Government. That in
all Territory South cf said line. neither
Congress nor any Territorial Legislature
shall hereafter pass any law aboIshng or
prohibiting, or in any manner interfering
with African slavery, and when any terri
tory, N"ith or So tn Of said line. with
such boundries AS Congress shall prescribe
in any area of sixty thousand miles, shall
contain population emitting it to one
member of Congress, shall apply for ad-
mission as State, it shall come in on an
equality with the other States, with or
without slavery. as its Constitution may de.
termine.
.Arr. 3. That the laws for the suppression
of the African slave trade ought to be
MADE etirctmal and ought to be thoroughly |
executed. That the prohibition of the i'm
p"rtation of slaves into the United States
shall be made perpetual.
ART. !. Congress shall have no power to
prohibit the removal or transportation of
persons held to service or labor from any
State in which such service or labor is re-
c"gnized by law, to another State in which
such service or labor is recognized by law.
ART. ). Congress shall have no power t."
regulate, abolish. or control, within the
States the relations established or recocni
zed by The laws of any State, respecting
persons held to service or labor. And
WHEREAS, Also, besides those causes of
discussion embraced in the foregoing
proposed to the Constitution
OF the United States, there are Others which
come within the jurisdiction of Congress.
and may be remcdied by its Legislative
power; and Whereas, 1t is the desire Of
Congress, as tar as its power will extend,
to remove all just cause for the popular
discomfort and agitation which nox disturb
the peace OF the c"untr5 and threaten the
tabiirt, tt ito Institutions. th-ruf' re.
Resoirel. BY the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That the
laws now in force for the recovery Of fl-
gitlye slaves are III strict pursuance of the
plain and mandatory provisions of the Con
stitution. aud have been sanctioned as val
id and constitutional by the Judgement OF
the Supreme Court Of the United States
and that the siavrh"lding States are emit
tied to the faithful observance and exrc,I-
tl"u Of those laws, and that they ought not
to be REPEALED or So modified or changed
as to impair their efficiency: and that laws
ought to bc made for the punishment of
those who attempt. by rescue Of the slave
or other illegal means, t" hinder or defeat
the due execution Of said laws.
That all State laws which conflict with
the Fugitive Slave Acts, or any other Con-
sttutional Acts of Congress, or which in
their operation impede hinder or delay the
free course and due execution of any Of
said Acts, are null and void by the plain
provisions of the Constitution of the Uni
ted States. and We respectfully and earnest
ly recommend to the several States which
have enacted them. their immediate repeal.
That the Act Of 18th September, 1850,
common, known AS the Fugitive Slave
Law, ought to be amended so AS to provide
for its more complete and efficient opera
ton. and that such amendments should pro
vide among other things far the prevention
of kidnapping under it, and t. equalize the
fees of the Commissioners mentioned If
the StIl Section thereof.