The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-01-26
THE MoUNTAI NEERla IANuARYe26 1851

Ia aToIish slavery II the places Under is
exclusive jurisdiction and situate within
the limits Of states that permit The hold.
inn of slaves s
Src 4. Congress shall have no Iowcr
Is abolish slavery in che District n Col.
i4imbi, a, long rs II exists III tie adioln.
iine states III Virginia and MARYLAND q
either. nor withent the consent ii tie III.
habt,ants nor without Just compensation
first pia,lc 10 snch owners Of slaves a al,
not consent 70 such abolishmeut Nor
/ shall Congress At any time prohibit ofi,t
GERS 81 the federal government OF mem,
fl,eYs IL Congress, whose duties reniire
| then, Ii lie il said District. from bringing
with them their slaves aud holtIinr tRctn
as gnch during the time their duties NAV
Iresuire them 10 rcInain there, and after.
wards taking them from the District al
Es. 81 Congress shall have no power
4 10 prohibit OF hinder the transportation
I II slaves from one state ID another. or Il,
I 4 territory ii which slayea are permitted
sby law to be held, whether such trahspor
1ltation be by iand, iiayigable, rivers Of by
sea: hut the African slave trade shall be
/ forever suppressed ard. II shall he tile al.
In ii Congress 10 make snClt laws as shall
be necessary and eifettual to prevent The
migration 81 importation 81 slaves or per.
I sons owing service or lal,cr into The Uni.
4 ted States from any foreign country. place,
4 al jurisdiction whatsoever. 3y .|
Il Src. 9. iii addition To- the provisions 81
1.-THE third paragraph Of the second section
If The fourth article 81 The Consultation,
Congress shall haye power 10 provide by
Il law, and ii shall be its duty 50 10 provide,
ftliat the United States shall pay to Tie
sownor who shalI apply FOR Il The full value
! az His fugitive slave III al casrs when the
4 marshal, Oh other officer, whose duty Il
II was to arrest said fugitive, was prevented
\ from 50 doing by violence OF intimidation,
Tor when, after arrest, said fugitive was
4 rtscacd by force and the owner thereby
II prevented and distracted ID The pursuit
i.uf lis remedy for the recovery of lis fu
1gitiye slave under The said clause Of the
4 Constitution and the laws flade Id pursn
i aIice thereof. Andinal such cases wlief
Il the United States shall pay for such fiigt
ltiye they shall have the right, III their owl
name, TO sue the county in. which said
q violence, intimidation, or rescue was com
Il United, aud 10 recover from Il. with inter
tests and damages, the amount paid b.
i them for said fugitive Stare. Aud III,
4 said county, after II has paid said amount
I 10 the United States nay5 for its intlcnl
Unity. sue and recover from tho wrong do
lers Or resctlers BY whom the owner was pre-
/ vented from the recovery Of his fugitiv,
slave Ia like manner as the owner htmsel
4 might have sued and recovered.
SIC. I. No future amendment Of Til
Consultation shall affect this and the pre-
feeding article, nor the third paragraph
Of the second section Of the first nrticl
y OF the Consultation, nor the third para
Egraph Of the second section of the fourtl
! Earticie of said Constitution, and no aIiaead
,,fment shall be Hnatle to the Constitution
1 which viii authorize or give Congress an
Epower. 10 abolish or Interfere with SLAYER
IN any Of the states by whose laws It is .
! may be allowed or sanctioned. !. .:s =