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

SEC. l The elective franchise and the
right to hold Office, whether Federal, State,
Territorial, or Municipal. shall not DO cx-
crcised by persons Of the African race, in
whole or in part. 81 ~
SEC. 2. The United States shall have
power to acquire, from time TO time, dis
tricts of country in Africa and South
America, for the colonization, at the ex-
penses ofthe Federal Treasury, Of such free
negroes md Raulattoes as the several States
may wish to have removed from their limits,
and from the District Of Columbia and such
other places as may be under the jnIisslic-I
tod of Congress. ~ - -, Y ~
Sec. 3. Congress shall have no power to
abolish slavery within the places under its
exclusive jurisdiction and situate within the
limits OF States that permit the holding of
slaves.
SEC. a. Congress- shalt have no.powerato
abolish slavery within the District of Co.
lumbia SO long as it exists in the adjoining
States of'Virginiaa and Maryland, or, either,
nor without the consen. OF the inhabitants.
nor without just compensation first made to
such owners ofslaves as do not consent to
such adjustment. Nor shall Congress At
any time prohibit officers OF the Federal
Government or member Of Congress, whose
duties requires 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 tho Dis
trict. ~.
| SEC. S. Congress shall have no power to
prohibit or hinder the transportation Of
slaves from one State to another, or to a
Territory in,which slaves are permitted by
law; to be held, whether such tran: portatio n
be by land; nayigable river. or by sea; but
the African slave trade shall forever be
suppressed: and it shall be the daty of Con-
gress to make such laws as shall be neces-
sary and effectual tosprevent tho migration
or Importation Of slaves or persons owing
service or laborinte the United States from
any foreign country, place, or Jurisdiction
whatsoever. ,7.,. -. -. = ~ @!it
SIC: 6. In addition t., the provisions Of
the third paragraph Of the second section OF
;fthe fourth article Of the Constitution. Con
gress shall have power to provide By law,
and it shall BE- in duty so to provide that
the United States shall pay to the. owner
who shall apply for it, the full, value for his
fugitive slave, in all cases when the mar.
|shat or other officers whose duty it was to
arrest said fugitive, was prevented from So
doing by violence or intimidation, or whom,
after arrest, SAID fugitive was rescued by
, force, and the owner thereby prevented and
obstructed in the pursuit Of his remedy for
the recovery of his fugitive slave under the
said clause Of the Constitution and the laws
made in pursuance thereof. And IN ell
such cases when the United States shall
pay for such fugitiyes, they shall havetht
fright in their own name to sue the county
in which such violence, intimidation or res:
cue was committed, and to recover from it
} with interest and damages, the amount pa:c
by them for said fugitive slave. And thu
said county after it has paid said amount:
to the United States, may, for its indemnity
sue and recover from the wrong doors o,
resources by whom the owner was prevented
from the recovery Of his fugitive slave, il
like manner as the owner himself nigh
have sued and recovered.
j; SEC. Z. No further amendments Of tn,
!, Constitution shall effect this ard the proceed
:, ing article, nor the third paragraph Of tn
second section Of the first aticle Of the Con.
. stitntion. nor the third paragraph Of tn
second section Of the fourth article of sale
CONSTITUTION, and no amendment shall b
made to the Constitution which will author
izc or giyat to Congress any power to abolish
or interfere with slavery in any Of the State
BY whose laws it is or may be allowed o
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