Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-06-26

erected within the jurisdiction OF ahys of
said States, or by the junction Of two or
more Of the same or Of parts thereof, or
out Of territory acquired north Of said
States, shall constitute one section, 70 be
known as the NORTH.
The States Of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, /
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowaahd
Kansas, and all new States annexed or ad-
mitted into the Union, or erected within
the jurisdiction Of any Of said stHtss, or
by the junction Of two or more Of the same
or Of parts thereof, or Ont'of tefriiery now
held or hereafter acquired north of latitude
860 80I and east OF the crest Of the Rocky
Mountains, shall constitute another sec
ton, to be known as the WEST.
The States Of Oregon and California,
and all new States annexed and admitted
into the Union, or formed or erected with
in the jurisdiction Of any Of said States,
or by the junction of two or more Of the
same or Of parts thereof or out Of terri
tory now held or hereafter acquired west Of
the crest of the Rocky Mountains and of
the Rio Grande, shall constitute another
section, to be known as the PAcFIo.c III
The States Of Delaware, Maryland Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee,
Kentucky and Missouri, and all new States
annexed and admitted into the Union, or
formed. or erected within the, jurisdiction
of any Of said States, or by The junction
of two or more of the same or of parts
thereof, or out of territory acquired east
Of the Rio Grande and south of latitude
36o 30/, shall constitute another section, to
be known as the SOUTH.
SEC. 2. On demand Of One-third of the
Senators Of any one Of the sections on any
bill, order, resolution, or vote, to which the
concurrence Of the House of Representa-
tives may be necessary, except on a ques-
ton of adjournment, q vote shall be had by
sections, and a majority Of the Senators
from each section voting shall be necessary
to the passage of such bill, order, or resO-
lution5 and to the validity of such vote.
SEQ; 8. Two of the electors for President
and Vice President shall be appointed by
each State in such manner as the Legisla-
ture thereof may direct, for the State at
large The other electors TO which each
State may be entitled, shall be chosen in
the respective congressional districts into
which the State may at the regular decen-
NAL period have been divided, by the cleo
tors Of each district having the qualifca-
tions requisite for electors Of the most nu-
merous branch of the State Legislature
A majority of all the electors in each Of
the four sections in this article established,
shall be necessary to the choice Of Presi-
dent and Vice President; and the cebcVr-
renee of q majority of the States of each
section shall be necessary to the choice of
President by the House of Representatives,
and Of the Senator'S from each section to
the choice of Vice President by the Senate,
whenever the right of choice shall deyolve
upon them respectively. t.-s.sr
SEC. 4. The President and Vice President
shall hold their offices each during the term
Of six years. and neither shall be eligible
to more than one term except by the votes
of two-thirds Of all the electors of each
section, or Of the States of each section,
whenever the right of choice Of President
shall devolve upon the House of Represent
tatives, or of the Senators from each sec-
tion, whenever the right of choice of Vice
President shall devolve upon the Senate.
SEC. 5. The Congress shall by law pre-
vide for the case of a failure by the House
of Representatives to choose a President
and OF the Senate to choose a Vice Presi7
dent, whenever the right of choice shall de-
volVe upon them respectively, declaring g
what officer shall then act as President /;
and such officer shall act accordingly until
President shall be elected The Congress
shall also provide by law for special
election for President and Vice President
in such case, to be held and completed with
in six months from the expiration Of the
term Of Office Of the last preceding Presi-
dent, and to be conducted in all respects as
provided for in the Constitution forgegulaF
elections Of the same officers, except that if
the House Of Representatives shall not
choose President, should the right Of
choice devolve upon them, within twenty
days from the opening Of the certificates
and counting Of the electoral votes, then
the Vice President shall act as President
as in the case of the death or constitution
al disability of the President. The term
Of Office of the President chosen under
such special election shall continue six
years from the 4th day Of March preceding
such election.
i-A-4Ae ARTICLE XIV.
No State shall secede without the con-
sent of the Legislatures Of all the States of
the section to which the State proposing to
secede belongs. The President shall have
power to adjust with seeding States all
questions arising by reason of their. seoes-
sion; but the terms Of adjustment shall be
submitted to the Congress for their apProv-
al before the same shall be valid. = ..-
ARTICLE XIV Lifdl W T
Neither the Congress nor a Territorial
Legislature shah have power to interfere
with the right Of the citizens of any Of the
States within either Of the sections to mi
CRATE upon equal terms with the citizens Of
the States within either of the other sec
tions, 10 the Territories of the United States;
nor shall either have power to destroy or
impair any rights of either person or prop
erty in the Territories. New States annex
ed for admission into the Union, or formed
or erected within the jurisdiction Of other
States, or by the junction Of two or more
States, or parts Of States, and States form
ed with the consent of the Congress out of
any territory Of the United States, shall
be entitled to admission upon an equal foot
ing with the original States, under any
constitution establishing government re-
publican in form, which the people thereof
may ordain, whenever such States shall
contain, within an area of not less than
thirty thousand square miles, population
equal to the then existing ratio of repre-
sentation for one member of the House Of
Representatives. a.asf .Irl.a-i
There, sir, is proposition to amend the
Constitution, so as to divide the country
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