The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-10

Cstisndea, Senator from Kentucky, De-
eshbsk Issk, 1850, It win Be found in
ths Congressional UlObe, Of that year,
pagS Ia As the resolutions and their
history have been misrepreseuted by the
Republican party and by Abolition Dem
Oer1ts, we publish both for the benefit OF
the public. We ask every one to read
them carefully; having done so, he will
come to the conclusion that the Republi-
can party provoked and are responsible
for the war:
A joint resolution IS No. 60) proposing
certain dmeAdmeRts to tie CORstitutiOn
Of tAe United States.
WHEREAS, serious and alarming dissen-
sions have arisen between the northern
and southern States, concerning the rights
and security Of the rights of the slave
holding States, and especially their rights
in the cOwmOn- territory Of the United
States; aud whereas it is eminently desi-
rable and proper that these dissensions,
which now threaten the existence OF this
Union, should be permanently Quoted and
settled by Constitutional provisions which
shall do equal justice 70 ell sections, and
thereby restore 70 the people that peace
and good will which ought to prevail be-
tween al the citizens Of the United States:
Therefore,
ResOIred By the Senate and NoRss of
Representatives. Of the United state of
America in Congress assembled, (twO-
thirds of both Houses cORcurring,) That
the following articles be and are hereby,
proposed aud submitted as amendments
10 the Constitution Of the United States,
which shall be valid to akinlents aud pur.
poses, as part Of said Constitution, when
ratified by conventions OF three IOurthS Of
the several States:
ARTICLE /. In all the territory of the
UNited States now held or hereafter &C.
quired, situate north Of latitude 5j de-
grees 80 minutes, slavery or involuntary
servitude, except Is a punishment, tor
crime, il prohibited while such territory
shall remain under territorial government
In all the territory south OF said line Of
latitude, slavery Of the African race is
hecel1Y recognized aS existing and shall
nOe(SG iSNSSYteVed with 6yACaagFesS, bat
shall be protected as property by all the
departments Of the territorial government
during its continuance. And when any
territory north or south of said line, with
in such boundaries as Congress may pre-
scribe, shall contain the pupulationrequi-
site for member Of Congress according
to the then Federal ratio Of representation
OF the people Of the United States, it
shall, if its form Of government be repub-
lican, be admitted into the Union, on an
equal footing with the original States, with
or without slavery, RS the constitution Of
such new State may provide.
ART. 2. Congress shall have no power
to abolish slavery in places under its ex-
elusive Jurisdiction, and situate within the
limits OF States that permit the holding Cf
slaves
ART. 8. Congress shall have no power
to abolish slavery within the District OF
Columbia, So Icing as it exists in the ad.
joining States of Virginia aud Maryland,
or either, nor without the consent Of the
inhabitants, nor without just coinpensa.
ton first made, to such owners of slaves as
do not consent to such adjustment. Nor
shall Congress at any time prohibit off.
GERS Of the Federal Government, or men,
bers of Congress, whose duties require
them to be in said District, from bringing
with them their slaves, and holding them
as such during the time their duties NAV
require them To remain there, and after
ward taking them from the District,
Art. 4. 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 ny law per-
mitted to be held, whether that Transport
tation be by land, navigable rivers, or by
the sea.
AIT. 8. That in addition to the provis-
ions Of the third paragraph Of the second
section Of the fourth article of the Consti-
tuition Of the United States, Congress shall
have power to provide by law, and it shall
be its duty so to provide that the United
States shall pay to the owner who shall
apply for it, the full value of his fugitive
slave in all cases when the marshal 0r
other officer whose duty it was to arrest
said fugitive, was prevented from so doing
by violence or intimidation, or when, af-
ter arrest, said fugitive was rescued by
force and the owner thereby prevented
and obstructed in the pursuit of his rem
edy, for the recovery Of his fugitive slave
under the said clause Of the Constitution
and the laws made in pursuance thereof
And in all such cases, when the United
States shalt have the right, in their own
name, to sue the county in which said vio-
lence, intimidation, or rescue was commit
ted, and to recover from it, with interest
and damages, the amount paid by them
for said fugitive slave. And the said coun,
!y, after it has paid said amount to the
United States, may, for its indemnity, sue
and recover from the wrong doors or res
cuers by whom the owner was prevented
from the recovery of his fugitive slave, in
like manner as the owner himself might
have sued and recovered.
ART &. No future amendment of the
Constitution shall affect the five proceed
ing articles; nor the third paragraph OF
the second section of the first article OF
the Constitution; nor the third paragraph
Of the second section OF the fourth article
Of said Constitution and no amendment
shall be made to the Constitution which
shall give to Congress any power to abOl-
ish or interfere with slavery in any Of the
States by whose laws it is, or may be al,
lowed or permitted.
AID whereas, also, besides those causes
Of dissensiOn embraced in the foregoing
amendments proposed to the Constitution
Of the United States, there are others
which come within tine jurisdiction of Con-
gress, and may be remedled by its lesisla-
tive power; and whereas it is the desire OF
Congress, us far as it's power will extend,
to remove all just cause for the popular
discomfort and agitation which now dis
turbs the peace of the country, and threat
ems the stability of its institutions: There
fore,
l.. Resoloed BY the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States Of
AmericG in Congress assembled, That the
laws now in force for the recovery of fugi-
tive slaves are in strict pursuance Of the
plair and mandatory provisions of the