Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-08-13

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IN the Congressional Globe, page la
4 iotat resoIst5on { & No. 501 pyoposiir
eertafa amen aaseHts to the goasfifi
? tiOsa Of the United Ssases. Z
II WHEREAS, serious and alarming disser
sioas have arisen beaween tha Norther
: and Southern States ,aoaeertiug the riabt
and security of she rights of the siavs
holding States, and especially their righl
IN afe eomnon territory Of thu Unite
statssi and whereas Ii is eminentiy de
sirable and proper that these disaentions
| whieh now threaten the existence eg th
Union, should be permanently quiege,
and settled by constitutional provisions
which shall do equal justice to all sec
tIonss and thereby restore to the peopl
that peace and good will which ought Il
prevail between all the citixens Of thi
United States: therefore,
| Resolved by the Seaate and House O
Representatives. Of the United States b
Aaaasaca In Congress aAsakAed, (two-
thlfds af beth Hoasss soakatfing,) Thsi
tue Following articles be, and are hereby
| proposed and submitted as amendments
TO the Constitution of the United States,
Nhtehs shall be salid 70 aal iaSsnss and
purposes, as part of said Constitution,
when ratified by conventions of three
fonrths OF the several States:
ARTICLE l. In ali the territory Of the
United States now held or hereafter NO.
9uired, situated North of latitude So deg.
80 mln., slavery or involuntary servitude.
except as punishment for crime, is pro
hibited while such sarHtory shall remain
under territorial government. In all the
territory South of said line Of latitude.
slavery Of the African race is hereby rec
ognized as existing, and shall not be in
tertered With by Congress, bat shall be
protected as property by all the depart
ments OF the territorial governments dnr-
ing It's continaanee. And when any tar
rttory North or South of said line. With
IN such boundaries as Congress may pre-
iDs' sna'i eontai" tie poPulas:ou re-
quisite for member Of Congress ae-
cording 20 the then Federal ratio of repr
resentation of the people of the United
States, it shall, if its form of govern
ment be republican, be admitted into the
Union on an equal footing With the orig
inal States, With or without slavery, as
toe Constitution of such new State NAV
provide.
AR. z. Congress shall have no power
TO abolish slavery in places under its ex-
diaslFe jurisdiction, and situate within
the limits of States that perinis the hold
ing of slaves.
ART. 3. Congress shall have no POKER
70 abeIish slavery within the District of
Columbia, SO long as it exists IN the adj
joining States of Virginia and MARYLAND.
ar eifher, nor without the consent of the
Inhabitants, nor without just cOmpensa-
uon first made to such owners of slaves
as do not consent to such abolishmeut,-
Nor shall Congress at any time prohibit
aiaoers of the Federal Government, or
members of Congress, whose duties re-
quiFe them to be ia said District. from
bringing With them their slaves, and hold !
ing them as such during the time their
duties may require them to remain there,
and afterward taking them from the Dis !
tFict.
ART. /. Congress shall have no power
To prohibit or binder the transportation Of !
slaves from one State to another, or 20 |
errltory In which slaves are by law per |
mitted 20 be held, whether thai transpur. |
sation be By land, navigabie rivers, OF by
the sea.
AIT. 5. That in addition to the pro-
visions Of the third paragraph of the seq
ond section If the fourth article of the
Constitution os the United States, Con-
5reas shall have power to provide by law,
and 1t shall be its duty so to provide thai |
the United States shall pay 10 the owner
u no shall apply for it, the full value of |
bis fugitive slave in all cases when the
marshal or other officer whose duty it
v as 70 ASrrss said fugitive was prevented
from SO doing by violence or intimida-
tioa, or Hhen, after arrest said fugitive
rescued By force and the ownerIhere-
by prevented and DISTRACTED In the puf-
sais Of his remedy for the fs1overy oil his
fugitive slave under sbe said clause OF kE,e
Consultation auu the laws made In my
'uaffce thereof. And In ali snch eases.
Shen the United States shall have the
right, In tbeiE swn name d aas the ruan-
y 10 which said violence, intimidation,
1r rescue was committed, and 60 recover
from 1t, with interest and damages. the
amounE paid by them for said fugitive
lave. And the said county, after il has
paid said amount to the, United States,
asaJ, f6r It's indemnity, sue and recover
rom the wrong doers or resources By whom
he owner was prevented from The reaoyz
zsy of bis fagisiys slave, in like manner
- the owner himself might have sued and
recovered.
AR. s. No future amendment Of the
1oassitaticn shall affect the Eve preceding
articles; nor the third paragraph of the
'eoond section Of the frat article of the
Constitution; nor the third paragraph of
be second section of tize fosiash artIcas sf
aid Constitution; and DO amendment
'hall be made 20 the Constitution which
sAali give TO Congress any power 90 abol-
sh or intsrfsre with slavery In anv of the
aates By whose laws It is, or may be al-
owed or permitted. ss r. ID
Aad Shersas, also, besides those causes
'f dissenston embraced ia the foregoing
Am endmsnts proposed to the Constitution
1t the United States, there are others
which come within the jurisdiction of
~ongTeas, and may be remedied by its
legislative power and whereas il ID the
a
desire Of Congress, as far a. IFS power
Atil extend, to remove all inSt cause for
the popular discomfort and agitation
which now distuFbes the peace of the
souatFy, and threatens tbs stability of fts
Institutions thersfure. eco a's--~.Yt
/. ResoIvea BY lbs Senate ard House or
h<pr rsssnsasiges Of he United States oil
america n Congress assembled, That the /
Laws now IN force for the recovery of fu- /
gisivs slaves are in strict pursuance of /
the plain and mandatory provisions OF shs |
Consultation, and have been sanctioned aa !
valid and constitutional b. the judgment /
Of toe sapreme Court of shs United States; |
shas the siavehoiding States are entitled
y the. faithful observance of those laws, |
and that they oughf not TO be repealed,
Or 30 modified or changed M to irnpair