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The following is taken from the Congress
sional Globe, any person doubling it, can
see il by calling on us at our office.
Editor Pioneer.
AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION.
Mr.. Vallandigham. With the consent
Of the gentlemen from Siaryland, Mr..
Davis, who holds the floor, desire to
ask unanimous consent to submit the fol-
lowing proposed amendment to the Con.
sIitutiop, differing materially from any
yet offered. I ask that they may be
printed and that gentlemen will be kind
enough to read and consider them with
candor. As soon next week as can OBJ
tain the floor, l propose to speak in their
support.
No objections being made, the joint
resolution was received, and ordered to
be printed. 1t is as follows:
Joint resolution proposing amendments
to the Constitutions
Whereas the Constitution Of the Uni.
ted States is grant of specific powers
Delegated to the Federal Government by
the people Of the several States, all pow
ers not delegated to it nor prohibited to
the States being reserved to the States
respectively, Or to the people ; and where,
as it is the tendency of the stronger gov,
ernmeuts to enlarge their powers and ju.
risdiction at the expense Of weaker gov
crnments, and of majorlties to usurp and
abuse power and oppress minori.ies, to
arrest and hold in check which tendency
compacts and constitution are made and
whereas the only eilectual constitutional
securities for the rights Of minorties,
whether as people or as States, is the
power expressly reserved in constitutions
Of protecting those rights by their own
action and whereas this mode of protec-
ton by checks and guarautees is recog,
nizad in the Federal Constitution, as well
in the case Of the equality OF the States,
in representation and in suffrage in the
Senate, as in the provision for overruling
the veto of the President, ,and for amend
ing the Constitution, not to enumerate
other examples !; and whereas. unhappily,
because of the vast extent and diversified
interest and institutions of the several
States Of the Union, sectional divisions
can no longer be suppressed and where
as it concerns the peace and stability of
the Federal Union and Government that
a division Of the States into mere slave
holding and non saveholding sections,
causing hitherto, and from the nature
and necessity Of the case, inllammatory
and disastrous controversies upon the sub
ject of slavery, ending already in disrup
ton of the Union, should be forever here.
after ignored !; and whereas this impor.
tant end is best to be attained by the re-
cognition of other sections without re-
gard to slavery, neither Of which sec
tons alone shall be strong enough
to oppress or control the others, and
each be vested with the power to protect
itself from aggression: Therefore.
Be Il resolved By Tie Senate and Rouset
of Representa- ves Of tie United States Of
America in Congress assembled, (two
thirds of both Houses concurring,) That
the following articles be, and are hereby,
proposed as amendments to the Constitu-
ton of the United States, which shall be
valid to all intents and purposes as part
of said Constitution when ratified by con-
venlon in three forths of the several
States: ......
ARTICLE XIII.
SEC. J.. The United States are divi-
ded into four section, as follows:
The States Of Main, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts,, Rhode Island
Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsyl-
vana, aud 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 north of said