The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-08-12

contain tue population requisite lor mem
ber Of Congress, according to the then Fed
eral ratio Of representation Of the people OF
the United Stat es il shall, il its form Of gov
ern ment be republican, be admitted INTO the
Union on an equal footing with the original
States, with or without slavery, as the Con-
stitution of such new State may provide.
ART. 2. Congress shalt have no power to
abolish slavery in places under its exclusive
| jurisdiction, or within the limits OF Safes
that permit the holding Of slaves. ~
| ART, 8. Congress shall have no power to
abolish slavery within the District Of Colum-
bia, so long IS 1t exists in the adjoining
States of Virginia and Maryland, or either,
nor without just compensation first made to
such owners OF slaves as does not consent to
such aboishment. Nor shall Congress at
any time prohibit officers OF the Federal Gov
eminent, or members OF Congress, whose du
| ties require 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 the District
| d ART. 4. Congress shall have no power to
prohibit or hinder the transportation ofslaves
from one State to another, or to Territory
10 which slaves are by law permitted to be
held, whether that transportation be by lands
navigable rivers, or by sea.
ART. g. That in condition to the provis
ions oil the third paragraph OF the second sec
ton Of the fourth article OF the Constitution
OF the United States Congress shall have
power to provide by law, and.it shall be its
duty to provide, that the U. s., shall pay to
the owner who shall apply for it the full val.
ue of his fugitive slave, in allcases when the
Marshal, or other officer whose duty it was
to arrest said fugitive, was prevented from
SO doing by violence or intimidation, or when,
after arrest, said fugi i've was rescued by force
and the owner thereby prevented and OBJ
struc ed in the pursuit OF OF his remedy for
the recovery OF his fugitive slave, under the
said clause ofthe Constitution and the laws
made in pursuance thereof. And in such ca
ses, when the. United States shall pay for
such fugitive, they shall have the right in
their own name to sue the county In which
said violence, intimidation, or rescue, was
committed, and to recover from it, with in Z
terest and damages, the amount paid by them
for said fugitive slave. And the said county
after ithas paid said amount to the United
States may for its identity, sue and recover
from the wrong doers or rescuers, by whom
the owner was prevented from the recovery
OF his fugitive slave, in like manner as the
owner himself might have sued and recov
cred. a# fH
|. ART. 6. No future Amendments OF the
Constitution shall affect the preceding arti
cles, nor the third paragraph OF the second
section Of the first article OF the Cons titution
nor the third paragraph of the second section
of the fourth article OF said Constitution, and
which will authorize or give to Congress any
power to abolish or interfere with slavery in
any oi the States by whose laws it is or may
be allowed or permitted.
And, WHEREAS, also, besides those causes
of dissension embraced in TIE soregoingeaa-
mendments propose to the Constitution
Of the United States, there are Others which
come within the jurisdiction Of Congress, and
may be rcmedied by its legislative power and
whereas, it is the desire OF Congress, as far
as its power will extend, to remove all just
cause for the popular discomfort aud agi
talion which now disturb the peace OF the
country, and threaten the stability OF its
institutions; therefore, -
Resolved, by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentsta tatives of the United States OF Amer
lea in Congress assembled, That the laws
now in force for the recovery of fugitive
slaves are in strict pursuance of the Con
stituton, and have been sanctioned as val
id and Constitutional by the supreme
Court of the United States; that the slave
holding States are entitled to the faithful
observance and execution OF those laws,
and that changed as to impair their efficien-
CIV; and that laws ought to be made for the
punishment of those who attempt, by
the rescue ofthe slaves or other illegal means
to hinder or deeat the due execution OF said
laws. ,. .ta. uG
g.. That all S'ate laws which conflict with
the Fugilives Slave Act, or any other con>
fstitutional act Of Congress, or which IN their
opinion impede, hinder or delay the free
course and due execution o. any OF said acts,
are null and void by the provisions Of the
| Constitution OF the United States. Yet
those State laws void as they are, have Civ
en- order to practices and lead to consequen
ces which have obsructed the due admlnis>
tration and execul ion Of acts OF Congress, and
especially the acts for delivery Of fugitive
slaves, and have thereby contributed much
to this discord and commotlon now prevail
Ling. Congress, therefore, in the present per
! lous iuncture, does not deem it improper,
respectfully and earnestly TO recommend the
repeal OF those laws to the several States
which have enacted them or such legislative
corrections or explanations of them as may
prevent their being used or perverted TO
such mschievous purposes. .r
g. That the act Of the 18th Of September
1850 commonly called the fugitive Slave
Law, ought to to be so amendsd as to make
the fee Of the Commissioner. mentioned in
the 9th section OF this act, equal in amount
in the cases decided by him, whether his de-
cison be in iavor or against the claimant
And to avoid misconstruction, the last clause
OF the 9Th section OF said act, which authori-
zes the persons holding warrant for the
arrest or detection of fugitive slaye to sum
mons 10 his aid posse comitaus, and which
declared it to be the duty of all good citizens
to assist him in its execution ought to be SO
amended as TO expressly init the authority
and duty in cases in which there Shall be
resistance, or danger OF resistance or rescue,
4. That the laws for the suppression OF
the African slave trade and especially those
prohibiting the importation Of slaves into
the United States, ought to be made effec
/ tual, ard ought to be thoroughly executed,
and all further enactment necessary 10 those
ends ought to be promptly made
On the fifteenth of January, 1861,
Senator Clark (Abolitionist) moved to
strike out all of Mr.. Crittenden's S
propositions, after the preamble and
the word Resolved, and insert in lieu
thereof the following: ~. -.-.s.-
That tho provisions Of the Constitution
are ample for the preservation OF the Union,
and the protectionof all the material inter