The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-09-02
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ynIlan ndighmr,'s Proposed A
@anenslsneut ITO the COuStjtU-
lion.
The following are the amendments
to the Constitution, proposed by Mr..
Vallandigham, on the 9TH of Febru-
airy, 1861. Will the Cadiz Republi>
can or any other Republican paper
dare publish them in full? We shall
see. They have published garbled ex-
tracts, but not the full and complete
amendments as offered by Mr.. Val
landigham. Here they are
JOINT RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS the Constitution OF the United
States is grant ofSpecific powers delegated
TO the Federal Government by the people o
the several States, all powers not delegated
to it nor prohibited to the States being re-
served to the States, respectively, or to the
people; and whereas it is the tendency of
stronger governments to enlarge their pow>
ers and jurisdiction at the expense Of weaker
governments, and Of maiorties to usurp and
abuse power and opprcss minorties, to ar
rest and hold in check with tendency, COM
pacts and constitutions are made; and where.
as the only effectual constitutional security
for the rights Of neutrality-suspicious. as peo-
pie or as states-is the power expressly re
served in constitutions, OF protecting those
rights by their own action; and whereas this
mode OF protection, by checks ard guaran-
= - thn Eala y
tion, as well as in the case OF equality o the
States in representation and in suffrage in
the Senate, as in the provision for overrul-
ing the veto Of the President and for amend
ing the Constitution, not to enumerate oth>
er examples; and whereas, uunappily, be-
cau,e Of the vast extent and diversified inter
ests and institutions the several States Of
the Union, sectional divisions can no longer
be suppressed; and whereas it concerns the
peace and stability Of the Federal Union and
Government, that division of the States ins
TO mere slaveholing and non slaveholGing
sections causing hitherto--and from the ma
ture and cecesSity Of the case--infammatory
and disastrous controversies, upon the sub
iect of slavery, ending already, in present
disruption OF the Union should be forever
hereafter ignored; and whereas this impor-
tant end IS best to be obtained by the recog.
milton OF other sections without regard to
slavery, neither OF which sections shall alone
he strong enough to oppress or control the
others, and each be vested with the power
to protect itself from aggressions, There
fore,
Resolved, by The Senate and House Of Rep
Yesenta'iUss of the United States of america
in Congress assembled, (two thirds of both
Houses concurring,) That the following ar,
.icles be, and are hereby, proposed as ameud.
ments to the Constitution of the United
States, which shall be valid, to all intents
and purposes, as part Of said Constitution,
when ratified by conventions in three ourths
Of the several States:
ARTICLE XIII.
SEC. l. The United States are dividsd
into four sections as follows:
The States OF Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con
necticut, New, Jersey, and Pennsylvania,
and oil 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 States, shall constitute one
section to be known as the NORTH.
The States OF Ohio, Indiana Illinois, Mich
iean, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Kan
sas. and all new Staes annexed or admitted
into the Union, or erected within the juris
d;ction OF any OF said States, or by the juno.
ton OF two or more of the same, or of parts
thereof or out Of territory now beId or here
after acquired north Of latitude 36 , 80 min.,
and east Of the crest OF the Rocky Noun.
tains shall constitute another section, to be
known as the WEST.
TIE States of Oregon, and California, 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 now held or
herea lter acquired west Of the crest OF the
Rocky Mountains and Of the Rio Grande,
shall constitute another section, to be known
as the PACIFIC.
The States OF Delaware, Maryland, Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas. Tennessee, Ken
lucky, and Missouri, and all new States an
nexed and admitted into the Union, or forms
ed or erected within the jurisdiction of any
of said State, or by the Junction oi two or
more OF the same, or OF parts thereof, or
out Of territory acquired east Of the Rio
Grande, and south OF latitude 36 Q 30 min.
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 Representatives
may be necessary, except on question OF
adjournment, vote shall be had by sections
and majority Of the Senators from each
section voting. shall be necessary to the pass
age OF such bill, or resolution, and to the
validity of every such vote.
SEC, 8. Two OF the electors<or President
and Vice President shall be appointed by
each State in such manner as the LegsIa
ture thereof may direct, for the State at
large The other electors to which each
State may be entitled, shall be chosed in the
respective congressional districts into which
the State may, at the regular decennial per-
iod, have been divided by the electors Of
each district, having the qualifications re-
auisite for electors Of the most numerous
branch OF the State Legislature. MAORI
Ay of all the electors in each of the four sec
~Aious in this article established, shall be ne
..cosssry to the choice Of President end Vice
President: and the concurrence OF majori
ty or the States of each section shall be ne
/, cessary to the choice OF President by the
House OF Representatives aud OF the Sena
tors from each section to the choice Of Vice
President by the Senate, whenever the right
Of choice shall deyoIge upon them respecta-
lively.
Ssc. f. The President and Vice .Presi
dent shall hold their office each during the