, 1863-11-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION.
from our Speets1 Correspond ent.1

HAsH1hoToh. NoFs II, 1855.
lam ii formed thata distinguished Western |
member Of the Houee Of Representatives D
will, ut an early day In the coming session, |
Introduce 1adicl amendment Of the Con.
stltutiou Of the United States. Il has been
previously intimated that Congress is to be
torn this winter with grave questions regard.
il the stdtus of the fnsurrectfonary districts
whether they a1e to be nuraed as terrific
lies according to Mr.. William Whldng'a let
t1, AID Mr. Charles summer's article In lhe
Atlaniic Monthly, Or whether they ehall BE-
embraced sgsin ~ tul grown Htates accord
Ing to MI. Montgomery Blalr's recent speech
at Rockville, Maryland. Shall Arkansas, Lou
isiana, Tennessee, etc, be each provided With
a Military Governor, or rather shall the Te-
trarch they now hage be continued In Office,
OF sbau those States be invited to send back
enough senators and Representatives. to vote
doNn the present government and gain the
same triumph at the ballot box which has
been denied them, after three years OF des-
Ee1ate fighting, In the field. There are kin
drea questions growing from the same parent
etem-Hhether the Presidents Proclamation
has legally abolished slavery In the rebel
statcs-whether, If slavery be abolished, it
can eyer be 1eyived-whether It would be
moro, or less, difficult to revive it II the re-
bellious districts we're In territorial cordi-
ton tkcn if they were" armed with the full
powers Of StateA In these questions not on
" might Senate be lost, but q generetion Of
tchoo1men might eubs1st upon them With
eyer increasing joy and perplextty.
There is straightforward ray to meet all
! the doubts, and to solve all the difficulties.
| growing cut OF the rebellion and its snppras'
| eiop, and that way is to amend the CoEstitu
ton, 80 is proposed by the gentleman already
| ,eftned to, by adding the following clause I:
| ARTICLE =. THERE SHALL BE NEITHER
cEPT FOE TIE PuNIsHNENT or CRIME, In ANF
PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
Let this amendment be propobed by Con
gress and ratified BY the Legislatures Of twen
~ Fix States aud all vexat1ous questions. ii
haisFplittipgs about Stlte suicide, State iuftn
ticIde, etc, vanish at once; and, bs assured
The evil fpi1its canjnred np. By our long cor
tipued eyeter1 of man. stealing will Jield t.
70 charm less potent. The loyal masses a
Tie country are at last agreed that slavery is
md ought to be, doomed inslltulon-sha
no power can eave it-:has 1t has richly earn
ed and Is surely achleEi5g 8 felon's end. Wb,
rot Int qrtetus on all It's aojuEcts? WIN
not Kill all the heads Of the hydra st the saua'
killing, and put the nations seal ppon 1t
tomb Ftone! No Gre dare Ray that 1t is IN
constitutional to smeua the Constitution
In the way prefctfbed In the Constitution
| Can there be nobler amendment Than this
The Corgress which shall take the tni.iatiy.
in such meatu.e will inscyibe itse1f on tn
rolls Of Immortality. slEce elavery has writ
ten ,t.elf indelibls upon our history the,
Iced be no more Hesitation about putting u
hateful name In our fundamental law. "
cannot eflace the rast; let ns show, By tn
noet ipcontestib1e memorials, onr co0denna
t!or Of tie Ersng done and our rereatasc
for It..
It may be anege that the necessary two
!, thirds vote cannot noW be obtained in Gen
g1eEe. Let IL be tried, and let those yot
fgalrst 1t who ctcose to make that Kind Of
, record for thtmse1ves. 1fthe thing is ever t
be done there must be place of beginning
Possibly SUCH measure may develop NOR
: strength tban It Ii now supposed to possess
| pie Ofcon1se the thorough bred copper
heads will oppose 1t. Cox will chatte
, ! against it In Congress, and Vallandighsn vii
: var sgairht It from the otter side Of Niagara
But Ii would be an act Of benevoience to CIV
l them m Issue. The pazty which they repre-
haye been retreatipg 20 FIST and 30 far befor
!, the steady advance ct Eeedon-has becon
!. 90 stg7cgey" with the punishment it has II
! ceiyt dplipg the past three years that
har6ly knons where II steuds. It ls In th
e erta1cEt Vant ofau {seue, aod since one ca
. no lorger be ma1e on the Emanclpatio
. Prc]amaliou-ttat being an accomplishe
! fact-1et them have this. Give them this fl
j. to luaw. We cannot conceive Of 4 happie
platform for the Presidential campaign.
!, being conceded that slavery Is to expire n
c terlI at no distant day, {and the people 6
n believe, however coppernead politicians rna
CRASH thtir teeth what argument can
: at rest all controversies growing out Of I
:. existence, and forever prohibit Its reestal
" liEhnent, with It's progeny Of civil wa
4 anorg US. He who thall vote or 6ghtagain
such q conEummatloQ will place himself
the predtcanent Of advocating slavery as 8
original proposition.
10 this complexion must It come at LIS
.. | The declared purpose Of the Constitution
ITO ESTABLISH IUsTICE,n must be carrie
n forward to actual realization. God has d
;e creed that ne sha11 have no peace TIL ne p
a.ay the mockery Ct freed 31n and adopt Il
= life giving reality. Let 1t be get IN hg
s. in shc wilderness through which we are pas
slavery, may look upon It and live. Q!
n grcat Ee1uegle ELL be incomplete without
!. The Emancipation Proclamation. the gram
:, eet event Of the country thus lar. will
q dwarfed bJ such an edict, a. all acts Of me
o expediency dwindle In the prescDce Of NOR
It Il his left Its inetf.ceah!e marks upon 2
l. We are now striving to get rid Of Il: and vel
:. tend to get rid Of Ill Of It. Let q
~ then. burr it under massive constitution
sr prohibition. Let us t'throE millions ofacs
Is On IT," that Its sepnlchre may be at onca
wonder and warning to all future gene
s. ticnE. H. "