M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-08-27

gress can do any thing but this con
royersy will not be settled here" II
was right. The controversy was nc
settled there. Would to GodI.i ha
beep But we all know that the roa
}, son why i was not settled there was
the RepnbiicaDs wopld not permit i,
Douglas told them, on the floor of til
Senate, that the responsibility Of th
failure was with them. The RepubIi
can Senators and Representatives act
ed on the idea Of Senator Chandler
Of Michigan, who declared that with
out little blood-letting the Unior
| would not be,worth a rush. .,.
! No further action was had on these
resolutions, except ordering them t
be printed, until January 81, 1861
(South Carolina having seeded Dec
2O,and her delegation withdrawn from
Congress Dec. "a, 1SOI,) when Mr.
Or'ttenden introduced them anew
with a different preamble, which shape
they read ss follows: (page 23T
WnrREas Fhe Union isindangcr, and owing
70 tho unhappy divisions existing in Congress;
IL would bo d.iltcutt' ii not impOsside, for that
body to coneur in both its hrauches BY the re.
| qncsite majority, so as tozonablo it either ID
adopt such measurs oPletislation or to recon
m1nd to the States such amendments 70 the con
! Sututon as are deemed necessary and proper "a
ayeit that danger, aud whereas in 81 grSat an
| emergency the opinion and Judgment ofthc peo-
| pie ought to be heard, and would DO the bes
'and sprest guide to their representative there
| fore.
ReUtced, Th,t provision ought TO be made by
law, wit out delay for Ia kihg the sense Of the
| people AMI submitting to their vote the follow
ing resolutions as the basis for the final and per-
mtgcnt settlement ofthose disputes that now di:
tutB Tho pence ofthe Uountry, and threaten the
existoncc of the dnioh.
RAQtrfe by the Senate and House of Repre-
Sen@tiyts of the United States of America, in
CongrcsS assembled, two thirds of both houses
eoncurrng, that the following articles be and arc
hereby proposed aud suhmiuoda a, amendments
| TO the Constitution Of the United States, which
shall be valid toal intehts and purpu,os as'part
| ol sad Constitutions, when ratified by Cunysn.
lions OF three fourthsof tho several States
ARTICLE |. nall the territory OF the United
States noY held, or hereafter acquired, situ.ted
north ofhtitdde thirty-six degrees md thifly
ninutos, Slavery or Involuntary sevithdo, dSdef't
as Il punishmelIL for crime, Is prohibited while
s,iJn territory shall remain uudur Territorial
government. In all the territory noa held, or
hereafter acquired, south of said liLciotlatitile,
shyury uf tl1iA frciur ritee Is hereby -ecopniz-
cd as.cXsisting,an shallnot bd ihterfored with
~ Congress, but shall be pros iccted ns rropertg
~ all the departmcnts Of the Territorial goyl
eumcDt dunnglit4 Continuance: and when 6oun
aries as lpp yreS9 shgl lW9sGribo, >hali contain
thc;popliItion rrqnislh fot q lnumbdr Of Con-
grcsS, according " tho then Federal ratio of re.
presentation or the pa6ple Of the United Statesl
IGShalh If itSfOrm Of fgoyemnont be trsbdbIId,
he admtted iutothA Union on an equal footing
with tho Original States with or without sluyol
rye, lhc Constitution Of sach new State may
'p oidei .s14 DFEaTyG F-FGl
AHT. :. Cougrcss.shall have no power to abol-
sh slave y ii places under its exclusive iurislic-
lou or n ilpin the Limits Estates that permit
Tho holding ofslavesH Il s.. ..''
AnT, ,. COngrAss shallhAvc power to abol-
sh slavery within the District of Columbia. 90
long ~ j. exists in the adjoining States of Yirci
MIA and MnylInd, or either, nor without Ihe
consent oi the Inhabitants, nor without lust Gem
ponsati N first made 20 such owners oGSlaves us
10 not consent to such Establishments. Nor sLall
Congress at any time prohibit officers oil the Fed
crul GVHcrnment, or members OF Congress " hose
jpties require them to he in said District, from
bringing with then their slaves, and holding
them Us such during the time thaar duties NAV
require them to remain there, and NfterwarJ
CaRlng them from the District. .l.t
ART, 4, Congress shal have no power to pro-
hibit or hinder the transportations of slaves
from one state to. an anQher. or to Territory
"A tpIti ti.h liz Ia.
whether that transportation be by lands, nayi
gable rivers, or by sea.
ART. D. Thutin addition to tho provisions Of
the third paragraph OF the second section ofthe
fourth article of tho Constitution of tho United
States, Congress shall have power to provide by
Law, ana 1t shall be it's duty so 30 provide, that
the Uhted States shall pay tn the owner who
shall apply for it the fnll value of his fugitive
ave, in all cases when the Marshal, or other
ollcer whose duty it was to arrest said fugitive,
was prevented from 80 doing by violence or in
tinidation, or when, after nrrcst, said fugitive
was rescued by force, aud tho owner thereby
prevented and obstructed in the pursuit of his
remedy for the recovery of his fugitive slave. un-
der the said clanse of the consultation and the
laws made in pursuance thereof And in such
cases, when the United States shall pay for such
might've, they shall Lave the right in their oSn
name to sue the county in which said violence
ihtmldat.on, or tescue, was committed q nd TO
recover from il, aud with intrest and damages,
tle amount paid by them for said furgitve slave
And tie said county. after it has paid said
amount TO the United States, may, for its Ia.
domnlty, 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 recovered. 's-fIt l3i t3.n - T. 10y
ART. g. No future amendment ofthe Consti
tuition shall affect the five preceding articles.
nor the thf a paragraph Of the second section of
the first article the Constitution, nor the third
paragraph Of the second section of the fourth ar
ticle ofsaId Oonst tuition, and no a-rendmenl
shall be made to the Constitution which will
authorize or giveto Congress any power TO abol
ish or interfere with slavery in any Of the States
by whose laws tits or may be allowed or per.
mtted.
AND, WHEREAS, also, besides those car, see of
disson:ion embraced in the foregoing amend
ments proposed to the Constitutions OF the Uni.
.ed States, there are others W hich come within
the jurisdiction of Congress, and may be renee
died by its legislative power, and, whereas il
isthe desireot Congress, as far a. its power will
extend to remove oil Just cause for tie popular
discomfort and agitation whcih now disturb tho
peace of the eountry,s and threaten the stability
ofits institution ithersfofe, .ssfsg ID 80. =
p i, Reseirsd, blythe Senate and House of, Reprs-
sentative Of the United. States Of America ir
Congress assembled. That the law now In forca
ioT the recovery of fugitive slaves are In stri,e