The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-07-16

proposed TO amend Art. XIII, by di.
viding the United States into four sec.
tions, as follows:
THE NEW ENGLAND STATES.
The States of Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
and Pennsylvania, and all new States
annexed and admitted into the Union.
and all formed or erected within the
] jurisdiction Of any of said States, or bv
the junction Of two or more of the
samo, or of parts thereof or out of terri
tory acquired north of said States, shall
constitute one section, to be known as
the North.
The States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa
and Kansas, and all new States annex
ed or admitted into the Union, or erect
ed 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 hereafter
acquired north Of of latitude SO deg. 80
min., aud east Of the crest Of the Rocky
Mountains, shall constitute another sec
tion, to be known as the West
The States of Oregon and California.
and all new States annexed and admit
ted into the Union, or formed or erect.
ed within the jurisdiction of two or
more OF the same, or of parts thereof, or
out OF territory now held or hereafter
acquired west Of the crest o. the Rocky
Mountains and of the Rio Grandc, shal,
constitute another section, to be known
as the Pacific.
The States of Delaware, MARYLAND
Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro-.
lima, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis-.
sissiPpi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas
Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri
and all new States, &C., east of the Ric
Grapde and south of latitude &c deg
80 min, to constitute another section
to be known as the South.
The other sections of this article pro.
vide for Congressional vote on any bill,
to be by sections, "a majority of ths
Senators from each section" to be nee.
ossary to its passage; and the President
and Vice President to hold their Offices
for the term of six years.
CART. XIV. No State shall socede
without the consent of the Legislatures
of all the States Of the section to which
the State proposing to seccde belongs
The President shall have power to ad
just with seeding States all question.
arising by reason of their Secession
but the terms Of adjustment shall b,
submitted to the Congress for their an
proval before tho same shall be valid
CART. NV. Neither the Congress no,
Territorial Legislature shall have DOW
er to interfere with the right of tn,
citizens of any of the States within Ell
ther of the sections to migrate upo,
equal terms with the citizens of tn
States within other of the other section
to the territories of the United State.
nor shall either have power to destro
or impair any rights of either person o
property in the Territories"
The remaining clause of this Articl
relates simply to tho admission of State
with Republican form of Government
he OPPOSES THE COLLECTION OF REvE
NUE. IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
July 10th, the bill for the collectio
Of the revenue in insurrectionary dis
tricts being on its passage, Mr.. Val
andigham cast his votein the negativ
with nine other Representatives.
On the same day the bill authori
zing the Secretary of the Treasury
borrow S25O;0OOOOO, for pay and sui
sistence Of the soldiers then in tn
field, being on its passage, Mr.. Valland
igham INDUCED in a violent partisa
attack on President Lincoln, and va
ted against the bill. [Vide Compression
al Globe; PIP. Sc to Gl.
Following this notorious speech, tn,
following debate is recorded in tn,
Globe [See p, 60.
Mr.. HoLMAN-Let me ask the gen
tleman from Ohio one question befor
he takes his seat. Is he in favor O
the Government suspending it's effort
to maintain the integrity of the Union
and of recognizing the so-called secede,
States as separate nationality? Will
he censuros the policy of the Admins
tration, We would like to know whothe
he goes with his constituentsin demand
ing that the Constitution must an
shall be presrved2
Mr., NALLANDIGHAM-I will answer
tho gentleman in the words of resolu