Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-02-10
LETTER FROM povER.

DOVER, February I, 1865.
The Governor sent Message to the
General Assembly this morning placing
before the two Houses the Constitutional
Amendment proposed by the National
Congress to the Legislatures of the sew
cral States. The Governor warmly and
earnestly urges the ratification of the
Amendment and you will no doubt lny
the Message before your readers. AS
soon as it was presented to the House hy
by the Secretary OF State and read by
the Clerk, Col. Duncan offered the fol-
lowing preamble and rcsolution:-
Whereas it is provided by the Fifth
Article Of the Constitution of the United
States, that Congress whenever ;two.thirds
of both Houses shall deem it necessary
shall propose amendments to the said
Constitution, or on the application of the
Legislatures Of two-thrds OF the several
States, shall call convention for propos-
ing amendments which in either case shall
be valid to all intents and proposes as
part of the said Constitution when ratified
by the Legislatures Of three-fourths ofthe
several States, or by Conventions of three
fourths thereof as the one or the other
mode of ratification may he proposed by
Congress;
s.And whereas, by the Thirty Eighth Con-
grcss Of the United States at the second
session thereof, begun and held at the
City Of Washington on Monday the fifth
day of December A. d. 1864, it was,
Resolved, by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, (two-
thirds of both Honses concurring) that
the following articles be proposed to the
Legislatures of the several States as an
amendment to the Constitution of III,
United States, which, when ratified bS
threc-fourths of said Legislatures shall
lie valid to all intenes and purposes as
part Of said Constitution
"Article 49, Section /, Neither Slav
cry nor involuntary seryitude except as
punishment for crime, whereof the part
shall have been duly convicted shall ex
ist within the United States or any plac
subject to their jurisdiction.
Section .. Congress shall have powe
to enforce this article by appropriate leg
/ islation.n
= Therefore Resolved, by the Senate ant
p House of Represents ives of the State O
Delaware in General Assembly met: Tha
the aforesaid amendment be and the sam
is hereby ratified and confirmed"
After some debate, Decentralization ,
the resolution was postponed until Thur
day afternoon the 9th inst. am full
convinced from what transpired in Il
House to day, that there is little hope
the adoption Of The amendment by OF
Legislature, Democracy" is joined (
its idols, and negro slavery is the chiefe
OF them all
Mr.. Alderdicc called upthe bill accer
ing the donation of public land for t
The benefit Of Agriculture and the Mechar
s1 i,n Arts, and with much eearness explain
10 the condition attached to the act of Go
gress, and detailed the reason why t
State of Delaware should accept the graz
and render it available for the great nj
NJ pose of education. The people of Il
ne W State will no doubt be surprised to lea
IN that the Legislature rejected this nun
He cent gift of the General Government.
on the third reading the Bill was defeated
on two majority Two members from S
on sex and the delegation from New Gas
de- voted in the Affirmative. Eleven SO
re- " Democratic" votes were cast in the II
atiye. X