The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-02-16
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THURSDAY, FEB. le, 1866.
HistorY Of the Amendment.

History OF the Amendment
TIE fs, step tVhcn in Congress ,owar'
the smcndr.ent OF the Constitution I,
abolish Slavery. wss,o the li,h OF Jau
vary, 1854, when NJ. Henderson. The 50
3 called Conservative" Senator from Mis-
souri, Introduced iolrt resolution in the
seuate, proposing an amendment to the
} Constitution providing for The abolition OF
= siavrry. On the 10th Of February this
amendment wa, reported from the Com
mt,ee on the Judiciary, and the following
resolution was framed:
Be IL Resolved, Dy the senate and
n use Of r representatives. Of tho United
States Of America IN Congress assembled,
two.thirds OF both Houses concurring,ihnt
tho following Arliccs be proposed To the
Legislatures of The several Sttes ns an
nmeodment 10 the Constitution OF the
United States, which, when raiilicd 10y
tirt o. e.iourths Of said Legislatures, shall
4 be valid to all intonti aud purposes us a
y part of tho said Constitution, namely
ARTICLE 10.
SrortoN 1. Neither slavery nor in.
voluntary seryl,udc. exccpla as punish.
ment for crime, whereof the party shall
be duly convicted, shall exist within The
United States, or any place subject TO
,hoir Jurisdiction.
srcrroN Q. Congress shall have pow
or To enforce this article by appropriate
legislation.
% the 18Th Of April the Senate Odop-
ted the Joint resolution by vote Of 3s
ayes to o nays. On the 3lst of Mny the
j5int resolution came up IN the House,
when Il was voted upon on the 10th Of
June. The resolution was los, 10y vote
of 90 ayes to 90 nays. There were -
absent or not vutirg. a moiion was then
mado to rccOusldvr this vote, which mo-
lion was laid on ile tablo. where Il re-
maiu,d until cpllrd up this wiutcr.
Ga the 3i.t day of January the jOi0t
resolution cume up agnin in the Ilou'c
and voted upon.
Tic resolution was gained by n ylic, p,
of ii9 ayes To be nays 5 absent ur not
voting the nOys, and absent were OIL
Democrats.
The vote from OHIO members stood
ArEs-AIessrs.. Ashley, Eckl,y, Oar.
Geld, Hutcbins, Schcnck and Spalding
--6
NAYS -Mrssrs. Bliss, Cox, FincS, John
son, Long, Morris, Noble, O'Nicl, PEN
'dlston aud Whtc-Io.
Absent--L. Blond aud M'kinney.
Finck and L'Blohd are the only mem'
bcrs from Ohio, who could afford to vote
In the negative ON that question; aud
even they may 1--we 10 regret such vote
or sIch dodge.
The clause of Of the Constitution IN.
der which this amendment is proposed o
be made, in article V. Us follows.
ARTICLE V.
The Congress, whenever ,wo.,hirds of
both Iluuscs shall deem II NECESSARY
,han propose amendments t. this Con
Su,ulion, or un the application of the
Legislatures of twu.tlirds of the several
States, shall call n convention lor prOpos
ing amendments, which, in either case
be valid TO all intcnis aud purposes, aS
part OF this Constitution, when ratified by
the Legislatures OF ihrco lourlhs Of tn
several Stues, or by conventions IN three.
ipurths thereof, ns the one or the other
mode Of ratification moy be proposed by
the Congress.
Il will be seen that there IS no limit
uf time as to when the amendment stall
b. ratified by the States, and TINT there
is no such thing Us undolng what has
been done IN the pr misses. No future
Congress or Executive can retraco the
steps now token, aud ir tho measure
al, iontnIy faiis IL "A. IN ha hasnust. tho
requisite endorsement by Stalcs is not
obtained. This feature of the case furn.
ishes the friends Of the amendment
gcunds for constant effort, aud grcut
conflcnc In its final success.