, 1865-11-24
UNCONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT,

03e1nc0uon.
A1r. Bishops able note On the p,oposed r.,
| nf Jefferson noxts hr . s,r,- -. -.
s,r,.1r c,n,sd - iha @ na,,,aaso" 49, Ds'a 80 sAlS -,
doubtless help to cnlightcn the public min
There Is another nota IN thc sare wnrt Vii,
| - '.'o'neA uoto ~ L1e oalue nolA,"ole
Is Of equal practical value. Il is the delibe
| ate Judgment of this ah1e law xrftcr m y,
nnmhcr NJ statcs Ia In conrtoa ~ w. -.
| e,..,.u =. a. ~. 1s.s.,.s'.. o '"s
'n " lug 1nee Sonsutot!onai amen
mcnl. II THIS judgment were that Of pol
tician, addressing political assembly,
| might be entitled TO less yeipht Int IL fnu,
bo accepted as to certain extent The voice<
judicial science. Among all our Inv Writei
there is none whose works have been cited |
| our courts with more lespect than thoso +
h,s rnzTna,,,..,ns [ - - T.rsn,na; 70 S ,en 49,
nis commentaries Oh s41"lna4 Law, Hnach
/ work well known throughout the Union.
course, whatever Is stated BY such an author
lty is calculated to exercise . great inauenc
over the professional mind OF the country. o.
this account We eoPyit. ,,.
!. think 1t desirable to state briefly, Il
this note, how The matter Of the future o
slavery IN this country at present stands
During the winter session Of 1858, Congress
passed tho necessary legislation to submit IL
the Legislatures Of the several States, for theij
ratification, an amendment to the Constitu
tion in the following words:.,
usEc11os !, Neither slayery nor fnvo,nnt.,v xr,
vitude, except as punishment for crime, lyhefeo
the party shall hare been 1u}, CONVICTED shaIi eI
It within the Omitted statee, OF my pace subject t
'ne's e sa 5nsasa1eaen. = G
HI, s1cie ~ toan na Eo"sf 10 enforce
2. The articles # the Constitution provid.
~ h3ah tGa a,noenls .san 1esoGn1es @ tssefM ways
70 Haen tAey may PC maze put the method
nuoPtea N lhls case a ~. IS iMd down 10 the tol'
t 70" w lnHsunee; the congress, whenever
lnlt1s lN3a Q. noth hoases shall aeem j. neecs-
etiiy,fan sma'' opose "tacna% eats 70 tsss Con.
ss.'i s.utuu ha ro1,5 ~ n, ,.t,. "ns1 ,x,a,.r -
nart " " thts Ho Tonst,tntian r%ap aha as
fhe le";sIatnres If thrac.1o,.ths ~ ~ aarc ~
~ ~ s;.taa - Toast - " ene sese. "
ti1nc When +h1s nronosad :1,a1 Sr,.at a. ,1aa sua
s,5m,ttad ~ III H. s{atn iaais's4reas .ta mas
Wcrr sexsrsI ~ the ststes Thsch ~;sh,a ruGss ths
meaning of the Constitution. had no % iee1s'a. sn
t,ra. 5.,d ~ rsits,s 80 10" ~
1S1 xere fothijd.., tv ethaa 1--we eeen' eats.
1Gnss.tu'ou sr9ss ~ tut los.n any iegsia1lse act
@nase,G, ~ s Laesc s.ates 20 DC counted IN
!: r. tbe ,nsttar ny ~ ,sete ens en ra,.,,,
o,5sr s1hsaca t1sa eiarao oe sei1..us 70 nny
ststes r;ts III ,s3sot,nr a8 TtSa .aeia , az
ia1.istnrcs III +hn tonstisn @ az sna M.nous
n1astian ~ tha daiaginassan dao y, usho ~,
1ai,,sas ~ ~ 80 .ns saroHa, Tue Ieg1
~ Sn1,r+h" in0 af ~ atata Lus %eaE ~
sainEes n 1act " tn1 aoas 81 rea5 nane
gal wisdom or legal aeunen 10 SEC ill., I pro- o.
"a Ssa .s.s so5 sss
vou viii liz" Son " tis ne,, N vnn, ~ hstte ~
suontos son ~" s"r ix soM en's pen On your peanE &
rafers rpp ~ ror, ~ si,,so ~ ,.a tas LET. ~
cach hons~ n at m ~ ..+tsr ,a,...t.,,. -
tn Wit he nnnoirt1oent .ha,i bn a.si{ rsi}1
Thrr ratiiiet, hy IN rotera ~ % t6res ne,h.
That nne.th;rd ~ hnuses oIs h. "
M 1era1 voters h 1hrm Snes 1T + tharofa.s Gnss
hocos1s i,,,nassft,1a ~ - -. LIZ stoles
IN thsa cssa s;rca fhe rnta - nc nsn .s ~
1.e tsEen Il srou1d ha sh.urd ~ .r, ~
bonaoe Il wt,c1, thsra traro ~ tU' ~ rhe
cons,s... - ,n@ nou1e s,,h,a naoSt 'otesst II
ennnnsa !, - totaI5 pMid poGs3s a mSt' VT W H.gnt
snElose ~ .ahen, eoulo amount Only 70 q
=, eiphSt, "ne5s 3s,.; 9as5 10Y peIeelses} coanIs
tNI.H uta4ue' ~ aoalttou' No Mhn -Hoo4a count
h1s;d,,, Gh dGI nnsS a4 moEs .nan Ia nc " woaa
lteo. ,--..- ..,..
4. whenever the law submits anything to
pefsons or bodies IN general terms, 1t submits
II 10 those particular persons Or bodies that
hnve. legal power 10 SCI: Thus, u the case
oelofe ns, me sec1ion ~ the constitution a.
~. A~ FA~f~~->A - 4SfAoNe
That the Congress, whenever two-thir1. Of
both 4onses snail deem It necessary. SHALL"
ete. Hcfe q iull congress eons1sts, In one
%a5 q reckoning, ol an me members to which
inc STATES are coAectaFeif entitled just Is, ~
oone one way Of reckoning, "the several
states, include those which have
1ot Legislatures, as well as those
'TEhlch = have bDt, u legal construction,
ne expression, two-tallas OF po1h houses,
neans tTo-thlrd haf o. those members who are
1et include members who exist only in theory |
u law, neither does 1t include actual mem.
,crs who are absent rom the Legislative halls,
because only IN the legislative halls docs the
aW ALLOW them to aes. AND this Is the Prac-
words s'two-thtrds OF both houses" in this