No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said... Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia - Page 63by West Virginia - 1866Full view - About this book
| William Vincent McKean - Almanacs, American - 1863 - 732 pages
...Thirteen. u No amendment shall be mode to the Constitution which will authorize or eive to Congress tho power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with...held to labor or service by the laws of said State." (March 2, 18C1.) No. 14. — A Résolution authorizing the Ittue of the Same Quota of Arm* to the State... | |
| JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE - 1863 - 920 pages
...two-thirds vote in both, pass an amendment to the Constitution, declaring that "NO AMENDMENT SHOULD BE MADE TO THE CONSTITUTION WHICH WILL AUTHORIZE OR...THE POWER TO ABOLISH OR INTERFERE, WITHIN ANY STATE, W*TH THE DOMESTIC INSTITUTIONS THEREOF, INCLUDING THAT OF PERSONS HELD TO LABOR OR SERVICE BY THE LAWS... | |
| Eduard Maco Hudson - Slavery - 1868 - 240 pages
...provides: — ' That no amendment shall be made to the constitution which will authorise or give Congress power to abolish or interfere within any State with...institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labour or servitude by the laws of said State.' Here is a clear acknowledgement that no such power... | |
| George McHenry - Confederate States of America - 1863 - 372 pages
...: — * That no amendment shall be made to the Constitution ' which will authorise or give Congress power to abolish or ' interfere within any State with...institutions ' thereof, including that of persons held to labour or servitude ' by the laws of said State.' The resolution was unanimously adopted, Mr. Seward,... | |
| George McHenry - Confederate States of America - 1863 - 372 pages
...:— ' That no amendment shall be made to the Constitution ' which will ' authorise or give Congress power to abolish or ' interfere within any State with...institutions ' thereof, including that of persons held to labour or servitude ' by the laws of said State.' The resolution was unanimously adopted, Mr. Seward,... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 796 pages
...third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article of said Constitution ; and no amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress any power to abolish or interfere with slavery in any of the States by whose laws it is or may be allowed... | |
| Lucius Eugene Chittenden - Conference Convention - 1864 - 644 pages
...the amendment because I think it expresses the purpose in better language. SECTION 1. "No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize...held to labor or service by the laws of said State. Mr. CHASE : — This amendment would be limited in its application to the States. Congress would still... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the said Constitution, namely: Art 12. No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize,...held to labor or service by the laws of said State. This resolution was adopted by a vote of 133 to 65 — more than two-thirds in its favor. This closed... | |
| Charles Daniel Drake - Enslaved persons - 1864 - 446 pages
...so that it should declare that " nomnendment shall be made to the Constitution which tStmauthorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere...of persons held to labor or service by the laws of such State." This was another chain to bind the Nation to Slavery ; but we can glory to-day in the... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...and purposes, as a part of the said Constitution, namely : Art. 12. No amendment shall be made to tho Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress...the domestic institutions thereof, including that of per sons held to labor or service by the laws of said State. This resolution was adopted by a vote... | |
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