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
| Charles Dickens - English literature - 1862 - 632 pages
...efl'ect " that no amendment shall be roade 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 the said state." Slavery was thus on the eve of the present struggle,... | |
| William Wetmore Story - Constitutional law - 1862 - 86 pages
...expressly provides : ' That no amendment shall be made to the constitution which will 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 the said State.' " Thus, in the very crisis of the present quarrel,... | |
| English literature - 1862 - 600 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.' But were the views of Mr. Lincoln himself different... | |
| English literature - 1862 - 602 pages
...provides, ' tbat no amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorise, or give Congress power to abolish, or interfere within any State with...domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons hold to labour or servitude by the laws of said State.' But were the views of Mr. Lincoln himself different... | |
| Frank Moore - United States - 1862 - 848 pages
...CONSTITUTION wnicn WILL AUTHORIZE oit GIVK то CONGRESS THE POWEK то ABOLISH OR INTERFERE, WITHIN ANT STATE, WITH THE DOMESTIC INSTITUTIONS THEREOF, INCLUDING THAT OF PERSONS HELD TO LABOR OR SERVICE ВУ THE LAWS OF SAID STATE." No just man can read this amendment, and know that it was adopted by... | |
| Frank Moore - United States - 1862 - 812 pages
...TUB CONSTITUTION WHICH WILL AUTHORIZE on GIVE TO CONGRESS THE POWER TO ABOLISH OB INTERFERE, WITHIJI ANY STATE, WITH THE DOMESTIC INSTITUTIONS THEREOF, INCLUDING THAT OF PERSONS HELD TO LABOR OU SERVICE BY THE LAWS OF SAID STATE." No just man can read this amendment, nnd know that it was adopted... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 pages
...December 24th, when most significant propositions were submitted by Mr. Seward : " First, No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress any power to abolish or interfere, in any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, inclnding... | |
| Education - 1897 - 678 pages
...65, and in the Senate 24 to 12. It reads as follows, and was to be numbered thirteen: No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize...held to labor or service by the laws of said State. Contrast this with the 13th Amendment as adopted in 1865, and one can conceive of the immense distance... | |
| Peter Hardeman Burnett - United States - 1863 - 142 pages
...the fact that Congress passed the following amendment to the Constitution: "Article 13. No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize...held to labor or service by the laws of said State." Passed the House, February 28, 1862, ayes 128, nays 63 ; and the Senate, March 2, ayes 24, nays 12.... | |
| Almanacs, American - 1863 - 734 pages
...: " Article Thirteen. "No amendment shall bo made to the Constitution which will authorize or rive to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within...held to labor or service by the laws of said State." (March 2, 1861.) No. 14. — A Resolution authorizing the Issue of the Same Quoki of Arms to the State... | |
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