thereof shall be construed to give Congress power to
regulate, abolish, or control, within any State, the
relation established or recognized by the laws thereof
touching persons held to labor or involuntary service
therein, nor to interfere with or abolish involuntary
service in the District of Columbia without the consent of
Maryland and without the consent of the owners, or making
the owners who do not consent just compensation; nor the
power to interfere with or prohibit representatives and
others from bringing with them to the District of Columbia,
retaining and taking away, persons so held to labor or
service; nor the power to interfere with or abolish
involuntary service in places under the exclusive
jurisdiction of the United States within those States and
Territories where the same is established or recognized; nor
the power to prohibit the removal or transportation of
persons held to labor or involuntary service in any State or
Territory of the United States to any other State or
Territory thereof, where it is established or recognized by
law or usage; and the right during transportation, by sea or
river, of touching at ports, shores, and landings, and of
landing in case of distress, shall exist; but not the right
of transit in or through any State or Territory, or of sale
or traffic, against the laws thereof. Nor shall Congress
have power to authorize any higher rate of taxation on
persons held to labor or service than on land.
The bringing into the District of Columbia of persons held
to labor or service for sale, or placing them in depots to
be afterwards transferred to other places for sale as
merchandise, is prohibited.
The question on the adoption of said section resulted in the following
vote:
AYES.--Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New
Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Tennessee, and Virginia--12.
NOES.--Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, and Vermont--7.
New York and Kansas were divided.
So the section was adopted.
The following gentlemen dissented from the vote of their States: Mr.
CLAY, of Kentucky; Mr. COOK, of Illinois; Mr. SLAUGHTER, of Indiana;
and Mr. CHASE, and Mr. WOLCOTT, of Ohio.
Mr. GUTHRIE:--I move the adoption of the fourth section of the report
as amended.
And the Secretary read it as follows:
SECTION 4. The third paragraph of the second section of the
fourth article of the Constitution shall not be construed to
prevent any of the States, by appropriate legislation, and
through the action of their judicial and ministerial
officers, from enforcing the delivery of fugitives from
labor to the person to whom such service or labor is due.
The question on the adoption of said section resulted in the following
vote:
AYES.--Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and
Virginia--15.
NOES.--Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire--4.
New York and Kansas were divided.
And the section was adopted.
The following gentlemen dissented from the vote of their respective
States: Mr. BALDWIN, of Connecticut; Mr. HACKLEMAN and Mr. ORTH, of
Indiana; and Mr. CHASE and Mr. WOLCOTT, of Ohio.
Mr. GUTHRIE:--I now move the adoption of the fifth section of the
report as amended.
It was read by the Secretary as follows: