...amendment to the Constitution, to be submitted to the people for their sanction, forbidding Congress " to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the...including that of persons held to labor or service jfar. by the laws of said State." 2As the time drew near for the new President to assume office, the...

...aristocrats. They recommended that the Constitution be amended so that Congress should be forbidden to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the...thereof, including that of persons held to labor or servitude by the laws of said State. Xow, instead of such an amendment, we have recommended by Congress,...

...above article : ART. XII. No amendment ghall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or five to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within...the domestic institutions thereof, including that of perюги held to labor or service by the laws of •aid Sut«. Which was agreed to, yeas 120, nays...

...motion was then lost — yeas 3 (Bigler, Crittenden, Grimes), nays 9. Dec.' 24th, 1860. Mr. SEWARD submitted these Resolutions : 1. No amendment shall...to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Concress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof,...

...legislatures, shall 06 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, or give to Congress tho power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including...

...legislatures, shall be valid, to ell intents and purposes, as a part of the said Constitution} namely: Art. 12. No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress tho power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domcstio institutions thereof, including...

...vote : — " No amendment shell be made to the Constitution which shall authorize or give Congress power to abolish, or interfere within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including persons held to labor or servitude by the laws of said State." This, if it had been passed by three-fourths...

...votes. When the Committee met again,17 Mr. Seward submitted the following proposition : "First. £To 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, including...

...Congress of March 2, 1861, the following amendment was proposed to the Constitution of the United States: 'No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which...held to labor or service by the laws of said State.' And the Legislature of this State, at the session of 1863, ratified said amendment. It is well known...

...valid to all intents and purposes as part of said constitution, viz : ARTICLE THIRTEEN. ''So amendments shall be made to the constitution which will authorize...held to labor or service by the laws of said state." Upon consideration whereof, Besolced by the General Assembly of Virginia, That the said proposed amendment...