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The vote on the adoption of the section was 

 as follows : 



AYFS. Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, 

 Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee 8. 



-.Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachu- 

 Missouvi, New York, North Carolina, New 

 Hampshire, Vermont, Virginia 11. 



So its adoption was not agreed to. 



A reconsideration of this vote was called for 

 by the delegates from Illinois and agreed to, 14 

 to 5. On the next day the question was again 

 taken on the adoption of the section, with the 

 following result : 



AYES. Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, New 

 Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee 

 o. 



XOES. Connecticut, Iowa. Maine, Massachusetts, 

 North Carolina, New Hampshire, Vermont.Virginia 8. 



Thus the section was adopted. 



It was stated by the members from New 

 York, when the State was called, that one of 

 their number, D. D. Field, was absent and the 

 delegation was divided. Thus New York, In- 

 diana, and Kansas were divided. 



The adoption of the second section was then 

 moved; it was as follows : 



SECTION 2. No territory shall be acquired by the 

 United States, except by discovery, and for naval and 

 commercial stations, depots, and transit routes, with- 

 out the concurrence of a majority of all the Senators 

 from States which allow involuntary servitude, and a 

 majority of all the Senators from States which prohibit 

 that relation ; nor shall territory be acquired by treaty, 

 unless the votes of a majority of the Senators from 

 each class of States hereinbefore mentioned be cast as 

 a part of the two-thirds majority necessary to the rati- 

 fication of such treaty. 



The vote on this section was as follows : 

 AYES. Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, 

 Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio. Pennsylvania, Rhode Isl- 

 and, Tennessee, Virginia 11. 



NOES. Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachu- 

 setts, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Vermont 8. 



New York and Kansas were divided. 



The adoption of section three of the report, 

 with the amendments, was next moved. The 

 amended section was as follows : 



SECTION 3. Neither the Constitution nor any amend- 

 ment 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 compensa- 

 tion ; nor the power to interfere with or prohibit rep- 

 resentatives 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 



E laces under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United 

 tales 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 Terri- 

 tory of the United States to any other State or Terri- 

 tory 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 caselrf distress, shall exist ; but not 

 the right of transit in or through any State or Terri- 

 tory, or of sale or traffic, against the laws thereof. 



Nor shall Congress hare power to authorize any 

 higher rate of taxation on persons held to labor or 

 service than on land. 



The vote on the adoption of the section was 

 as follows : 



AYES. Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Man-land, 

 Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia 12. 



NOES. Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massa- 

 chusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont 1. 



So the section was adopted. Kansas and 

 New York were divided. 



The adoption of the fourth section of the 

 report, as amended, was then moved ; it was as 

 follows : 



SECTION 4. The third paragraph of the second sec- 

 tion of the fourth article of the Constitution shall not 

 be construed to prevent any of the States, by appro- 

 priate legislation, and through the action of th'eir judi- 

 cial and ministerial officers, from enforcing the delivery 

 of fugitives from labor to the person to whom such 

 service or labor is due. 



The vote on the adoption of this section was 

 as follows : 



AYES. Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, 

 Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey. North 

 Carolina! Ohio, "Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennes- 

 see, Vermont, Virginia 15. 



NOES. Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hamp- 

 .shire 4. 



Thus the section was adopted. Kansas and 

 New York were divided. 



The adoption of the fifth section of the re- 

 port as amended was then moved ; it was as fol- 

 lows : 



SECTION 5. The foreign slave trade is hereby forever 

 prohibited, and it shall be the duty of Congress to pass 

 laws to prevent the importation of slaves, coolies, or 

 persons held to service or labor into the United States 

 and the Territories from places beyond the limits thereof. 



The vote on the adoption of this section re- 

 sulted as follows : 



AYES. Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, 

 Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New 

 York. New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rnode Isl- 

 and, Tennessee, Vermont, Kansas 16. 



NOES. Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, 

 Virginia 5. 



The section was thus adopted. 

 A motion was next made to adopt the sixth 

 section as amended ; it was as follows : 



SECTION 6. The first, third, and fifth sections, to- 

 gether with this section of these amendments, and the 

 third paragraph of the second section of the first arti- 

 cle of the Constitution, and the third paragraph of the 

 second section of the fourth article thereof, shall not 

 be amended or abolished without the consent of all the 

 States. 



The vote on this section was as follows: 



AYES. Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, 

 Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Isl- 

 and, Tennessee, Kansas 11. 



NOES. Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massa- 

 chusetts, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Vermont, 

 Virginia 9. 



New York was divided. So this section was 

 adopted. 



The motion was then made to adopt the 

 seventh and last section as amended; it was 

 as follows: 



