Congress
and officers of the Federal Government whose duties require
them to be in said District, from bringing with them, for
personal service only, retaining, and taking away persons so
held to service or labor, nor the power to impair or abolish
the relations of persons owing service or labor in places
under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States,
within those States and Territories where such relations are
established or recognized by law.

SECTION 5. Congress shall have no power to prohibit the
removal or transportation of persons held to service or
labor in any State or Territory of the United States to any
State or Territory thereof where the same obligation or
liability to labor or service is established or recognized
by law; and the right during such transportation, by sea or
river, of touching at ports, shores, or landings, and of
landing in case of distress, shall exist; nor shall the
Congress have power to authorize any higher rate of taxation
on persons held to service or labor than on land.

Although it may not be strictly in order, yet, as a part of my plan, I
wish to bring forward a substitute which I shall offer to the seventh
section of the committee's article, which, if adopted, should be
numbered

SECTION 9. Congress shall provide by law, that in all cases
where the Marshal, or other officer whose duty it shall be
to arrest any fugitive from service or labor, shall be
prevented from so doing by violence of a mob or riotous
assemblage; or where, after such arrest, such fugitive shall
be rescued by like violence, and the party to whom such
service or labor is due shall thereby be deprived of the
same, the United States shall pay to such party the full
value of such service or labor.

I offer these in separate sections, in order not only that the vote
may be taken upon each one separately here, but also when the same
questions come before the people. The first section of my amendment,
as I understand from every quarter, sets all opposition at rest; all
are willing to agree to it. This may be adopted and the others
rejected, which could not be done if the original section was adopted.
The other sections conform to the language of our present
Constitution, and for that reason I think they will meet with more
favor. Each subject is thus made to stand on its