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  3. Committee:Senate Committee of the Whole
  4. Session: 1861-03-02 00:00:00
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The Road to Civil War

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Session 13851: 1861-03-02 00:00:00

The Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, takes up H. Res. 80.

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H. Res. 80

Shown with amendment 'H. Res. 80: Mr. Bingham Committee of the Whole Amendment' (e862140)

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Be it rJoint Resolved thatution to amend the provisConstitutions of the Constitution are ample forUnited States.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Represervationnta-tives of the Union, and the protectionted States of all the matAmerical inte Congrests of the country; that it neeassembled, two-thirds tof be obeyed rather than amended; and t houses concurring. That an extrication from our present dangers is tothe following arti-cle be looked for in stproposed to the legislaturenuous efforts to preof the serve the peace, protectral States as an amendment to the public property, and enforceConstitution of the laws, rather than in new guarantees for particular interests, compromises for particular difficulties, or concessions to unreasonable demands.

ResolveUnited States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures, shall be valid, Thato all attempts to dissolve the present Union, or oveintents and purposes, as parthrow or abandonf the presentsaid Constitution, with the hope or expectation of constructing a new one, are dangerous, illusory, and destructive; that in the opinion of the Senate of the United States no such reconstruction is practicable; and, therefo

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ARTICLE XIII

No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress power to abolish or interfere, to the maintenance ofwithin any State, with the domexisting Union and Coc institution should be directed all the energies of all the departments of the Government, ands thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the effortlaws of all good citizenssaid State.

Decisions yet to be taken

  • Motion for the Senate to Take a Recess (introduced on 1861-03-03 07:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e861417)
  • Motion for the Yeas and Nays on Motion to Lay H. Res. 80 on the Table (introduced on 1861-03-03 07:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e862132)

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