Chapter XIX: 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 own merits.

The PRESIDENT:--The question will be taken upon each section of the substitute proposed.

Mr. JAMES:--I propose the following as a substitute for the first section of the amendment offered by Mr. HITCHCOCK. It is, I believe, the same as that proposed in Congress by the Committee of Thirteen. I understand, also, that the Committee of the House of Representatives are about to substitute it for what is known as the ADAMS Proposition. We all have the same purpose in view, to negative in express terms the right of Congress to interfere with the institution of slavery within the States. I present the amendment because I think it expresses the purpose in better language.