Chapter XXXI: Section 6: The first, third, and fifth sections, together

with this section of these amendments, and the third
paragraph of the second section of the first article 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 the adoption of this section stood as follows:

AYES.--Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New
Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and
Kansas--11.

NOES.--Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts,
North Carolina, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Virginia--9.

The State of New York was divided.

And this section was adopted.

The following gentlemen dissented from the vote of their States:--Mr. RUFFIN and Mr. MOREHEAD, of North Carolina; Mr. CHASE and Mr. WOLCOTT, of Ohio; Mr. COOK, of Illinois; and Mr. SUMMERS and Mr. RIVES, of Virginia.

Mr. GUTHRIE:--I move the adoption of the seventh section of the report, as amended.

The Secretary read as follows: