The life and public services of Abraham Lincoln ... together with his state papers, including his speeches, addresses, messages, letters, and proclamations, and the closing scenes connected with his life and death. By Henry J. Raymond. To which are added anecdotes and personal reminiscences of President Lincoln, by Frank B. Carpenter.

126 THE LIFE, PUBLIC SERVICES, AND
The adoption of the fourth section of the report, as amended, was then
moved; it was as follows:S:l rTION 4. The third paragraph of the second section of the fourth
article of the Constitution shall not be construed to prevent any,of the
States, by appropriate legislation, and through the action of their judicial
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,
Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia-15.
NOES. —I wa, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hamlpshire-4.
Thus the section was adopted. Kansas and New York were divided.
The adoption of the fifth section of the report, as amended, was then
moved; it was as follows: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 resulted as follows:AYES.-Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland,
Missouri, New.Tersey, New York, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
R:hnode Island, 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, together with this section
of these amendments, and the third paragraphl 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 this section was as follows:AYES.-Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey,
Olio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Kansas-11.
NoEs.-Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Iampshire, 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:
SECTION 7. Congress shall provide by law that the United States shall
pay to the owner the full value of his fugitive from labor, in all cases