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 question on the adoption of said section resulted in the following
vote:

AYES.--Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and
Virginia--15.

NOES.--Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire--4.

New York and Kansas were divided.

And the section was adopted.

The following gentlemen dissented from the vote of their respective
States: Mr. BALDWIN, of Connecticut; Mr. HACKLEMAN and Mr. ORTH, of
Indiana; and Mr. CHASE and Mr. WOLCOTT, of Ohio.

Mr. GUTHRIE:--I now move the adoption of the fifth section of the
report as amended.

It was read by the Secretary 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 Jersey, New York, New Hampshire,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and
Kansas--16.

NOES.--Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and
Virginia--5.

So this section was adopted.

The following gentlemen dissented from the vote of their respective
States: Mr. BALDWIN, of Connecticut; Mr. CLAY, of Kentucky; Mr. RUFFIN
and Mr. MOREHEAD, of North Carolina; Mr. WOLCOTT and Mr. CHASE, of
Ohio; and Mr. HACKLEMAN and Mr. ORTH, of Indiana.

Mr. GUTHRIE:--I move the adoption of the sixth section of the report
as amended, and desire that the Secretary may read that also.

The Secretary read as follows:

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: