Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3

No perſon held to ſervice or labour in one State, under the •aws thereof, eſcaping into another, ſhall, in conſequence of any •aw or regulation therein, be diſcharged from ſuch ſervice or •abour, but ſhall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom •uch ſervice or labour may be due.

The paragraph prints Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution as signed; the quoted words are the same as the clause's (apart from capitals and the long s), though the pamphlet's punctuation differs in places.

AT preſent, ſlaves abſconding and going into ſome of the •orthern States, may thereby effect their freedom: But un•er the Federal Conſtitution they will be delivered up to the •awful proprietor.

The paragraph says that under the Federal Constitution absconding slaves will be delivered up to the lawful proprietor, which describes the clause on persons held to service or labour in Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3.

This clause runs thus: “No person held to service or labor in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on the claim of the party to whom such labor or service may be due.” Unless you consider the ten miles square as a state, persons bound to labor, who shall escape thither, will not be given up; for they are only to be…

The speaker refers to "A clause in the 4th article" and says "This clause runs thus" and quotes its words on a person held to service or labor in one state escaping into another.

But in this Constitution, “no person held to service or labor in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor; but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor shall be due.” This clause was expressly inserted, to enable owners of slaves…

The speaker says "in this Constitution" and quotes "no person held to service or labor in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another" and the words that follow.

But another clause of the Constitution proves the absurdity of the supposition, The words of the clause are, “No person held to service or labor in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.” Every one knows that slaves are held to service and labor.

The speaker says "The words of the clause are" and quotes "No person held to service or labor in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another" and the words that follow.

…to them.' Daniel Webster emphatically recognized this character of a compact in the Constitution when he stated that if the northern btales refuse willfully anil deliberately to carry into effect that pan. of the Constitution which respects the restoration offugitive slaves, and Congress provide no remedy, the South would no longer be bound to observe the compact." Nay, the dominant party in this House, acti no on the tame theory…

The paragraph reports Daniel Webster's words on "that part of the Constitution which respects the restoration of fugitive slaves" ("pan." is an OCR misreading); only the fugitive slave clause fits.

…any manner affect the first ami fourth clauses in the ninth section of the firstarticle." But, sir, this Constitution is entirely silent with reference to all other portions, including even that which provides that fugitives from labor shall be returned to service.

The paragraph names the part of the Constitution "which provides that fugitives from labor shall be returned to service"; only the fugitive slave clause fits.

That in addition t6 the provisions of the third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States, Congress shall have power to provide by law, and it shall be its duty so to provide, that the United States shall pay to the owner who shall apply…

The paragraph reads an article of the Crittenden compromise, which names "the third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution" and its provisions on fugitive slaves; the link is from the quoting paragraph.

No future amendment of the Constitution shall afreet the five preceding ai tides, nor the third pat i- graphoi the second section of the first tarticle of the Constitution, nor the third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article of said Constitution, and no amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress any power to abolish or interfere with slavery in any of the States…

The paragraph reads an article of the Crittenden compromise, which names "the third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article of said Constitution"; the link is from the quoting paragraph.

It has not the remotest connection with such questions, and even the. clause for the return of fugitives from justice and labor is but a measure of comity to preserve the friendly relations of the States.

The paragraph names "the clause for the return of fugitives from justice and labor"; the return of fugitives from labor is Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3.

It provided, in substance if not in words, for the surrender to the owner or master, of any slave escaping from a State, where held as aslave under the laws thereof, into another State.

The paragraph says the Federal Constitution provided "for the surrender to the owner or master, of any slave escaping from a State", naming the fugitive slave clause.

Then will follow the erasure of the second section of article four of the Constitution, third clause-

The paragraph names "the second section of article four of the Constitution, third clause", which the next paragraph quotes.

No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged fiora such service 01 labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the pauy to whom such service or labor may be Which you have practically done already.

The paragraph quotes the clause named in the paragraph before, Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3.

Three fourths of the States may abolish the three fifths rule of representation, or the provision for the rendition of fugitive slaves, or the rule for imposing direct taxes.

The paragraph names "the provision for the rendition of fugitive slaves" among provisions that may be amended; only the fugitive slave clause fits.

That such was the light in which it was regarded by the framers of the Constitution is manifest from the necessity of the clause authorizing the recapture and requiring the surrender.

The paragraph names "the clause authorizing the recapture and requiring the surrender" of a slave who escapes, which the next paragraph quotes; only the fugitive slave clause fits.

"No person held to service or labor in any State under the laws thereof shall, by escaping into another, be deemed to be discharged."*

The paragraph quotes the fugitive slave clause, named in the paragraph before, in a wording that differs from the clause ("in any State", "by escaping into another, be deemed to be discharged").

To preserve the comity of the States persons fleeing from justice or from engagements for service or labor were to be surrendered up; this provision neither establishes nor recognizes slavery.

The paragraph names the provision by which persons fleeing "from engagements for service or labor were to be surrendered up", calling it "this provision"; only the fugitive slave clause fits.

<c No future amendment of the Constitution shall affect the five preceding articles; nor the third paragraph of tho second section of the first article of the Constitution; nor the third paragraph of the second section ot the fourth article of said Constitution; and no amendment shall he mndo to the Constitution which shall authorize or give to Congress any power to abolish or interfere with slavery in any of the Stales…

The paragraph reads an article proposed in 1861, which names "the third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article of said Constitution"; the link is from the quoting paragraph.

Thus they strove to make the lines of slavery irrevocable by amendment; to forever preserve the three fifths representation of slaves and the provision for the return of fugitive slaves.

The paragraph names "the provision for the return of fugitive slaves"; only the fugitive slave clause fits.

…to the Union and the Constitution, and always consistent in the position that the Federal Government had no right to interfere either for or against the institution, except to fulfill the duty in regard to the return of fugitive slaves imposed upon it by the Constitution.

The paragraph names "the duty in regard to the return of fugitive slaves imposed upon" the Federal Government "by the Constitution"; only the fugitive slave clause fits.

In providing for their surrender it uses the words" persons held to service or labor;" in depriving the South of full representation for slaves, it requires an enumeration of free persons, &c., and three fourths of all others.

The paragraph quotes the words the Constitution uses "in providing for their surrender": "persons held to service or labor", from the fugitive slave clause.

…of a preexisting right, with such full recognition of the same throughout the country as should enable them safely to assert their right of property in the labor of slaves, even in the recapture of fugitives from their service in any State.

The paragraph says the Constitution guarantied the slaveholding States' right of property "even in the recapture of fugitives from their service in any State"; only the fugitive slave clause fits.

…1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars lor each person.-' —diilicle 1, section No person held to sci vice or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, he discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due."— Article 4, section…

The paragraph quotes the fugitive slave clause, labelled "Article 4, section 2".

And the Government in express terms is pledged to piotect it in all future time if the slave escapes from his owner.

In a passage of the Dred Scott opinion read by the speaker, the paragraph says the Government "in express terms is pledged to protect it ... if the slave escapes from his owner"; only the fugitive slave clause fits; the link is from the quoting paragraph.

Was she not loyal and entitled to protection, and does not the Constitution declare that slaves fleeing from one State to another must be delivered up?

The paragraph asks whether "the Constitution" does not "declare that slaves fleeing from one State to another must be delivered up", echoing the fugitive slave clause.

It was a basis of representation m the other House; it is a basis of taxation m a certain contingency; and a fugitive escaping fi om one State to another shall be returned without respect to the law of the State into which he escapes.

The paragraph says that under the Federal compact a fugitive escaping from one State to another "shall be returned without respect to the law of the State into which he escapes"; only the fugitive slave clause fits.

His return to slavery is enjoined.

The paragraph says that "in the body of the instrument" the African's "return to slavery is enjoined"; only the fugitive slave clause fits.

The Senator swears to support tiie Constitution, and declares in his place that he would not assist in the execution of the fugitive slave law, a law made in obedience to the command of the Constitution.

The paragraph calls the fugitive slave law "a law made in obedience to the command of the Constitution"; only the fugitive slave clause fits.

…power of the British empire were forced to permit the African slave trade to continue for twenty years longer, unchecked by national legislation, and to incorporate into the new Constitution a provision under color of which slave masters could hunt their fleeing bondmen over fields once moistened with revolutionary blood.

The paragraph names the provision put into the new Constitution "under color of which slave masters could hunt their fleeing bondmen"; only the fugitive slave clause of Article IV, Section 2 fits.

They provided for the return of the escaped fugitive and in the language of Justice Story that provision was essential to the formation of the Union, and unless it had been ineoi porated in the Constitution no Union could…

The paragraph says the framers "provided for the return of the escaped fugitive" in the Constitution and calls it "that provision"; only the fugitive slave clause of Article IV, Section 2 fits.

…left the matter not there; but during the iiisi Administration, dmmg the ps iiod that Washington was President of the United States, to cat t y out in good faith this provision of the Fcdt tal Const .tution, the first fugitive slave act was formed.

The paragraph names "this provision of the Federal Constitution" that the first fugitive slave act was formed to carry out ("Fcdt tal Const .tution" is an OCR misreading); only the fugitive slave clause fits.

Why, sir, even with the omission from that Constitution of the provision which provides for the rendition of fugitive slaves, we are told by so high an authority as Justice Story, the Constitution could not have been framed.

The paragraph names "the provision" of the Constitution "which provides for the rendition of fugitive slaves", which is the fugitive slave clause of Article IV, Section 2.

Shall he he free?" In nowise says the Constitution; "he shall not thereby "—that is, by running away to another State—" be discharged such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due." Delivered up?

The paragraph quotes what "says the Constitution": that the person escaping "shall not ... be discharged such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due", the words of the fugitive slave clause (the paragraph lacks "from").

…in their immortal Declaration, that "all men are created equal —not made so by laws and constitutions but by the Creator; but they built badly, though perhaps of necessity, when they countenanced slavery in the provision relating to fugitives.

The paragraph names the provision of the Constitution "relating to fugitives" by which the framers "countenanced slavery"; only Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3 fits.