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ypLUME I. .. O. BOYD, PUBLISHER VVll SATlVlfi HIB. , j / XT J. w. xaxxia. Our Native Land—Our Native Land- Land dear to aver, has, tf Tbe, breathe free sir. the, proudly Mend, Tl bo tut of thea have p.rt) Tie net bro d plal a, er ekl> a ao elesv. Or mountains high en I grane; v -n Tie liberty tha me ee-o dear, < Our own bltt t Native Land. nj - 0 land baloaau—whose Washington Tolled noM, for its peace, • Who-a pat!lots bled till life waa done, That t,f*- n, might cease, *Twas F<*edom's shrine tha, (ought '* rear; By tha' wa i ear slued; *1 is Llbi rt, that neakta ao dear Our o* n blast v ativa Land. D>ar Native Land—tha World'swppaaeaad Turn longingly to th.se; 3 , Not for thy wee Ih, thy might confessed, Tb, nobl, Unit,. Not lor tb, wide, em'racing S; here, Ti , sous that we t:ng (tarn 1 ; Tie Libert, tr at makes eo dear, * Our own blest Native Land. tear Native land—dear Father Lam ) Mv p.- a a within the# dwell: Ma, bounteous life, fn m God's gcod handy Car alt tfc, vsl eys swell! Ma, Bight >nd Troth have seurtt to fae, While htaven and earth shall standi Tis Libert, that make so deer, Our own bleat Native Land. CONSTITUTION or tii UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. W th People of the United States In order to form aaiore peifect Urien, establiah Jaetioe, In* •Dre doneetio Tranquility, provide for tbe eon moo defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure tbe Bleaainfr* of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,*4o ordain and eatablirh thia-Coi •TiTUTioa for the UniUd Statei of America. ARTICLE- Is Rictiow. 1. All legislative Powera herein gran, trd shall be vetted in a Congress of tb* Uuited States. which ah<ll oonaiat of a Senate and tiouaa of Rrpreeentatieee. Rao. 1. The Uiinae < f Representatives abtll be eompoaed i f Mt-anbera eboieo every second Tear by the People of the several Stalea, and tbe Eleo tora in each State ahall bare tbe Qualifications riqulalte for Electors of tbe most numerous Braaoh ef tbe State L'gialature. No Peraon aball be a Rapresr utatlva who ahall not hare attained to the Age i f twenty flee T ear a, anp been aeren Veare a Citizen of the United Slatea, and who ahall wot. arben dieted, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he aball be cboeee. * Representatives and direet Tax a ahall be ap portioned amnng the aereral States which may be Included within tbia Uaiun, according to their re spective Nurabera, which shall he determined by addii g th tbe whole Number of-free Peraona,,in cluding thote bound to bervioe for a Term of Teait, and rzclndlng Indiana not taxed, three tPlba of alt other Persona. Tbe actual Enumera tion ahall be made within three Trare after the Drat Meeting of the Congreea of tbt United Stater, and within every tab* quern Term if tan Yean, lo inch Mannar aa they aiiail by Law direct. The Number of Itepreeentatleee aball not ea-eeed one for ererl thirty Ihueind, hat each State iha|| hare at I/east one K-prraenatire ; and until anch enumeration ahall b' made, the Statu of New Hampshire ahall be entitled to chute hree, Masaa' ohueetteeight, Rhode I land and Prnridenee Plan tations one, C rnneetiaut five, New-York ex, New Jersey (our, Peine? ivania eigh', Delaware cne. Maryland a x, Virginia teo, North Carolina ilea, South Carolina bee, and Georgia three. When racanoiea happen in the Repruaentatisn front any State, the Executive Authority thereof •ball iaiue Write of Election to (111 aaoh Vacancies. Tb House of Repreaentatirea ahall chuae their Speaker and other Officers; and ahall bare the lule Power of Impeachment. Sae. S. The Senate cf tbe United Statea ahalj be cotnpo ed t f two Senatora from each State, oho. aen by the Legislature thereof, for a<x Yeare; and each Seoatur ahall hare one Vote. Immediately after they ahall be aaattnbled in Conai qutnee of the first Election, they ahall be diridtd as t qually aa may be into three Cleaaea.— Tbe Seat • f tbe Seoatore ol the Br t Claaa aball ba racated at tbe Expiration of the eecond Year, of the aeoond Olasa at tbe Expiration of tbe fourth Year, tDd of the third Cleat at the Expiration of tbe rx'-b Yea , to that one (bird may be choacn every eecond Year j and f Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Reoeaa of tbe Legislature of any State, tbe Executing thertof m*j make temporary At>polntanenta until the ncf. Meeting of tbe 1 egialature, which ahall than fill puch Vacancies. No Petion aball be a Senator who aball not hare attained to the Age of thirty Years, and baan nina Years n Citiien of tbe United Stntee,nnd who shall not, when electt d, be aa Inhabitant of that State for which be shall be chosen. The Vice President of tbe United Statea ahall ba Pretident of tbe Senate, Jhqt aball hare no Vote, anless they ba < qually dirided,. Tbe Senate aball chase their other Officers, end also a President pro tempore, la tbe Absence ef the Vice Pretident, or when he ehell cx-roiie tbe .Office of President of the United Statea. The Senates thill hive the lule I'ower to try tl| Impeacbmsnts. Whin alttl> g for that Purpnte, they shall be on Oath or Alfii mation. When the President of tbe United States la tried, the Chief .Justice shr 11 prende : And no Person shall be c-'nticteu without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present. Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shell not estei.d further tban to re moral from OlEce, and JDnqualitloation to hold end enjoy any Office of honour, Trust or Proflt under tbe,United States: hut the Party conricted shall nevertheless be lia ble and sutj ct to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Lew. Sic 4. Tbe Times, Plaoee and Manner of hold ing Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by tbe Lagisla tore thereof j but theOoigress may at any time by Law make or alter sucb K< gulations, except as to tbe plaoes of chasing Sen > t rs. The Congress shall assemble at least once in ey ary Year, and euoh Meeting shall be on he drat Monday in December, unless tbej shall by Law appoint a different Day. Sio. {. Each House shall be th< Judge of the Eleotions, Returns and QualiQcatlons of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute s tj'inrqm to in Bus'rrss; but a smaller Somber "(LMMC/N CONSENT J&'YFJRLE ONLY LEGITIMATE BASIS OF GOVERNMENT." mt J from day to div, and my be author ised tosnmpel the Attendame of abarnt Member,, in iuoh'MtDDer, and under iuch Petal iea aa eacb UOUK tin provide. Each House ma, determine the Raloiofita Pro eccdioga, punish it, M-mbrs for duorderly Be haviour, and, with tbe Concurrenoa if twotbirde, expel a Member. Each Home ahail keep a Journal of ita Proceed -1&K1' °d from time to time publiab the tame, ea eapting aucb parte aa ma, in their Judgemtnt re quire Secrecy; and tbe Yea, and Naysof tbe Member, of either House oo an , quesli- ■ rbt If, at tbe Daeire of one ii:tb of tbuta Present, be entered on tbe Journal. Neither Hoaae, during the Senion of Congreaa, •ball, without tbe Conaent of tbe other, adjourn for more than ibree da,a, nor to an, other Piaoe than that in which tbe two Hotjte ahail be aitiir g. Bxo. f. The Senatora and ftepreientativee-ebstl receive a Compensation for their Bervicea, M be aacertained b, Law, and paid out of the Treat*- r, of the Cnited States. The, ahail in all Caere, except Treason, Felon, and Breach of tbe Peace, be privileged from Arraat during their Attendance at tbe Seation i f their reaptctire tiuusea, and in going t# and returning from the aame ; and for an, Spaeth or Debate in either Heuae, tbe, ahail not be questioned in an, other Plaoe. No Senator or Representative ahali, during the Time for whicb he wet elected, be appointed to an, oivil Office under the Authorit, of tbe lioited States, which ahail have been oreated, or tbe Emolument, whereof shall bare bteo eucreaaed during such time ; and no Peraon holding an, Of Bee under the UuiUd States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office. Sao. 7. All Bills for raisirg Revenue ahail orig inate In the House ot Representatives ; but the Senate ma, propose or ooncur with Amendments as on other Sills. Ever, Bill which shall hare passed tbe House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to tbe President of the United States ; if be approve be shall sign it, but if net he shall return it, with his Objections to that House uf which it shall have originated, who (ball enter the Oljectionaat large on ibeir Journal, an d proceed to reconsider it, If alter sucb Rre- n eideration two tbiida if the fl.mae shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be soot, together with the o'jectiooa, to tbe other House, b, which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved b, two thirds of that House, it sbsll become a Law. But in all snob Cases tbe Votes of both Houses shall he determined b, jeas and Najs, and tbj Names ol the Persons voting for and agtinat the Bill ahail be entered on the Journal or each Home rerpeo tivel,. If an, Bill ahail not be returned b, the President within ten Dare (Sundays excepted) after it aball hsvabean presented to him, the Sams shall be a law, in like Manner as if he hsd signed it, nnleas tba Congress b, their Adjournment pre* vent its Return, in which Case it sbsll net bee Law. Every Order, Resolution, or Vntt to which tbe Concurrence of the Senate end House of ltepre aentatiTea may be necessary (izeept n a question of Adjournment) shall be prtflented to the Presi dent of tbe United States ; and before the Same aball take Effect, shall be approved by hitn, or be irg disapproved by b'tn. shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House or Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill. Sic. 8. Tbe Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Trxrs, Duties. Itnpos's and Excises, to pay tbe Debit and prov.de for tbe com mon* Defence and general Welfare of the United .States; but alt Duties, Imposts and Excises ahall be uniform throughout tfce United States; To borrow Money on the credit if the United Statea; To regulate Commerce with fore'gn Nations, and among tbe several States, and with tbe Indian T r'bea ; To establish an uniform Rule if Naturalization and uniform Laws on the suhj ct of Bankruptcies throughout the United States ; To coin Money, ngulate the Vuiue thereof, and of foreign Cuio, and fix the Standard of We ghts and Measures ; To provide for the Punishment of cnuotetfeit'ng tbe Securities and current Cum of the United Statin; To establish Poat Offices and post Roads; To promote tba progress of Science and uaeful Aria, byaieuring lor limited Tunaa to Autho a and Inventors tba • xolnaive Right to their reapec tive Writings and D sCoveriaa ; To constitute Tribunals interior to the supreme Court; To define and punitb Piracies and Feloniea com mitted on the high Saas, and Off.-noee against ihe Law of Nations ; To daclare War, grant Letters of Marque and Repriaal, and make Kulct cuncerning Captures on Land and Water s To raise and support armies, but no Appropria tlou of Money to tbat Use (ball ba lor a longer Term tbao tiro Tears j To proride rnd maiotaii a Nary ; Tumako Rules for the Oorernmeat and Regu lation of tbe land and naval Forces ; To proride for calling forth tbe Militia to exe oute tba Laws < f tbe Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions J To provide for organising, arming, and dieoip. lining, tbe Mil ilia, and for governing such Fart of them as may be employed in the Service of tbe United States, raeorving to the States respectively, the Appolotm ent of tbe Olbcers, and tbe Authori ty of training the Militia according to tbe Diecip line prescribed by Congress j To (Zeroise ezclusive Legislation in all Can • whatsoever, over each District (not rzceeding ten Miles square) as may, b.y Cession of particular Statei, and the Acceptance <f Congress, become the Seat of the Onvernment of the United Stales, and to exercise like Authority over all Places pur chased by tbe Consent of tbe Legislature of tbe Stete in which the Stme sbail be, for the Erection of Forts, Msgsxines, Arsenals, Dock-Yards, and other needful Hail lings j—And To meko all Dews which shall he naoepsary and proper for carrying into Execution tbe foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by tbts Con stitution In tbe Government of tbe Un tod States, or in any Dopartmant or OtHoer thereof. Sac. 9. Toe Migration or Importation of snch Persona as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one tboU'ind eight hundred and eight, bat a Tax or Dnty may be im posed on each Importation, not exceeding ten dol" lrs ftsr each ferson. HAGERbTOWN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1802, The Privilege of tbe Writ of Habega Corpus ahali not bueuspeiided, unless when in Ueses of He* bqHion or Invasion ths public Safety 'require lt / .* J V No Bi|l ,ef Attainder or ex pott (adto Law shall be passed. A ,—. -' No Capitation, or ntherdlrnct, Ti x ahail belaid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein b fore directed to be taken. No Ttx ir Duty shall be laid on Articles expor ted from an, State. No Preference shell be given b, an. Regulation of Comma ee or Revenue to tbe porta of one Siata over those of another : nor aball Vei-iels bound te, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pav Duti-a in another. "No Mone, shell be drawn from the Treasury, bnt in Consequence of Appropriations made by Lew ; and a regular Statement and Accunot of the Re* Oeipts and Expenditures of all publio Money (hall he published from time to time. No Title of Nubility shall be granted b, tha United States : And no Person holding euy Office of Projit or Trust under tbem, shall, without the Coment of tfie Congress, accept of an, present' Emolument, Office, or Title, ot ao, kind whateyer, from an, King, Prince, or foreign State. Sao. 10. No State shell enter into an, Treaty, Alliance, or Cat federation; grant Letters ol Maique and Reprisal; coin Money ; emit Bills tf Credit; make an, Thing but gold and silver Coin X Tender in Payment of Debts; pass an, Bill of Attainder, < xpost facto Law, or Law impairing tbe Obligation ol Contracte, or grant an, Title of N.bility. No State eball, without the consent of tbe Con gress, la, an, Impuuta or Duties on Imports or Exports, rxcept what ma, be abeolutel, necessary fur ixeouling it's insptoiion Lews i and tbe let Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid b, any State on Import! or Exports, shall be for tbe Ue of tbe T'rea.ur, of the United States ; and all aucb Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress. No State eball, wiLbout tbe Cobsentof Congress, I y any Dur, of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter info an, Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage m Wer, unlets actually inva* did, or in aucb imminent Danger as will not admit of pelay. ARTICLE. 11. Sxo. I. Tbe executive Power aball be rested iu a Prosid-nt of tbe United States of America.— He shell bold bis Office during the Term of f,.ur Years, end, together with tbe V*ice President,cbo a.-n for the seme Term, be elected, a* follows Eacb State shall appoiut, In such Manner as the Legislature thereof ma, direct, a NumOer of Electora, iqual to the whole Number of Senator! and Rtpreaantativasto which tbe State ma, beeu ticl d iu tl a Congress : but no Seoator or Repra seotative, or Person holding an Office t f Trust or Profit under tbe United States, shall be appointed au Elector. The Congroßi piny determine tbe Time of cbu aing tbe Electors, and the Day oa wh ; ch they eha!| give their Viper; which Day aball be tbe same throughout tbe Doited Stat->s. N i Person except a natural born Citiien, or a Citizen if the Uuited Statea, at tbe time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to tbe Office < f President ; neither shall any Person be ejigible <o that Office who shall not have at tained to the Age <f thirty five Years, and been fourteen Yiars a Resident witbia tbe United Statea. In Cast of tba Removal of President; from Of flee, or of hie Death, Resignation, or Inability to dircharge tbe Powers and Duties of the said Office, the same shall devolve on the Vice Pres dent, and tbe Congress may by Law provide for 'be Case of Remuval, Death, Resignation, or inabilitg, both of tbe President arid Yioe President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer (ball act aocordir gly, until the Disability be remov-d, of a President ahall be elected. The President shail, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a < ompensatioD, which shall neither be encreased no diminished duriDg the Period fir which he -hall bare been elected, and he shall nut receive within that Period auy other Etnolu m- nt from the United Statea, or any of them. Before be en'er on tbe Execution of his Office' fie Shall take the following Oath or Affirmation t " I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will " faithfully ■ x icute tbe Office of President of the " United Slates, and will to tbe best fmy Ability " preserve, protect and defend tbe Constitution o' ."the United States. ' Sac. 2. Tbe President shall be Commander in Chief of ihe Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of (be several Statea, when called into tbe actual Service of tbe United States; hu may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Depart ments, upoa any Subject relating to tbe Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have P wer to grant Re.>rievea and Pardona for Offences against tbe Uiii t.d Statea, except in Uaetx of Im peachment. He shall have Power, by and witb tba Advice and Consent of tbe Peseta, to make Treaties, pro vided two thirds of tbe Senators present concur | and he shall nominate, and by and with tbe Ad vice tnd Consent of the (Senate, shall appoint Am bssiadori. other public Ministers and Consuls, Ju gunf tbe snpri me Court, and all other Oiflcera of tbe United States, whose Appointments are tot herein otherwise provided for, and whiob shall be established by L*w ; but the Congress may by Law yest tbe Appointment of such inferior Olficere, si they think proper, ip the President alone, in tbe Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departinet t . The President shall have Power to (ill up all Ta cancies tbat may happen during tbe Recess of tl e Senate, by grantirg Commissions which ahull ix pirc at the E.,d ifibtir next Session, Sec. 3. He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, • id recommend to their Consideration such Mees- U'CS sa he shall judge di cesser i and expedient; he may, on i ztraordinary Occasions, convene both H <asee,or either of them, and in Case of Disagree m-nt between them, with Respect to the Time of A< j urnment, he may adjourn them to sncb Time asheiball think proper ; be th-11 receive Ambas sadors and other pnbllc Ministers ; be shall take Care that the Laws he faithfully ti-outed, and ahall Commission all'tba oSicsra of tbe United Htatfi. Bsc. A. The President, Vice President and all oivil Officers of tbe United Hiatus, shall bs removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or qther high Crimes and Misdemeanors. ARTICLE 111. Seo. 1. The Judicial Power of the United States, shall be vqated in oneiuprame Ceprt, and in such inf. rtor X?onrt§ as tbe may from time to time Ordain and establish. The Judges, both of tbe pbpreme and inferior Cottris, aball bold their Offices during good Behavior, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Com pensation, which shall not be dimiaithed during their Continuance >n Offioe. Sxo. 3 The judicial Power shxll extend to all Caere io Law and Equily, arising under ibis Cod sttuteur, the Laws o the Uuitud Stales, and Trta ties made, or which aball be made, under their Authorii, ;—to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other publio MiDiaters, and Commie ; to all Ca,ea of aumiraly and atari imr Juried o'.ioa ; —to Controversies to which tbe Uoited Shall be a Part,; to Coptroveraies between two or more States; ba - twain a State and Cit teus of soother State;—be tween Citizens of diff.reni States,— between Citi izms of tbe same Stale claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citigant thereof, and foreign Statei, Citisena or Sut jecta. Io all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers a: d Consuls, .ud those in which a S ate aba 1 be P rty, the supreme Court (ball haveorig. iual Jurisdiction. In all tbe other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both at to Ltw and f*ct, with each Exceptions, and undar such Regulations aa the Congresa shall make. Tbe Trial of ail Crimea, exeept in Caaea of im peachmenr, shall be by Jury ; aud such Trial aball ba beld io tbe State wbeta tbe said Crimes shall, have bien committed; bnt when not committed within any State, tbe Trial aball ba at such Plice or Places at tha Congress ma, b, Law have direc ted. SKC. 3. Treason against (he United States, ahall consist only in leading Waragainst them, or in adbearing to their Eoemitt, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person ahall be cunvilted ol Trcaaoo unless on the Testimony of two W tneaaii to the aame overt Act, or on Cunraaaion in open Court, The Congress aball have rower to declare the Punishment ol Treaaon, but no Attaiodcr of Trea aon aball work Corruption of lilood, or Forfeiture except during the Lite of the Perron attainted. AItTICLE. IV. Sao. 1. Full Faith and Credit ahall be given in each State to the public Acta, Keonrds, and judi oial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Lawa preacribe the Man ner in which each Acta, Hecorda and Proceedings ahall be proved, and the Effect then of. Sac. 1. The Citicena of each State ahall be en titled to all Privileges and Itntnnoiliea of Citixana in the several States. A Person ebargtd in any State with Treasoa, Pel-my, or other Crimp, who shell Bee from Jus lice and be found in another State, ahall on Ue ma& of Iba aseeseloe-XuehheW* ~f the Statu from which be Bed, be delivered up, to be removed to the Statu baring Jurisdiction of tba Crtma. bio Peiaon held to Sereioe or Labour in one State, under the Lava thereof, escaping into another, aball, in Conaeqcet cn of any Law or Rt g.' ulatioo therein, be discharged from aucb Service or Labour, but aball be delivered up oo Claim of the Party to whom aucb Service or Labour may be due. Sao. 3. New States may ba admitted by the Congress into tbie Union ; but no new State ahall be formed or erected within tbe Jurisdiction of any other State, nor any State be formed by tbe Junction of two or more Stater: or Parte of Statea, without the Consent of tbe Legislature* of the States concerned a* well as of the Congress. The Congress shell have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations res pecting the Territory or other Properly belonging to tbe United States; and nothing in thji Consti" tution aball be eo construed as to Prejudice ary Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. Sbo. A. The United States shall gaarantee to •very State in thisUnisna R, publican Form of Government, and aball protect each of them against invasion, and on Application of the Leg islature, or of the Executive (When the Legisla ture cannot be convened) against domestic Vio. lenoe. ARTICLE. T. The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessarj, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Ap. plication of the Legislatures or two thirds of the several States, sbali call a Convention for propo sing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall In valid to all lotents and Purposes, as Part of tbi* | Constitution, when ratified by the Logisla'itres ot three fourth of tne several Slates, or by CooVen lions in three fourths tbsreofastbe one or the oth er Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Tear one thuusand eight hundred and eight •hall in any Manner effect the first sA fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article ; end tbet no State, without its Con sent, shall be deprired ol its equal Suffrage in the Senate. ARTICLE, yi. All Debts contracted and Engagements entered Jnto, before the Adoption of this Constitution, ' shall be si valid against the United States nnder j this Constitution, as under the Confederation. This Const tution, and the Ltws of the United | States which shall be made io Pursuance thereof; I tod all Treaties made, or which shall b' | made under the authority of tba United States, shall be tbe supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bonnd tberebv, any Tbing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to tbs Contrary notwithstan ding. The Senators and Representatirea before men tioned, and the Members of the several State Leg" j Matures, aod all executive and judicial Officers' both of the United Statee aod -of tbe several , States, shall be bound by Gath or Affirmation fo support tbis Constitution ; but no Religious Teat sbtll ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under ibe United Statee. ARTICLE. VII. Tbe Ratification ot tba Conventions of nine States, aball be sufficient for the Es ablisbmeut of this Constitution bstwesn tbe States so ratifying the Same. Dong in Conrention by the Unanimous Consent of the Sates present tbe Hereoteelb Day of September in the Tear of oar Loid one thou sand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of tbe Independence of the United States of America t'le Tw Ifib. Additions sa<l ( mendm-nt* io ths Consti tution of Ut* lnlt.it ttates of America. Prnpoeed h. Congress, and ra ifl-d by tbe Lgia I,tores of tbe several Stats', pursuaut to tha fl:tb article of tbe original Con.tllulion. (ARTICLE I.) Congress shall make no law respecting aa ee ,tabl shtnent ot religion, or prohibiting the free gm-rciee thereof; OR ABRIDQINO THE FREE DOM OF SPEECH, OR Of THE PRESS ; or the right of tbe peopln peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Q.vctnmext for a redress of gri. ranees. (ARTICLE II ) A well regulated Militia, beiDg neeesear, to the eecarit, of a free State, THE RIGHT OF THE PEQPLB TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, SIjALL NOT BE INFRINGED. . (ARTICLE iU ) No Soldier shall, in time of paaca be quartered io an, house, without the oonsent of tha owner, □or in time of war, but in a manner to be pre scribed b, law. (ARTICLE IV.) THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO BE SE CURE IN THERE PERSONS, HOUSES, PA PKKS, AND EFFECTS, AOAINsT CSREA SON A BLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES. SHALL NOT BE VIOLATED, AND NO WAR RANTS 81IALL ISSUE, BUT UPON PROBA BLE CAUSE, SUPPORTED BY OATH OR AFFIRMATION, AND PARTICULAKLV DB SCRIBING THE PLACE TO BE SEAR: UGD, AND THE PERSON'S OR THINGS IO BE SEIZED. (ARTICLE V.) No per,op shall be beld te answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless ou a present meet or iodiclmeDt ot a Orand Jury, exc.pt iu caara arising in tha laud or naral forces, of in tbe Militia, when in actual service in time uf War or public danger; nor ahail an, person ba antjeet for the came nflence to be twiee put in kraardy of life or limb; nor shall be any Criminal Caae to baa witneat against bimtrll, NOR BE DEPRIYED OR LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERIY, WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF La W ; nor shall private properly be taken fur pubiio use, aitbout just compensation. (ARTICLE VI.) In all criminal prosecutions, the aechted shall et j >, the right to a tpe'tfy and public (riot, b, ao impartial jurv of the State aud district wherein the crime shall have been committed, wLicb dts tr.ct eball have been previously ascertained by law, unci I a be iiformeu of the nalura ai.U cauie of the accusation ; to be can fronted vith the teitneent againet him; to have Compulsory jroo'eaa lor obtaining Witaeaaea Io hia favor, and to have the attiatanee of Counsel for bit defence. (ARTJCJyB VII.) In Suits at common law, wbnre the value in controversy shall exesod twenty dollars, tba right of trial by jury ah all ba preserved, and no fact tried by a Jury shall be otherwise reexamined in anv Court of the Uuitad Statpk, than acceid ing to tbe rolca of the common law. (ARTICLE VUI ) Excessivo bail aball not be r< quired, nor ex cessive fiees imposed, nor aruol aud unusual pun ishment! ii.Siaud. (ARTICLE IX) The enumeration in the Constitution, of cer tain righta, shall nut ba constraad to deny Or dis parage others retained by the people. (ARTICLE X) Tba pnwars net delegated ta tbe United States by tba Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the Slates, are reserved to the Statai respectively, or to the people. (ARTICLE XI ) Tbe Judicial power of the United Statea shall not be construed to extend to any suit iu law or ! equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Cit XT>ns of another State, or by Citiicna or Subjects of aoy Foreign State. ARTICLE 111. The Elrotora shall meet in their revpeclive States, and vote by ballot for President aud Vice President, one of whom, at I.aat, shall not be so inhabitant of the aame State with tbema lvesj they shall name in their ballots tbe peraon voted for at President, and in distinct ballots the par son voted for as Vioe President, and they shall make distinct list* of all persona Toted for AS President, and of all peraons voted for as Vice- President, and of tbe number of rates for each, which lilt they shall sign and eertifv, and tra s rait sealed to the seat of tbe government of the United Htato, directed to the President ol the 1 Senate;— The President of the Senate shall, in j presence of the Senate and Hogis of Representa tive!, open all tba certificates and tba vote# aball then ba counted The pebion having iha great est number of Votes for Provident, ahall be Ibe President, if aucb number be a mejmity of the whole number af Electors appointed ; and If n peraon have auch majority, then from the parsons having the highest numbers not exceeding thret on the list of tboas voted for as President, the House of Rcprescn'ativea shall ohoose iinuttdt ptely. by ballot, tbe President. Bat in ehoostag the President, the votes shell be taken by States, j the representation from each State having on 1 vote; a quorum for this purpose shall oomlst of a ! member or members from two-thirds of t|' Stales, Sod a m*j>rity of all the States ahall be I necessary to a choice. And if the Hoove of Rep rssentatives shall not choose a President when j svar tbe right of ohoice shall derolva upon them, i before tba fourth day of March next following, ' then tbe Vioe-Pre|!dent ahall sot as President, as in the oast of tba death or other constitutional 1 disability of the President. Tba peraon having j the greatest number of votat as Viea President, ! •ball ba the Vioe-Freiideot, if iuob number be a ' majority of the whole number of Kieotora ap pointed, and if no parson have a majority, th n j from tba two highest numberi on the list, tbe • Senate shall ohoose tbe Vice President; a quo ' rum for tbe pnrpose shall eonsist of two tnird? i of the whole number of Senators, and a majority ; of the whole nutnbsr shall be necesiaty to ohoice. lint no peraon eenatitntinnally ineligible ' to the office of Presidont shall be eligible to that I of Vice-President of the United Statea. EtiToes Draftkd —Among those drifted in Queen Anne's county we observe the names < f jubn T. Hand, editor of tbe Maryland Cltijen, end John H. Tbotnpion, editor of tbe CeotreTilie Timor. These gentlemen will now be in e faiors ble position to determine tbtt oft debated ques lion, "wbidh is or tbe sword? Ctcil Demoarat. , Hon. Edwtrd Everett declines to be ■ cendidnte fee rongrets. NUMBER 1. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. The Kngleh PMI on TLW Pwetiti nt'a Wmil rlpation Proclamation and Mr Uladatone'e IflUtt The steamer Kangaroo arrived at New Torh on Thereday right, ri m Liverpool on lie Bth iaeteot end Queenetown on the 9,b. The Knglieh p T-u enntaiua the d ecuieioa of Mr. LINO* L*'e Emancipation ProolauiAlloa. Tbe London Horning Slur aeye ''U will he interacting to eretob tbe rffjctof President LIB-- OOLN'B Emancipation Proclamation in eotl-elaviry Eaglnd, wbere during Ibe pelt year, tbe eleve buldcra have acquired ao many unexpected elllee wbote aval bee far outran diacrotior Tbe etetement made by Mr. ULAoerosa, In # eperob et Newcutle, thet Jy Deri* bed made tbe Sontb e Na ioD, end tbet he oiraeidared tbe Reparation of the North end Sontb ee certain, attract! greet attention end censee e lieenese In tbe cotton ipatkvt. Tbe London Timet remarke, that It can herd!/ be alleged tbet Mr. OLA ntroei bee GOME beyond tbe bonbdt of i fficial rereree in the eteteinen* that Jtrr L) A vie bee made a nation of tb Month. If any community eker did carp the name oti na, lion, tbe Southern Confederacy bete. It ia tbe bare fact. It need baeo nothing to do with tbe politico of the qm at'on. It it vrloly independent oof morel cone deretione. Mr. GLAPSTONB COU olutjee very reaeonably that tbe ft bri'r who ere a nation, w II retaaiu en. end that thciy.DßUqneii ty will out be abeorbed bo.ck ioto tbe JJniofl. The London Uailg Sew eaya it doea not find fault with Mr. GLADaioxB lor raoogniging tbe progrete which tbe South hat made io eetabliab • ing Ite ii d pendence | but eince be epoke ot toe Ilritirb counsel at a poeeible element in the linel aettlement, could he not bare aaid one wotd In feror of earing from tbe oeree of iHtrery tha reel countriee which fall to one or other of the combatant*, but wboee deellny ieet preaent un •decided T Tbe London Herald tayt Mr. GLAoeroee'a word# ere of course cot the mere bep.bi aard ,expreg tion of individual opinion. Tbey wll be Uki-p ae the deliberate enaction of tbe _Cabinet, of which he lea member. ■lt willnow be undretood throughout Europe and America both t£at tbe Eogliab Government ere courinccd the tijne b# come to rtcogn tr the lndcprnder ce of theSootb. Tbe London Quit aeye it bee no authority to announce the day or bopr the r. pognit on Will be given on the part ef thie couutry, but it ie cleae it cennot be deferred long, end io ery other case tnere ie no doubt it would be giren sooner. Tbe •igenre repugnance to countenance or encourage, by any pi cincture act, tbe formation of fb inde. P'.ndent elare power, can elect account fur tbe delay in thie inetenee. ' Tbe London Hhiyping Gau't* can hardly ehp poet tbet Mr. GLaneTUN* expressed eent.mcnte et variance with thoae of bie oolleagnce. Poeaibly be baa been premature in tbe anaonj#mant of bit triewe. At Menchceter, reoently, be publicly expressed conS tepee in the tucceit ot the Soplbr era Cause. He ie at all areata, jrliberat* onaemeut. kA. - r :_:—u. i-tteianec to ere not ibered by hie doileegnee, It ie difb.qlt to underktand bob Be la to continue in hit preach! eerociation to adyite the Crown, TbeLondou Burning Pe.rcommcnU upon tt proclimetioa ee follows But the truth ie, bet the Praaident and ell hi# adrieere are at their pita' end. They haVt list all control urer tbe courte of pnblic affaire ; alt tbey can do ie to draw long bille ppon the future, and lay out linet of policy go be followed when tbe preaent crista it peat. Hence It it, that, in, atead of at onee routing the whole North to oon centrete ite powere • n the one preernt preeaing laakof driving every Coufedsrate toldier out of tbe neighborhood pl'the Maryland frontier, which ie the inetamiy urgent atop, he ie proclaiming ; what bit Government will dq in January next, Ie , ; the matter of alerery. We do net blame him fb'r tryirg to put a goo} ftco on, ami to t , p up eppetrancee to the leet, but tbie proclamation ia pa t a j ka. It it the laughing stock of Earope. The bara idea of a Government, ia tbe last state of incapability, proclaiming a coup d'etat, to take (fleet three taootbe hence, ie more then ridiculous—it i> pitie* hie. Before the let of January tbe N"rtbara Sialea may be revolution xsd, or even conquered. Of the jattcr there ia pei/iape DO great proba? bility, but the former it terirualy threatening, [rr n> tbe London Times.) Ae a proof of what the leadara of tbe North, , . in Iheir passion and their deaptir, would do if tbey could, tbia ia a very tad decuman*. Aa a proofo | the bopeletaneu and rrckleeancsj which prompt | their actiona, it ia a vary instructive docatneni.-r But it ia not a formidable document. We gather f m it that Mr. Ltso it* baa loat all hope of pre | eerving tbe Uolon, end is now willing to let any quack try bit nostrum- Aa an act of policy It ia, it poenble, mo-a contemptible th tn it ia wlck d, it may poeaibly prodtsoe aome partial rlaicgs, for 'at any artnid power publish an exborda'sioa to tbe laboring class uf any oommanity to plunder and murder, and there wjll be aome reaponae. It might happen in London, or Paris, or New Tork. That Mr. Line ts'a emancipation decrees will have any general effect bearing npon the iaeue of tbe war, we do Dot, however, believe. The ne groes have already abnndamly dlacorersd that tbe tender mercies o: tbe Northerner! ere oroeltlee.— Tbe freedom whioh ia eaaociated with labor in tbe trrochee, military discipline, end Iraytk avowal# of peraonal abhorrence, momentarily repeated, doea ant eommrnd itaelf to tbt negro n tare.— General UUILIE could, if be plrued, tell atrange atoriea of tbe ill euceeaa of hia tamperioga with the ncgroca about Now 0> leant. We do not thitik that even now, when Mr. Ltxo t* playa hia last card, it will prove to be a trump. [From the London Heta'd.J Aa we predicted, Preaident LINCOLN bti thrown bimaelf into tbe ansa of the AbolitionUta. I'ullt ioelly, bit Emancipation Proclamation ia woraa ghan void, 'ill l " K bsl," Statea are beyond the juiiadiolion of the Preeidant, txoaptia the few plaoea where a Federal garriaoa occepiea lome Southern town, or a Federal army, eooamped oq S utbern anil, tramblea fur ita awn aafety, and ax ercitea DO powar whatever beyond the range o, iu guna. BOTLIR, DO doubt, may daprgya tbe O}l iseoa of New Grleana of their #laye(, a# well ge 0 f .> tfieir other property; and if tbera wera any hope that tho iJavaa would be better treatud by their deliverer* than by their mtatere, aye might over lock *ha legal wrong in eooaideratloa of the iub aten ial ju.-tloa done. Boileta can liner and wbillls, bag thej are tot pleaeant mualclan#. The men mleabiercat liaVa are '.ieveabf k%e= Ju tha vsfg. eat t'stb.