The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-03-06
Tie Pan Recommended BY the Peace
Conference.

Tie f4an 6ecoMMeuoe0 " lle fS-0o
Conference.
That orr readers may have a cor
rect understanding of the proposition
III tile Peace Conference. which has
been read rwice before the Senate. wc
will briefly state lis points. II pro-
poses 10 incorporate into the Constitn-
ton
4. To prohibit absolutely slavery in
all territory north If 80 b min.
,. To leave in all the present terri
tory south OF So 30 min. is
the southern boundary OF Virginia.
kentucky. Missouri and kansas-fhe
relation oil master and slave as il nov
exists; prohibiting Congress and the
Territorial Legislature from interior
ing with it, or with the taking OF
slaves into such territory. and leaving
the whole subject of the relation Of
master and slave to the cognizance Of
the Federal Courts. according to the
course of common law.
3. To admit any Territory as a
State, with or without slavery, a. lis
people may determine. when it has y
population sufficient 70 entitie it to a
member in Congress.
4. No Territory to be acquired for
State purposes. unless with the concnr-
renee Of a majority of Senators from
each section. Nor shall anv territory
he acquired by treaty unless in add
ton TO the two-thlri vote now re-
qnired. it also receive the vote Of a
majority Of the Senators from the
slave States and the free States.
3. Neither the Constitution nor any
amendment thereof shall be construed
to give Congress the power 70 inter
iere in any way with the relation oi
master and slave in any State OF Ter
ritory; nor in the District Of Column
bia. without the consent Of the mas
tiers, or making them compensation:
nor 70 interfere with the inter State
slave transit.
8. That the Constitution shall not
lie construed to prevent any State aid
lag by appropriate legislation the ex-
ecution OF the Fugitive-slaye Law
z. Prohibits the foreign slave-fradc-
5. Prohibits certain changes being
made in the Constitution without the
unanimous consent Of all the States.
.. Congress shall make provision
for paving the owner Of an escaped
slave. who is prevented being returned
TO him BY mob violence, in which case
the negro is to lie free.
The Cincinnati Enquirer Justly
says: No reasonable person can object
to the adoption Of that proposition.
1t is fair. reasonable. and il. certainly,
not unjust to the North. We have
every confidence that. ii adopted. il
would settle the slavery question tor
ever. And we have no hesitation in
saying. that if submitted to the poo
pie Of the free States for ratification, il
would be overwhelmingly adopted.
Mr.. Crittenden has recommended
the Senate to adopt the recommends
tion Of the Peace Conference; but til,
Indications are that there are too
many radical Republicans in thai
body to warrant Us to hope for its snc
cess. Mr.. Seward, it is evident, will
oppose it, very much, we confess. "a
our disappointment. Mr.. Lincoln
might, II he desiredit adoption. secure
the passage Of this plan Of adjustment.
II he loves his country more than he
does party, he will give to It his infsu-
ence-othcrwise not and it, will be
lost, and the whole country thrown
still deeper into anxiety, dependency
aud trouble.