Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-18

Ao4oEs 81 ln4 AhAeo NsAAeAeAeNs
The following is the report which was sub,
nittsd 70 the Peace Congress by the Com
mites on plan Of iettlemsnt; g.
Article l. In al The tsrri,ory Of the Uni
ted States not embraced within the limits OF
the Cherokee treaty grant, north OF line
from east 10 west, on the parallel Of thirty
six degrees thirty minutes north latitude. in
voluntary ssrvitude, except in punishment Of
crime, is prohibited whilst it shall be under
Territorial government; and in all the terri
tory south Of said line the staf,is Of peraons
owing service or labor IS It now exists shall
not Be changed BY law while such territory
shall be under Territorial government and
neither Cohgresl nor thA Territorial rvern-
meut shall have power % hinder or prevent
the taking 70 said Territory oi persons held 70
labor Or involuntary sesyice within the Uni
Ted States, according 10 the laWs CT usages Of
any State ffom which such persons may be
taken, nor which shall be subject to Judicial
cogniEanee In the Federal courts according
70 the common law; and when any territory
north or south Of said line within such
boundary as Congress may prescribe, shall
contain population required for member
Of Congress according TO the then Federal
ratio Of representation, it shall, il It's form OF
government be republican, be admitted into
the Union on an equal 70 ting with the ori-
ginal States, with or thOutinvOluntsry ser
vice or labor, ss the constitution Of such new
State may provide.
Art 2, Territory shall not be acquired by
the United states pnless BY treaty, nor, ex-
cept Tor naval and commercial stations and
depots, unless such treaty shall be ratified by
iour-htths Of all the members Of the Senate
Art, 3. Neither the constitution nor an,
amendment thereof shah be construed to
give Congress power to abolish OF control
within any State or Territory the relation
established or recognized BY the laws thereof
touching persons bound to labor or involun-
/ tary service therein, or to Interfere with or
abolish involuntary service IN the District Of
Columbia without the consent Of Maryland,
and without the consent Of the owners or
making tbe owners who do not consent lust
oompensatioRi nor the power to interfere
With taking to the city Of Washington, retain
ing and taking away, persons so bound to
labori nor The power TO interfere with or
abolish involuntary serFi in places under
the exclusive jurisdiction OF the United States
within those States and Territories where the
same Is established or recognized; nor the
power to prohibit the removal or transporta-
ton, BY land, sea or river, Of persons held to
labor or Involuntary service in any State or
Territory Of the United States to any other
State or Territory thereof where it is estab
lished or recognized BY law or usage, and the
/ right during transportation Of touching al
shores, port and landings, and Of landing in
| case OF distrt S. shall exist; nor shall Con
gress have power to authorize any higher
rate Of taxes on persoas bound to labor than
on land. ii
Art. 4, The third paragraph of the second
section Of the fourth article Of the constitu-
/ lion shall not be construed TO prevent any OF
the States, by appropriate legislation, and
through tue action Of their judicial and min
's'erisl Oficers, from enforcing the delivery Of
iugitiTes from labor 10 the person to whom
such service or labor is due.
Art 5. The foreign slave trade, and the
Importation Of slaves into the United States
and their Territories, nom places beyond the
present limits thereof sre forever prohibit
Art s. The irst seeond third and 6hh
rticle1, together with this article OF these
amendments, and the third paragraph of the
second section Of the first article Of the con.
stitution, and the third paragraph Of the sec.
0nd section Of the fourth article th reof shall
not be amendedof abolished without the con
sent Of all the States
Art. Z. Congress shall provide by law that
the United states shall Jay to the owner the
;uu value Of bis fugitive from labor in ali
,ases where the Marshal or other officer.
whose duty it was to arrest fugitive, was pre-
rented from so doing by violence or intimida-
lion, or when, after arrest such fugitive was
rescued by force, and the owner thereby pre-
vented and obsructed in the pursuit of his
remedy for the recovery Of such fugitive.