Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-02-16
Mr.. euthris's Resolutions.
The following are saia 70 be the articles sub
mitted by Mr.. GuTHRIE 20 the Peace Congress;


The following are SAID 70 be the articles sub
mitted by Mr.. .GUTHRIE 70 the Peace Congress;
ARTICLE l. That all territory of the United
States shall be divided by line from east to
west, on the parallel Of 76i degrees 80 minutes
north latitude; and 10 an territory north of that
line involuntary servitpde, except 10 punish
ment of crime, is prohibited, whilst IL shall be.
long to the United States, or be under terri
torial government; and In ell territory south of
said line involuntary setvitude is recognized as
IL exists in the Southern states Of the Union,
whilst such territory shall belong to the United
and neither Congress nor the territorial govern.
ment shall have power to hinder or prevent emf
grants to said territory from taking with them
persons held to labor or involuntary service,
according 10 the laws and lusages Of the State
| from which such persons may be taken, nor to
impair the rights arising out of said relations,
and be subject to Judicial oognizancej the Uni
ted States courts of said Territory shall have
Jurisdiction thereof, and those rights shall be
protected by the courts and all the departments
OF the territorial government, under and ac-
cording to the laws Of the State from which the
person bound to such service may have been
taken; and when any territory north or south Of
said line, within such boundary as Congress
may prescribe, shall contain population requir-
ed for o member OF Congress, according to the
then federal ratio Of representation Of the peo-
pie Of the United States, it may, If its form Of
government be republican, be admitted into the
Union on an equal footing with the original
States, with or without involuntary servitude or
labor, a3 the Constitution of such new State
may prescribe q, ".
Art. 2. That no territory shall hereafter be
Acquired by the United States without the con-
currence Of majority Of the Senators Of the
States north Of Mason and Dixon's line, and
also majority of the Senators south of said
line; but no treaty by which territory shall be
acquired shall be ratified without the two. thirds
vote Of the Senators, as required blythe Consti-
tuition. 3|
Art. 8. That the Constitution, and no amend.
ment thereof, shall be construed to give Con-
gress power to regulate, abolish or control ,
within any State or Territory Of the United
States, the relation established or recognized
by the laws thereof touching persons bound to
labor or involuntary service therein, nor to
interfere with or abolish involuntary service in
the District of Columbia, without the consent Of
Maryland and Virginia and the owners, or
without making the owners who do not con-
sent previously, full compensation; nor the
power TO interfere with or abolish involuntary
service in places under the exclusive jurisdic-
ton of the United States, within those States
Or Territories where the same Ia established
or recognized; nor the power to prohibit the
removal or transportation of persons held to
labor or involuntary service In any State or
Territory of the United States, to any other
State or Territory OF the United States, to any
other Slate or Territory thereof. where it is es.
tablished orfecognized; nor to authorize a spe-
cifc tax or any higher rate Of taxes on persons
bound to labor, than on land in proportion to
value; nor to authorize any Of the African race
or their descendants to become citizens, or to
exercise the right of suffrage in the choice Of
federal officers. Di e-'i At
Arr. A. That hereafter the paragraph of the
fourth articleof the Cons itulion shall not be
construed to prevent any of the States, by ap-
propriate legislation, and through the action of
their judicial and ministerial officers, from en-
forcing the delivery Of fugitivesa from labor
from any other State or Territory of the United
States to the person to whom such service or Ia
Dor is due. q - ofa-3 a5u ~, cea
q Art. s. The emigration or importation of the
African race into any State or any Territory
of the United States. whether for residence or
involuntary service, is forever prohibited, and
Congress shall have the power by appropriate
Legislation TO enforce the provisions Of this ar
ticle. -,.-.t - ~
Art 6. That the first, second, third and fifth
articles of these amendments, and the third par.
agraph ofthe second section of the first article
OF the Constitution, and the third paragraph of
the fourth article thereof, shall not be amended
or abolished without the consent Of all the
States. !s... auita-g..,, r. .. .,-