Gazette and sentinel., 1861-03-02
The Guthrie Resolutions.

The Guthrie Resolutions.
The following are the Resolutions al
luded to in the above despatch, which
are said to be adopted by the Peace
Conference as a plan Of adjustment /:
ARTICLE |. That all the Territory Of
the United States shall be divided by a
line from East to West, on the parallel
Of So degrees 80 minutes North latitude;
and in all Territory North of that line, !
involuntary Scrvitudc, except in punish
mcnt for crime, is prohibited whilst 1t
shall belong to the United states, or be
under a Territorial Government and
ia all Territory South of said Line, In
voluntary servitudc is recognized as it
exists in the Southern States OF the
Union, whilst such Territory shall be-
long to the United States, or be under
IA Territorial Government and neither
Congress nor the Territorial Govern
mcnt snail have power to hinder or pre-
vent cmiErantS 10 said Territory, from
takin- With them persons held To labor
or involuntary service, according to the
laws and usa~cS of the State from
which such persons may be taken, nor
to impair the right arising OUt of said
relations, aud be subject to Judicial
coguizance {; the United States Courts
of such Territory shall have Jurisdiction
thereof, and those rights shall be pro-
tectcd by the courts and all the depart
/ mcuts of the Territorial Government,
under or according to the laws of the
State, from which such person bound t.
such service may have been taken : and
when any Territory North or South of
! said line, within such boundary as Con
rrcss may prescribe, shall contain a
| population required for a member of
| Congress, according to the then Federal
ratio of representation OF the people of
! the United States, it may, if its form of
! Government bc Republican, be admitteA
! into the Union on an equal footing with
| the original States, with or without in
voluntary scrvitude or labor, as the
| Constitution of such new State may
provide.
ART. ,. That 10 Territory shall hcreaf-
ter be acquired by the United States
without a concurrence Of a majority OF
the Senator's of the States North of
Mason and Dixon's line, and also a ma
iority of the Senator's South of said
line but no treaty by which Territory
shall be acquired, shall be ratified with
out the two-thirds vote Of the Senators,
as required by the Constitution.
ART. 8. That the Constitution and no
amendment thereof, shall be construed
to give Congress power to regulate,
abolish, or control, within any State or
Territory of the United States, the re-
lation established or recognized by the
laws thereof, touching persons bound
to labor or involuntary service therein,
nor to interfere with or abolish %involun-
tary service in the District of Columbia
without the consent of Maryland and
Virginia and the owners, or without
making the owners who do not consent,
previously, full compensation nor the
power to interfere with or abolish lnvol-
untrv service in places under the eXclu-
siye Jurisdiction Of the United States
within those States and Territories
where the same is established or recOg-
nized 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
thereof, where it is established or rec
ognized !; nor to authorize a specific tax
or any higher rate of taxes on persons
bound TO labor, than on land in proper
ton 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.
ART 4. That hereafter the paragraph
Of the fourth article of the Constitution
shall not be construed to prevent any
/. of the States. by appropriate legisla'
elton, and through the action of their ju
dicial and ministerial officers, from en-
forcing the delivery of fugitives from
/ labor from any other State or Territory
of the United States, 10 the person t.
whom such service or labor is due.
ART. 5. The emigration or importa
l.. ton of the African race into any State
or any Territory of the United States
whether for residence or involuntary
t service, is forever prohibited, and Con
4, gress shall have the power by appropri
ate legislation to enforce the provisions
! of tiis article.
: ART 6. That the first, second, thirt
E, and fifth articles of these amendments
and the third paragraph of the SECOND
section of the first article of the Con
1 stitution, and the third paragraph o
4 the fourth article thereof shall not b
amended or abolished without the con