Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-02-28
CONGRESSIONAL.

SENATE when our report closed yesterday,
the Senate had under consideration certain pri-
vate bills, after which
The special order (Army Appropriation billy
Mr.. Crittenden moved to postpone the special
order, In order to 60 on with private bill on
which motion the yeas were Id, nays %.
Mr.. Powell moved to postpone the Army bill
and take up the resolutions Of Mr.. Crittenden, on
which motion the yeas were IL, nays q.
The Army bill was then discussed, and finally
read third time and passed, with amendments.
The Vice President announced that he had re-
ceived communication from Elk President Tyler,
President Of the Peace Convention, stating that
enclosed therein and skiing that Congress wouId
submit them to Convention Of the States for
ratification.
The communication of Mr. Tyler was as fol-
lows:
WASHINGTON; February 81, 1861.
To the Senate Of the United States:
am Instructed, as the presiding officer Of the
Convention, composed Of Commissioners ap-
pointed by twenty-o States, now In session In
this city, to deliberate upon the present unhappy
condition Of the country, to present to your hon.
o srs body the accompanying request and pro-
President of the Convention.
1.-THE propositions agreed upon by the Conven-
ton are a modification Of the plan offered to the
Convention by Mr.. Guthrie
ton was ordered to be printed and referred to a
select committee Of Ave, with instructions to re-
port at one O'Clock to-day Thursday
The select committee Of five to whom the report
OF the Peace Convention was referred consists OF
Messrs. Crittenden. Bigler, Thomson, Seward,
and Trumbull.
The senate then went into Executive session,
and at twenty minutes TO five adjourned.
HOUSE After our report closed, the House was
voting upon Mr.. Rilgore's motion to lay Mr.. Kel-
logs amendment to the Crittenden proposition on
the table, which vote resulted-yeas Ii, NAYS ia
The vote was then taken on the adoption of the
Rellog proposition with the following result-yeas
The Crittenden proposition, introduced by Mr.
Clemens, Of Va, was next voted upon, resulting-
yeas 80, nays 113.
mittee Of Thirty-Three
MIR. Sherman moved that the first series of the
resolutions reported by the Committee Of Thirty
three, which are merely declaratory and advisory
In character, be laid on the table.
This motion was disagreed to-yeas 66, nays
A vote was then taken on the passage of the re.
136, noes So.
The joint resolution to amend the Constitution
OF the United States was then taken up. The
resolution Is as follows:
Be 1t reSoirsd (ttUo-third both Houses CON.
eurrtng,) That the following article be proposed
to the Legislatures of the several States as an
amendment to the Constitution Of the United
states, which, when ratified by three-fourths of
said Legislatures, shall be valid, to all intents
and purposes, as part of said Constitution, viz:
Art. XII. No amendment of this Constitution,
having for its object any interference within the
states with the relation between their citizens
and those described in section second Of the first
article Of the Constitution sall other personsp
shall originate with any State that does not rec
ognise that relation within its own limits, or
shall be valid without the assent of every one of
the States composing the Union.
Mr.. Cofwin moved to amend the above propo-
sition by striking out the second paragraph lar
ticle Nll) and inserting In lieu thereof the fol-
lowing:
No amendment shall be made to the Consti-
tuition which will authorize or give to Congress
the power to abolish or interfere, with in any
State with the domestic institutions thereof in
Guiding that Of persons held to labor by the laws
Mr. Hickman moved to lay the whole subject
on the table; which motion was rejected-yeas e.,
nays 1872
A direct vote was then taken on the adoption of
the amendments proposed by Mr.. Corwin to the
committees joint resolution; which was carried
yeas 100, nays 90.
The question then required on the adoption of
the resolution as amended.
This proposition, being amendatory Of the Con-
stltution, required two-third vote to adopt IT,
The result Of the vote was yeas 100, nays H.
Two-thirds Of the members present not having
voted In the Affirmative, the resolution was lost
motion was then made to reconsider the vote;
and the House adjourned.