Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-02-23
THE GUTHRIE PROPOSE
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The ashington correspondent
Of the New York Herald, in his
letter of Feb. 10, writes: -
am permitted to publish the
following plan adjustment, which
was submitted yesterday byaMr.
Guthrie to the Peace Conference.
1t is understood that it will be the
only proposition that wills be ac-
ceptable to the border slave States
1t embodies the Crittenden plan,
withsthe slavery protecting clause
stricken out: IS ~
Art. !. That all the territory of
the United States shall be divided
by line from east to west, on the
parallel Of thirty six degrees thirty
minutes north latitude; and in all
territory north of that line invo-
lnntary se.vitude, except in pun
1shment o. crime, is prohibited
whilst it shall belong to the United
States Or he under territorial gov.
crnment; and in all territory south
of said line involuntary servitnde
is recognized as it exists in the
Southern States Of the Union
whilst such territory shall belong
70 the United States or be under
territorial government: and neither
Congress nor the territorial gov
ernfnent shall have power to hinder
or prevent emi grants to said terri-
tory from taking with them persons
held by them to labor or involnn-
tary service, according to the laws
or usage of the State from which
such persons may be taken, nor to
impair the right arising out of said
relations, and be subject to judicial
cognizance. The United States
courts Of such territory shall have
jurisdiction thereof, and those
rights shall be protected by the
courts Of all the departments Of
the territorial governments, under
or according to the laws Of the
State from which the person bound
to such service may have been
taken. And when any territory
moth or south of said line, within
such boundary as congress may pres
cribc shall contain the population
requi ed for a memLer of Congress
according to the then federal ra-
ito Of representation OF the people
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, or without involuntary ser
>itude or labor, as the constitution
of such new tate may provide.
Art. 2. That no territory shall
hereafter be acquired by the Unit
ed States without the concurrence of
a II ajority Of the Senators of the
States south Of said line; but no
treaty by which territory shall be
acquired shall be ratified without
the two thirds Of the vote of the
Senate, as required 1y the consti-
tuition.
Art. 3. That neither the consti- (
tuition nor any amendment thereof
shall be construed to give Congress
power to regulate, abolish or con-
troll within any State or Territory |
"f the United States, the relation
established or recognized by the
laws thereof touching persons
honnd to labor or involuntary ser.
vice therein, nor to interfere with
or abolish involuntary service in
the District Of Columbia without
the consent Of Maryland and Vir-
ginia, and the owners, nor without
making wners who do not consent
previously, fall compensation; nor
the power to interfere with crabol-
ish involuntary ser> ice 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 re-
moval or transportation Of persons
held to labor or involuntary service
in any State or Territory Of the
Y Unlted States to any other State or
Territory thereof in which it is es-
tablished or recognized; nor to au-