Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-02-27
THE NATIONAL TRoUBLRs.
Mr.. GUTHRIE's PROPOSITION

| "Ns hblhNiE y fhOPOSl1I)N
lhe Committee of the Peace Conven,
ton, now in session in Washington, TO
which was referred all propositions for a
compromise of cur National difficulties,
agreed, on Wednesday night last, to the
plan proposed by Hon. James Guthrie, OF
Kentucky. telegrarhc dispatch from
Washington states that Mr.. Field, one of
the New York Commissioners, took n
strong stand against the Compromise pro.
posed, and that other delegates from
Northern States, are cxerting themselves
most strenuously to defeat it, Still il is
hoped by many that the proposition will
be agreed to, and the prospects of set
tlement of our national difficulties. on an
honorable basis are therefore considered
more promising.
Mr.. Guthries plan in brief is: First
The re-establishment of the Missouri
Compromise line. with provision for the
admission of new States into the Union,
when they have the requisite population,
with or without slavery as their constitu-
tions shall provide. .Sscond-No territory
shall hereafter be acquired by the United
States without the concurrence Of ma.
Ijority of the Senators of the States north
of Mason and Dixon's lire, and also a
majority nf the Senators south of said
line; but no treaty by which territory
shall be acquired shall be ratified without
the three fourths vote of the Senators, as
required by the Constitution. Third
Forever prohibits Congress from interfer-
ing with the institution of slavery in any
Territory, in the District of Columbia, or
in any other place under the exclusive
jurisdiction Of the United States, no?
shall the rights Of citizenship ever be con
ferred upon persons of African descent.
Fo'"th-Hereatter the paragraph of the
fourth article of the Constitution shall not
be construed to prevent any of the States.
by appropriate legislation, and through
the action of her judicial and ministerial
officers, from enforcing the delivery OF
fugitives from labor from any other State
or Territory of the United States to the
person &c whom such service or labor is
due. FyM-The importation oft Afri-
can race into any State or Territory is
forever prohibited. Sirh-The first. Sec
ond, third and fifth articles Of these
amendments, and the third paragraph of
the 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.
A CONTEMPLATED OUTRAGE.
The Harrisburg Patriot d, Union says ::
Several Yankees are here, pressing upon
the Republican members of the Legisla-
ture the necessity of putting the State on
a wa" footing, These men are interested
IN the sale ofa,m8 manutact,redia in Connecticut! !
war is what they want-frst to sell arms
to the South, and then to the North.
Yankee Abolitionism may thus be made
TO pay." The proposition, we observe, was
seriously discussed in the Hou "a Few days
ago 1! We expect to see the Republican
majority of the Legislature commit all
manner Of evil, but from this piece Of vii
lainy they must desiSt The State is not in
vaded, nor is there danger of invasion or
domestic instruction. There is, there.
fore, no authority in the Legislature to
"arm the State" and as sure as such
bill passes, the bonds upon which money
is raised to pay for the arms will never be
paid. Notice of this fact will at once be
given, and the whole nefarious scheme
shall be resisted at every step. Let our
Legislators bear in mind that we still
have an uncorrupted Supreme Court in
the State, and hence that their unconsti>
tutional enactmerts will be but waste Of
paper. If the Republicans want arms, let
them buy thems themselves. We think
nobody, either North or South, would
object to that but they shall not squan-
der the money OF the reople by such un-
mitigated nonsense and yillaiuy as that of
arming the State at the public expense
Clinton Democrat.
THE EXPLODED CONSPIRACY.
The special Committee appointed to
investigate and report upon the alleged
conspiracy to seize upon the Capital. at
Washington, made its report on Thurs
day. 1t thus concludes:
"The Committee are unanimously of
the opinion that the evidence produced
before them does not prove the existence
of a secret organization here, or elsewhere,
hostile to the Government, that has for
its object, upon its own responsibility, an
attack upon the Capitol. or anyether Of
the public property Eere, or an interrupt
ton of any of the functions Of the Govern
ment"
NIL,