Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-03-07
The Proposition which passed the
Peace Conference.

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Peace Conference.
SEC. l. This is the substitute
offered by Mr. franklin, Of Penn
sylvania, for the first section of the
majority report from. the committee
OF the Conference
In all the present territory Of the
United States not embraced by the
Cherokee. treaty, North of the par
allel Of thirty-six degrees and thirty
minutes Of North latitude, iuvol-
untary servitude, except in punish
ment Of crime, is prohibited. In all
the present territory South Of that
line, the status Of persons held to
service or labor, as it now exists,
shall not be changed; nor shall any
law be passed to hinder or prevent
the taking Of such persons 10 said
territory, nor to impair the rights
arising from said relation; but the
same shall be subject to judicial
cognizancc in the Federal Courts
according to the common law
When any territory North or South
of said line, within such boundary
AS Congress may prescribe, shall con.
tain q population equal to that re-.
quired for member Of Congress, il
shall, if its form Of Government be
republican, he admitted Into the Un-
ion on all equal footing with the
original S.a.ss. with or without in.
voluntary sarritude, as The Constitu-
Ition of such State may provide.
SEC 2. Territory shall not be ac-
quired by the United States, unless
by treaty, nor, except for naval and
commercial stations and drpots, un-
less such treaty shall be ratified by
tour.filths Of all the members of the
Senate.
Sec. 3 Neither the Constitution
nor any amendment thereof. shall
be construed to give Congress power
ito regulate, abolish, or control, with.
in any State or Territory oe the
United States, the relation estab
lished OF r,coguiztd by the laws
thereof touching persons bound te
labor or involuntary service therein
nor to intefe.e with or abolish inyol'
untary service in the District Of Co
ilumbia without the consent Of May
land and without the consent Of the
owners, or making the owners who
do not consent just compensation
Enor the power TO interfere with OF
prohibit representatives and Others
rom bringing with them to the City
of Washington, retaining. and tax
/ ing away persons so bound to labor
nor the power to interfere with oil
abolish involuntary service in places
under the exclusive jurisdiction o
the United States within those States
and Territories where the same i:
established or Recognized; nor ths
power to prohibit removal or trans
porsation, by laud, sea, or river; o
persons held to labor or involuntary
service in any State or; Territor,
thereof where it is established Of
recognized BY law or usSge; and th'
right during transportation of touch
ling at ports, shores, and landings
and Of lending in case Of distress
shall exist. Nor shall Congress hAv,
power to authorize any higher rat
lof- taxation on persons. bound t.
labor than on land.
J Sec. 4. The third. paragraph o
the second section Of the fouEtl
article OF the Constitution shall no
be construed to prevent any OF th'
States, by appropriate legislation
and through the action Of their ju
dicial and ministerial officers, from
enforcing the delivery Of fugisive'
from labor TO the person TO whom
such service or labor is due.
! SEC. 5 The foreign slave trade
and the Importation Of slaves int
the United States and their Terri
tories, from places beyond the pres
ent limits thereof are forever pro
hibited.
I SEC. 6. The first, third and flts
sections, together with this section
six of these amendments, and The
third paragraph of the second Of the
first nrlicle of the Constitution, and
the third paragraph Of the second
section Of the fourth article thereof
shall not be amepded or abolished
without the consent Of the States.
SEC. 4. Congress shall provide by
! law that the United States shall pay
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