Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-03-15

NO. so.
Ehe Peace Confsrenee Project.

809 &9Sce conference %ro1ecfs
: The following is the plan adopted; (in =
form to constitute the 18th article to the con
: stitutiOn) with the vote on each section:
: Section l. In all the present territory Of the
United States, north Of the parelIel of thirty
six degrees thirty minutes Of north latitude, in
; voluntary servitude, except in punishment Of
crime is prohibited. In all the present terri
tory south of that line the status Of persons
held to involuntary service or labor, as It now
exists, shalt not be chauged. Nor shall any
law be passed 10y Congfrss Hf the Territorial
Legislature 10 hinder or prevent the taking OF
such persons from any Of the States of this
Union TO Tsid territory, nor 10 impeir the
rights arising from said relation But the
same shall be 81 beet To Judicial c0gnizunce ia
the federal courts, acrOriing to the course Of
! the common law. When any territory north
or south Of said line, with such bounaary ns
Congress may prescribe, shall contain popn-
latiOn equal to that required for member Of
Congress-, ii shall if its form Of government he
republican, be admitted into the Union Oh All
equal footing with the original States. with or
without involuntary servitude, rs the censii-
tuition Of the State may provide. IThis was
adopted by vote Of 9 to g.
Sec No territory shall be acquired by |
the United States excerpt by discovery and |
for naval and commercial stations, depoIs, and |
transit routes, without the Concurrence of !
majority of all the Senators frvn States which !
allow involuntary serSifude- -uRd-n niaiorits |
Of all the Senators from States which prohibit /
that relation, nor shall territory be acquired |
By treaty. unless the votes Of majority of the /
Senators from each class of States herein be.
fore mentioned be rast as purt bfthe two
thirds majority uecesAarf to the ratification OF
such treaty. Adopted by q vote of to 81
See. 3. Neither the constitution, nor any
amendment thereof shall be construed to give
Congress power TO Requisite; abolish or con.
troll, within any State, the Relation esiab ishvd
or recognized by the luws thereof toiiehiug
persons held to labor or involuntary .servce
therein, nor to interfere with or abolish invol-
untary service in the District of Columbia
without the consent Of Maryland aud without
the consent of the owners, or ma1sifg the own
ers who do not consent, just compensation;
nor the power to interfere with or prohibit
representatives and othrrs from bringing with
them 10 the District Of Columbia, retaining
and takng away, persons so held 10 labor or
service; nor the power to interfere with or
abolish Involuntary service in places under the
exclusive jurisdiction of the United States
within those States and Territories where the
same is established or recognized; nor the pow
er to prohibit the removal OF transportation of
persons held to labor or involuntary service !
in any State or Territory of the United States
10 any other State or Territory thereof where
it is established OF recognized by law or usage;
and the right during transportation, by sea or
riYer, Of touching at shores pUrts, or landings
and of AanGRg in case of distress, shall exist;
but not the right Of transit in through aHv
State or Territory. or Of sac or traffic, against
the laws thereof Nor shall Congress have !
power to authorize any higher rate of taxa
lion on persons held TO labor or service than
on land. The bringing into the District or ,
Columbia Of persons held to labor or service !
for sale, or placing them in drpots TO be after
wards transferred to other, places for sale as
is prohibited. Adopted by !
vote of II to II
Sec. A. The third paragraph Of the second 8
section Of tllc fourth article Of the constitution
shall not be construed to prevent any Of the a
States, by appropriate legislation, and Though b
the action of tleir Judicial and ministerial Off
GERS, from enforcing the delivery Of fugitiyes {
from labor TO the person 10 whom such labor Il
DR. service is due. Adopted by vote of Is '
to 4, v
Sec. 5. The foreign slnve trade is hereby I
forever prohibited; and il shall be the duty of a
Congress to pass laws 10 prevent the imporia- i
iion Of slaves, coolies. or persons held to ser k
vice or lubor into the United States ard the o
Territories from places beyond the limits there
0f Adopted by vote Of 16 to s.
Section 6. The first, third and fiffil SECTIONS a
together with this section Of these amendments, $
and the third paragraph Of the second section !
Of dsc first article Of the constitution, and the
third PARAGRAPH Of the Srcond section ofthe q
'ourth article thereof, shall not he amended or
abolished without the conEens Of nlI the /;
States. Adopted by vote Of IL to9I 7
Sec. Z. Congress shall provide by law ~ d
The United States shall pay to the owner the 1
full value Of his fugitive from labor. in all cas-
es where the marshal, or other officer whose
duty it was to arrest such fugitive, was pre-
vented from so doing By violence or intimida-
lion from mobs OF riotous nsscnblageS, OF
when after arrest, such fugitive was rescued c
By like violence or intimidation, and the own o
sr thereby deprived Of the same; and the nc- a
ceptance Uf such payment shall preclude the n
owner from further claim to such fugitive il
Congress shall provide by law for securing to c
the citizens of each State the privileges and !
immuniies Of citzrns in the several States.-t Fl
Adopted by vote Of IL to :. II