, 1861-02-19

Not At all. HA the abandonment! qf prtneiplt.
It IL essentially the eame thing as siding With
the British Government IN the struS.
gls Of the Revolution. 1t Is To9i<n
revived and applied to the more moment
merely the destruction Of tho Republican
party ~ political organization; It is the re-
nunciation Of tho ercat truths, aud the ab}ura-
ton Of the sacred obligations on which that
party Is based. Whoever now proposes to
make new compromises with slarery-that Is
poses, more OF less completely, to surrender
the Territories to that aecursed and pernicious
Institution, md virtually, If not explicitly, to
admit that slaves arc property which no State
can 1ightfully exclude.
This 1t IL that is meant by srcridcing part in-
terests and however these gentlemen Of Chi
cago, who have heretofore left politics to
others, may think-Ahou IT. NC can tell them
that the intelligent masses OF the country,
sincere Democrats as well as sincere Rcpubli-
cans, regard the proposal OF such q sacrifice
with mingled alarm and scorn-Rcpublicans
and themselves by forsweaTing their princi-
pies; Democrats because they. too, desire to
have 1t proved that there is /, North, ard that
Freedom cau be a firm rs Slavery can be inso-
lent and aggressive-A. Y. Tribune.
Guthrte'a Peace Proposition.
The following are the resolutions offered In
the Peace Congress by Hon. James Guthrie:
ARTICLE l. That all territory of the United
States shall be divided By line East to West,
on the parallel Of 31 degrees 90 minutes North
latitude; and in all territory North Of that
line, involuntary serTitude, except In punfah-
ment for crime, is prohibited, whilst it shall
territorial government, and in all territory
South OF sald line, involuntary seryitude Is IT,
cogntzed rs 1t exists in the Southern States Of
the Union, whilst such territory shall belong
to the United States, or be under territorial
government; and neither Congress nor the
territorial government shall hare power to
hinder or prevent emigrants to said territory
from taking with them persons held to labor
or involuntary service, according to the Laws
and usagee Of the State from which such per-
son may be taken, nor to impair the right
arising out Of kaid relations, and be subject to
judicial cogufzance; the United States courts
Of euch territory shall have jurisdiction there
Of, aud those rights shall be protected By the
courts aud ali the departments of the territorial
government, under or according to the laws o.
the State from which the person bound to such
service may hare been tAkcn; aud when any
territory North or South Of said line, within
such boundary as Congress may prescribe,
shall obtain population required for meu-
Der Of Congress, according 10 the then federal
ratio Of representation Of the pcop'e Of the
United States, 1t may, If its form Of govern
ment be republican, be admitted Into the
States, with or without involuntary se1yiiu1e
or labor, as the Constitution Of such new State
may provide.
AIR. 2. That no territory shall hereafter be
acquired by the United States without the con
currence of u maj jority Of the Senators OF the
also majority Of the Senators South Of Ea!d
line; but no treaty By which territory shall be
acquired shall be ratified without the two
thirds vote Of the Senators, as required By the
Constitution.
ART. 5. That tic Constitution, and no
amendment thereof shall be construed TO give
congress power to regulate, abolish, CT con.
trol, within any State or Territory Of the
United 8tatca, the relation established or re.
coEnlzed by the Laws thereof touchtr;. perSops
bound to labor OF involuntary eeryicc therein,
nor to Interfere with OF ahulisl involuntary
service in the District Of Columbia, without
the consent Of Maryland and Virginia and the
o"ncIs, or without making the owners who
do not consent, previously, full compensation:
nor the power to interfere with or abo:ish&u-s =,
voluntary service In places under tho exclusive
Jurisdiction OF tho United States within those.
States and Territories where the same is estab-
ltshed or recognized; nor the power 10 Fro.
hiblt the removal or transportation Of persocs
held to labor Or involuntary service in anv
State or Territory Of the United States, to a,,,-
other State ~ Territory thereof. where it il
established or recognized; nor to authorize
Specific tax OF any higher rate OF taxes on per.
eons bound to labor, th.u on land In proper.
tion to value; nor to authorizc aoy Of the At.
ricau race or their descendants 10 hccorlc citl.
zene, or TO exercise the right Of suffrage in the
choice Of federal officers.
ART. f. That hereafter the paragraph Of the
fourth article Of the Constitution shall not bo
construed to prevent any OF the States, by ap-
Tropr!a:e legislation, and through the action
Of their Judicial and ministerial otlccra, lrcru
enforcing the delivery OF fngrtives from labor
from any other State or Territory Of the United
states to the person to whom such service or
labor is due.
ART. 5. The emigration or importation Of
the African raee into any State Or any Terri
tory Of the United States, wl,.ther irr rts:-
dencc or involuntary service, Is forev", 1ro.
hthited, and Congress shall have the power hy
appropriate legislation to enforce tho 1.ro-
Visions Of this article.
ART. g. That the first, second, third and fifth
articles OF these amendments, and the third
paragraph Of tue second section of the first
article OF the Constitution. and the third para-
graph of the fourth article thereof, elali NIT
DC amended or abolished without the consent
Of al the States