The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-02-27

The Peace Convention.
We greatly regret that we Lave no news Of
any positive character to give this week from
this Convention, still sitting at Washington,
except the proposition given below, which is
the one proposed by Mr.. Guthrie, OF Kentucky.
Il Is said to be the ul,matum oithe south, but
there is no certainty that it will cure a ma
jority Of tie votes of that Convention. The
RepuLlican leaders sIe evidently determined 10
dO NJ fling and il forced to do alytlrg twill he
OF a character, from all appearances, that will
amount to nothing. Could these men know
the anxiety OF the great mass of the people on
this grelt subject they world not hesitate to act
speed ". But blind stubbOrnness has seized
upon them and they are proof against the ap-
pealS OF distress or patriotism. CiYh wp with
all its horrors is to them mere idle play which
they seem bent upon testing Having turned
hundreds ofthousands out OF employment, they
deem ii an easy matter to fill up an army, as
they must do someth ng for subsistence, while
men OF capital ave tckled with the prospect ot
a Tariff and an increased taXat on all, OF which
they expect to wiring from the brow and sweat
o!hbtr
How long will intelligent working men sub
nit to such uHysrnished humbuggery? The
pr jeetors of such mischief must meet pretty
rough fate in the end whether we have peace
or war But to the Propositions Crisis
Art. l. That all territory Of the United States
shall be divided by line from east to west, on
the PARALLEL OF ihnty sixdegree thirty minutes
North latitude; and in all territory North of
that line inyolutary serYitude, except in punish
ment of crime, is prohibited whilst it shall be-
long to the United States OF be under a terrific
rial government; and in all territory South oil
said line involuntary servitude is recognized
as it exists in the Southern States oithe Union
whilst such territory shall belong to the United
States or be under Territorial government; and
either Congress nor the territorial government
shall have power to hinder or prevent emg'ants
to said territory from taking with them per
sons beld by them to labor or involuntary
service, according to the laws OIL usage of the
State from which such persons may be taken,
nor to impair the right arising out of said rea-
tons, and be subject to judicial cognizance,-
The United States Courts ofsuch territory shall
have jurisdiction Thereof, and those rights shall
be protected by the courts and all the depart
ments Of the territorial government, under or
according to the laws OF the State from when
the person bound to such service may have been
taken, And when any territory as Congress
may prescribe, shall contain the population re-
the then federal ratio 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 origi-
nal States, with or without involuntary selvitude
o. labor, as the Constitution OF such new State
may provide. ... l... g.. ..-t, ~,
Art, 2. That no Territory shall hereafter be
acquired by the United States without the con
cuirence Of majority Of the Senators Of the
States North of Mason and DiXon's line, and
also majority of the Senators of the States
South ofsaid line; but no treaty by which ter
ritory shall be acquired shall be ratified with
out the two thirds vote OF the Senate as requir
led by the Constitution. -...r -. ,.--..
Art. 5. That neither the Constitution, nor
sny amendment thereof Shall be construed to
give Congress power to regulate, abolish, or con-
troll with any State or territory Of the United
States, the relation established or recognized
by the laws thereof teaching persons bound to
labor or involuntary service therein, nor to in.
t rlere with or abolish involuntary service in the
! District Of Columbia without the consent of
Maryland and Virginia, and the owners who do
not consent previously, full compensation; nor
the power to interfere with or abolish inyolun-
tary service places under the exclusive juris-
dictlon ofthe 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 la
! Dor or Involuntary service in any State or Ter
ritory OF tie United States to any other State
or Territory thereof in which it is established
or recognized; nor to autholize specific tax or
any higher rate oil taxes on persons bound to
labor than on land in proportion to value; nor
to authorize eny of the A rican race or therd de
scendants to become ctzens or exercise the
right OF suffrage in the choice Of federal off
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/. Art, 4. That. hereafter the paragraph Of the
fourth article Of the constitution shall not be
construed to prevent any the States, by ap-
! propriate legislation, and through the action O.
their judicial and ministerial officers, from en-
forcing the delivery Of fugitiyes from labor from
any other State or I rIitory of the United
States to the person to whom such service or
latoris due. .,ea ,..t.. ..-s s,..s.......,4..
+. Art s. The emigration Of the African race
into any State. or any Territory of the United
States, whether for residence or involuntary ser
vice, is forever prohibited, and Congress shall
have the pawer, by appropriate legislation, to
enforce the provisions ofthis article. .....
Art. g.. That the first second, and fifth ar
ticles of these amendments, and the third para
|, graph Of the second section Of the first article
Eof the constitution, and the third paragraph 0
The fourth article therecf shall not be amend
ed or abolish without the consent Of all thu
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