The national Republican., 1861-02-28
PEACE CONGRESS PROPOSITIONS.

the Peace Congress:
Sec. l. In all the present territory of the
United States north of the parallel of 36o 3O/
Of north latitude, Involuntary servitude, except
in punishment Of crime, is prohibited. In all
the present territory south Of that line, the sta.
tus of persons held to service or labor, as it
now exists, shall not be changed. Nor shall
any law be passed by Congress or the Terri
torial Legislature to hinder or prevent the ta
king Of such persons from any Of the States Of
this Union to said Territory, nor to impair the
rights arising from said relation. Bot the same
shall be subject judicial cognizance in the Fed
eral courts, according to the course Of the com.
mon law. When any Territory, north or south
Of said line, with such boundary as Congress
may prescribe, shall contain population equal
that required for q member Of Congress, it
SHALL if its form of government be republican,
be admitted into the Union on an equal foot.
ing with the original States, with or Without in.
voluntary servitvde, as the Constitution Of such
State may provide.
Sec. 2. No territory shall be acquired by the
United States, except by discovery and for
naval and commercial stations, depots, and
transit routes, without the concurrence of q
majority of all the Senators from the States
which allow involuntary servitude, and ma.
jority Of all the Senators from States which pro.
hibit that relation nor shall territory be &C.
quired by treaty, unless the votes of majority
of the Senators from each class of States here.
inbefore mentioned be cast as part of the two.
thirds majority, necessary to the ratification Of
such treaty.
Sec. 3. Neither the Constitution, nor any
amendment thereto, shall be construed to give
Congress power to regulate, abolish, or control,
within any State or Territory of the United
States, the relation established or recognised
by the laws thereof, touching persons bound to
labor or involuntary service in the District Of
Columbia, without the consent Of Maryland and
without the consent Of the owners, or making
the owners who do not consent just compensa-
ton ; nor the power to interfere with or pro.
hibit representatives and others from bringing
with them to the city of Washington, retaining
and taking away, persons so bound to 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 recognised; nor the
power to prohibit the removal or transportation
Of persons held to labor or involuntary service
in any State or Territory of the United States
to any other State or Territory thereof where it
is established or recognised by law or usage |;
and the right, during transportation by sea or
river, of touching at ports, shores, and land.
ings, and Of landing in case of distress, but not
for sale or traffic, shall exist nor shall Con-
gress have power to authorize any higher rate
Of taxation on persons held TO labor or service
: than on land. The bringing into the District
t of Columbia Of persons held to labor or service
for sale, or placing them in depots to be after.
, wards transferred to other places for sale as
merchandise, is prohibited, and the right Of
; transit throug gh any State or Territory against
| its dissent is prohibited.
Sec. 4. The third paragraph of the second
section of the fourth article OF the Constitution
shall not be construed to prevent any of the
States, by appropriate legislation and through
GERS, from enforcing the delivery Of fugitives
from labor to the person to whom such service
or labor is due.
Sec. s. The foreign slave trade is hereby
forever prohibited, and it shall be the duty Of
} Congress to pass laws to prevent the importa-
ton of slaves coolies, persons held to service
or labor, into the United States and the Terri
tories, from places beyond the limits thereof
Sec. 6. The first, third, and fith sections,
: together with this section six Of these amend.
, ments, and the third paragraph Of the second
section of the first article of the Constitution,
and the third paragraph Of the second section
ed or abolished without the consent of all the
! States.
Sec. 7. Congress shall provide by law that
the United States shall pay to the owner the
full value Of his, fugitives from labor, in all
, cases where the marshal or other officer whose
duty it was 70 arrest ssnh fugitive was pre-
vented from 80 doing by violeBce o. intimidn,
ton from mobs or riotous asseinblages, or when
after arrest, such fugitive was rescued by like
violence or intimidation, and the owner thereby
prevented and obstructed in the pursuit Of his
remedy for the recovery of such fugitive, Con
. gress shall provide by law for securing to the
citizens of each State the privileges and i'm
munities of the several States.
FRoM THE PAcrFIc.-The steamship Ariel
l. arrived at New York on Mosaay nj H.. She
|. left Aspinwall on the l6th instant 3Wia RE
!. California mails Of tie "a instant, onf hundSSj
and seventy passengers, and $l,0O,000 ID
. specie, and arrived o! this port this s{ening.
d The California advices have been Anticipated
:. by pony express.
d Gavet, who shot Mr.. J. White, is still in
n prison awaiting sentence, but the impression
= prevailed that he wouli be acquitted.
Guayaquil dates OF the 2tth gl.ssssge rumol
is that Mosquera had been defeaied aad Costago
e was in the hands of The Government,
IS Another rumor ~sss mat AMosqsera, with
Q 1000 men, was abeutlA sting Bogota.
8 The Bishop Of Hardmta 'ad, excommun
If Gated President Guardiota, W.. had declared
s the former an outlaw. !. The GS4sd States
5 steamers Saranse and Narrsgansett we're al
s Callao on January 30., -eL
s Senior Hurtado has been appointed, Commits.
n sioner to arrange the claims ipepdiAa between
II the United States and New Grstsd<