, 1861-03-04

|Ftom the y. Y. Evening Post.1
The Peace Conference has at length closed
H. labore, The delegates from the Northern
r.,y States have gone home eatlshed and TIL
,tn,phant; tho6e from the tree States who have
desired thay no measure should be recon-
1oendsd involving any essential departure
troa1 The principles in fayor Of which tic
,.ountyy his just declared Itself in ths cleo
ton Of Mr. Lincoln, have returned disap-
pointed. A proposition has received fha
s:anclion Of the Peace Conference, which, II
regard to the only part Of the country into
witch tborc 1s any possibility Of estending
ellgery, gives up the very ground for which
| flle Republican party have been 50 long con-
! tending. ..-.-.-.,,.
sists OF 4 series Of amendments to the Federal
| CONSTITUTION, the principal object Of which is
| T., rive greater security to the Institution Of
.slay ~ aad greater facilities for its extension
! TIE yer3 statement Of tho design Of the pro-
! posed amendments suggests At once decisive
| objection to adopting Item We are satisfied
! with the Constitution rs it stands, and IN our
| Judgment the shareholders ought to be. The
sanlV reason for altering 1t now Is, that It It be
/ left unchanged, slavery may be excluded from
New Mexico and Arizona Notwithstanding
tbat ali the influence Of the two last adu,niAtEa-
lions vas cxerted to establish it In Kansas, it
lies been, after violent struggle, excluded
from that country, aud under just and I'M
,,artial administration, such as Mr. Ltncoln's
i,romises to be, it's fate seems equally sure In
/ The first Of the amendments in the Franklin
! nronosirion denies, both to Congress and to
ihe territorial legislatures, the right to enact
auv law in favor Of freedom for the region be"
low the line Of Sc degrees 80 minutes nortn
,na;s in territorial condition. slavery Ia placed
bcyond the reach Of Legislation. Al other r1gnts
nre subject TO change and modlacation by law !;
i the right Of owning, buying and selling human m
i,eings cannot be touched; aud this doctrine
of the sacredness Of slavery is to be engratted
" W "a Constitution under which our people
have lived happily and psuspezonsly Without
, ! = fo1 a 1,cr1od corresponding to the ordinary
!, itfs of man. The Inhabitants Of the region to
which this provision is nado to apply may Dc
! sire 10 exclude slavery rs curse and q cala1n
. ;tv-thcy will not be permitted.
They may say; I'VE fear that u it be aAoWee
= to coma IN. we shall not be able to thrust II
j. ant afler We have become State we Pleie'
tn leave orr children in community IN wn1ci
= It does not exist; We hoia tass Ae EooA w -
a' ~ 'faturc states which will be formed out Q
c 1 nne territory depend upon this. We desir
$ to establish communihesan which there shal
!. be. freedom Of speech and freedom q q
the press, and - Ih., "hsea he s.t SS1i ram rie
s. sinse sIave States Of the Union" The Frankli
y amendmcnt Interfere5 and forbids this. 3
iron rnIe is prescribed, m luae11ble ofuel
e. thinrs. thin which Is to plant slavery In these te
y rttofies es against the wlll Of those By who;
o thew araiuIabIted, and this rule }s to be saa.t
. cd e irom futnre danger Of change by being IL
: corporated IN the Constitution, .,+ .,,oo. H.
d u = ~ NV and odious provision for the E
or !; tension and pcrpetuation Of slaSefJ n "
IT, en1,,.sffc5 mon our venerable Constituting
to pafc Hitherto Of any such denial 4, Of = y
!. right Of universal hbertJLaao .aas u = =
! second pIace, that the new feature forces 9 :.
n ycry npon tie people of the southern te11it9t'
lie however earnestly they may desire to e5clu
t it-foreshndow, we arc confident, the tate
at, the FrankIin proposition With Congress:
ed ss;,bs,t ,ssoonar;1 liz r,olikical faith 10 sc
he ~, s,,s sdsi,- er1ty