The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-03-06

copies Of any one or more Of the above works.
New volumes Of the four Reviews and Blackwood
commenced with January.
The Peace Conference at Washington
adjourned on Wednesday last. The following is the
schedule of amendments to the Constitution, which
they submitted to the consideration of Congress:
Sec. /. In all the present territory Of the
United States north Of the parallel Of thirty
six degrees and thirty minutes Of north ati-
tude, involuntary seryitude, except in pun.
shment for crime, is prohibited. In all the
present territory south of that line tie status
of persons held to involuntary service or la
Dor, as il now exists, shall not be changed |;
nor shall any law be passed by Congress or
the Territorial Legislature to hinder or pre-
vent the taking Of such persons from any Of
the States Of this Union to said territory, nor
to impair the rights arising from said rela.
ton but the sane shall be subject to Judi
cial cognizance in the Federal courts, accor-
ding to the course of the common law. When
any Territory north or south of said line,
within such boundary as Congress may pre-
scribe, shall contain population equal TO
that required for member of Congress. il
shall, il its form Of government be republ.
con, be admitted into the Union on an equal
footing with the original States. with or
without involuntary seryitude. as the consti-
tuition Of such State may provide
Sec. Q. 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 majority Of all the Senators from States
which allow involuntary serytude, aud ma
iority of all the Senators from States which
prohibit that relation; nCr shall territory be
acquired By treaty unless the votes oil a ma
jorIty Of the Senators from each class Of
States hereinbeiore mentioned be cast as
part Of the two.thrds maturity necessary to
The ratification Of such treaty.
Sec. 8. Neither the Constitution nor any
amendment shall be construed to give Con
gress power TO regulate, abolish, or control,
within any State. the relation established or
recognised by the laws thereof touching per
sons held TO labor or involuntary service
therein. nor 10 interfere with or abolish in
voluntary service 10 the District Of Columbia
without the consent Of Maryland and with
out The consent OF the owners. or making the
owners who do not consent Just compensa-
ton; nor the power TO interfere with or pro.
lhibit Representatives and others from bring
ing With them to The District Of Columbia,
reiaining, and taking away. persons so held
70 labor or service; nor the power to inter-
liefe with or abolish Involuntary service ia
places under the exclusive jurisdiction Of
the United States within those States and
lTearitnres 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 81 the United States to any other
State OF Territory thereof whrre il Is estab.
li.hsd or recognised by Law or usage; and
the right during transportation BY sea or
river Of touching at ports, shores. aud land
ings, and Of landing in case Of distress. shall
exist; bat not the right of transit in OF
through any State or Territory, or Of sale OF
traffic against the laws thereof. Nor shall
Congress have power 10 authorize any higher
rate Of taxation on persons held TO labor or
service than on land. The bringing into the
District Of Columbia Of persons held to labor
or service for sale. or placing them in depot:
10 be afterwards transferred to other places
for sale as merchandise. is prohibited.
Sec. 4 The third paragraph Of the second
section of tile fourth article Of the C0nstltu.
ton shall not be construed 10 prevent any o
the States. by appropriate legislation and
through the action Of their Judicial and min.
isterial officers. from enforcing the delivery
Of fugitives from labor to the person TO whom
such service or labor is due.
Sec. 5. The foreign slave trade is hereby
forever prohibited; aud il shall be the duty
of Congress 10 pass laws 70 prevent the i'm.
portalion Of slaves, coolies, or persons held
10 service or labor into the United States and
the Territories from places beyond the lin
its thereof.
Sec. O. The FIRST, third, aud fifth sections
together with this section Of these amend
ments. and The third paragraph Of the seconC
section Of the first article IT the Constitu
ton. and the ihird paragraph Of the secont
section Of the fourth article thereof. shall no
be amended or abolished without the consent
Of all the States.
Sec. Z. Congress shall provide by law that
the United States shall pay TO the owner the
full value ol his fugitive from labor. ~ AZ
cases where tho marshal Or other otiicer
whose duty il was % arrest such fugitive
vas prevented from so dong BY violence o.
intimidation from mobs or riotuus assemble
gcs, or when. after arrest. such fugitive wa
rescued By like violence or Intimidation, az,
the owner thereby deprived Of the same
and the acceptance Of such payment shat
preclude the owner from further claim =
such fugitive. Congress shall provide y,
law Tor securing 10 the citizens Of each stats
the privileges and immuni,ies Of citizens u
the several States.