Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-03-15
PEACE CONFERENCE.
Report of the Committee.
ARTICLE ls.

SEcrIoSi. In all the present territory Of the
United States north Of the parallel Of ihiry-six
degrees and thirty minutes Of north latitn,e in-
voluntary servitude, except In punishment Of crime
is prohibited. In all the present territory south Of
that line the status Of persons held to involuntary
service labor, it now exists shall not be chan
gedl nor shall any law be passed by Congress or
the Territorial Legislature TO hinder or prvent the
taking,of such persons from any OF the States Of
this Upon 70 said territory 70 impair the rights
arising from said relation; but the safne shall be
subject TO judicial cogDzance in the Federal courts
according to the course Of the common law. When
any territory north or South OF said line. within.
su;h boundary as Congress may prescribe shall
contain a population equal TO that required for
member of Congress, It shall, il It's form Of gov
ernment be Republican, be admitted into the Union
On an eqal footing with the original States, with or
without involuntary seryiudc, as the Constitution
Of such State may provide.
SECTION 2. Noterritory shall Sc acquired by the
United States, except by discovery and fof naval
and commercial stations depots and transit routes,
without the concurrence Of majority of all tho
Senators from States which allow involuntary SER
vitude, and majority of all the Senators fom
the States which prohibit that relation; nor shall
territory be acquired by treaty. unless the votes Of
majority Of the Senators from each cvss Of States
herein before mentioned be cast part of the two
thirds majority necessary to the ratification Of such
treaty.
SECTION B. Ne tier the Constitution, nor any
amendment thereof shall bo construed TO give Con-
gress power to regulate abolish or control, within
any State, the relation established or reco nized By
the laws thereof touching persons held to labor or
involuntary service therein nor 10 interfere with or
a,oish involuntary eivico in the District Of lun-
b without the consent of Maryland anu without
the consentof the owners, or making the owners
who do not consent just compensation nor the
power TO interfere with prohibit representatives
and others from banging with them to the District
Of Columbia, retaining and taking away persons 80
held tc labor or service the power TO interiors
with abolish involuntary service in places under
the exclusive jurisdiction Of the United States with
those States and territares where the same Is es-
tablished or recognized nor the power TO prohibit
the removal or transportation Of persons held to la
Dor, or involuntary service in any State Territory
of the United States to any other State or Territory
thereof where il is established recognized by law
or usage; and the right during transportation, by
sea or river, Of touching at ports shores, and land
ngS and of landing in case Of Distress shalt exist;
but not the right of transit in or through any Sate
or Territory, of sale traffic, against the laws
thereof. Nor shall Congress have power to author
ize any higher rate of taxation On persons held to
labor or service than on land l-i
The bringing into the District Of Columbia Of
persons held to labor service for sale or placing
them in depots to be afterwards transferred TO other
places for sale as merchandise, is prohibited.
SECTION 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 aud through the action Of
their judicial and ministerial officers from enforcing
the delivery of fugtves from labor to the person 10
whom such service or labor is due.
SECTION s. The foreign slave trade Is hereby
forever prohibtcd and 1t shall be tho duty of Con-
gress to pass laws to prevent the importation Of
slaves, coolies or persons held TO service or labor,
into the United Stases and the Territories from pla.
ces beyond the limits thereof.
SECTION 8. The first, third and fifth sections, to.
gether with this section of the amendments and the
third paragraph of the second section of the first
article Of the Constitution and the third paragraph
Of the section of the fourth article thereof shall not
be amended OF abolished without the consent of all
the States.
SECTION 6. Congress shall provide by law that
the United States shall pay to the owner the full
value Of his fugitive from labor Ia all cases where
the marshal, other officer whose duty II was to
Arrest such fugitive, prevented from doing 80 by
violence or intimidation from mobs riOtous Assem-.
bages or when, after arrest such fugitive res
cusd by like violence intimidation, and the
owner thereby deprived of the same and the ac-
ceptance of such payment shall preclude the owner
from further claim to such fugitive. Congress shall
provide by law for securing to the citizens Of each
State the privileges and mmunities Of citizens In
the several States.