Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-02-16
The Peace Convention.

WASHINGTON, req. 1901.
At late hour last night the Peace Con-
vention adjourned without coming to a final
decision as to their report, and meet again at
one O'Clock to-day and tomorrow in secret
session. l learn that the vote on Mr.. John
sons resolutions was ten to nine, Massachu-
sets and Iowa being absent. 1t is said that
the vote was messed, and only signiied a
preference for the proposition over Others
which had been presented. Several who
voted negatively expressed their willingness
to accept it as finality, if nothing better
could be done. Mr.. Guthrie's plan was up
to-day, and some amendments offered, which
some accepted. 1t is said that one of the
Western Commissioners offered Mr.. Ether
idge's plan. Mr.. Baldwin offered the follow
ing:
No territory belonging to any foreign
State or nation on the Continent of America,
or the islands pertaining or adjacent thereto,
shall ever be acquired by the United States
otherwise than by treaty of cession freely
made by such foreign State or nation, with
the assent of the people of the ceded terri
tory, manifested by the adoption by them of
Republican form of Government, and by
their application to Congress for admission
into this Union as a Slate. No treaty of ces-
sion shall be valid or operative to transfer
the jurisdiction of such foreign State or ma
ton oyer such territory, until it shall be rat
flied by four-fifths of the members of the
Senate of the United States, nor until the
admission of such ceded territory into the
Union as State or States by an act of Con-
gress duly passed, on the application of the
people of such territory for admission as
aforesaid.
The above, it is said, will be so amended
by the mover as not to apply to places ac-
quired by treaty, for the erection of forts and
the like.
The following was offered by Mr.. Seddons,
and is believed to have proceeded from Mr..
Tyler
All appointments to office in the Terrific
ries living north of the line 36S 80, as well
before as after the establishment of Terrific
rial governments in and over the same, or
any part thereof. shall be made upon the re-
commentator of a majority OF the Senators
representing at the time the non-slavehold-
ing States; and, in like manner, all APP
pointments to Office in the Territories which
may lie south of said line of 36s 80 shall be
made upon the recommendation of majori-
ty of the Senators representing at the time
the slaveholding States; but nothing in this
article shall be construed to restrain the
President of the United States from remov-
ing for actual incompetency or misdemeanor
in office any person thus appointed, and ap-
pointing temporary agent to be continued
in Office until the majority of Senator's, as
aforesaid, may present new recommends
ton, or from filing any vacancy which may
have occurred during the recess of the Sem
ate, such appointments to continue ad interim;
and, TOT insure on the part of the Senators the
selection of the most trustworthy agents, it
is hereby directed that all the net proceeds
arising from the sales of the public lands
shall be distributed annually among the sew
eral States, according to the combined ratio
of representation and taxation; but the dis
tribution aforesaid may be suspended by
Congress in case of actual war with fol-
eign nation, or imminent peril thereof.
Mr.. Tyler has advised the Virginia Con-
vention, which assembled to-day, to adjourn
from day to day, until some final adjustment
Is made or definite understanding reached.
Cor. Gin. Eng.