The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-19
THt PEACE CONFERENCE.
Proceedings Of the Border Slave and Northern
Free States al Washington

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| WASHINGTON, Feb Is 1851
The Peace Cor cpeped its ssion It eleven O'Clock
! A. NJ, and did rot srjourn until four o'rlorkPM
The Territorial question under co ,sierslon to-
Gay, and the debate directed object Of sscur-
ing NJ annuity on thst point
Various amendments offered AMI a substitute FOR
Mr. Gushri"s propss ion These were severaiy voted
down, indicating clearly that the Conception will ulti
maely sustain the report of it's committee 20 wit, Gu
thr,e's plan Of adjustment
The speech that marked ths deliberations that Of
Gov Boutwell,, OF MASSACHUSETTS, who declared against
AL compromise concessiops present He knew OF
nothing the North hao done in violation Of the constfsu
ton that she should be called upon conceie Massa
chas' It's, the State which he in part represented is
party 10 the great constitutional compact She does
desire to shirk from her ehare that reepons bity
and not ioclined TO release any other State Mas
sachusetts does understand that the constita-
tional act Of electiug President is cause for new
compromises concessions. To demand them of
her is demanding penalty for doing right
thing intbe right place. TWAS not for h,m TO offer
accept compromise. His State was perfectly salts
Bed with what Der poole had done and they suffered no
ccnpuncton Of conscience Cor having their
right Of citizenship in supporting the their
for President
Governor Bcu'we'rs speech is c,nsidercd fair index
considerable comment to night He believes II is the
duty Of the people Of the South the admins.
tration before condemnng IT, After there will be
time enough for compromise.
Mr. SeddoD, Of Virginia m ,de an earnest appeal for
concession. he in favor of the majority report
it could he modified to embrace the main points in
the Virginia resolutions.
Reverdy johnson, of Mary land, moved to amend the
majority report by inserting the word "present" in the
first lire OF article Brst that the proposition will only
eppy to preeest territory south OF thirty thirty,
and not 10 territory hereafter to be acquired.
The motion was adopted.
&r Guthrie, Of Ker lucky said he should support
majority proposition and yield up the points stricken
of his plan originally reported by him He urged the
delegates from the North to agree upon something by
which the slave States the Union could be induce
10 remain Mr.. Guthrie asked IL, in his opniou
the Convention should agree to plan of settlement
and at too late a mement for Congress to act upon It,
whether IL would have good tendency. Mr. Guthrie
Immediately responded that would because such an
event the question could be taken before the people,
This reply is taken, by many republicans as evil
dence that the only desire OF the ognators of Peace
Congress is to invent plan by which the opposition
to the republican party GO before the people upon
ISSUE for the purpose possible of reconstructing
the democratic party.
Governor Cleveland, of Connecticut, made q concia-
tory speech proposing pothiog particular bat putting
the Convention in good nature, under the influence Of
which 1t adjourned
The ultra republicans less sanguine than Satur
day in their expectations Of defeating the action Of the
committee. IF the Michigan aud kaosas Comm ssioners
arrive hero before vote s taken the plan OF c,mpro
mise they may be able TO defeat 1t The Commissioners
FRI these two States haze been sent for especially to
defeat any measures looking to a settlement II this
hvt
the conservatives.
vote to morrow the Guthrie plan II a vote is had,
they will carry it, but it is delayed until other States
arrive, there is little hope.
Mr.. Granger, Commissioner from New York, arrived
this morning and took his seat
An attempt was made today to have verbatim
porers employ ed to report the debates of the Convention
but the proposition was voted down.