New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-13
REPORT or THE RHODE ISLAND PEACE
CORNERSTONE Frs.

To he Hon GeaorIl fl,r5lv ~ S.If' AZ Rho2s !!Sad
Tie undersigned Commissioners on the part Of tbs
State appointed upon the r. NEST Of Tie Siale 81 Nlr-
ginia 10 Commissioners from TIE Other States %
confer upon tie Test mode OF ad1stng the unhappy
difference which disturb tho veace OF the eoun-
Try, resIecifIlly beg leave 10 report;
That ON tae tn DAY OF February lat al Was! ingion,
the day and place named for the oprni OF The Confer
euce they met Commissioners from other States ard
reuau, with them in conference until the q tn day Of
February ut which time twenty-one States were rep
resented when Ing sgleed by majority OF States
10 submit 10 Congress 10 be by cOngres. submitted 70
conventions in the several Siates III. annexed article
IN amendment The Constitution of th. United States
the Convention finally adjourned.
Tns article il will be seen ap, lies the old lire OF
SO degrees ind 30 minutes Of norh Latitude TO AL the
present tcrr tory OF The United Sfhier, prohibiting
Slavery north OF that line, while il recognizes aud
cure, lis existence south Of that line during the Terri
toial government and provides for the formation OF
new States out Of sneh Territory, With or without
Sluyery rs their Constitutions may direct
Astiis partjn TERRITORY was not advantageous,
AZ least 10 the Free States aB dpcSsd Of the agila-
ton consequent upon recent decision Of the Suprene
Cont of the United States upon celebrated and
FOLLOWED a precedent which had given peace To the
country upon this most dangerous subject OF contio-
very for upward Of thirty Year., your Commissioners
gave their astert 10 il the beat praclc solution OF
all Difficulties ov ing ont OF The territorial question:
New tenifOrS is further dealt with by this article
thnn 10 require except in certain specified csses,
ory Of al the Senators from each ride Of said line, 10
concur in s acquisition, whether made by act Of Con-
grees or by treaty, thus giving TO each class OF States
check NJ on the cal idy Of tue Others.
Tie other sections OF the article were designed III
general 10 to define and limit the rights powers and
duties of both Congress and the States, with regard to
the rubject OF Slavery, as To prevent fuber coniro
yery and 10 enable and induce those moot opposed In
opinion and interest," by the practice OF mutual fob ar
ance 10 live in peace and anity under the Fed
eral Government il il believed that in no essential
particular will this article change tue present actual
state OF thlngi is value consisting IN tie security
therein which Il gives To ALL and in the settlement
made BY it OF present and probable subjects of con-
troversy.
In great practical matter Of this sort, your Com
missontrs deem these results II far more Importance
than strict adhesion TO any theory however pa'slie
Ia the sbstrac and especially than TO any party de-
claraicn of principles Of sectional cast, however We
henenly argued, or humeronsy adopted on etherrlde
To deal well and wisely with the actual and real, aid
while consulting the past AID looking 10 inc probable
future for guidance base his action what com
prizes the hole DUTY Of satesman leaving to pohii.
cal philosophers 10 dream OF What might have been, or
IN tie abstract of what ought 10 be- Reform Is true,
In this way comes slowly, but It comes without the
disturbance of material Interests, without agitation Of
boman passions and without the violent outbreaks
which tbeae occasion-hndeIipg and obstructing It's
progress In that grand and orderly procession OF moral
cuses and effects which expresses and marks the pro-
violence and government Of God;
It was apparent to oil that whatever may have been
the motive and origin OF the present alarming move
msnt in the extreme Southern States, the instrument
successfully used to promote 1t was the agitation Of
their people upsn the safety OF the institution OF negro
slayey IN The States and Territories and various con-
aictngopinions with regard to the best course 10 DO
pursued 10 alay this agitation were elected In tho
course Of this long conference Extremists were not
wanting on tho one hand who seemed inclined 70 con,
s,r.e tEe anomaly Of sswey Of the negro race found
In the Consultation Of free people, Into general
ruls, and who proposed or voted for propositions which
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