Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-03-01
me Peace Ccnfersnes-Its Propositions-N
4 Ptuspsct oflan Adjustment BY Congress,


The Peace Conference. representing twenty
one States. which met at Washington City, OF
Monday, February A. to devise some plan fo
setting our national difficulties and maintaining
the Union, adjourned sias die, on last Wednes-
day, February 27, having been In session twen-
ty-four days. The result Of their labors was
the adoption, on the day Of their final adjourn
ment, of the propositions Of Mr.. ,FRAnKLIs, o
Pennsylvania. ka 'saay ~, ~ ~ l.s'it ....
These propositions are modification Of th'
resolutions originally offered by Mr.. GUrH
RE, Of Kentucky, and are as follows:
SEC. 1. In all the present. territory Of the Uni
ted States not embraced by the Cherokee treaty
north Of the parallel of thirty six degrees AMI
thirty minutes Of north latitude, involuntary
servitude, except in punishment of crime, Il
prohibited. In all the present territory sou.f
of that line, the status Of persons held to ser
vice OF labor, as 1t now exists, shall not bt
changed; nor shall any law be passed to hinder
or prevent the taking Of such persons to 80 ID
territory, nor to impair the rights arising from
said relation; but the same shall be subject e
judicial cognizance in the federal courts accord
ing to the common law. When any territory
north or south of said line, within such bounda
ry as Congress may prescribe, shall contain Q
population equal to that required for a
member Of Congress, IL shall, If its form oil
government be Republican, be admitted into
the Union on an equal footing with the original
States, with or without involuntary servitude,
ss the Constitution of such State may provide.
SEc.2. Territory shall not be acquired by
the United States, unless BY treaty, nor, except
for naval and commercial stations and depois,
unless such treaty shall be ratified by four.ffths
Of all the members Of the Senate.
SEc. 3. Neither the Constitution, nor any
amendment thereof, shall be construed to give
Congress power to regulate, abolish or control,
within any State or Territory of the United
States, the relation established or recognized BY
the laws thereof touching persons bound to Ia
Dor or involuntary service In the District of Co
lumbia without the consent Of Maryland, and
without the consent Of the owners, or making
the owners who do not consent Just compen-
sation; nor the power to interfere with and pro-
hibit representatives and others from bringing
with them to the City Of Washington, retaining
aud taking away, persons 10 bound to labor; nor
the power TO interfere with or abolish involunta.
~ service ir places under the exclusive jurisdic.
tion Of the United States within those States and
Territories where the same 10 established or
recognized; nor the power to prohibit the reno
val or transportation, by land, sea, or river, of
persons held to labor or involuntary service In
any State or Territory of the United States to
any other State or Territory thereof where It is
established or recognized by law or usage; and
the right during transportation Of touching at
ports, shores, and landings, and Of landing in
case Of distress, shall exist. Nor shall Congress
have power to authorize any higher rate of tax.
alton on persons bound TO labor than on land.
SIC. A 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, and through
the action of their judicial and ministerial on
GERS, from enforcing the delivery Of fugitiyes
from labor 10 the person to whom such service
or labor Il due.
sKc.,5 s. The foreign slave trade and the i'm.
portation of slaves into the United States and
their Territories, from places beyond the present
limfts thereof, are forever prohibited.
7. SGD g.. The fret, third and fifth sections,
together with this section six Of these amend
ments, and thsthird paragraph Of the second
section Of the first article Of the Constitution,
and the third paragraph Of the second section Of
the fourth article thereof, shall not be amended |
" abolished without the consent Of al the
Rates. 49,
sro. 7. Congress shall provide by Law that
ne United States shall pay 10 the owner the full
v6lue Of his fugitive from labor Ia ell cases
where the marshal, or other officer, whose duty |
L was 10 arrest such fugitive Was prevented
from 40 doing BY violence or intimidation from
mobs or riotous assemblages, or when, after ar