f the common law. When any
Territory north or south of said line, within such boundary
as Congress may prescribe, shall contain a population equal
to that required for a member of Congress, it shall, if its
form of government be republican, be admitted into the Union
on an equal footing with the original States, with or
without involuntary servitude, as the Constitution of such
State may provide; _Provided, however_ (and this section
shall take effect upon the express condition), That no
State, nor any part thereof, heretofore admitted, or
hereafter to be admitted into the Union, shall have power
to withdraw from the jurisdiction of the United States; and
that the Constitution, and all laws passed in pursuance
thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land therein, any
thing contained in any constitution, act, or ordinance, of
any State Legislature or Convention to the contrary
notwithstanding.

And I desire that that amendment, which I now send to the Chair, may
be printed.

The PRESIDING OFFICER:--Is there any objection to printing the paper
which the Senator has just read? The Chair hears no objection.

The same day the Report of the Peace Conference was called up for
consideration, when Senator HALE objected to the consideration of the
report. Considerable discussion then ensued, in which Messrs. HALE,
BIGLER, TRUMBULL, CRITTENDEN, and DIXON participated. This discussion
related merely to the question, whether under the rules of the Senate
the Report of the Peace Conference could at this time be taken up. The
merits of the report were not considered, and for that reason it is
not deemed necessary to report the proceedings of the Senate in this
respect. The joint rules of the two Houses were suspended in order
that another subject might be taken up, and no decision was had upon
the question, whether the Report of the Peace Conference at this time
should be considered.

The allotted time having been consumed in this discussion, the Senate
proceeded to the consideration and disposal of several orders of the
day. On the first of March it resumed action on the Report of the
Peace Conference.

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. FITCH):--It is the duty of the Chair to
announce the special order of the day, being the joint resolution (S.
No. 70) proposing certain amendments to the Constitution of the United
States.

Mr. DOUGLAS:--I ask that the