ation therein, be discharged from such
service or labor, but shall be delivered up on the claim of the party
to whom such service or labor may be due.

MASSACHUSETTS.

RESOLVE _for the appointment of Commissioners to attend a Convention
to be held in the City of Washington._

WHEREAS, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is desirous of a full and
free conference with the General Government, and with any or all of
the other States of the Union, at any time and on every occasion when
such conference may promote the welfare of the country; and whereas,
questions of grave moment have arisen touching the powers of the
Government and the relations between the different States of the
Union; and whereas, the State of Virginia has expressed a desire to
meet her sister States in Convention at Washington; therefore,

_Resolved_, That the Governor of this Commonwealth, by and with the
advice and consent of the Council, be and he hereby is authorized to
appoint seven persons as Commissioners, to proceed to Washington to
confer with the General Government, or with the separate States, or
with any association of delegates from such States, and to report
their doings to the Legislature at its present session; it being
expressly declared that their acts shall be at all times under the
control, and subject to the approval or rejection of the Legislature.

RHODE ISLAND.

WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, on the
19th day of January inst., adopted resolutions inviting the sister
States of this Union to appoint Commissioners to meet on the fourth
day of February next, in the City of Washington, to consider the
practicability of agreeing on terms of adjustment of our present
national troubles:

_Resolved_, That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to
appoint five Commissioners, on the part of this State, to meet such
Commissioners as may be appointed by other States, in the City of
Washington, on the fourth day of February next, to consider and, if
practicable, agree upon some amicable adjustment of the present
unhappy national difficulties, upon the basis and in the spirit of the
Constitution of the United States.

MISSOURI.

JOINT RESOLUTION _to appoint Commissioners._

_Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring
therein_, That Waldo P. Johnson, John D. Coalter, A.W. Doniphan,
Harrison Hough, and A.H. Buckner be appointed Commissioners on the
part of the State of Missouri,