lan, King, Morrill, Pearce, Seward,
Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, and
Wilson--27.

So the motion to postpone the Army bill, in order to take up the
resolutions of Mr. CRITTENDEN, was not agreed to.

Subsequently the following action, by the Senate, was taken on the
report of the Peace Conference.

The VICE-PRESIDENT:--The Chair has received a communication from
Ex-President TYLER, as President of the Conference which has been
recently sitting in this city, which he will lay before the Senate;
and also the proceedings of that body.

The Secretary read the communication, as follows:

_To the Senate of the United States:_

I am instructed, as the presiding officer of the Convention,
composed of Commissioners appointed by twenty-one States,
now in session in this city to deliberate upon the present
unhappy condition of the country, to present to your
honorable body the accompanying request and proposed
amendment.

JOHN TYLER,
_President of the Convention._

WASHINGTON, D.C., _February 27, 1861._

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_To the Congress of the United States:_

The Convention assembled, upon the invitation of the State
of Virginia, to adjust the unhappy differences which now
disturb the peace of the Union, and threaten its
continuance, make known to the Congress of the United States
that their body convened in the City of Washington on the
fourth instant, and continued in session until the
twenty-seventh.

There were in the body, when action was taken upon that
which is here submitted, one hundred and thirty-three
Commissioners, representing the following States: Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, _Wisconsin_, and
Kansas. They have approved what is herewith submitted, and
respectfully request that your honorable body will submit it
to conventions in the States as article _thirteen_ of the
amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

Attest: J. HENRY PULESTON,
_Secretary._

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ARTICLE XIII.

SEC. 1. In all the present territory of the United States
north