That the spirit of those statutes appears to
be repugnant to the principles of compromise and mutual and
liberal concessions which dictated the section of the
Constitution in question, and which pervades every part of
that instrument. It is, therefore, respectfully requested by
this Convention that the several States abrogate all such
obnoxious enactments.

That the spirit of comity between the States, and the spirit
of unity and fraternity which should actuate all the people
of these United States, require that complete right and
security of transit with all persons who owe them service or
labor should be allowed to the citizens of each State by the
laws of every other State.

_Resolved_, That a copy of the foregoing be sent by the
President of this Convention to the Governors of each of the
free States, as the deliberate judgment and opinion of this
Convention, and that he request the same be laid before
their respective Legislatures.

Mr. CHASE:--I move that all the resolutions, of the States, under
which Commissioners have been appointed, or relating to subjects to
come before this Conference, be printed. I think this course
convenient and necessary, and one reason that I may assign is this:
The opinion of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, as expressed in
one of the resolutions adopted by that body, is, that it would have
been wiser and better if the time for holding this Conference had been
deferred until a later period. Ohio has expressly said in her
resolutions that she is not prepared to assent to the terms of
settlement proposed by Virginia, and has expressed the opinion that
the Constitution as it now stands, if fairly interpreted and obeyed,
contains ample provision for the correction of all the evils which are
claimed to exist. Nevertheless she is willing to meet in a friendly
spirit and consult with her sister States. But the opinion extensively
prevails that this Conference ought not to have been called upon so
short a notice and before the inauguration of the incoming
administration. We, the Commissioners from that State, are instructed
in the resolutions, to which I have referred, to use our influence to
procure an adjournment of this Conference, before final action is
taken, to the 4th of April next. I shall feel it my duty, at some
future time, to make a motion to that effect. The extent to which I
shall urge