l not now repeat
what I said, when the amendment was offered, in favor of its
adoption. I would only call the attention of gentlemen to the remarks
I then made, and say in addition, that I earnestly hope the Conference
will now adopt the amendment. It will make the proposition much more
acceptable to the South, and, certainly, not more objectionable to the
North. The amendment is offered to the second section, and is as
follows:

"No territory shall be acquired by the United States, except
by discovery, and for naval and commercial stations, depots
and transit routes, without the concurrence of a majority of
all the Senators from States which allow involuntary
servitude, and a majority of all the Senators from States
which prohibit that relation; nor shall territory be
acquired by treaty, unless the votes of a majority of the
Senators from each class of States hereinbefore mentioned,
be cast as a part of the two-thirds majority necessary to
the ratification of such treaty."

The amendment of Mr. SUMMERS was adopted by the following vote:

AYES.--New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and Ohio--12.

NOES.--Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Indiana, Illinois,
and Kansas--6.

The PRESIDENT:--No further amendment being offered to the second and
third sections, the Conference will proceed to the consideration of
the fourth section of the report, or any amendments proposed to that
section.

None being proposed, the Conference proceeded to the fifth section.

Mr. SEDDON:--I move to strike out the whole of the section. It has
been heretofore stated, on behalf of the North, when this section was
under consideration, that its adoption was not desirable, inasmuch as
existing laws, properly enforced, amount to a sufficient prohibition
of the slave-trade. If the North does not desire it, the South does
not. I hope the Conference will consent to strike it out.

Mr. GUTHRIE:--I think it very important to retain this section; it
can, certainly, do no harm. We all agree, North and South, that the
foreign slave-trade should not be revived.

The amendment offered by Mr. SEDDON was rejected by the following
vote:

AYES.--Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Missouri--4.

NOES.--Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Con