yond the present limits thereof, are forever
prohibited.

ARTICLE 6. The first, second, third, and fifth articles,
together with this article of these amendments, and the
third paragraph of the second section of the first article
of the Constitution, and the third paragraph of the second
section of the fourth article thereof, shall not be amended
or abolished without the consent of all the States.

ARTICLE 7. Congress shall provide by law that the United
States shall pay to the owner the full value of his fugitive
from labor, in all cases where the marshal or other officer,
whose duty it was to arrest such fugitive, was prevented
from so doing by violence or intimidation, or when, after
arrest, such fugitive was rescued by force, and the owner
thereby prevented and obstructed in the pursuit of his
remedy for the recovery of such fugitive.

Mr. BALDWIN:--I have not been able to concur in opinion with those
members of the committee who have presented the propositions just
submitted. I do not deem them fair or equitable to the Free States,
nor do I think they are likely to secure approval in those States. As
one member of the minority, I have drawn up a report embodying my own
views and perhaps those of some of my colleagues, which I now present
for the consideration of the Conference:

MR. BALDWIN'S MINORITY REPORT.

The undersigned, one of the minority of the committee of one
from each State, to whom was referred the consideration of
the resolutions of the State of Virginia, and the other
States represented, and all propositions for the adjustment
of existing differences between the States, with authority
to report what they deem right, necessary, and proper to
restore harmony and preserve the Union, and report thereon,
entered upon the duties of the committee with an anxious
desire that they might be able to unite in the
recommendation of some plan which, on due deliberation,
should seem best adapted to maintain the dignity and
authority of the Government of the United States, and at the
same time secure to the people of every section that perfect
equality of right to which they are entitled.

Convened, as we are, on the invitation of the Governor of
Virginia, in pursuance of the resolutions of the General
Assembly of that State, with an accompanyin