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th or without involuntary servitude, as the Constitution of such State may provide. Mr. Baldwin, of Connecticut, and Mr. Seddon, of Virginia, on opposite extremes, made minority reports, which they proposed to substitute for that of the majority. and of Illinois, Iowa, and New York, all being free States. This was an evil omen. The first amendment reported by Mr. Seddon differed from that of the majority inasmuch as it embraced not only the present but all future Territories. Off Jourght of secession. It cannot be denied that there was in the Convention an excreme Southern rights element, headed by Mr. Seddon. This manifested itself throughout its proceedings. These show how naturally extremes meet. On more than one importas far from being complimentary to the conduct of a majority of their own commissioners (Messrs. Tyler, Brockenbrough, and Seddon) in the Peace Convention. In the House of Representatives, the amendment proposed by the Convention was treated with S