The Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812, made no mention of the practice of Impressment, over which the war was fought. In essence, the Treaty re-established the Status Quo Ante Bellum (the way things were before the war) as was often the case in European Wars.
<span>In order for a bill to be presented to the President for signature, it must pass both the House and Senate in the exact same form. The device used for reaching agreement between the two Houses is often, but not always, a conference committee. Sometimes differences between the two bodies are resolved by amendment — e.g., the House will agree to the bill as passed by the Senate with an amendment and the Senate will subsequently concur with that amendment.</span>
Slaves were to be counted as 3/5. The Constitution states, "three-fifths all other persons.
