The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-08-22
By the President Of he United States,
a PROCLAMATION.

Whereas the Congress of the United States,.
by Joint Resolution of the second day of
March last, entitled 6 Resolution providing for
the admission of the State Of Missouri into the
Union, on a certain condition. did determine
and declare" That Missouri should be adj
mitted into this Union on an equal footing with
the original States, in all respects whatever,
upon the fundamental condition, that the fourth
clause of the twenty-sixth section of the third
article of the Constitution submitted on the
part of said State to Congress, shall never be
construed to authorize the passage Of any law,
and that no law shall be passed in conformity
thereto, by which any citizen of either of the
States of this Union shall be excluded from the
enjoyment of any Of the privileges and immu-
mites to which such citizen is entitled under
the Constitution of the United States: PrOrided,
That the legislature of the said State, by
solemn publick act, shall declare the assent of
the said State to the said fundamental condi-
ton, and shall transmit to the President of the
United States, on or before the first Monday in
November next, an authent'ck copy Of said
act upon the receipt whereof, the President,
by proclamation, shall announce the fact
whereupon, and without any further proceed
ing on the part of Congress, the admission of
the said State into this Union shall be consid-
cred as complete :''-And whereas, by SOL
emn publick act of the Assembly of the said
state of Missouri, passed on the twenty-sixth
of June, in the present year, entitled s A sol
emm publick act, declaring the assent of this
State to the fundamental condition contained
in resolution passed by the Congress of the
United States, providing for the admission of
the State Of Missouri into the Union on a GER
tain condition - an authentick copy whereof
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and publickly enacted and declared, that that
State has assented, and does assent, that the
fourth clause of the twenty-sixth section Of the
third article of the Constitution of said State
90 shall never be construed to authorize the
passage of any law, and that no law shall be
passed in conformity thereto, by which any
citizen of either of the United States shall be
excluded from the enjoyment of any of the
privileges aud immunities to which such citi-
zens are entitled under the Constitution of the
U. S. :''--Now, therefore, | James Monroe,
President of the United States, m pursuance of
1he resolution of Congress, aforesaid, have is
sued this my Proclamation, announcing the
fact, that the said State ofMssouri has assent
cd to the fundamental condition required by
the resolution of Congress aforesaid: where
upon the admission of the State of Missouri in
to this Union is declared to be complete.
In testimony whereof, have caused the
seal of the United States of America
LIS to be affixed to these presents, and
signed the same with my hand. Done
at the City of Washington, the tenth
day of August, 1921 and of the lnde-
pendence of the said United States of
America the forty-sixth.
JAMES MONROE.
BY the President,
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
Secretary Of State.