Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-08-14
DY TIE TRES DENT OF THE UNiIEO STATES,
A PROCIAMATION.

WHEREAS the Congress ofthe United States,
by Joint resolution of the second dav OF
March last, entitled" Resolution providing for
the admission of the state of Missouri into the
Union on u certain condition." did determine
and declare" That Missouri should be nd :.
mitted Into this Union on an equal footing
with the original states, in all respects what
ever, upon the fundamental condition, that
the fourth clause of the twenty-siXth section
ofthe third article of The constitution submit
{ ted on the part OF said state to Congress,
shall never be construed To authorize the
{ passage of any law, and that 10 law shall he
passed IN conformity thereto, by which any
citizen ofeither ofihe states of this Union
shall be excluded from the enjoyment of any
OF the privileges and inlmunities to which
such citizen is entitled under the constitution
ofthe United States: Prorided, That the legis-
iature Of the said state, by solemn public
act, shall declare the assent of the said state
To the SAID fundamental condition, and shall
transmit to the President of the Unitcl States
on or beiorethe first Monday in November
next, an authentic copy of said act upon
tue receipt whereof. the President, by pro-
c!amauon, shall! announce the fact whereup-
ON, and without any further proceeding on the
part of Congress, the admission of the said
state into this Union shall be considered as
complete :"-And whereas by asolcmn pub
lie act of the Assembly of the said state OF
Missouri, passed on the twenty sixth of June,
| In the present year, entitled : a solemn pub
lie act declaring the assent of this state to
the fundamental condition contained in re-
solution passed by the Congress OF the Uni
ted States, providing for the admission the
| state of Missouri into the Union on Il certain
condition :" an authentic copy whereof has
been communicated TO me, ii is soIennly and
publicly enacted and declared, that that state
has assented, and does assent, that the fourtl,
| 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
III conformity thereto, by which any citizen
ofclther of the United States shall be exclu-
| ded from the enjoyment OF any of the priv
vileges and immunties TO which such citizens
are entitled under the constitution of the u
nited States Now, therefore, /, JAMES
MONROE, President OF the United States, il,
pursuance Of the resolution OF Congress afore-
said, have issued this my Proclamation, an
nomclng the fact, thatthe said state of Nilsson
n has assented to the fundamental condition
required by the resolution of Congress aforesaid
whereupon the admission of the said state oil
Missouri into this Union is declared TO be com.
plete.
In testimony whereof, have caused
the seal Of the United States OLA
merica to be affixed to these pre-
SCENTS, and signed the same with
l.. S. my hand. Done at the City OF
Washington, the tenth day OF Au-
gust, 1891 and Of the Indepcn-
dencc of the said United States OF
America the fcr:y-sixth.
JAMES MONROE.
By the President
JonS QuIHcr ADAMS,
Secretary Of State