Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-15

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c All nersons born or natursllzed
in tbs Un;ta5 states, and subject to the lu-
r;s5;nt;o, thereof. are citizens Of the United
| Ststas and Of the states wherein they re-
s;de No state shall make or enforce any
law which shall sbridge the privileges Of
i~mmunities of citizens of the United States
nor shall any state deprive any person or
life, liberty, or property, without due
process of the law, nor deny 70 any person
within its Jurisdiction the equal protection
Of the laws.
SEC. .. Representatives shall be ap
portioned among the several states &C
cording To their respective numbers, count
ing the whole number of persons, excluding
Indians not taxed But whenever the right
to vote al any election for the choice
of electors for President and Vice Presi-
dent, representatives in Congress, executive
and judicial officers, or members of the
Legislature thereof, is denied TO any Of the
male inhabitants of such State, being TWEEN
ty-one years of age, and citizens Of the
United States, or IN any way Abridged, ex-
eept for participation in rebellion or other
crime, the basis Of representation therein
shall be reduced in the proportion which the
number of such male citizens shall bear 70
the whole number Of male citizens twenty
enc years Of age in such State.
SEp. 3. That NJ person shall be a Senator
or Representative IN Congress, or elector Of
President and Vice President, or hold any
office, civil or military, under the United
States or under any State, who having pre-
viously taken an oath as a member Of Con
gress, or as an officer of the United States,
or as a member Of any State Legislature, or
as a judicial officer Of any State, 10 support
the Constitution of the United States, shall
have engaged in instruction or rebellion
against the same, or given aid or comfort to
the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by
a vote of two thirds of each House, remove
such disability. q
SEC. 4. The validity Of the public debt OF
the United States authorized by law, in
Guiding debts incurred for payment Of PEN
sions and bounties for services in suppress
ing Instruction or rebellion, shall not be
Questioned. But neither the United States
nor any State shall assume Or pay any debt
or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection
or rebellion against the United States, or
any claim for the loss or emancipation Of
any slave, but ali such debts, obligations,
and claims shall be held Illegal and void.
SEC. ). The Congress shall have power to
enforce, by appropriate legislation, the
provisions of this section.
This ordinance passed the Senate on
Friday last by 80 ayes to II nays, and the
House on Wednesday by l2O ayes to 50
nays. In the Senate Messrs. Cowan,
Doolittle, Newton and Van Wrinkle,
elected as Unionists, voted against it, and
in the House the vote was a strict party
one.
As the amendment constitutes the Uni
on platform the Report of the Recon
struction Committee, which we have re-
Gently published, isthe Union stronghold,
i~mpregnable against the assaults of foes,
and the Union arsenal, whence We can
draw arms and ammunition for an en-
tire campaign. With this grand mea-
sure and this conclusive document in ex-
PLANTATION and defense thereof, the Union
party can go into the fight secure of sue
cess.