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: The war jus; closed has maintained
the authority Of the Constitution. with IN
the powers which it confers and all Of the
restrictions which it imposes upon the
GENERAL Government unabridged and sn-
altered; and it las preserved the Union.
with the equal rights. dignity. and au-
thority OF the State perfect and unim.
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| 3. Representation in the Congress of
the United States and in the Electoral
College is a right recognized in the Con-
stitation as abiding in every State aA1 az
duty imposed upon its people fundamen-
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istence Of our republican institutions :
and neither Congress nor the General
Government has any power or authority to
deny this right to any State, or to with.
hold its enjoyment under the Const. tuition
from the people thereof
4. W. call upon the people Of the
United States to elect to Congress, as
members thereof, none but men who ad-
nit this fundamental right of representa-
t'on, and who will receive to seats therein
loyal representatives from every State in
allegiance to the United States, subject
only TO the Constitutional right of each
House to judge Of the election returns
and qualifications Of its own members.
S. The Constitution of the United
States and laws made in pursuance there
Of are the supreme law Of the land, any.
thing in the Constitution or laws of any
State to the contrary Notwithstanding.
All powers not conferred BY the Constitu.
ton upon the General Government nor
prohibited by it to States. are reserved to
the States, or to the people thereof, and
among the rights thus reserved to the
States is the right to prescribe the quail
fications for the elective franchise tkers-
in, which right Congress can not inter.
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No State or combination of States has
the right to withdraw from the Union,
or to exclude, through their action ia
Congress or otherwise. any other State or
States from the Union. The Union Of
these States is perpetual, and cannot b.
dissolved.
6. Such amendments to the Constitu.
zion ofthe United States may be made bJ
the people thereof as they may deem esx+
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out by its provisions; and in proposing
such amendments, whether by Congress
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q vote thereon.
7. Slavery is abolished, forever pro.
hibited, and there is Lneither desire nor
purpose ON the part of-the Southern
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upon thu coil or within the Jurisdiction Of
the United States; and the snfranchised
slaves in all the States of tho Union
should receive. In common with all their
Inhabitants. equal protection il every right
Of p1rson and property.
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