The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-05-09
RALEIGH, n. G., WEDNESDAY,, !,
Reuort Of the Reeonstructien Committee.

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( WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The Joint Com
mittee on Reconstruction, after session of
some four hours to-day, at which all the
members of the committee were present,
agreed to report, on Monday next, the fol-
lowing propositions:
A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMEND
MENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNI
TED STATES.
Be 1t resogoed By the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States Of Ameri-
Ca, IN Congress assembled, taoo-ttirds Of both
Housee concurring, That the following article
be proposed to the Legislatures of the several
States as an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States, which, when ratified
by three fourtiis of said Legislatures, shall
be valid as part Of the Constitution, viz:
ARrIeLE-Section /. No. State shall make
or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States, nor shall any State deprive
any person of life. liberty or property with
out due process OF law, nor deny to any per
son within its jurisdiction the equal protec-
tion of the laws
Section 2. Representatives shall be appor-
toned among the several States which may
be included within this Union according to
the respectiTe Numbers. counting the whole
number OF persons in each State, excluding
Indians not faxed, but whenever in any State
the elective franchise shall be denied to any
portion of its citizens, not less than twenty
one years of age, or be in any way abridged,
except for participation in rebellion or other
crime, the basis of representation in such
State shall be reduced in the proportion
which the number of such male citizens bear
to the whole number OF male citizens not
less than twcnty-one years of age. b..
Section 3. Until the fourth day of July,
1870, all persons who voluntarily adhered to
the late insurrection, giving it aid and COM
fort, shall be excluded from the right to vote
for members of Congress and for electors for
President and Vice President of the United
States
Section, A. Neither the United States nor
any State shall assume or pay any debt or
obligation already incurred or which may
hereafter be incurred in aid of insurrection
or war against the United States, rr any
claim for compensation for loss of involunta-
ry service or labor.
Section 5. The Congress shall have power
to enforce by appropriate legislation the pro-
visions OF this article.
A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE RESTORATION OF
THE STATES LATELY IN INsURRECTIoN TO
THEIR FULL POLITICAL RIGHTS.
Whereas, 1t is expedicnt that the States
| lately in insurrection should at the earliest
day consistent with the future peace and
| safety of the Union be restored to full par
ticpation in all political rights; and
Whereas, The Congress did by joint reso.
| luton propose for ratification to the Legisla-
lures of the several States as an amendment
to the Constitution of the United States. an
article in the following words, to wit: The
constitutional article is here inserted Now,
| therefore,
Be 1t enacted by the Senate aad House OF
Representatives. Of the United States Of Amer-
| ica tn Congress assembled, That whenever the
! above recited amendment shall have become
| part of the Constitution, and any State late
ly in insuriection shall have ratihed the same
and shall have modified its constitution and
! laws in conformity Herewith, the Senators
and Representatives from sSeh State, if found
duly elected and qualified, may, after having
taken the required oath OF office, be admit
| ted into Congress as such.
Sectio,a a. And be it further enacted that
when any State lately in instruction shall
have adopted the foregoing proposed amend
ment to the Constitution, any part of the
direct tax under the act of August 9Th, 1851
which may remain due and unpaid in such
State, may be assumed and paid by sue.
State, and the payment thereof, upon proper
assurances from such State, to be given tt
the Secretary of the Treasury Of the United
States, may be postponed for period not
exceeding ten years from and after the pas
sage Of this act
A BILL DECLARING CERTAIN PERSONS NELL
GIEIE TO OFFICE UNDER TIE GOVERNMENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
BE 1t enacted, etc., That no person shall bt
eligible to any Office under the Government
of the United States who is included in any
of the following cases, namely:
l. The President and Vice President fifth,
the :" Confederate States of America" Sc
called, and the heads of departments thereof
2. Those who in other countries acted a.
agents of the '' Confederate States of Amer
ica," so called.
3. Heads of departments of the United
States, officers of the army and navy OF TIN
United States and all persons educated a
the military or naval academy of the UniteC
States; judges of the courts of the Unitct
States, and members of either house of tn,
thirty-sixth Congress of the United State
who gave aid or comfort to the late rebellion
d. Those who acted as officers Of the "Con
federate States" so-called, above the grad
of Colonel in the army or Master in the navy
and any one who as Governor of either o
the so-called Confederate States' give aio
and comfort to the late rebellion.
5. Those who have treated officers or sol
diers or sailors of the army or navy of tn
United States, captured during the late wal
otherwise than lawfully as prisoners of wal
The committee removed the injunction 0
secrecy so far as the above propositions ar
concerned, and permitted copies to be fur
nished to the press.
/ It>is understood that the vote upon then
Z was twelve against three, as it is known tina
Senator johnson and Representatives Gride
and Rogers. only voted on the negative. TIL
4 affirmative must be Senators Fessenden
Grimes, Harris, Howard and Williams, ant
Representatives Stevens, Washburne, OF Hi
nois, Morrill,, Bingham, Conkling, Boutwel
4 and Blow.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
1 Raleigh, April 30th, 1865. }
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Peace have not been received from the fol