Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-14
The Senatorial Constitutional
Amendment.

The following is the constitutional
amendment that has passed the Senate, and
which is now pending IN the House, and
which Republican politicians imagine is so
guardedly worded as not to provoke the
displeasure of the people sufficiently to
cause the displacement of their party from
power:
Resolred, by the Senate aud House Of Rep
resentatiues of the United States cf An'ertc 1,
in Congress assembled, tlco' o'hrds Of 6oth
Houses cOncuring, That the following ar
ticle be proposed to the Legislatures OF the
several States as an amendment to the Con-
stitutiop of the United States, which, when
ratified by three-fourths of said Legisia-
lures, shall be valid as part of the Constitu-
tion, namely:
ARTICLE FIFTY.
SECTION |. All persons born or natural
lied in the United States, and subject to
the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens Of the
United States and the States wherein they
reside. No State shall make or enforce any
law which shall abrldge the privileges or
immunities of citizens of the United States !;
nor shall any State deprive any person OF life,
liberty or property without due process OF
law, nor deny to any person within its Ju-
risdiction the equal protection of the laws.
SEC. 9 Represent tives shall be appor-
toned among the several States according
To their respective numbers, counting the
whole number OF persons, including In
dians not taxed. But whenever the right
to vote at any election for the choice OF
electors for President and Vice President,
Representatives in Congress, executive and
judicial officers or members of the legisla-
lures thereof is denied to any one of the
male inhabitants of such State, being
twenty-one years of age and citizens
of the United States, or in any way
abridged, except for participation In
rebellion or other crime, the basis OF rep
resentation therein shall be reduced in the
proportion which the number OF such male
citizens shall bear to the whole number Of
male citizens twenty-ole years OF age in
such State.
SEC. 3. That no person shall be Sena-
tor or Representative in Congress, or Elec-
tor of President and Vice President, or hold
any office, civil or military, under the
United States, or under any State, who, hav-
ing previously taken an oath as member
OF Congress or as an officer of the United
States, or as a member OF any State Legis-
lature, or as an executive or judicial officer
of any State, to support the Constitution
OF the United States, shall have engaged in
insurrection or rebellion against the laws,
or given aid and comfort to the enemies
thereof. But Congress may, by vote OF
two-thirds' Of each House, remove such
disabilities.
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
a., l., M
questioned, but neither the United States
nor any State shall assume or pay any debt
or obligation, incurred in aid OF insurrec-
ton or rebellion against the United States,
or any claim for the loss or emancipation of
any slave, but all such debts, obligations
and claims shall be held Illegal and void.
SEC. 8. The Congress shall have power
to enforce by appropriate legislation the
provisions of this article.