The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-05-03
The Reconstruction Proposition.

The following is correct copy Of the
proposed amendment to the Constitution
agreed upon and reported to the two houses
of Congress on Monday by the Joint Re-
construction Committee of fifteen, and the
consideration of which has been made the
special order in the House for next Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday:
SECTION 1. No State shall make or en-
force any law which shall abridge the priv
ileges or immunties of citizens of the Uni
ted 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 jurisdiction the equal protection
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SEC 2. Representatives shall be ap
portioned among the several States which
may be included within this Union, accord
ing to their respective numbers, counting
the whole number of persons in each State,
including Indians not taxed but whenever
in any State the elective franchise shall be
denied to any portion of its male citizens
not less than twenty-one years of age, or in
any way abridged, except for participation
in rebellion or other crime, the basis of rep
resentation in such State shall be reduced in
proportion which the number of such male
citizens shall bear to the whole number of
male citizens not less than twenty.one years
ofage.
SEQ 8. Until the 4th day of July, 1870,
all persons who voluntarily adhered to the
late instruction, giving it aid and comfort,
shall be excluded from the right to vote for
members of Congress, and for electors for
President and Vice President of the United
States.
$40. 4. Neither the United States or any
State shall assume or pay any debts or OBJ
legations already incurred, or which may
hereafter be incurred, in aid of Instruction
or war against the United States, or any
claims for compensation for loss of involun-
tary service of labor.
SEC. 5. Congress sahll 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 rebellion to their full
political rights, by the admission of dele
cations to Congress, and a second bill de.
barring leading rebels from holding Office,
are also reported, excluding the following
classes
list. The President and Vice President
of the Confederate States, so-called and the
heads of departments thereof
"2d. Those who, in other countries, acted
as agents of the Confederate States
'3d. Heads of departments of the Uni
ted States. officers of the army and navy
of the United States, and all persons edu
Gated iu the Military Academy of the Uni
ted States, Judges of the Courts of the Uni
ted States, and members of either house o.
the Thirty-sixth Congress of the United
States, who gave aid or comfort to the late
rebellion.
4th. Those who acted as officers of the
Confederate States, so called, above the
grade of Colonel in the army, or Master in
the navy, or any one who, as Governor O
either Of the Confederate States, gave aiC
or comfort to the late rebellion.
'5th. Those who have treated officers
or soldiers, or sailors of the army or navy
of the United States, captured during tht
late war, otherwise than lawfully as pris
oners of war;
The session of the committee, on Satur
day. at which the above agreement was ar
rived at, lasted four hours. The discussion
was quite exciting at times. Each separ
ate proposition that was made was voted
on and declared agreed to by majority
vote. The question of requiring negro
suffrage of the South within the next ter
years was lost, Thad. Stevens even oppos
ing it.