The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-05-16
General Butler On Harmony and
Restoration.

A Washington dispatch Of the 10th nil
to the New York Associated Press says.
OF all propositions for adjustment Of Il.
differences between the President ~
Congress, and for the restoration Of thu :.
lations Of the late rebellious States. nor.
have elected more discussion than tina III
lowing from Gen. Butler.
l. The Constitution to be amended /.
this: That no legislation shall ever be IA
to repudiate OF set aside any debt Or ohE,
CATION of the United States, or that snv
debt or obligation Whatsoever incurred 4
aiding any rebellion against the United
States, or any claim for compensation 70,
emancipated slaves, shall ever be assumed
and paid by the United States or any a,so
citation Of States, State, body corporate s.
individual.
2. That the qualifications Of electors m
pertain to the several States, but no Stafa
shall establish or maintain any qualifca.
ton which shall exclude a majority Of hsr
male citizens above the age Of q yeass
from voting in the choice Of their rulers
and framing their laws; but such quali6.
cation shall apply with equal effect to An
such male citizens Of the United States
within the State; provided that no quail.
fled elector under the laws of the State on
tho LIST of December, 1860, shall be depriy.
ed Of his right as such, except because ii
his own act. l5ta4
3. Representation shall be according 10
tue population, not counting persons com.
prising classes disfranchiscd by the lawsof
the State existing on the LIST Of December.
1860, until such Acknowledgement shall be-
removed by the laws Of the State, and
therefore the basis of representation shall
be according to the whole population in
the State, abolishing such disfranchise.
ment.
4. That an act Of Congress be passed On.
abling any State to be restored to her
rights aud relations with the other States
in the Union whenever she shall, by her
Legislature, adopt the constitutional
amendments above set forth, and enforce
them by legislation, and her Representa-.
tives and Senators shall be Admitted to
their seats if found, by each House respect.
lively, qualified; provided that no person
who held any Office in the civil or liplo-
matte service Of the Confederate States,
who left the military or naval service Of
the United States, or being educated in
that service, took either military, naval.
diplomatic or civil service under the Con.
federate States, or aided in the late rebel
lion against the United States, shall here.
after be qualified as elector, or to he elect.
ed or appointed to any Office under the
Constitution aud laws of the United States
or to be Governor of any State.
5. That all citizens of States 50 restored
to their relations with the Government Of
the United States shall have full and com.
plete amnesty for all acts and omissions
during the late rebellion, with the full re.
storation of all their rights, save as above
specified.
6. That as soon as may be after the pas.
sage Of these measures, and after inviting
the people of the several States, by their
Conventions and Legislatures, to speedily
adopt them and send Representatives and
Senators to Congress, each House Of Con-
gress shall take a recess for three months,
SO that members duly elected according to
the foregoing provisions may have oppor-
tunity to represent their States ID the leg.
islation Of the present session.