The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-08
INFORMAT1ON FOR THE PEOPLE.
Proposed Amendment to the COnsti-
tuition.
THE UNION REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

49, SNAOAN AsA<A OoAAOhN GhA1EOhms
Resolved, BY the Senate and House Of Representa-,
both Houses cOncurrng That the following Article
as an amendment to the Consultation Of the UnIted
stes which when ratified by three fourths Of said
keglslatures snail be valid as part OF the Constitu-
rnzed the Uried states and subject TO the urisdc.
ton thereof citizens OF the United states and Of
enforce any laws which shall abrdge the privileges
any State deprive any person OF life liberty or pro
per without due process Of law nor deny to any per-
iSR within Its ur'd'tOn the equal protection Of the
This section makes citizenship uniform in all the
States and protects citizens both North and South;
for example, South Carolina must treat Pennsylva.
mans with the same respect that she treats her
citizens.
''secton 2. Representatives shall be apportoned
among the several States according 20 their respective
State exciuding 1noians not taxed; but whenever
right TO vote at any election for President VcePres
gess executive ana judicial officers the members Of
Of sucb state being twenty one wears q age and c-
OF the United States. or in any way abridged
basis Of representation therein shall be reduced in the
proportion which the number of such male citizens shall
bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one
years of age In such State"
This section fixes the basis OF representation in
Congress upon the population OF the several States
with this proUio, that where State denies the elec-
tive franchise to any of its qualified male citizens of
under this section) that then its representation in
Congress shall be proportionably reduced thus
regulating the representation in Congress by the
number of voters in each State. Under the old Con-
stiuOn, the South had three of all her slaves
added to her free population to fix her representa-.
ton in Congress; that slavery is abolished she
will have two-ffths more added thereto and thus
come back under the old Constitution with increased
power, and would thus make the vote of one white
man in the South nearly equal to two in the North
This is the reason why the Rebols are RotU opposing
this part of the amendment.
Section 8. No person shall be Senator or Repre-.
sentative in Congress or eector OF President Vice
the United States, under any State who, having
previously taken an oath as member of Congress or
state legislature or as ga an exc or cy 0SeE Of
States shall have eaged in insuTrectiOn OrTebeon
against the same giving aid or comfort to the
thirds in each House remove such disability
The intention of this section is TO give the offices
TO the Union of the South, that we shall have
perpetual peace and so that Jefferson Davis and
other TRAITORS like him shall never again control
this Government, and thus endanger its liberties.
Hthose leading Rebels should continue to hold the
offices in the South, we shall have peace, but,
on the contrary, perpetual strife. They have done
enough already. They should have no further say.
Their children will succeed to the rights which
they will lose by their treason this is enough in
all conscience This section, you Will observe ap-
plies those Rebels only who have heretofore held
office and taken oath to support the Constitution
of the United States; should any hardships arise
thereby, Congress may grant relief by two-thirds
vote.
"Section 4. TIE validity of the public debt of the
United States authorized by law, Including that in
Cured in payment OF bounes and pensions services
in suppressing insurrection rebellion. shall be
questioned; and neither the United States, nor any
state shall assume or debt obligation in
Cured in aid of insurrection rebellion against the
United States, or claim for loss emancipation
any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims
| shall be held Illegal and void"
This section will cut off all future hope on the part
of the Rebels OF securing payment for their slaves
! of the Rebel debt, and thus relieve country
| from future sectional strife.