The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-06
INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE.
Proposed Amendment TO the COnsti-
tuition.
THE UNION REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

TIE UNION REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM
Resolved, BY the Senate and House of Representa-;
tyss Of the United staes q Apersa twO-thdass q
be proposed the Lees atures Of a. several states
as an amendment to the Constitution OF the Uni ed
Legislatures shalI be valid as part OF the oonstitu-
Article Il, section 1. AN persons born ., natu-
TazeS IN the U ed states and subject 70 the iursSd S 6,
the state wherein they Teslde state shall make OF
m@nntSs Of CITIZENS Of The unieG states nor sRS
any state deprive any person OF lie liberty or pro
laws
This section makes citizenship uniform in oil the
States and protects citizens both North and SOUTH
for example, South Carolina must treat PennsyIva-
mans with the same respect that she treats her
citizens.
Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned
among the e & So HT%ba % ner % each
State, excudlng lnoians not taxed but whenever the
dent and Tor the United States representatives in Con-
gess executive ano judicial Officers or the members Of
the Legislatures thereof s denied to male
Of such State being twenty one years o. age and cti
cent or participation in rebellion OF oJher crime the
basis 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 proUiso that where State denies the elec
q years OF age (which any State Is allowed to do
under this sectlon), that th N 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-
stituton the South had threefths of all her slaves
added to her free population to fix her representa-
tion in Congress; now tkat 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 why the Rebels RO,D opposing
this part of the amendment.
Section 3. n o person shall be Senator Repre-
sentative in Congress eector OF President Vice
the United states or under any State who, having
previously taken an oath as member Of Copgress Or
state Legs ature or as an executive or civil officer
ssas a i Pd eed
AGAINST the same giving aid comfort to the enc
thirds in each House. remove such disability"
The intention of this section is give the offices
to the Union men of the South, that shall have
perpetual peace and so that Jefferson Davis and
other traitors like him shau never again control
this Government, and thus endanger its liberties.
Ithose leading Rebels should continue to hold the
Offices in the South, we shall have no 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 The validity of the public debt of the
United States, authorized by law, Including that in
Cured in payment OF bounes and pensions for services
in ssing insurrection or rebellion shall not bt
questioned; and neither the United States. any
State shall assume paw debt or obligation in
Cured in aid of insurrection rebellion against the
United States any claim tor loss emancipation
any slaves but all such debts obligations and claim
shall be held illegal and void D."
This section will cut off all future hope on the par
OF the Rebels OF securing payment for their slaves oil
of the Rebel debt and thus relieve our country
from future sectional strife.