, 1866-09-14
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
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oon"t ~ 'e;.aIo ~ fa'AS'hS tne Amcnoaaent.
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naoptlon. Tlcy snid eyac,ly thc
snn.c thino in rcror1 IN In. Amenl.
mcut ohn,ish,rg .,oycrv Thc .,,c,1on or
fhrcr, r,fu,r,b. of thn Sta,cs f1,cv declared
would never he ,,btnincd for Il. But they
were obtained. and no great ttuic was con
su,nvd in securing tic incorporation Of that
amendment In the Constitution. The pros.
1rct If Tho u,lont1on of This amcn1mcnt IL
httcr than tlnt which cx1str,i Mt .i,c tiu,r
the Abolition amendment nasscd Congress-,
Let the great Republican ,urty bccomc
thoroughly iii earnest md resolved that It
shall he raiiticl, md it will not take ycrv
lung time 10 SECURE the ratification of tic
rcur;xitc number of States,
When The Amendment was passed by Con.
grr.s, coupe OF months ago, and submitted
to the States. their legislatures had all ad-
joHrncd. Yet five have already ratified il
ar.l none have rejected Il. FRS. came Yer
1nr,,t. which Is n1wnys fprcmost ii, ,nod works
nc., her twin sister, New UampsI,irc, ratified
il; then Cnnnccticut followed suit. Af,cr
l,rr came Tennessee. Here The struggle was
sharp and decisive. The President threw
the whole weight Of his official
Influence into Inc onpos;n~ eca} In
defeat the amendment nr,i kccn hc1 ,,r1rrn, i,
t;on ont Of Congress-: hut tl,c treachrro1,s
u1t,state was beaten, and Tennessee ratified
1t. Lastly comes New .I.rsey, md on the
Err, nd ,lay pf thc krss;on thc Amendment
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con nrcsrnt rot;n.- oxn nnd cvrrv Cnnncr.
Ica,, yut1n,r nav. Herc then arr i've s,atc,
Il, start with. one of t1lrm n Southern mn,
! the other usually "Dcmocra,ic' State.
After thc fa1l c1cr,,ons arr ur.r thc I .,is,
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ru,ily tl,o Amrnd,ncnt ~ G,., ~ ,,rv n c.n
rrari, II. nrG,rc The f;,ur,h IF March ncyt
the casc will stand tlus.
For tie Amendment.
Twenty Northern Statca
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! ah1y Delaware. total ,wn,,t v,scycn stn,"s
Oniy tuo more states viii h,. rco,;r,.d 10 ,mt
| The Amendment iuto thc Constitution ~ ),
part therecf Wr E.e1 nrrtty rnnf,,.n4 4h,+
Delaware md MARYLAND will r,t;fv Il ne,,.
. wor. ID almost cer+a;, - ~ R,,,,,,,,,o.,,
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] uaioT;tv. Int thc so,,1;crs nf that St,tc rcrc
/, excluded from voting. and a lar.c majority
! Of thcrn arc Rcnuh1fcans- l7n1oss whn,oeo Il
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MARYLAND nr ,he rc,,.,s ,hnt stata ;r,,1 ",sr -,
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