The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-01
IMPORTATION FOR THE PEOPLE
Proposed Amendment to the COnsti-
tuition.
THE UNION REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

Resolved, By Che Senate and House of Representa-,
Iyes Of the United states Of Ameriea twO-thiIds Of
be proposed to the Lees OF the several states
3sIes Which when ra fled by ihree 1ourths Of said
Legislatures shalt be valid as part Oh the Consttu-
Article u, Section !: All persons born natu-
ton thereof are citizens OF the United states and
the state wherein they reside state shall make or
mmunlties OF citizens Of the United stses shall
pey Without d1e process OF law nor deny to any per
law laws" ~'''" '' y ''O-''''A '1' '4''
This section makes citizenship uniform in all the
States, and protects citizens both North and south;
for example, South Carolina must treat Pennsyiva.
mans with the respect that she treats her own
citizens.
section sHs 10 BE ss
numDers counting the whole number OF persons IN each
Ght TO vote at any election President VicePres
and the United States oT s Go0 %
the Legislatures thereof is denied to any male fnhsbtant
~ s5e s pted tS OF in any way Abridged ex
cept particIpaton in rebellion or OeaeT crime the
proportion which the number Of male citizens shall bear
to the whole number of male citizens tWeny-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 proui,O that where State denies the elec-
tive franchise to aTy of its qualified male citizens OF
2l years of age (which any State is allowed to do
under this sectlODl tnat tnsn lts representation III
Congress shall be proportionably reduced, thus
regulating the representation in Congress by the
number OF voters in each State. Under the old Con-
sttution the South had threeffths of all her slaves
added to her tree population to fix her representa-.
tion in Congress now that slavery is abolished she
will have two-ftths more added thereto, and thus
come back under the old Constitution with increased
power, and wou d thus make the vote of one white
man in the South nearly equal TO two in the North.
This Is the reason why the Rebels are nOw opposing
this part of the amendment.
Section g. No person shall be Senator Repre-.
sentative in Congress eector OF President Vice
President no office civil or military, under
the United States, under any State, who, having
previously taken oath as member OF Congress, IT
as an Ocer the United States or as member of any
any Stale 10 sup port the Con tuition of the United
States shall have aged IN nsurrecton or rebellion
against the giving aid or comfort TO the enc
niles thereof; but Congress NAV, by a vote or two
thirds In each House, remove such disability"
The intention of this section is TO give the offices
10 the Union of the South, so that we shall have
perpetual peace, and SO that Jefferson Davis and
other TRAITORS like him shall never again control
this Government, aud thus endanger its liberties
Ifthose leading Rebels should continue TO hold thu
offices in the south, we shall have no peace, but
on the contrary, perpetual strife. They have dom
enough already They should have no further say
Their children will succeed to the rights whicl