The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-12

The Constitutional Amendment.
agreed upon by the Senate caucus,
passed the Senate on Friday last.
amended slightly, by the following
vote:
Yeas-Anthony, Chandler, Clark, Con-
ness, Cragin, cresswell, Edmunds, Fessen-
den, Foster, Grimes, Harris, Henderson,
Howard, Howe, Kirkwood, Lane Of Indiana,
Lane Of Kansas, Morgan, Morrill,, Nye,
Poland, PemerOy, Ramsey, Sherman,
Spragae, Stewart, sumner, Trumbuu, Wade,
Wiley, Williams, Wilson, Yates-33.
Nsys-Cowan, Davis, Doolittle, Guthrie,
Hendricks, johnson, MeDougail, Norton,
Riddle, Salisbury, Van Winkle-Il.
This is more than the requisite two
thirds majority. The Amendment will
no doubt be concurred in by the House.
The following is q copy of it as tele-
graphed to the Cincinnati papers:
Joint resolution proposing an amendmentto
the Constitution Of the United States.
Resofved, By tke Senate and House Of Rep
TesentatiUes Of the United States Of America
"a Conqress AssesnJied, TtoO thirds Of both
Houses C0ncurriHg, That the following arti-
Gle be proposed to the Legislatures OF the
several States as an amendment to the Con-
stitution Of the United States, which, when
ratified by three-fourths Of said Legisla-
lures, shall be valid as part Of the Constitu-
ton viz:
ABr. =, SIC. l. All persons born or natu-
ralized in the United States, and subject to
the jurisdiction thereof are citizens Of the
UniteS States and Of the State wherein they
reside No state shall make OF enforce any
Laws which shall abridge the privileges or
i,n,nunities ofcitizens of the United States;
nor shall any State deprive any person OF
life. liberty OF property without due process
81 law, nor deny TO any person within its
Jurisdiction the equal protection OF the laws.
sEc 2. Representatives shall be appor-
toned among the several States according
20 their respective numbers, counting the
whole number Of persons in each State, ex
clnding indians not taxed but whenever
the right to vote at any election for electors
of President or Vice President, and for
United States representatives, in COngrefs,
executive and judicial officers, or the mem
bers Of the Legislatures thereof, is denied
10 any of the male inhs bitants Of such State,
being 2l years Of age, and citizens of the
United States, or in any way abridged, ex-
cept for participation in rebellion, or other
crime, the basis Of representation therein
the number Of male citizens shall bear TO
the whole number Of male citizens, 81 years
Of age, in such State.
sEc.3. No person shall be a Senator or
Representative in Congress, or eleetor OF
President and Vice President, or hold any
ofire. civil OF military, under the United
States or under any State, who, having pre-
viously taken an oath as a member OF Con
gress, or as an officer Of the United States,
Or as member Of any state Legislature, or
as an executive or civil officer OF any State,
10 support the Constitution of the United
States, shall have engaged in instruction
or rebellion against the same, or given aid
or comfort to the enemies thereof; but Con
gress may, by a vote Of two thirds OF each
House remove such disability.
SIC. 4. The validity Of the public debt
of The United States, authorized by law, u
GLIDING that incurred IN payment OF boun-
ties aud pensions for services IN suppressinR
insurrection or rebellion, shall not be ques-
toned; and neither tho United States, nor
any State shall assume, or pay any debt or
obligation incurred in aid of instruction or
rebellion against the United States, OF any
claim for loss or emanci patton Of any slave;
but all such debts, obligations aud claims
shall beheld illegal and void.
The feature of this proposition of
most importance is the second section
making a change in the basis of repre-
sentation. The object of it is to force
upon the Southern States the alterna-
tiges of the loss of third of their Re-
personalities in Congress or negro suf~
frage. How they will dcide we have
no doubt No Southern State Legisla-
ture, composed Of members represent
ing the people, will ratiiy it. The
radicals, however, calculate upon its
ratification by the legislatures Of Ten
nessee, North Carolina, Arkansas and
Louisiana Three of these States might,
If the question concerned them alone,
accept of the amendment as compro-
mise; but can they, ought they, to be-
come the instruments of the radicals
in imposing a measure so unjust upon
States in which the negro population is
equal, or almost equal, to that of the
Whites2
That our readers may see how the
adoption of the new basis of represent
alton would affect the Southern States,
we present them with the following Ia
bles, carefully prepared from official
data, by the New York Commercial
Journal:
Number Of CoIored