The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-05-03
THE NEW PLAN ron KRcoSsTR Z %
TION.
lre'SsraphII Correspondence Cincinnati cOm.l
WASHINGTON, April 90.

lH6 report VI tHo pccoHntIuS'""
Committee will be reported 10 both
Houses of Congress to morrow. II is
intended 10 press it to an early vote,
though reasonable amount OF debate
will be allowed Should il b. passed
by the requisite two.thirds vote. res.
olution will be presented requesting
the Governors to convene the State
Legislatures in extra session. for the
purpose OF ratifving the amendment
! A Democratic member If tho Com.
miltce yesterday submitted the plan as
agreed on to the President. Mr. John
son thought that IL was practical
Abandonment OF the negrgO suffrage
issne. while on the other hand il vir.
tually assumed the unconstitntionaluy
OF tho Civil Rights Bill bS proposing
to incorporate it in the Constitution
Tho Commercial furnishes the sub
Joined account of the action Of the Re-
construction Committee, with the joint
resolution they have agreed TO report,
and a statement of some Of the provis
ions of bill to be introduced, to car.
ry out tho requirements of the prupos
cd constitutional amendment.
The Reconstruction Committee held
very important meeting Saturday. at
the Capitol during which they definite
ly agreed on II plan TO be submitted to
Congress and the country for the res
toration Of the Southern States to the
Union. Tho Committee were in srs
sion four hours, and had an exciting
time. Each separate proposition that
was made was voted on aud declared
agreed to by majority vote. The
question Of requiring negro suffrage ot
tho South within tho next ten years
was lost. Thad. Stevens even opposing
it. The following is the joint resolu.
3 tion agreed on, proposing an ;mcnd.
ment to tho Constitution of the United
Stato', namely:
"SEcTIoN |. No State shall make or
enforce any law which shall abridge
, the privileges or immunitics Of citizens
Of tho United States; nor shall any
State deprive any portion Of life, liber
ty or property, without due process of
r law; nor deny to any person within its
f jurisdiction the equal protection OF
=, its laws.
"SE;. Q Reprosen atives shall be
: appori0ned among tho several States
which may bo included within this
, Union, according to their respective
numbers, counting the whole number
of persons in zach State, excluding
: Indians not taxed but whenever in
4. any State the elective franchise shall
0 be denied 10 any portion of its male
= citizens not less than twenty one
yoars of age, or in any way abridged.
except for participation in rebellion
, or other crime, the basis Of represent.
, alton in sHch State shall be reduced
in tho proportion which tho number of
' such male citizens shall bear to the
whole number OF male citizcns not less
s than twenty one years Of ago.
p. SEC 3. Until the 4th day of July
a 1870. all persons who voluntarily ad
hcrcd to the late insurrection, giving
it aid and comfort. shall be excluded
< from the right to vote for mcmbrrs Of
r Congress. and for electors for Presi
dent and Vice President of tho United
States.
: SEC l. Neither tho United States
. nor any State shall assume or puy any
i debts or obligations already incurred,
n or which may hereafter be incurred,
in aid of insnrrection or war against
the Unitcd States, or any claims for
Y compensation for loss of Involuntary
a service or labor
"SEo. 5. Congress shall have pow.
o er to enforce, by appropriate llgisIa
i ton, the provisions of ,his article"
o A bill to provide for tho rrstOra.
d tion Of the States lately in rebellion 10
Il their full political rights, by the nd
. mission of delegations to Congress.
and second bill drba ring leading
Is rebels from holding Office are, also re.
n ported, excluding the following classes:
list Tho President and Vice Pres
y idrnt of the Confederate States, sn,
l. called, and tho heads Of departments
d thereof.
p "2d Those who, in other countries,
acted AZ agents Ot the Confederate
States.
"3d Heads Of Departments Of the
i, United States, oifice1's Of the army
4 and navy Of tho United States and all
persons educatod in tho Military Acad
= omv Of the United Stttrs. Judges OF
!, tho Courts OF tho United States. and
/. members of either House oi the Beth
y Congress of the Unitel States. whc
!, gave MD or comfort t. tho nte re
y belhon,
y 18th Those who acted as officers Ot
% the confederate States, so.called. above
n the grade Of Colonel or Master in the
y Navy, or any who, ~ Governnr OF
=. either Of tho C0Nka,leratc States, gave
y hid or comfort to the late rebellion
70 18th. Those who have treated olli
GERS or soldiers or sailors of the army
or navy of the United States, captured
=. during tho latc war, otherwise than
" lawfully NJ prisoners Of war"
VI 1t II understood that the vote upOr
's them wns twelve against thrco. A i
Il. il known that Senator johnson anC
d Representatives Gridrr aud Roger
10 only voted in tho negative, the atfira
w ntivo must bo Senators Frasendcn
" Grimes, Harris, Howard and Williams
IA and Representatives. Stevens, Wash
1t burno, OF Illinois, Morrill,, Bingham
:. Conkling, Boutwell, and Blow.