The weekly Butte record., 1866-05-05
EASTERN NEWS.

TIE Congressional Reconstruction Commit
tee, have agreed upon report, and submitted
propositions to amend the Constitution A
subsequent causes of House and Senate, &C
cording 10 -teIegraphic announcement, shows
the requisite two-thirds in both Houses who
favor the adoption Of the report, and ii will be
pressed to an early vote. The report is as
follows
Section lst No State shall make or enforce
any law which shall abridge the privileges or
immunities OF the United States, nor shall any
State deprive any person of life, liberty or
property without due process Of law, nor deny
any person within its jurisdiction equal proiec-
tion OF law.
Sec I'd. Representatives shall be appor
toned among the several States, which may De
Included in the Union. according TO their re-
spective numbers, counting the whole number
Of persons in each State, excluding Indians
not taxed but where, in any State. the elect
i've franchise shall be denied 10 any portion OF
its male citizens, not younger than u years OF
nge, or in any way abridged except for partic-
ipation in the rebellion, or other crimes, the
basis Of representation of each State shall be
reduced in the proportion in which the number
of such male citizens not entitled to the fran
chise shall bear to the whole number of male
citizens not less than 81 years of age.
Sec. 3d. On and up to the 4th of July, 1870,
all persons who voluntarily adhered to the late
insurrecton, giving aid and comfort, shall be
excluded from the right to vote for members of
Congress and for elections OF President and
Vice President of the United States.
A Naitber tho limited Stafpl
State, will assume to pay any debt or obliga-
tion already incurred, nor which may hereafter
be incurred in and of the nsurrectiou against
the United States or any claim or compensa-
,ion for the loss of Involuntary servitude or la
Dor.
Sec 5. Congress shall have power to enforce
by appropriate legislation the provisions Of
this article.
The telegraph further announces that upon
the passage Of these amendments by Congress,
the Governors of the States are to be request
ed to convene their several Legislatures for
the purpose of ratifyiug them, when the pro-
cess Of reconstruction will be complete. The
question Of negro suffrage, it will be seen, was
abandoned, even the redoubtabe Thaddeus
Stevens consenting to drop it. The report
nevertheless holds cut o bait for its adoption
by States, and nhic's a penalty upon those
States that ignore the presence of the colored
people. 1t was further SAID that considerable
satisfaction was expressed that the committee
had come 10 final conclusion.
The HorM says: "The purpose of the
b,r hoo
had it been labeled an infalble plan for pre-
venting the South from voting at the next
Presidential election"
A Washington special dispatch says the
plan meets the entire sanction of the majority
in Congress, and it is not expected or antiei
pated that any material amendment will be
carried The friends of the President gave
assurances that if Congress will carry out the
scheme in good faith, it will receive his full
approval and co operation. Neither of his
Washington organs will, it is stated, commit
themselves on the proposition.
The Heralds special dispatch says the prop
osition is everywhere looked upon as very
diminutive result to repay the long labor of
the mountain. Common rumor attributes its
authorship to Conking and Forney. Both
wings of the party are out of humor, but both
support the plan since it does not distinctly
controvert their opinions, and is perhaps the
nearest to their peculiar views that can be OBJ
taned
When the Post Office Appropriation bill
was taken up in the Senate, on the same day,
Trumbu moved an amendment, providing, in
effect, that no person appointed to ofiice in the
postal service shall receive pay or compeusa
tion until confirmed by the Senate and duly
commissioned by the President.
The District Committee of the Senate is
going to repoet bill to dissolve the present
municipal government of Washington and pro
vide for the appointment of a Board of Com
mssoners by the Supreme Court Of the Dis
trict.
An attempt was made to assassiuate the
Gar of Russia, but the bullet missed its mark
The Atlantic cable is being slowed away on
the Great Eastern. That vessel viii start
upon the voyage for laying the cable 10 July
1t is reported that the difficulties between
Prussia aud Austria will find peaeeabIe solu,
tion.