The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-02
INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE.
Proposed Amendment to the COnsti-
tuition.
THE UNION REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

Resolved, BY the Senate and House Of Representa-,
6o6 Houses eoScuns Sse' That hi be loving Article
be proposed to the legislatures OF the several states
saes %Rcb %heS 10 m inf ed BY STee orRs Of said
legislatures, shalt be valid as part OF the Constu-
Article Z, Section All persons born I.s,n ns,g-
ton thereof clens of the United states and OF
the state wherein they reside state shall make or
mmunes OF citizens of the United States; nor shall
peTty Without Gue Of law nor nor deny 70 any per-
son within its Jurisdiction the equal protection Of the
This section makes citizenship uniform in all the
States, and protects citizens both North and south;
for example, South Carolina must treat Pennsylva.
mans with the respect that she treats her
citizens.
section 2. Reprseentstlyes shall be appOrtOned
the several States according to their respective
numbers counting the whole number OF persons IN each
right vote any election for President VicePresl
dent and for the United States in Con-
the LegslauIes thereof is denied to any male inh
Of such State Sta being years Of age and ct
cept for participation in rebellion or other crime the
proportion which the number of such male citizens shall
bear the whole number of male citizens twentyone
years of age in such State"
This section fixes the basis of representation in
Congress upon the population the several States,
with this proUio that where State denies the elec
tive franchise to any of its qualified male citizens OF
q years of age (which any State is allowed to do
under this section) that then its representation in
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 three ths of all her slaves
added to her free population to fix her representa-.
tion in Congress- now that slavery Is abolished she
will have two-ifths more added thereto, and thus
come back under the old Constitution with increased
power, and would thus make the vote of one white
in the South nearly equal to two in the North.
This Is the reason why the Rebels nOW opposing
this part of the amendment.
Section 8. No person shall be Senator or Repre-.
anv or v or unS
the United States, or under any State. Who having
as an ocer the United States or as member Of any
state Legislature or as an executive or civil officer Of
States shall have engaged IN Insurrecton or rebellion
aGanst the same & or giving aid or Somort TO the enc
thirds in each House remove such disability"
The nte ntion of this section is to give the offices
to the Union men of the South, that shall have
perpetual peace, and so that Jefferson Davis and
other traitors like him shall never again control
this Government, and thus endanger Its liberties.
If those leading Rebels should continue to hold the
offices in the South, shall have no peace, but,
on the contrary perpetual strife. They have done
enough already. They should have no further say.
Their children will succeed to the rights which
they will lose by their treason; this IS enough in
all conscience Ihls secuon, you VIII observe, ap-
plies those Rebels only who have heretofore held
Office and taken oath to support the Constitution
of the United States; should any hardships arise
thereby, Congress may grant relief by two-thirds
vote.
''Section a. TIE validity of the public debt of the
United States authorized by law, Including that in
Cured in payment of bounes and pensions for services
in suppressing insurIection rebellion shall not be
questioned; and neither the United sta'es; nor any
State shall assume paw any debt obligation in
CURED in aid of insurrection rebellion against the
United STATES, any claim tor loss ipatou of
any slave; but all such debts obligations, and claims
shall be held illegal and void"
This section will cut off all future hope on the part
of the Rebels OF securing payment for their slaves
of the Rebel debt, and thus relieve our country
from future sectional strife.