The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-08
THE GREAT ISSUE.


THE UNION REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM.
Amendment of the Constitution Of
the UnIted States which Passed Con.
.gress at its late session. by the Con.
stitntIOnaI Majority or TJFoSThAttls,
and Is now BefOrethe States for Rat
ideatIOn. /,
Reotped,s BY the Senate and HOtiss Of Rep
reSentatives Of the United States of America,
in Congress assembled, two thirds of both
Houses ConcurTing. ThaGthe following article
be proposed to the Legislatures OF the several
States as an amendment to the Constitution
Of the United States, which, when. ratified
by three-fourths Of the said Legislatures,
shall be valid as q part OF the Constitution,
namely: no FttI 5sftfr s,f5FF
.ARTICIE-SEcTIoN ]. All. persons born or
natnTallzed In the United States, and sphject
TO the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the,
United States and of the State wherein they
reside. No State shall make or enforce any,
law which shall abEidge the privileges or ifn-
mnnltieS OF the citizens OF the United States
lie ibeTtS az Ssonery Ssse @ ana ReIsS nfe q
Of law, nor deny 10 any person within Its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws
toned among the several States according to
eirr8pectiYe numbers, counting the whole
number OF persons In each State, excluding
Indians not taxedS but whenever the right to
vote at any election for eleCtorS of President
ana Vice President, or for United States Rep
ciai ofiicers or the M9efiIef Of me IsstslH
ture thereof, Is denied to any Of the male
inhabitants OF such State, being twehty-one
years OF age, and citizens OF the United States,
or In any way abridged, except for particlpa-
ton In rebellion or other crime, the basls OF
representation therein shall be reduced In
the proportion which the number OF such
male citizens shall bear to the whole number
Of male citizens tWenty-one yeaEs Of age In
that State. .ttiE - -tft,t, ,-,iisffi- t-t
SECTION 3. No person shall be a Senator on
Representatvei in Congress, elector of PresI-
dent or Vice President, or hold any ;oftice,
civil or military, under the United States, or
under any State, who, having previously tn
Ken an oath as member of Congress, or as q
member Of any State Legislature, or as an e1-
ecuttve or judicial ofncsr of any State, to
support the Constitution of the United State4
shall have engaged in inSurTecti0n For rebel
lion against the same or given aid and COM
fort to the enemies thereof but CongTeSS
may, by n vote of tWo-thirdS of each House
remove such disability.
SECTION 4. The validity of the public debt
Of the United States authorized by law, In
cluding debts Incurred for the pnymentiof
pensions and bounies for services in sup
pressing tnsurrection or rebellion, shall not
be questioned; but neither the United States
nor any State shall assume or pny any debt
or obligation incurred in aid of insurTectIOn
or rebellion against the United States, or any
claim for the loss or emancipation or any
slave, but all such debts Obligations and
claims shall be held illegal and Void.''''P
SEC. 5. The Congress shah have power to
enforce by appropriate legislation the pro-
visions Of this article. So -if 2