Daily clarion and standard. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-06-20
Congressional ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Amendments

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proposed Constitutional amendment
which the Radicals hope will enable
them to preserve the integrity Of their
party, and succeed in carrying the fall
elections. The plans proposed by the
extreme men of that faction have been
abandoned Negro suffrage for the
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lutte condition of restoration, South
ern estates are not to be contiscated
and sold to pay the Northern war
debt as proposed by Stevens. The
great mass of the people ara not to be
DISTINGUISHED, and many Of the hostile
measures proposed for our degrade
ton, have been defeated to secure the
union of the party on this amendment.
The amendment as adopted by both
Houses is as follows.
JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING An AMEND
MENT TO THE CONSTITUTION or IRE UNI
TED STATES.
ResOlced, By the Senate and House Vi Rep
resentatives of the United States OF Ameri-
ca, in Congress assembled, two-thirds OF both
Houses concurTiug, 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 Legislatures
shall be valid as part Of the Constitution,
namely:
ARTICLE. SEC. !. All persons born or nat
uralized in the United States, and subject TO
the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the
United States, and Of the State.wherein they
reside. No State shall make or enforce any
laws which shall abridge the privileges or
lmmuuities Of citizens of the United States
nor shall any State deprive any person Of
life liberty, or property, without dEe pro-
cess of 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 TO
their respective numbers, counting the
whole number of persons in each State, ex-
Guiding Indians not taxed but whenever
ne night to vote at any election for electors
of President and Vice President, or for Rep
reseutatiyes in Congress Executive and Ju-
dicial officers, or the Members OF the LegIs-
latures thereof, Is denied 10 any of the male
inhabitants of such State, being tYenty-oue
years OF age and citizens of the Inited
participation in rebellion or other crime the
basis Of representation therein shall be re-
duced IN the proportion which the uumbeT
of such male citizens shall bear to the
whole number of male citizens twenty.uue
years of age in such State.
SEC. 3. No person shall be a Senator or
Representative in Congress. or electOr of
President and Vice President or hold any
office, civil or military, under the United
States, OF 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 a member of any State Legislature, or
as an executive or judicial officer of any
State, 10 support the Constitution Of the
United States, shall have engaged in insur-
rection or rebellion against the same, or
given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof /;
but Congress may, by vote of two-thirds
of each House, remove such disability
SEC. 4. The validity of the public debt of
the United States authorized by law, inclu-
ding debts incurred for the payment of pen
sions and bounties for services in suppress
ing insurrectiou or rebellion shall not be
questioned, but neither the United States,
nor any State, shall assume or pay any debt
or obligation incurred in aid of insurrec-
tiOn or rebellion against the United States,
or any claim for the loss or emancipation of
any slave but all such debts, obligations
and claims shall be held Illegal and void.
The Senate adjourned at $50, to meet on
Monday next
Before the amendment becomes a
part of the constitution, it must be
ratified by the Legislatures of three
fourths of the States No doubt but
it will be presented to the Legislatures
of the Southern States for action, and
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National Union, so far rs its adoption
or rejection is concerned. This being
the case, we think as an amendment it
will be defeated There is no proba-
bility that any Southern State, but
Tennessee, ruled by Brownlow and his
packed Legislature, viii give it the
slightest consideration.
The object of the amendment is to
deprive as OF the equality in represen-
tation, and proscibe from office a large
number of the most patriotic and wor-
thy of our citizens Whatever unjust
and unconstitutional legislation may
be forced on us by Radical Congress,
we should not at least cooperate in
our own humiliation. A united sup
port of the President, and a firm
and resolute opposition to all the
schemes of the Radicals may defeat the
and triumphantly sustain
the policy of Johnson's administra-
ton. If not, we will preserve self
respect by rejecting a proposition that
involves political inequality and deg