The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-26
INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE.
Proposed Amendment to the Consti-
tuition.
THE UNION REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

AAH SNAO1' AsAIA oohANhN aAGVIsAh'
Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representa-,
bo,h Houses cOncurrng That The TO lowing Article
as an amendment to the Jonstituton Of the Uni cd
aies which when IA fled oy three tomrths of said
rsized in the Vi states and subject 70 the JurIsdc
ton thereof are citizens of the United states aud OF
enforce any laws which shall 9brIdse the privileges Of
state Deprive sny prsOS % Ses nor or pro
perty WITHOUT due process OF law nor deny 70 any pei
fSR within its uFi'd't0n the equal protection of the
This section makes citizenship uniform in all the
States and protects citizens both North and outh
for example, South Carolina must treat PennsylVa-
mans with the respect that she treats her own
citizens.
''section q Representatives shall be apportioned
among the several States according to respective
numbers counting the whole number OF persons IN each
right TO vote at any election tor President or VcePres
gres executive an0 judicial oces or the members of
the Legsla thereof denied to male
zens Of the United sta es or n any way abridged eK
basis o. representation therein shall be reduced "a the
proportion which the number OF male citizens shall Dear
TO the whole number of male citizens tweny-one years
of age in suoh state"
This section fixes the basis of representation in
Congress upon the population OF the several States,
with this rov;o, that where State denies the cleo
tive franchise to any of its qualified male citizens o.
81 years of age (which any State Is allowed to do
under this sectionl 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-
stituon the South had three fths OF all her slaves
added to her free population to fix her representa-
tion in Congress; no that slavery abolished she
will have two-fths more added thereto, and thus
come back under the old Constitution with increased
power, and won d thus make the vote of one white
man in the South nearly equal to two in the North
This Is the reasou why tue Rebos aoac opposing
this part of the amendment
Section 8, No person shall be Senator or Repre-
President or hod any office civil or military, under
previously taken an oath member Of Congress u
as an officer of the United States or as member Of any
any State 10 the Con tituton of the United
against the same or giving aid comfort to the enc
mics % Tt ms S S of two"
The intention of this secuon ia 10 give the offices
to the Union men of the Soutn, SO that shall have
perpetual peace, and SO that Jefferson Davis and
other traitors ike him shau never AGAIN control
this Government and thus endan ger IT'S liberties.
Ifthose leading Rebels should continue to hold the
offices in the South. we 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 lights which
they will lose by their tIeason this enough, in
all conscience This section you will observe, ap-
plies those Rebels only who have heretofore held
office and taken an oath to support the Constitution
OF the United States; should any hardships arise
thereby, Congress may grant rehet by two-thirds
vote.
'sectlon 4. TIE validity of the public debt of the
United States, authorized by law, Including that
Cured in payment Of bountes and pensions for services
suppressing insurrecton rebellion shall not be
queslIOned; and neither the United States. any
State shall assume paw debt or obligation in
CURED In aid insurrecton or rebe on against the
United States claim for loss of
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.