The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-02-14


ton which was adopted;
Resolved, That hereafter during this SEES
sion no Senator shall speak more than tel
minutes at any one time and not more thar
once upon any question except to explain
The communication of Hon W. L. Sharley
was then taken up, when Mr. Martin Offered
the following resolution:
Resolved, by the Legislature of the State
of Mississippi, That this Legislature would
adopt and ratify, if the same should be- by
the Congress of the United States, proposed
to the several States as an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States as a
basis of permanent adjust hent of those
| questions, on account of which the States
lately in rebellion, have been deprived of
their equal suffrage in the Senate, and rep
resentation in the House of Representatives
the following, as
ARTICLE Ia.
Section ]. No State under the Constitu-
tion has right of its own will to renounce
its place in or to withdraw from the Union.--
Nor has the Federal Government any right
to eject State from the Union, or to deprive
1t OF its equal suffrage in the Senate or Of
representation in the House of Representa-
tives.
The Union, under tho Constitution, shall
be perpetual
Sec. 2. The public debt of the United
States authorized by law shall ever be held
sacred and inviolate, But neither the United
States nor any Slate shall assume or pay
any debt or obligation incurred in aid of
instruction or rebellion against the Gov
eminent or authority of the United States.
Bee. .. All persons born or naturalized
IN the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the Uni
ted States, and of the States in which they
reside, and the citizens of each State shall
be entitled to all the privileges and immu-
mites of citizens in the several States No
State shall deprive any person of life, liber-
ty or property, without due process of law,
nor deny to any person within jurisdiction |
the equal protection of the laws.
Sec. a. Representatives shall be appor- |
toned among the several States according |
to their respective numbers, counting the |
whole number of persons in each State ex-
Gliding Indians, not taxed. But when any
State shall, on account of race or color, or
previous conditions of servitude deny the
exercise of the elective franchise at any elec-
hon for the choice Of electors TOR President
lnd Vice President of the United States,
in Congress, members of
he IsRislatnra- and other officers elective
y the people to any of the male Inhabitants
II such State, being twenty one years of age.
md citizens of the United States. then the
ntire class of persons so excluded from the
Aercise OF the elective franchise shall not
Ne counted in the basis of representation.
And whereas, &c.
BE it further resolved by the Legislature
{ the State Of Mississippi, That the follow
ng article shall be adopted as an amend I
lent to and become a part of the Constitu-
ion Of the State Of Mississippi:
ARTICLE.
Every male citizen who has resided IN the :
tate for one year and In the county in which 7
e offers to vote, six months Immediately
recedlng the day Of election, and who can 4
,ad the Declaration of Independence, and !.
he Constitution Of the United States in the Il
ngiish language, and write his name, or e
no may be the owner Of two hundred and
ny dollars worth oftaxable property, shall
} entitled to vote at all elections for Gov 4.
nor of the State, members of the LeRisla- y
re, and all other officers, the election Of
HON may be by the people of the State
divided, That no person by reason Of this
ticle, shall be excluded from voting who
. heretofore exercised the elective fran
Use under the Constitution and laws of this re
ate, or who, at the time Of the adoption er
this amendment, may be entitled to vote as
der said Constitution and laws. ed
On motion Of Mr. Jyles, said resolution ed
accompanying document as proposed
lendment to the Constitution OF the 90
Iited States, was rejected by the follow fo
7 vote: Nj
fEAs.-Mr. President, Messrs. Anderson,
1ford, Ellis, Hawkins, Lyles, Miller, Ma te'
2, stone, SWEET, Taylor, Wisdom, Wolf en-
4 ferger-I4 ds
SAfs.-Messrs. Brown, Cain, jackson eel
%, Land. Lyle, Martin, Mccargo and by
lson-9. :
% motion Of Mr. Hawkins, the Senate pro- Do
ded TO the consideration Of House mes- gel
louise bin 20 amend the exemptionlaws Of HI
! State, was read twice and referred to the ma
liciary COMMITTEE Ma
enate refused to concur in House amend Ma
NJ 20 Senate bin 10 authorize the Board Sei
'Olice, Of DeSoto county, TO reduce and ne rat
IL certain claims against said county. FTs
s8ate eonourred in House amendmeut 70
lrporate the Lexington Exchange and tav
ings Institution, in the county Of Holmes. Gil