The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-02-16

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write HE hame of who ihay he llie
owner " $500 worth Of taxable
property shall be- entitled IA vote NJ
any election hf Governor Of Che
state, inembefs NJ The Legislature
aud other officers elected by the
people provided no person, by reason
Of lhls article shall be excluded from
voting who has heretofore received
the elective franchise under The Con
stitulion aud the laws Of the State
or who, nj the time of the amend
mcnts, may be entitled 10 vote under
said Constitution and laws.
Now, therefore, In view Of the
above considerations, and In the con-
ddcnt hope Of m easy aud fratcrnal
restoration of the Union,
Resoired, That The following article
be proposed to the Legislatures Of the
several States as an amendment TO
the Constitution of the United States,
which, when qualified by three-fourths
of said Legislatures, shall be valid us
part of said Constitution
Article. Section /. The Union
under the Constitution shall be per-
pctual.
See. 2. The public debt of the
United States, authorized by law,
shall ever be held sacred and invio.
late; but neither the United States
nor any State shall assume to pay any
debt or obligation incurred in aid of
insurrection or rebellion against the
United States.
See. 3. All persons born in, Or
naturalizcd in, the United States, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are
citizens of each State in which they
reside; and citizens of each State
shall be entitled to all the privileges
and immunitics of citizens of the
several States. No State shall de-
prive any person of life, liberty, or
any property, without due process of
law, nor deny to any person within
its jurisdiction the equal protection Of
its laws
Sec. 4. Representation shall be ap-
portioned among the several States
according to their respective mem
bers, counting the whole number Of
persons in each State, excluding ln-
dams not taxed, But when any
State shall, on account of race or
color, or previous condition of servi-
tude, deny the exercise of the elect
i've franchise at any election for the
choice of electors for President and
Vice-P President of the United States,
Representatives in Congress, mem
bers of the Legislature and other
officers elected by the people, to any
male inhabitants of such State being
twenty-one years of age and citizens
of the United States, then the entire
class of persons so excluded from the
exercise Of the elective franchise
shall not be counted in the basis Of
representation. No State shall re-
quire property qualification for voters
more than the value of 5000 in tax.
able property, nor as an educational
qualification more education than
enough to read the Constitution o.
the United States in the English Ian.