Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-02-14
Southern p:an Of Rcconssructio.:.

0Uf.~OTf, gov. dISOIlS, OOS. Nidisl ~.
Judge Sharkey, and other self-constituted
representatives of the South, who have
been in, Washington, have agreed, with
the concurrence Of the President, it is said,
upon recommending the adoption by the
Southern States of the following plan of
adjustment Though it contains princl-
pies highly Objectionable, and would COM
nit the South to concessions it should not
make, yetsit is doubtful whesher the radi-
Gals will assent to it as basis of settlement.
The proposed plan is as follows:
f Art IA. See 1.-The Union under
the Constitution is and shall be perpetual
No State shall pass any law or ordinance
to secede or withdraw from the Union,
and auy such law or ordinance shall be
null and void.
Sec. 2.-The public debt of the United
States, authorized by law, shall ever be
held sacred aud invioIate But neither
the United States or any State shall assume
or pay any debt or obligation incurred in
aid Of insurrection or rebelli IL against the
Government or authority of the United
States
Sec. 3.-All persons born or naturaliz-
ed in the United States, and subject to the
laws thereof, are citizens of the United
States and Of the States in which they re-
side. No State shall make or enforce any
law which shall abridge the privileges or
ilnmunities of citizens of the United States;
nor shall any State deprive any person
of life, liberty or property, without due
process Of law, nor deny to any person
within its jurisdiction the equal protec-
ton of the laws
Sec. Representative shall be APP
portioned among the several States acccr-
ding to their respective numbers, counting
the whole numberof persons in each State,
excluding Indians not taxed But when
any State shall, on account of race or color,
or previous condition Of servitude, exclude
from voting at any election fer the choice
Of electors for President and Vice Presi
dent of the United States, Representatives
in Congress, members of the Legislature,
or other officers elective by the people, any
Of the male inhabitants of such State, be-
ing q years Of age and citizens of the u.
States, then the entire class of persons so
excluded from the elective franchise, shall
not be counted in the basis of representa-
ton. No State shall require as a proper
ty qualification for voters more than two
hundred and fifty dollars worth Of taxable
property, nor as an educational quailfica-
ton more education than enough to ena-
Die the voter to read the Constitution of
the United States in the English language
and write his own name.
Proposed amendment to State Consitu-
tom.
Article.-Every male citizen who has
resided in this State for one year and in
the county in which he offers to vote six
months, Immediately preceding the day of
election, and who can read the Consttu-
ton of the United States in the English
language, and can write legfbly his own
name, or who may be the owner of $3.50
worth Of taxable property, shall be entitled
to vote at all elections for Governor Of the
State, members of the legislature, and all
other officers elective by the people of the
State:
Prorided, That no person by reason of
this article, shall be excluded from voting
who has heretofore exercised the elective
franchise under tie Constitution and laws
of this State, or who, at the time of the
adoption ofthis amendment may be entitled
to vote under said Constitution and laws.
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