The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-13
POLITICAL.
An important Document.

JAS TIE TURNING PoINt ARRIVED
The telegraph has made Oh!
readers familiar with the fact thai
IA number Of the prominent public
men Of the South have been in
Washington City endeavoring by
honorable means to stay the pro-
gress Of that terrible power which
has so long held the country in
its relentless grasp, threatening to
impcach the President, to set at
naught the rulings of the highest
Court in the Nation. to centralize
and change our form Of Govern
mcnt. and to destroy at once the
State lines and civil relations OF
our own Sunny South.
Meeting without concert of ac-
ton, and intent only upon the
achievements Of good, these gentle
men assured themselves by free
ly commingling with the publicans
Of the Capitol: and gathering all
pronounced opinions: that unless
something was speedily done to
satisfy the extreme Radical spirit
Of the North. we would be engulph-
ed in the common ruin. To meet
the cXigency: plan Was proposed,
and after due consideration it was
adopted.
Although only the outline is
published by telegraph, we are
permitted to lay it before our
readers in full as follows:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO TIE con-
sTITUTIoN OF TIE UNITED STATES.
Article 14.-Scction /. The
Union under the Constitution is,
and shall be, perpetual. No State
shall pass any law or ordinance to
sccedc or withdraw from the Union,
and any such law or ordinance
shall be null and void.
Section ?. The public debt Of
the United States, authorized by
law. shall ever be held sacred and
inviolatc. But neither the United
States nor any State shall assume
or pay any debt or obligation in
Cured in aid of insurrcctiOn or
rebellion against the Government
or authority Of the United States.
Sec. 8. All persons born or natu-
rallied in the United States, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof;
are citizens Of the United States
and of the States in which they
reside. No State shall make or
enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immuni-
ties of citizens of the United States; !;
nor shall any State deprive any
person of life, liberty, or property,
without the due process Of law,
nor deny to any person within its
| jurisdiction, the equal protection
Of the laws.
Sec. +. Representatives shall be
apportioncd among the several
States according to their rcspcc-
tive numbers, counting the whole
number Of persons in each State,
excluding Indians not taxed. But
when any State shall, on account
Of race or color: or previous con-
d;tion Of scrvitude, exclude from
voting at any election for the
choice of electors for President
and Viyc-Prcsidcnt Of the United
StatcS.rcprcScntatives in Congress:
members Of the Legislature Or
other officers elective by the peo-
pie, any Of the 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 elective franchise, shall not be
counted in the basis ofrepresenta-
ton. No State shall require as
property qualification for voters
more than two hundred and fifty
dollars worth Of taxable property,
nor as an educational qualification
more education than enough to
enable the voter to read the Con-
stitution of the United States in
the English language and write
his own name.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO STATE
CONSTITUTION.
Article. Every male citizens
who has resided in this State one
year and in the county in which
he offers to vote six months, i'm