The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-06
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Amendment 20 the Csnssiiut'os
Agreed on by the sonfherner~ IN
Washington. . l 90

The Amendment 20 the Csnssi'a''os
Agreed on by the sonfherners IN
Washington. .l~J L a 81
-Ngw, YORK, Feb. ,5--The following Is
the amendment to the Constitution the
Southerners in Washington have agreed
70. and that the President agrees to:
ArrIcLE, II. SIC. /. No State has a
right TO seeede, nor has the Federal
Government the right to eject a State
on deprive it Of representation in Con-
gress. =,
SEC !. The United States debt shall
he held sacred aud %inviOlate, hut the
rebel debt shall never be paid by the
nation nor any State. 3
SIC. B. All persons born or natural
lied in the United States, and subject
to its jurisdiction, shall be citizens and
shall have rights and immunities OF al
States. Life, liberty and property are
guaranteed.
IN the numbers, counting all persons
except Indians not taxed; but when a
State excludes any of its population on
account of race or color from voting,
then those excluded shall not be count
ed in the basis of representation.
Also the following TO be part OF the
constitution of each:
Every male citizen a year in the State
and six months in the county, immedi-
ately preceding an election, and who
can read the Declaration of lndepend-
epce and the United States Constitution
in the English language, and the owner
of $3.50 worth Of taxable property, shall
be entitled to vote, provided that no
person who has heretofore voted shall
be excluded from voting. I"
Vote or the House ON Ordering the
Vain Question ON the Reduetion Of
u. 3. Legal Tenders. ,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The following
is the vote of the House yesterday on
ordering the main question On Nj. Grin
nell's resolution against reducing the
amount of outstanding L. :. Legal
Tenders:
YEAs-Allison. Anderson, Ashley,
Baker. Beaman, Breomwell, Buckalew,
Bundy, Clark, (O.) Clark, Kansas, Cobb,
Cook, Cullom, Defrees, DelanO, Deming,
Donnelly, Dumont, Eggletson, Farms
worth, Farquhar. Ferry, Goodyear,
Grinnell, Griswold, Harding, Harris
Hayes, Henderson, Highly, Hill, Hub
bard, Hubbell, On. ", Hnbbell, lOhio),
Ingersoll, Julian, Kelly, Kelso, Koontz,
Kuykendall, Lawrence, Leftwitch,
Loan. LOngyear, Lynch. Marshall,
Marston. Marvin. Maynard, M'Clurg,
MInloc, M'Kec, Miller, Morris, Moul-
ton, O'Neil, Ortiz, Paine, Patterson,
Plants, Randall, Ross, Sawyer, Schenck,
Shellabarger. Sloan. Stevens, Stillwell,
Stokes, Taylor, Thayer, Francis Thorn
us, Thornton, TrowbridGe, Epson, Van
Acrnam. Van Horn, Warner, Wash
burne, Qnd.), Welker, Whaley. Wilson,
Uowa). Wilson, Windham-S7.
NAYs-Messrs. Alley, Ancoua, Alees,
baldwin, Banks. Baxter, Berger, Bid,
well. Blain. Boutwell,, Boyer. Brande-
gee, Broomall, Campbell, Conkling,
Cooper, Davis. Dawes, Denison, Dodge,
Eldridge, Elliott, Frank, Garfield. Gloss
brcuncr, Harding, Hart, Hise, Hogan.
Holmes. Hooper, ~liotchkis>, Hubert,
Hunter, Jenckes, kctcham,
Latin, Lawrence, (Of Pennsylvania,
LeHlond, McRuer. Moorehead, Merrill,
Niblack, Nicholson, Noel, Pelham. Pike,
Pomeroy, Randall, Qennsylvania), Ray
mond, Ritter, Rogers, Rollins, Schofield,
Spalding, Trimble, Van Horn.
New York;, Ward. (New York;, Ward;
(Kentucky), Washburn, (Massachu-
setts), Wentworth and Wiuiield-G5.
The resolution was then adopted
without q division.