The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1867-02-28

H.memDer OF the convention 10 frame
a constitution for any of said rebel
States, nor shall any such person vote
for members Of said convention.
SEC. 6. And be at favthcr enacted,
That until the people CT said rebel
States shall be by law admitted to rep
resentation in the Congress of the
United States any civil governments
which maysexist therein shall be
deemed provisional only, and in all
respects subject to the paramount
authority of the United States at any
time to abolish, modify, control, or
superccde the. same and in all cleo
tions to any Office under such provi-
sional governments all persons shall
be entitled Il vote, and none other,
who are entitled to vote under the
provisions of the fifth section of this
act; and no person shall be eligible
to any Office under any such provi-
sional governments who would be
disqualified from holding Office under
the provisions of the third article of
said constitutional amendment.
TIE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
The following is the constitutional
amendment" referred to in the pre-
ceiling bill:
Resolved by the Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of the United
States of america se Congress as
sembled ftwo-thirds of both Houses
concurring) That the following az
ticle be proposed to the Legislatures
of the several States as an amendment
to tho Constitution of the United
States, which, when ratified by three
fourths of said Legislatures, shall be
valid as a part of the Constitution,
namely:
ARTICLE. SECTION 1. All per-
sons born or naturalized in the
United States, and subject to the
Jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of
the United States, and of the State
wherein they reside. No State shall
make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities
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
protection of the lasNs.
SEC. 2. Representatives shall be
apportioned among the several States
according to the respective numbers,
counting the whole number of per-
sons in each State, excluding Indians
not taxed; but Whenever the right to
vote at any election for electors Of
President and Vice-Prcsidcnt or for
United States Representatives in
Congress, executive and judicial Of
ficers, or the members Of the Lcgisla-
ture thereof, is denied to any of the
male inhabitants Of such State, being
twenty-onc years of age, and citizens
of the United States, Or in anT way
abridged, except for participation in
rebellion or other crime, the basis Of
representation therein shall be rcduc-
ed in the proportion which the num-
Der of such male citizens Shall bear
to the whole number male citizens
twcnty-onc years ofagc in that State.
SEC. 8. No person shall be Ser
ator or Representative in Congress,
elector of President and Vice presi-
dent, or hold any Office, civil or mill
tary, under the United States, or
under any State, who, having prcyi-
ously taken an oath as a member of
Congress, or as a3 officer of the Uni
ted States, or as a member of any
State Legislature, or as an executive
or judicial officer of any State, to
support the Constitution of the United
States shall have engaged in iasurrec-
tion or rebellion against the same, or
given aid or comfort to the enemies
thereof; but Congress may, by
vote of two-thirds Of each House, re-
move such disability.
SEC. 4. The validity of the public
debt of the United States, authorized
by law, including debts incurred for
the payment of pensions and bounties
for service in suppressing ginsurrection
or rebellion, shall not be questioned,
bnt neither the United States nor any
State shall assume or pay any debt
or obligation incurred in aid of in
surrectioh or rebellion against the
United States; or claim for the loss
or emancipation of any slave, but all
such deb is, obligations, and claims
shall be held illegal and void.
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