American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-02-16
II S'FN'H VI
BENZ. &. HUMPHREYS.

them entirely.
BENZ. G. HUMPHREYS.
WHEREAS, 1t has been announced
by persons high in authority, that
propositions from the Southern States
having in view the adjustment of our
present political troubles, would be
received and considered, &C., there
fore,
Resolred by the Legislature Of the
State Of Mississippi, That the Congress
of the United States be and are here
by requested to propose to the legis-
latures of the several States, the fol-
lowing amendmentto the Constitution
Of the United States:
ARTICLE IA.
Section l. No State under the Con-
stitutiOn has right of its own will to
renOunce its place in or withdraw from
the Union. Nor has the Federal
Government any right to eject State
from the Union, or to deprive it OF
its equal suffrage in the Senate or Of
representation i'll the House Of Rep
resentatives.
The Union, under the Constitution,
shall be perpetual.
Sec. 2. The public debt of the
United States authorized by Law shall
ever be held sacred and iuviolate.
But neither the United States nor any
State shall assume or pay any debt
or obligation incurred in aid of insur-
rectiOn or rebellion against the gov
eminent or authority of the United
States.
Sec. 3. All persons born or natural
lied in the United States, and subject
to the jurisdiction thereof, are eth
zens of the United States, and OF the
States in which they reside, and the
citizens of each State shall be entitled
to the privileges and inmunities Of
citizens in tbs several States. No
State shall deprive any person of life,
liberty or property, without due pro,
cess of law, nor deny to any person
within it's jurisdiction the equal pro-
lection of the laws.
Sec. 4. Representatives shall be APP
pertioned among the several States
according to their respective num-
beers, counting the whole number OF
persons in each State, excluding In
dams not taxed. But when any State
shall, on account of race or color, or
previous condition of seryitude, deny
the exercise of tho elective franchise
ut any election for the choice of cleo
tors for President and Vice President
Of the United States, Representatives,
in Congress- members OF the IeSlsla-
turp, and other officers elective by
the people, to any of the male mhab-
itants of such States, being twenty
one years of age and citizens Of the
United States, then the entire class
of persons so excluded from the exer-
else of the elective franchise shall not
be counted in the basis OF repsenta-
ton.
And whereas, &C.,
BE it further reSOlred by the Legis-
ldture Of the State Of Mississippi, That
the following article shall be adopted
as an amendment to and part OF the
Constitution of the State OF MISSISSIPPI
pi:
ARTICLE.
Every male citizen whOhas resided
in the State for one year, and in the
county in which he offers to vote six
months Immediately preceding the
election, and who can read the Con
stitution of the United States and the
Declaration of Independence, in the
English language, and write his
name, or who may he the owner of
two hundred and fifty dollars worth
of taxable property, shall be entitled
to vote at all elections for Governor
of the State, members Of the Legisla-
ture, and all other officers, the cleo
ton of whom may be by the people
of the State: PrOuided, That no per
son, by reason of this article, shall be
excluded from voting who has here
tofore exercised the elective franchise
nnder the Constitution and laws of
this State, or who, at the time of the
adoption of this amendment, may be
entitled to vote under said Constitu-
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