The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-02-14
The New Plan of Reconstruction.

The New Plan of Reconstruction.
We take from the Columbia Carollnlan'
the following as the principal features OF
the new. plan of reconstruction which is
now being initiated by some ofthe leading
minds from the South, in consultation with
prominent Northern politicians.
The following is the amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, which,
under the new programme, it is proposed,
shall be adopted by the Legislatures of
the several States:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE coNsr1TU-
TIoN OF THE UNITED STATES.
Article 14.-Section 1. The Union un-
der the Constitution is, and shall be, perpe-
tual No State shall pass any law or or
dinance to secede or withdraw from the
Union, and any such law or ordinance shall
be null and void.
Section 2. Tile public debt of the Unit
ed States, authorized by law, shall ever be
held sacred and inviolate.. But neither
the United States nor any State shall as
sumo or pay any debt or obligation inctlr-
red iii aid of insurrection or rebellion
AGAINST the Government or authority of the
United States. -.... ,-. .~- -,
Sec. 3, All persons born or naturallzed
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 abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens Of the
United States; nor shall any State de-
prie 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 laws. .....
Sec. 4. Representatives shall be appor-
toned among the several States according
to their respective numbers, counting the
whole number of persons in each State,
excluding Indians not. taxed. But when
any State shall, onaccount Of race or color,
or previous condition of servitude, exclude
from voting at any election for the choice
of elections for President and Vice-Presi-
dent of the United States, representatives
I'in Congress, members Of the Legislature
or other officers elective by the people,
any of the male inhabitants of such State,
being twenty-one years of age and citizens
of the Unitd States, then the entire class
of persons SO excluded from the elective
franchise, shall not be coiinted in the
basis of representation. No State shall
require as property qualification for voters
more than two hundred and fifty dollars
worth oftaxable property, nor as an edu-
cationel qualification more education than
!. enough to enable the voter to read the
Constitution of the United States in the
English language and write his own name.
In order to carry out the provisions Of
| the above, the following is submitted as
= the amendment to the State Constitution
: defining the qualifications of voters:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO STATE coNsT1TU
} TIoN.
Article. Every male citizen who has re
5 sided in this State one year and in th'
! county in which he offers to vote ST.
: months, Immediately preceding the da,,
! of election, and who can read the Constr
$ tuition OF the United States in the Englisl
+ language and can write his own name, o
: who may be the owner of two hundred
!, and fifty dollars worth of taxable property
shall be entitled to vote at all election
fer Governor. of the State;' members OF tn
: Legislature and all other officers electiv
by the people of the State !. Provided
= That no person by reason Of this article
shall be excluded from voting who ha
V heretofore exercised the elective ffran
cbisc under the Constitution and laws 0
: this State or who, at the time Of the adop
e t;on of This amendment may be entitled t.
vote under said Constitution and laws
WHAT ruAD. STEVENS 77AS4fs;:-Tb,
: programme of the section Of, which Stevens
I is the leader confesscdly demands three
e things, namely:
!! l. The removal Of the President, the
setting aside of the present State govern
t ments of the South, and the rethodelline
Of the Supreme Court, D.. - -,
/ 2. That NO Southern territoty shall be
( recognized as 4 State until the Fedora
Constitution itself guarantees to eyer!
slovar citizen within The Union th'
1 ballot and education, and to the negroes
= laid besides. ~,
: 8. The disfranhisement of every mai
' at the South complicated in any mannerlI
the l' la late civil war, and the tonfscation o
his property, even to the extent Of !Gsr ignor or
. inc the pardonihg power of tic President
This plan, in al its ehormmity; has til
support Of, at least seuenty5fre members 9
t the Radicaal representatidn. Those Who, fear
fui Of the racoil Of public sentiment, ant
: the crushing power Of popular reaction
whenever these measures. shall be attempt
: ed to be practically and forcibly put int
e execution, have hesitated to follow tn
| iead OF Stevenes in this instance; nevthe
e less demand:
t II 1gt: HE reconstruction of the Southern
/ States. In virt,le Of dn act Of Congress re