Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-28
THE TOURrEExrH AmExDMENT.

1868.
THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT.
BY the fifth section of the reconstruco
ton act passed by Congress on the I'd
ofMarch, 1867, the admission Of Senators
aud Representatives from the Southern
States is made dependent on the previous
ratification OF the pending amendment
To the Consultation of the United States
By the Legislatures elected in accordance
with that act This amendment is known
as the fourteenth article, and is as fol-
Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to
Constitution Of the United States.
Be il enacled by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled (two-thirds
Of both Houses concurring), That the fol-
lowing article be proposed TO the Legisla-
lures OF the several States as an amend
ment 20 the Constitution of the United
States. which, whenratified by three fourfhs
Of said Legislatures, shall be valid as part
Of The Consultation, namely: r....z,... Z
Article XIV-Seetion 1. An persons
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, hber-
| ty, of properly, without The process of law,
nor any person within It's Jurisdiction the
equal projection of the laws.
Sec. 2. Representatives shall be appor-
toned among the several States according
to their respective numbers, counting the
whole number Of persons in each State, ex-
Gliding Indians not taxed. But when the
right TO vote at any election for the choice
Of Electors of President or Vice President
of the United States, Representatives in
Congress, the executive and judicial Off
GERS of State, or the members of the
| Legislature thereof is denied to any of the
male inhabitants ofsuch State, being TWEEN
ty-one years of age and citizens of the
United States, or in!any way abridged, ex-
cept for participation in rebellion or other
crime the basis of representation therein
shall be reduced in proportion which
the number of such male citizens shall
bear to the whole number of male citizens
twenty-one years Of age in such State.
Sec. 3. Noperson shall be a Senator or
Representative in Congress, or Elector of
President and Vice President, or hold any
Office, civil or military, under the United
States or under any State, who, having
| tpn1lxr tal~nu oath mann har n
Congress, or n an officer of the United
States, or as a member Of any State Legis-
lature, or az an executive of judicial officer
of any State, TO support the Constitution Of
the United States, shall have engaged in
instruction or rebellion against the same,
or giyeH aid and comfort to the enemies
thereof. But Congress may, by vote of
| two-third5 of each House, remove such dis
ability.
Sec. 4. The validity of the public debt
of the United States authorized by law, in
GLIDING debts incurred for payment Of
pensions and bounties for services in sup
pressing instruction and rebellion, shall
not be questioned. But neither the United
States nor any State shall assume or pay
any debt or obligation incurred in aid Of
insurrection or rebellion against The
United States, or any claim for the loss or
emancipation of any slave but all such
debts, Obligations or claims shall be held
illegal and void.
Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power
to enforce, 10y appropriate legislation, the
provisions Of this article.
We believe the Legislature of Ar
kansas, which hastily met before the res
suit Of the election in that State was
officially announced, has gone through
the form Of ratifying this amendment
The Legislatures of the other Southern
States will no doubt follow as soon as
they assemble. These States are then to
be formally admitted by act of Congress
This will be done in time to have them
vote in the Presidential election
At the close of 1867 the vote on the
ratification of the amendment stood thus
1--WE give the lists in the order Of action
by the States } For the amendment
Connecticut, New Hampshire, Tennes-
see, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, Ohio
Missouri, New York, Kansas, Illinois,
Maine, West Virginia, Minnesota, In>
diana, Michigan, Nevada Pennsylvania
Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Massachusetts,
Nebraska-22. Against the amendment
-Kentucky, Delaware, and Maryland
3. Iowa and California had not acted
Since then the States of Ohio and New
Jersey, through their Legislatures, have
formally withdrawn their assent proposed
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