The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-13

Thers fore. De tt enacted, That each Of the
tt-es Of North Carolina. south arolina,
i }utSiaus, Georgia, Alabama, and FbOTi-
ia shall be edtitled and admitted to repre-
s-Ebtton IN congress as state OF the
Uniop when the Legi >Iatures of sach
Ststes shall have duly ratified the amend
ment TO the Constitution OF the UNITED
sta ties, roposed by ne TairLy a n h Con-
greSs, and known as Article IA upon the
following fundamental c9nditi0ns:
SECTION /. That the constitution of
neither of said States shall ever be
amended or changed to deprive any
citizen or class of citizens OF the United
: tales of the right 10 vote in said State
who are entitled to vote by the Constitu-
tion thereof herein recognized. except as
punishment of such crimes as are now
felonies at common law, whereof they
shall have been duly convicted under the
laws equally applicable to all the inhabit-
ants OF said State; provided any altera-
ton Of said Constitutions, prospective In
its effect, may be made with regard to
time and place of residence OF voters, and
the State of Georgia shall only be entitled
and admitted to representation upon this
further fundamental lndition, that the
first and third subdivisions Of section IT
of the fifth article of the Constitut ton of
said state, except the proviso to the first
subdivision, shall be null ami void and
that the General Assembly of said State.
by solemn public act, hall declare tue
assent of the = ate to the foregoing funda-
mental condition
SECTION 2. That if the day fixed for the
first meeting Of the Leg gislature of either
of said States by the Constitution or Ordi-
nance thereof shall have passed or so
nearly arrived before the passage of this
Leg. stature to assemble at the period Il xed
such Legislature shall convene in twenty
days from the time this act shall take ef-
feet, unless the Governor elect shall sooner
convene the same.
SECTION 3. That the first section of this
act shall take effect as to each State, ex-
cept Georgia, then such State shall. by its
Legislature duly ratify Article ii of the
Amendments to the Constitution of the
United States proposed by the Thirty
Ninth Congress; and as to the State of
Georgia, when IL shall, in addition, give
the assent of said state to the fundament-
al condition herein before i'm oosed upon
the same, thereup)n the officers of each
state, duly elected and qualified under the
Constitution thereof, shall be inaugurated
without delay, but no person prohibited
from holding office under the United
states or under any State, by any section
OF the proposed amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the United States, known as Ar
ticle Il, shall be deemed ineligible to any
orics in either OF said States, unless re-
lieved from disability, as provided in said
amendment; and il Is hereby made the
duty of the President, within 10 days after
receiving official Information of the ratfd-
cation of said amendment by the Legisla-
ture OF either OF said States, to issue pro-
clamatiOn announcing that fact
In the course of his re marks, Bingham
alluded TO the apostate of the White
BIooks called him TO order. whereupon
Bingham said perhaps he ought not to
have said 1t.
Shellabarger asked Bingham whether
the 1OLD has IOubu JndA FlOFlQA mas
conformed 30 the requirements of the acts
of Congress? If so, he was willing TO leave
the detail OF the matter, not affect ng the
loyalty and safety of the Government, to
the people, and welcome her back as
>peedily as possible to tue Union.
Bingham replied that Florida ad COM
piled with all the requirements of the re-
construction acts, and proceeded with his
remarks.
Spalding, in view of the fact that both
branches OF Congress had voted In favor
of admitting Alabama, withdrew his
amendment.
After ia ther debate. the motion to ex-
clude Alabama from the Omnibus Bill,
was defeaf ed yeas IS; nays 99-and the
Sen tie amendments concurred in. The
bill now goes to the President for his sig
nature.
The vote on the passage was, yeas Ill,
nays Z8.
BY unanimous consent, at the sugges-
ton of the Speaker, the comm ttee to rep
resent the House at tn National Sharp
shooters Fe tival In New York, was in
creased from hve to seven. The Speaker
appointed, as the two additional members,
William II. Robertson, of New York, and
Knott, of Kentucky.
Schenck, at the suggestion of Mr.. Robert.
son, reported from the Com mittee of Ways
and Means joint resolution 10 remit the
duties on certain articles contributed to
the National Association of American
Sharp-shooters, to an amount exceediI z
$4,000 in currency. Passed unanimously