Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-06-19
Congress and its Omnibus Bill.

The telegraph informs u, that the Omnibus
Admission Bill has passed both Houses Of
Congress by strict party.
THH BiLL FoR ADMITTING TuR sourIIERS STATES.
NesolYed, That each Of tho States Of North
Carolina, I.ouisana. Georgin, Alabama aud
Florida. shall be entitled aud admitted to rep.
rsson'ation IN Congress hs State Of the Union |
when the Legislature of such State ,bnlI have
duiy ranhrh the amendment to the Constitution ,
o! lhs uhted States, proposed by the Thirty. |
ninth Congress, and known as article fourteen as |
follows:
Articlc-Scction ]. All persons horn Or mi !
ura"feu 70 'De United States and subject TO the |
jurisdiction thereof, citizens Of The Unitc,
states, nnd OF the State wherein they reside |
NO State snail make enforce nny Inv which |
shall abridge the privileges or mmunities of
citizens OF the United States. Nor shall any
State deprive any citizen of life. liberty. or
properly. without due process of Inv, nor deny
to any person within its jurisdiction the ouual
projection Of tho laws
seotion = Representatives shall be amor.
| TONED among tho several States sccordji,r to
tho respective numbers, counting tho whole
| M"ml9r OF persons in oach State. excluding
| Indians not taxed hut whenevor tho right to
/ vote at Any election FIR Vlce.ora Of President
ana ce-frosiiont the United States, Rep
refentatlvos in Cone1cSg, executive aud jutlioal
| otNcers, OR the meI,herS Of tho Legislature
thereot, IS denied to my oftho mnlo inhabit ants
ol S"eh States. being twenty-0ne yenrs Of nge,
AMI cItizens Of the Cuitcl Slater, or in any way
| abrrige, except for participation in rebellion,
| or other crime, the basis of rerreser ta,ion
therein shall be reduced in the proportion Which
! the number Of such male citizens shall bear to
the whole number O.: male citizens tweuty-onc
years Of age in that State.
| Section 3. No person shall ho Senator or
| Representative in Congress. electur of President
| or Nice-Pr-sidcnt. or hold any office, civil or
| military, under the United States, or any State
"ho having previously taken Nh oath Az n
| member of Congress. an officer OF the
niteh States. or "s mn executive or judicial Of
hcer "f amy state, to support the Constitution Of
tho United states. shall have engaged in iusur.
rectIon OF rebellion against the same Or yiy en- aid
! or comfort TO tho enemies thereof: Int Cunpreps
! may ny vote Of two thirds Of euch House. re-
move such disability.
S"c!i"n 4. The validity Of the public doh, of
ihe Onited States, authorized by mw, including
debts incurred for the payment of pensions nn,,
| houn'ms Tor service III enprrrssing insurrecton
nI rebellion. shall not he Juesrone.i, hut neither
the t"iisd Stut"s nor nnv State shall assume or
pay any debt or obligation incurred in all Of
iEsnrreo!ion or rebellion against tho U;tcd
States. "r claim FOR the loss Or emancipation OF
amy e!avrs. but all such debts. obligxlinns, or
claims shall he held illegal and void
Hrct'"n .. The Congress OF The United Statee
shall have power to enl"rc". Iy appropriate leg
tsld'lo', nc pfOSlsun3 Ot TN? article.
hIs" upon the following fundamental oonli-
lions: Ihnt there never shall be in sucl, State
my denial or ahtidgcnent Of tho cleciive fran
chse 4" my r"rson hy Tensun on account Of
rnce or color. excepting Indians not inxeh.
Aud the State Of tie"rga shall only be cnti-
tlod and admitted TO represent at ion upon This
further fundamental condition. that the first n,l
third suh-divisions uf section peventecn of IN.
hiih Article of the Cunsiituliu Of snid State
except Ill" proviso TO the first sub -Givison shall
be null and VOID, and that the Genernl ASSEM-
bly, ct said State by Solemn public net shall de-
. care the assent "i the State to the foregoing
fundamental condition.
The following il the full text Of The articles
OF the Georgia Constitution declared to be null
aud void:
Section XVII. No Court in this State shall
have Jntisdicion to try or Determine uny .uit
. against any resident OF this State. upon any
contract made in rsnewni Of any debt pxistino
prior To the first day OF June. ls65. Nor sI,a u
any Court or ministerial oificei of this Stat h.v.
authority to cnfoIce any Judgement. execution OF
decree, rendered or issued upon any contract
, or agreement made or implied, or npnn uny
eoniract in renewal of deb: existing prior ia
The first day of June, 1865, except in ihs fol-
lowing cases:
Prorided That no Court or officer shal hnv O.
nor shall the General Assembly give jurisd,c-
ton or authority to try or. give Judgment on, OF
S was q tlave or slaves, or the lirs thereof
,
III, II shall be in tha powor of the Genera
i, Assembly TO aasess aud collect upon ali debts
! Judgments "r causes Of action when due. found
ed ON any contract made or implied before the
j.. first day of June, lSG5. in the hands Of All,
one in his own right. or ns trustee. agent at
torney Of another, on or after the first day o
january, 1868. a taX Of not exceeding 70 pc
e cent I" he paid by the creditor. pain of ih,
Y debt, hui chargeah!e hy him to ome-hal
), thereof against the debtor. and coectahe W i'll
the debt: Proratrd, That this tnY ehall not y,
collected If the debt or cause Of action be nband
= oned or settled without legal process or, if ir
= Judgment, tie settled without levy and sale: 4 nd
prorided further. That this tax shall not b.
levied SO long as the Courts Of this shall no
D. have juris 1iction Of such debts Of .p
!. tiDn.
a The Bill then goes on with its second section
j. Section 2. Amd Ge it further enacted, That
the day ti1ed for the meeting Of the Legislature
Of either of said States by tho Constitu u,io,
'' thereof shall have passed, have neurly ar
e rived before The passnge Of this Act that in th
j opinion OF the Guvernor elect there shall not b.
4 time Tor Legislature to assemble at the time fixp
, by the Constitution Of such State, such l.cgislu
V tuTo may be convened within thirty days afte
the passage of this Act BY the Governor elec
l. Of such State.
r Section 3. And be it further enacted, Tha
4 tle first section of this Act shall take effect
to each State. except Georgia. when the Presi
!, dent Of the United States shall officially pro
II claim the due ratification by its Legislature Q
IS article fourteen of the amendment to The Con
stitution Of the United States proposed by tn
,. Thirty. ninth Congress, and as to the State G
i Georgia, when he shall proclaim, in addition
u the assent Of snid State to the fundamep!a
condition herein before imposed upon the same
= md it is hereby made the duty of the President
10 within tep days after ,eceiving official informq
70 lion of the ratification Of said amendment b
:, the Legislature Of either Of sail State, to issu
- a proclamation announcing that fact.
d Democratic Gains in South Caroline