The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-06-10

IAN editorial in the same paper says:nE
Probably no one ii the many persons en-
veloped by the darkness which fell upon
this city with such mysterious swiftness on
Tuesday attention. but felt indiseribable9
awe at the sudden visitation In one mo-
ment of time, without warming as If tile sun |
had suddenly expended . Ills illuminating
power the light Of day began to fade out Of
the sky, and night to descend upon tile earth
as it were, a MIST while startling hclillnessu
permeated the air, rs it. the extinguishaentD
ofOur central orb had Instantly deprived
our system of its warmth Each return Of
the departed light brought with it'an almost
unconscious gratitude, and each renewal Of
the darkness made stronger the apprehen.L
tion ofsome impending peril What indue-,
ed this sudden and remarkable change in
the routine of nature Wiat2 transformed
day into night and mi ght Into day again 9---i
What was tile great pail that hung upon our
city Chieago RePa6liean of the 7th.!' y9noi9if
--.IAh" fI-lI- >sl<-LLa- -AlR 1OtHIna
A Bill to admit the States Of North.l
Carolina, South. .CaroIina, Lou1siana,E
Georgia and Alabama to Represefta-
tion in Congress. 'lA'n ... q ,ts'iolno el,, noI
oWnEREAs, TIE people Of North. Carolina,
South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, and Ala.
bama have, in, pursuance of the provisions
of an act entitled /" An act for the more, eff,
cient government of the rebel States passed
March second, eighteen hundred and sixty,
seven, and the acts supplementary thereto,
framed constitutions of State governments
which are republican; = in form, and have
adopted said constitutions by large majori-
ties of tine votes cast at the elections, held
for the ratification or orrejeftion of the saine:ii
Therefore, ~, tn 60. ,,,c 80, h,.;'t
rBsH -epdeetsd By the Senate an and House Of
Representatives. Of the United States d, Amerr- /,
ica, in Congress assembled, That the States Of !,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana;
Georgia, and Alabama shall be entitled and r
admitted to representation in Congress as
States Of the Union, when the 1,Al-e, -,.y I,
of said States rrsPeetively shall have duly
ratified the amendment to the Constitution
of the United States proposed by the Thirty
ninth Congress, and known-as article four,
teen, upon the following fundamental condi-'
ton: That the constitutions of said States
shall never be amended Or changc,y % as to
discriminate in favor of or against any citi-
zen or class of citizens of the United States
in their right to vote who are now entitled
to,yote by said constitutions respectively, ex-,
cept as a punishment For such crimes, as, are
now felonies at common law, whereof they,
shall have been duly convicted; and no per-,
son shall ever be held to service or labor as
a punishment for crime in said States except
by public officers charged with the custody
of conyicts by the laws thereof; and that
so much of the seventeenth, section of the
fifth article of the Constitution Of the State
of Georgia as gives authority to Legislatures,
or courts to repudiate debts contracted prlor,
to the 1st day OF June, !, 1868, and similar
p,olis,ns = a. oti I'M po ~ l,i,S "aS ,iS;SI
aa;nst IN r,an ,,,n ,usro oia ,;,,r;n AZ ~
whole time Of the rebellion and who atrinbWf
that time snnnorted flIe Union. and thew
shall hava46e same s;ohtsIint the c5ufts and
ejsewhcre If no ,rehe,bon lind eupr OK isteH
Tssec 3 laaaMJit further euaetSds That II
the day fixed for the. meeting q. tie Le.,,is-
loture of ,either of said States by the consti-
tution tlereof shall have passed before the
passage of this act. such Leeislaturel mayl,ei
convened within thirty 7days after the pasJ
saoe Of tbis act by the nresident Of tile con-
yentiona which framed the, constitution Of
such State N o. i3Hd51 i.o.i,irui % gHiia3ib
Sec g.. And be it further ENACTED, That the
first section of this act shall take effect wien
the President of the United States shall off,
cially proclaim the due ratification by ths
Legislatures Of. said States respectively Of
article fourteen of the amendment Of the
Constitution of the United States proposed
by the Thirty-ninth Congress y and it1is
hereby made the duty OF the q President,
within ten days after ter reciying oincial ratin;
cation sot SAID amendment iby tue Leg1sia7
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