The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-16
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nail to Admit the States 81 Nertls
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Georgia, and ASnhanla 10 Re-
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P rrsaress the people Of North Carolina,
y Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, and
scnsn have, in pursuance of The pro-
Alsoan &c an net entitled g An act for the
rislon' ae;c;ent government oY the rebel
n,o.e y naesed March second, eighteen
ss .H,dr and sixty-seven, and the acts sup-
n,a,,entary thereto, framed constitute ions Of
p .s.s government which are republican in
cur, and have adopted said constit utions
~. LARGE maiorities of the votes cast ut the
lotions held for the ratification or reiec-
Wv If the same: Therefore, ii
w F. Il enacted by The Seyute ard House of
p.nrese,tat;ves Of the United sSttdtcs OF
ame.;ca in Congress assembled, That the
Cos os North Carolina, South Carolina,
I"m;s;ana, Georgia, and alabama shall be
an,;tIed and admitted to representations
rnurress as States Of the Union when the
Icg;slatures Of said States respectively
hall have duly ratified the amendment TO
.he Constitution Of the United States pro-
,osed by the Thrift -ninth Congress, and
snown rs article fourteen, upon the follow
mo fundamental conditions :: That the con-
.t;sn.ions of said States shall never be
amended or changed SO as TO discriminate
IN favor Of or against any citizen or class
of citizens Of the United States in their
r;sbt 10 vote who are now entitled to vote
hy said constitutions respectively, except
as punishment for such crimes as are now
felonies at common law, whereof they shall
hr,s.. been duly convicted and no person
sboll ever be held to service or labor as o
punishment for crime in said States ex-
cont nv public officers charged with the
custody Of conyicts by the laws thereof !;
and that 30 much Of the seventeenth section
If the fifth article of the Constitution of the
State of Georgia Us gives authority TO Legis-
,n,ures or courts TO repudiate debts con-
,tracted prior to the LIST day of June, 1865,
and similar provisions in oil other of the
constitutions mentioned in this bill, shall
be null and void as against all men who
we're loyal during the whole time OF the re-
belion, and who, during that time, sup
ported the Union, and they shall have the
same rights in the courts and elsewhere as
if no rebellion had ever existed. rs; KS
SECTION Q. And be 1t further enacted,
That if the day fixed forthe meeting of the
legislature of either of said States by the
constitution thereof shall have passed be-
fore the passage of this act, such Legisla-
ture may be convened within thirty days
after the passage of this act by hepresi-
dent of the convention which framed the
constitution of such State.
SECTION 8. And be 1t further enacted
That the FIRST section Of this act shall take
effect when the President of the United
States shall officially proclaim the due rati.
hcation by the Legislatures Of said States
respectively of article fourteen Of the
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States proposed by the Thirty-nintf
Congress; and it is hereby made the duty
of the President, within ten days after re.
ceiying official information Of the ratifca
ton Of said amendment by the Legislature
of either Of said States, to issue o pro
clamation announcing that fact. .
This bill passed the House on Thursday
and goes to the Senate. 1t is as great 81
outrage upon republican institutions as wa
ever perpetrated.