The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-12-18
pailp Argus.
Saturday Evening, December 10, 1859.
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.

Saturday Evening, December 10, 1853.
THE PIFrRRETH AMENDMENT.
The prospects Of the formal ratification
Of the 18th amendment presents question
of absorbing interest. There being thirty
seven states in the Union, and the constiu'
ton requiring three .fourths of the whole
number TO give validity to an amendment
the consent Of twenty.eight states is required
The action of the several states to this date,
is noted below;
Stries WAich Haze Ratified tn. Amendment
1-NevRda ,..,.,.''''''''.''M
2--Louisana ,...,,'.. March
3--West Nirsnia".... Msreh .
4-North Carolina,".,.... .,......'.....'''March
5-lllnois Mafoh
6-Michigan .......,.. ...,,,'.,,.'''''..' 'MAch
Wisconsin March y
March | |
g-South Carolina ...',.'.',..''''''''' warren -
lO-Pennsylvania.'..'''.'' '''''''''."' m"en -
ll--Massschusets .''...'''''''''''"m"cn -
lo-A,k.nsas March 10
l3-COnnectieut 10
ll--ElOrta ~
l5--New Hampshireo..,... ...."Juiy
acknowledgements. ........''... oeloner 10
lS-Alabama. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10
States Whose Ratification Hd, Been D.teotre.
], hAhsas.',,,,.....'..,.'... eptuaty ..
MIssouri,,....''''''.' commemorative
States Whose Ratification Hds Been Illegal.
!, Indiana .....""..,..,."..,"...... Ia
State Witch Has Ratified But Which wa Re
seind
!, New Iork...... .......o.........."ApTi ia
States Which Haze Rejected The Amendment.
/, Delaware Mafeh
= hentncKy"..' .''''...'''''''''"mafc
s. Georgla ...... ..''''.'.''.mate
= OhO,..''.,, .:''".h pm ."
D. Ienesssee..".,.,r 10
States WGich Have Not YET Voted.
l. California. 6, Nebraska.
2, Iowa, Z, New Jersey.
3, Maryland. S, Oregon.
I, Minnesota. 2, Rhode Island.
8, Mississippi. 10, Texas.
1t vii. be observed that eighteen States
have formally given their consent, though
some of them under sort of compusion
The defective action Of Kansas and Mis-
souri, will no doubt be cured and thus
make the number twenty. OF the ten
States which have yet taken no action,
Rhode Island, Nebraska, Mississippi, Texas,
Minnesota, aud Iowa, may be relied on for
the amendment, two Of them acting as some
other, have, under compulsion, and the
others possibly recording the will OF the
people. These SIX States will bring the
number to twenty.sx - within two of tho
rea uired number. The necessary two Will
not be wanting when the means by which
the measure has been pOked down the
throats Of some Of the States that are claim
ed to have accepted it, are remembered.-
Congress IS already perIecting a scheme to
extort the assent Of Georgia, by q series OF
legislative outrages. 1t will be no stretch
OF the Radical conscience to accept and de.
clare as valid the invalid action of Indiana.
Ohio is expected to reverse tho action 0! the
Democratic Legislature, though it is not Ger.
tain that the independent Republicans
can be relied on for this. New York will
undoubtedly reverse the action of the Rad.
ical legislature of that State, which it is
now evident did not reflect the wishes OF
the people on the question, yet if New York
shall be needed to make up the requisite
number it will be an easy matter to accep
as FINAL and conclusive the action of th'
Radical legislature as the voice of the PEG
pie of that State. There is scarcely doub
that in one way or another a proclamation
will be issued within the next six month
declaring the 10Th amendment adopted -
The constitution supposing and requir
ing the consent Of the people of the State.
freely and voluntarily expressed, to a
amendment TO the constitution, and the fol
NAL assent of several States having bee
extorted Or required by Congress, there
of course not an element of ratification i
law or in common sense 10 such action, m
the cNsrts may declare the whole schem
he farce and fraud that it unquestionably i