The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-11

the two which have reJected IL arc Deia-
ware and Kentucky.
This list, however, is generally admitted
by the press to be very far from complete, ow-
ing to the neglect of State officials to forward
to the department certificates of the action
had upon the amendment by the several
Legislatures. The New York Times prints
the following carefully prepared statement,
showing by what States the amendment has
been ratified, by what States rejected, and
in what States no action has yet been had
upon it, together with the dates denoting
the time when each States action was COM
plete, through the concurrent vote Of both
houses of its Legislature:
Alsbama-No action yet taken.
Arkansas Ratified March Is, 1869.
Callfornia-No action yet taken:
Connecticut Ratified May Is, 1867.
Delaware-RejectedM March 18. 1863.
Florida-Ratiied June 10, 1869.
Georgia Rejected March II, 1859.
Illnois-Ratifed March 5. 1859.
Indiana-Ratifed May IL, 1869.
Iowa-No action yet taken.
Kansas-Ratifed February 81, 1869.
Kentucky-No action yet taken.
Louisiana-Ratifod March l. 1869.
Maine-Ratiied March II, 1869.
Maryland--No action vet taken.
Massachusetts s-Rstified March IL, 1869.
Mlchlgan-Ratlfed March 10, 1869.
Minnesota-No action yet taken.
Misslssppi-No action yet taken.
Missouri-Ratiied March Q, 1869.
Nebraska-No action yet taken.
NeyadaA Ratified March 1, 1869.
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New Jersey-No action yet taken.
New York-Ratlfed April IA, 1869.
North Carolina-Ratfed March 5. 1863.
Oho-Rejected oy Senate April so, 1869.
Oregon-.No action yet taken.
Pennsylvania-Rati6ed March %, 1869.
Rhode Island-Senate ratified May ~, 1907
South Caroliua-R Ratified March Is, 1859.
Tennessee action yet taken.
Texas-No action yet taken.
Vermont-No action yet taken.
Vlrginia-No action vet taken. s.
West Vireinia-Rsi fad NJ M,rch 8 1869.
Wisconsn-Rat fled March B 1859.
The constitution provides hat any PRO-
posed amendment must be ratified by the
Legislatures Of three-fourths Of the States
(unless Congress shall provide that the
ratification shall be done by conventions
in the several States called for the pur-
pose) before it can become part Of the
constitution In the above list there are
thirty-seven States, and the ratification Of
twenty. eight is thus necessary to constitute
the amendment part Of the constitution.
By the list it appears that nineteen States
have already ratified it. Nine more are,
therefore, necessary to render the ratiica'
tion complete. By the requirements Of
Congress, Mississippi, Texas and Virginia
must ratify the amendment before their re-
construction can be completed. These three
| States, added to the nineteen which have
already ratified it, would make twenty-five
States, leaving six yet required to render
the action complete. And the States from
which these six must be obtained are
Alabama, California, Delaware, Georgia,
Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Ne
braska, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode
Island, Tennessee and Vermont. 1t should
be remarked, however, that objection has
been made to the action Of some four Or five
of the Legislatures which have Voted for
ratification. .--,,,
The States which have ratified the amend
ment, but have not yet officially notified the
State Department at Washington, are
Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada,
New Hampshire and New York. Georg Q
rejected it subsequent to the expulsion oi
the colored members of the Legislature, but
has not yet officially notified the State De
partmentr