The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-02-18
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Upton, IOWA:
THURSDAY, I'D, FEBRUARY Is, 1869

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THURSDAY, 40. FEBRUARY Is, 1se
The Constitutional Amendments.
The protracted labors Of Congress i
she effort to frame All amendment to th
tyoAsses0Dion of the United States tina
shah Be all that Is necessary to the into
rests Of impartial suffrage and trul.
democratic form of government, andye
one that shall so gently touch old land
marks and partizan prejudices as not t.
ensure It's rejection by one-fourth of tn
Legislatures Of the several States, ha
eliminated in the passage of bills differ
ing quite widely from each other, by thu
respective branches. The bill that pass
cd the House of Representatives, and
the one which will undoubtedly be mos
readily ratified by the requisite number
Of State Legislatures, is as follows:
BE 1t Resolved, ETC., Two-thirds o.
both houses concurring, that the follow
ing article be proposed to the legislatures
Of the several states, as an amendment
to the Constitution of the United States,
which, when ratified by three-fourths
Of said legislatures shall be held as a
part Of said constitution namely: =,
ART, Sec. l. The right to vote shall
not be denied or abridged by the United
States, or any state, by reason OF race, or
color, or previous condition OF slavery,
to any citizen, or class Of citizens, III the
United States.
SEC. =. Congress shall have power to
enforce, by appropriate legislation, the
provisions Of this article.
The Senate, instead of concuring, re-
ported and passed the following, which
surely 10 much broader and better legis-
lation:
Be 1t Resolved, BY the Senate and
House of Representatives, DC, two
thirds of both houses cOncurring, That
the following articles be proposed to the
Legislatures Of the several States as
amendments to the Constitution OF the
United States, either Of which, when
ratified by three fourths of said Legisla-
lures, shall be held as part of said
constitution.
ART. Is. No discrimination shall be
made in the United States among the
citizens of the United States in the eXer-
else Of the elective franchise or in the
right to hold office in any State on ac-
count of race, or color, nativity, proper
ty, education or creed.
ART. Is. The second clause of the first
section of the second article of the Con-
stitution of the United States shall be
amended to read ~ follows: Each
State shall appoint by avote for Repre-
sentative in Congress number of cleo
tors equal to the whole number Of Scna-
tors and Representatives to which the
said state shall he entitled in Congress:
but no Senator or Representative or per
son holding any office of trust or profit
under the United States. shall he APP
pointed an clector; and Congress shall
have power to prescribe the manner III
which such electors shall be chosen by
the people.
This was carried, by Messrs. Abbott
Chandler, Cattell, Cameron, Cole, Conk'
ling, Conness, Cragin, Drake, Ferry
Harlan, Harris, Howe, kellogg, Nc
Donald, Morgan, Morrill,, (Vermon)
Morrill,, (Maine), Morton, Nye. Osborn
Patterson, IN. IL. J Pool, Ramsey, Rh
Robertson, Ross, Sawyer, Shermat,
Spencer, Stewart, Thayer, Van WinkIe
Made, Warren, Welch, Wiley, Viii
linms, Milsou, Iatcs-4o, voting yea
against tire negative vote Of Anthony
Bayard, Corbett, Davis, Dixon. Doolit
tie, Edmunds, Fowler, Grimes, Hen
dicks, McCreery, Patterson, tTcnn.)
Salisbury, Sprague, Nickers, Nhyte-
Is. several senators lodging the vote b.
absence.
The next step will probably be a com
mittce of conferences and a resulting thir'
bill, compromising the differences IL
the ones already passed, rs it is not be
lieved that the House will accept tn
Senate substitute.