Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-19
HOW STANDS THE FIFTEENTH
AMENDMENT


opposed to the amendment its ratification
night have been defeated. The last
Legislature of Pennsylvania voted to rati-
fy the amendment, but if the present
Legislature had been opposed to the meas
ure, it would have been competent for 1t
tohave Withdrawn that consent at any time
before the requisite number of States had
voted to make the ratification perfect
And so would it be in the case of New
York or any other State. If the Repubi-
cans elected to the Ohio Legislature from
Hamilton county by Democratic votes
shall vote for the ratification of the fif-
teenth amendment, that will probably Sc
cure the success of the measure intended
to make this a consolidated government
The following States have officially notified
the Department of State that they ratified
the fifteenth amendment on the dates set
opposite to their names:
Missouri, March l, 1869.
Kansas, February %, 1869.
orth Carolina, March 8, 1869.
West Virginia, March 3, 1869.
Massachusetts,, March and II, 1869.
Wisconsin, March 8, 1869.
Maine, March u, 1863
Louisiana, March 8, 1869.
Michigan, March s, 1869.
South Carolina, March 16, 1869.
Pennsylvania, Marches, 1869.
Arkansas, March so, 1869.
Connecticut, May.19, 1869.
Florida, June 10, 1869.
Illinois, March, ), 1869.
Indiana, May 10 and II, 1869.
New York, March 10 and April 10, 1869.
New Hampshire, July Z, 1869.
Nevada, Marchs1, 1869
Virginia ratified the amendment last
week, in accordance with the requirement
of the reconstruction law, but has not yet
notified the State Department.
This makes twenty States that have so
far ratified the amendment, but the action
of Missouri and Kansas is imperfect; the
former having ratified an imperfect copy
sent by telegraph from Washington by a
member of the House of Representatives
from Missouri, the second section having
been omitted; and Kansas, in the haste of
her Legislature to be The first to ratify,
changed the phraseology of the whole
| amendment There is scarcely q doubt
that the Legislatures Of these States will
ratify the amendment in q correct form
| Immediately after meeting, which takes
place in Missouri the last Monday of De
| cembcr, and in Kansas the second Thurs
| day Of January. The Legislature of
| Missouri was elected for two years in
1868, and stands adjourned TO the time in
| dictated, hut an election for another Leg
| islatme in Kansas win take place the
first Tuesday of November, and viii of
course result in the choice of Radical
majority.
ment:
Kentucky, March Is, 1869.
Delaware, March IS, 1869.
The States yet to act upon the amend
mont are: Alabama, California, Georgia,
| Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Nebraska, New jersey, Ohio, Oregon,
Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas and Yer
mont. The sanction of the Legislatures
of eight States is yet required to perfect
the proposed amendment. The six States
following are regarded as certain to ratify
the amendment:
MISUNDERSTANDING elected in No
vember, 1868, for two years, largely Re
publican-meets on the second Monday in
November.
Iowa, largely OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
meets on the first Monday in January.
Minnesota, largely Republican-Legis-
lature meets on the first Tuesday in Janu-
airy.
Nebraska-Legislatur largely Republ-
can, elected Tuesday, Oct. u.
Ecmont-Legislatur largely Republi-
can, elected on the first Tuesday in Sep
TENDER, and meets on Thursday next, the
DIST of October
Rhode Island-Legislature largely Re
publican. The Senate ratified the amend
mrnt on the 9th of May last, but the
House postponed action till January,
1870.
Mississippi and Texas are required by
the reconstruction law TO ratify the
amendment before they can be admitted
to representation in Congress, and they
viii probably do so to escape military
rule. If these eight States ratify, the
work would be completed without the as
sistance of Ohio. The probability OF the
defeat of this iniquitoUs measure seems
rather hpDplpcC at t,racpnt