, 1869-09-11

There hare boeu three amendments to tho
Fcdetal Constitution proposed by Congress
since Tho co announcement OF tho war. OF
these. two, tho Thirteenth AMI Fourteenth,
hare been ratified and are part Of tho con-
stitutiuu, aud the other-thc Fiftoenth-,s
DOW pending. Tho Thirteenth Amend
nsent nboiishctl, and forever prohibited
slavery. The Fourteenth declared:
]. Tint nil persons born Or naturalized iu
the United States nrc citizens thereof aud
that III State shall al'ridge the privileges.
OF deny to citizens the equal protection OF
the Inv.
2. That representation in Congress
alall be orpotoncd among the States
according to the numpcrs Of tho people
hui when any State salnll deny to my l,or-
tiop of its 1uale inhnbitants orer = years Of
age The right to sotc. the baaia Vi repre-
sentAtion in such State shnl1 be reduced in
tie proportion which tlls nurnhc. of males
tins excluded tnny bear TO the whole n,1u1t
| male population in said Hthte.
7. No person shall hold any pfflcn, ciril
| Or military, under tho United Bta!eH or any
| of tue 6tates, ;ssto, hasiag prc-iuuzly tnkcn
NIL uesh to snrtr'r. the constitution, shall
hnse engaged III the sebsllion, OF given
| mid and comfort to the enemies Of
tho United Eatcs; Congress. however,
| ly twa-tlsnla vate Ut cacl, l,p.,ae, 10 ha1e
tho 1H,wor 10 renovr the Disability.
I. Tie sn1islity nf The public ,lcbl nllnll
! n"s hc ,tratinnc,t, but ncltllnt ,he t1nsr.1
| Htetca '"s aas nnta slst! ,,aY u, sssat,c
n'y t'e''s Incurred IN nil II tE,n frl,rllon,
all u which .1eb! In DECLARED In.atl1 and
snli.
'l1,r 1'Iftrn,ttil At1cn.l.mrt.t yeni4 nm fu1,
tuwn.
shn ''hht ., M "l't&ras II .h~ lteltst ss~s h.
t''n't* " hF nhs t!nr M nrtt,Hnl VI fa.s-. str,
| II Irst1nls sHitHttil If artttthIfr,"
ihia amendment WIN psrIH,+ctl hy t'nu.
EFrfa In Frl'snary, f'n':', n,ll liaa i,cnu fnt.
insaly ratiil"l 1y III" Iullusln4 .,lh,n"l
ftat.m.
| Araanana, Connecticut. flottla. 1lllnnis,
1n'[ih,n, 1tniisla,n. Malue. Massachusetts,
M'rliGnn. Nav IlauH'al,tre, Nov iutk,
E"rl uaruljnn, PENNSYLVANIA. Hputh t'ars,.
lina, W"as 1ltgnIa, nu1 Wisconsin,, Iii MI,
Hisi"sn Etaea. In Missouri. Kanaaa, at.l
S"snt'a, The legislatures hetrL ,,l"'n AZ ,u,-
lrlfcrt r'pr "f ffn nnt"hltu"hs. and illair
ratification, wae li.csof"te i'c"nptetc; ttlesa
ia nn t1leallun. huwovnr. that III" l,ag'ala.
fnra III ti,naa ''nlea will. ~hau ihnr ngai,I
mrrt, t.tnrlata f]sa ratification. 1'hia will
pat" ninnlnrl. llntoa whtrlt bare tn,IItnt
! III lIIs"lp lalnt1 lllote Ia n properly Ynaii.
fl""Ilp'4 .f4'ltn,t At cs,Inin r1naesa II soln,e.
h'H1 il1st" "aa. n thu Inst i,ra!lnA NJ ~"
'"E's'"s"'". MI ot1rcl,on !" TIN ,ul,nal II
tl''a l"~s hui ,l'as ts!a.o will ralify lhu
sme'"tnr''t h"at snnr. Tia validity VI tia
I"lia''a '"slt1tath'M ii q,lnstinlsu,i, but that
s"'''ir"''"" viii stand u.A!, lis Hate, s,y
s1lilrInnhtAl aeti"I, tall rr,nayu all n1e.
tenrn ii! inf"rIuasity.
bht", Delaware, n.l Georgia 1.innsa in
sas!fy .l.o n,uem,lulnnt; nf tllnas, t,hiu nm,
tatorHia may sati!y daring TIM coming win
ter. This othtr States whicl, hava takan IL,
actinn OK yet arp Vermont ard Rhnde 1nl
and, New Jersey, Virginia, Alabama, Mis
sissipp,. Texas, Tonnoasee, Kentucky, Iown
NelnsAka, Minnesota, California. Mary.
land, md Oregon. The result, Us it nov
stnnda, is that tho amendnacns has beey
formally and informally satdcl by nino
tncn states, md that it requires twenty
eight States 10 mako tho adoption Of th'
amendment complete. OF the cightcc1
States which have not yet nctcd affirmative
: y, Vermont, Rhode Inland, Virginia, Iowa
Minnesota, and Nebraska may bo regarded
J as absolutely certain, making the number
: ratifying twenty-four. Mississippi nnd