The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-02-25
CONSTITUTIONAL AMEEDMErTs.
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THH TWHTEENTH ASfEEDNEET-1S65.
AnT. ID. SEo. I. Neither slavery
nor involuntary servitudo, except as q
punishment for crime, whereof the
party shall have been duly convicted,
shall exist within tho United States,
or any place subject TO their jurisdic-
ton.
SEo. 2. Congress shall havo powcr
to enforce this article by appropriate
Legislation.
THE ToURrEZaTH A1fZ1gDMKzT-10GS,
Aar. IA. Sro. /. All persons born
or naturalized in the United States,
and subject TO the Jurisdiction there
Of, are citizens Of the United States
and Of the State wherein they reside.
No State shall mako or enforce any
law which shall abridge tho privileges
or immunities Of citizens of tho Uni
tsd States !; nor shall any State deprive
any person Of life, liberty, or proper
ty, without duo process Of law, nor
deny to any person within its jurisdic-
ton tho equal protection Of tho laws.
SEQ. 2. Representatives shall bo ap-
portioncd among tho several States
according TO their respective numbers,
counting tho whole number of per-
sons in each State, excluding Indians
not taxed. But when the right to vote
at any election for tho choice Of cleo
tors for President and Vice President
of tho United States, representatives
in Congress, tho executive and judi
cial officers OF O State, or the mem
bcrs of tho Legislature thereof, is de-
niod to any of the male inhabitants of
such State, being twenty-onc years OF
age, and citizens of tho United States,
or in any way abridged, except for
participation in rebellion or other
crime, tho basis Of representation
therein shall be reduced IN tho pro-
portion which tho number of such
malo citizens shall bear to the whole
number OF male citizens twenty-one
years of age IN such State.
SIC. 3. No person shall be q Sena-
tor or Representative IN Congress, or
elector of President and Vice Preai-
dent, or hold any Office, civil or mill
tary, under the United States, or un-
der any State, who, having previously
taken an oath as member of Congress,
or as an officer Of tho United States,
or as member Of any State Legisla-
ture, or as On executive or judicial of
ficer OF any State, 10 support tho Con-
stitution of tho United States, shall
haye engaged IN instruction or rebell-
ion against the same, or given aid or
comfort t0&he enemies thereof. But
Congress may, by q vote Of two-tiirds
of each House, remove sEeh disability.
SIC. Tho validity Of the pu6Iie
dobt OF tho United States, authorized
by Law, including debts incurred for
payment of pensions and bounties for
services IN suppressing instruction or
rebellion, shall not be questioned. -
But neither tho United States nor any
State shall assume or pay any debt or
obligation incurred in aid of insurrec-
ton or rebellion against the United
States, or any claim for the loss or
emancipation of any slayo, but all
such debts, obligations, and claims
shall bo held illegal and void.
SEC. 5. That Congress shall have
power to enforce, by appropriate
Legislation, tho provisions of this arti-
clio.
PROPOSED TuTExxrH G1rExD1KxT-1S70
Anr. Is. Sso. l. Tho right of cii-
zens OF the United States to vote shall
not DO denied or abridged by the Uni
tod States, or By any State on account
OF race, color, or previous condition of
servitude.
SEc. 2. Congress shall have power
to enforce this article by appropriate
logialation.