Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-04-14

diffusion of Knowledge. In pro.
portion as the structure of The
Government gives force topub.
lie opinion, it is essential thai
public opinion shonld be enlight
ened."
In-his first annual message te
Congress the same views were
torcibly presented, and are again
urged in his eighth message.
repeat that the adoption of the
Fifteenth Amendment to tho
Constitution completes the grea-
test civil change aud constitutes
the most important event thai
has occurred since the nation
came into liie.i The change will
be beneficial appropriation to the
heed that is given to the urgent
recommendations of Washing
ton. lHifl s5Ea hel221- rf ID
Fitness Recommendations were
Important then, with a popula-
.tiou OF but a few millions, how
much more important. now with
"a population Of forty millions,
and increasing in a rapid ratio.
iI would, therefore, call upon
IOongress to take all means with
in their constitutional power to
promote and encourage popular
education throughout the coun
try. and uponotthe people every
where to see to it that all WIN
possess and exercise political
rights shall have opportunity to
acquire knowledge which will
make their share in the Govern
Iment a blessing and not a dan
ger. BY snch means only can
the benefits contemplated blythe
amendment to the Constitution
be, secured. ISigned III
5 bsslnH OF ~ us. GRANT. ~
Executive Mansion Mar. 80, 10.
HAMlLToN FIsH, Sec'y of State.
81 THE PROCLAMATION.
To all L ,swhom these presents
may come, greeting.
Know We that the Congress OF
the United States, on or about
the 9th day of February, 1869,
passed a resolution in words and
figures following, to wit: ,nqa 81
'sA resolution proposing an o.
nnmendment toathe Constitution
Of the United States: - -
H"ResoIued, By the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
States of America, In
assembled, itwo-thirds
of both Houses concurring, That
the following article be proposed
to the Legislatures ofthe several
States as an amendment to the
Constitntion 1o Of the United
States, which, when ratified by
three-foufths of said Legisla-
that shall be valid as part
Of the Constitution, namely: pa
ARTICLE XIV, SECTION II The
Of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be deni.-
ed or abridged by the United
or any State On account
Of race, color or previous copdi-
ton of servitude." yiHf1a
sasSEc. 2, Congress shall have
power To enforce this article by
appropriate legislation x,af
And further, that it appears
from official documents on file in
this Departmentthatt the amend
rnent to the Constitution of the
States proposed as afore-
said has1beenratlfied blythe Leg
islatnres of the States of North
CaroIinasWe Virginia, Mas sa-
N isconsin, Maine, Lon
Michigan, South Carroll ma,
PeepnsylvanIa, Arkansas, Con
Illinois, Florida, Iowa,
Indiana, New York, New Hanlp-
shire, Nevada, Vermont, Nilsson
ri Virginia, Alabama, Kansas,
Mississippi, Minnesota, Ohio,
Nebraska and Texas, in all
Twenty nine States. 1s -
And further, that the States
whose Legislatures have so rati-
fed said proposed amendment
constitutes three-fourths of the
whole number of. States in the
United States. i5L ii nas ~ FL.
Further, that it appears from
an official document on file in
this Department. that the Legis-
of New York has since
resolutions claiming to
said ratification of said
amendment which has been
by the Legislature of that
and of which official no.
tice had been fled in this Depart
ment; and further, that it ap>
from anGofhciaI document
On file in this Department that
tie Legislature, of Georgia has,
by resolution, ratified said pro,
amendment sla71&q sIH
Now, therefore. belt iknown
Hamilton Fish, Secretary