Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-24

Concernlng the 18TH and other
Amendments 20 the Unlted
, states COnsfststlsn.
IA recent Washington letter to the
Philadelphia Press hastbe following:
The official proclamation Of the
ratification Of the Fifteenth Article
Df the. National Constitution is pre-.
Jared, and will be issued ~ soon a.
The regular notice Of the action Of the
Texas Legislature Is received at the
Department Of the State. Thirty
votes have been given for the article,
including New York and Indiana,
about which there is some cOnten-
ton but no doubt that has the force
of law, leaving twenty.eight about
Which there is no question, being
three-fOurths OF the thirty-seven
States Of the Union. The seven
States voting in the negative are
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,
Kentucky, California, Oregon, and
Tennessee.
The Fifteenth Article was present.
ed to the Legislatures Of the thirty
seven States Of the Union on the 18th
dayOf February, 1869. and was rati-
fed by the necessary three-fourths oil
these Legislatures in February o1
1870. The original Constitution was
adopted by the Convention appoint.
ed by the Congress Of the C0nfedera-
ton. on the 17th-e Of September, 1857,
hut was not ratified until the 10Th of
May. 1890. OF the thirteen consent
ing states, Delaware was first, Penn
-yivania second, and Virginia. New
York, North Carolina and Rhode
Island the last to ratify.
The first ten amendments Of the
Constitution were referred by the
.irsf session Of the First Congress tn
The Legislatures on the 18th Of Sep.
.ernber, 1883, and ratified by the last
III eleven Of the thirteen States on
,ne 18th of December, 1871. The
eleventh amendment wa proposed
at the first session of the Third Con-
gre-s, on the 9Th Of March, 1874, and
ffs-i'f1hlt'f5l 'tna U67faGfe 5fRtps TBS
10Th Houses Of Congress, dated jan
nary y. 1864, To have been adopted by
he constitutional number Of States.
the twelfth amendment was pro-
:ased at the first session OF the Eighth
congress, on the 18th Of December.
.8E;. and was adopted by the coDsfi-
tntiODai number Of States, according
.Othe public notice Of the Secretary
NJ State, on the 18th Of September,
IA4. u
These fundamental articles were
adopted when our population was
not over three millions. and when
rec government Was an experiment.
The three great articIes---the Thir-
feenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
added when these three millions
paye grown to fOrty-twO millions.
IRE the simple logic and legacy Of
,.ser sixty years Of trial. made his
prie and adnoni;ory by rebellion
tased upon the feeble recognition of
-'uDan sIaveryin the original instru-
,aent. which, conceived In an hour Of
weakness, grew AT last into disease
that would have destroyed the Re-
public had not the American people
.'lucked it out by the roots, and
buried II in utter and in outer obliv-
ion and shame. The Constitution Of
the nlted States. no longer a plea
Tor the tyrant. is now in healthy
symmetry with the Declaration of
American independence.
The State Register some days since
prepared the following table, with
Here is a list Of the States which
have hOnOred the century, and also
the list Of those which have made
themselves the connecting link be.
tween n glorious Future and a bar.
barous Past: ah