The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-04-20
Sa',Ia D u tpanta | N Ba'aerat: .: It:
A. McGREGOR, Editor.
rHURspAY::: APRIL %
AMNESTY ELL.

The annexed is the text of the amnesty
bill that passed the House of Represen-
tatives on Monday:
bill for the removal of legal and political dis
abilities imposed by the third section of the
fourteenth article Of amendment to the Censti-
tuition of the United States.
Section l.. Be Il enacted &C, two
thirds Of each House eoncurring therein(
That all legal and political disabilities I'M
posed by the third section of the fourteenth
article of amendment to the Constitution
Of the United States on persons therein
mentioned, because OF their having en-
gagged in insurrection or rebellion against
the United States, or giving aid or COM
fort to the armies thereof, be and. the same
are hereby removed provided, that this
act shall not-apply to or in any way affect
or remove the disabilities of any person
included IN either of the following classes,
\ First Members of the Congress of the
United States who withdrew therefrom
and aided the rebellion
Second Officers Of the army or navy
of the United States who, being above the
age of twenty-one years, left said army or
navy and aided the rebellion. -. 49, ~.
Third. Members of the State conven-
naRees of secession, who voted for the
adoption of such ordinances. l .v
SEC, 3 And beit further enacted, That
before any person shall be entitled to the
benefit Of this act he shall, within the dis
triet where he resides, before a clerk of
some court of the United States, or a
United States Commissioner. take and SUBJ
scribe an oath or =afhEmati0nzto support
the Constitution of the United States, and
to bear true faith and allegiance to the
same which oath or affirmation shall be
forwarded by said officer To the Secretary
of State of the United States, who shall
cause list of.all- persons complying with
the provisions of this act to be laid before
Congress at the opening Of each session
thereof, and the officer before whom such
oath or affirmation is made shall give to
the person taking it certificate of the
fact, under such form and regulations as
the Secretary of State may prescribe.
A Washington dispatch asserts there is
a very good prospect that the Senate win
pass the bill. Ifso, it is estimated that
from 10000 to l75OO0 persons in the
South will be restored to citizenship, and
leave but. ] 500 to 1000 underdisabiities.
Some sixty Republicans joined hands with
the Democrats in voting for the billy A
majority of all the New England members
and three or four colored members sup
ported the bill while Generals BASKs
GARFIELD and FARNswoRTH, Governor
1 BIlA5R, ofMichigan, and other well, known
Republicans gave it then Notesd The
Ohio Radicals who voted against the bill
are AMBLEB, BEArTY, MONROE. SHELLA,
BARaER, SMITH and SPRAeUE. A cor
respondent, telegraphing on Monday, re-
latesI this incident of the passage of tbs
bill: F.a. 3 10 asTs- O. g-i--l.a- z1l ~
"A decided hit at Butler occurred in tht
/ House. He had obtained permission o
Shellabarger and others to present an am,
nesty bin, which he considered would Civ,
him more OF less popularity IN the South
and identify his name in history viii
magnanimpus acts. 81 It was Igenerally
known, for it had been published far and
wide that he would introduce a bill 70
general amnesty to-day, s.but Some o
i Blaine's partisans, while Butler was prob
ably at church yesterday, got their head
Together and carefully framed bill
livery good one-which has indications o
iBlaine's own hand. While Butler wa
hard at work IN his committee room per
feeting his bill, Mr. Hale, OF Maine, intro
4 dueed the one prepared yesterday, and j
was passed by vote of IA to 46 befor
Butler was aware of what was .takini
place. Later IN the afternoon, he cam
into the house with the bill under his arm
when he learned for the first time that hi
was acase Of loves labor lost.