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United States ; nor shall any State deprive any person
of
life , liberty , or liberty , without due process of law ,
nor deny
to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection
of the laws.
Section 2 . Representatives
shall be apportioned among the
Several States according to
their respective numbers, counting
the whole number of persons
in each State, excluding
Indians not taxed ; but when the
right to vote , at any
Election for the choice of electors or
President and Vice –
President of the United States,
Representatives in Congress,
the Executive and Judicial
Officers of the States , or
the members of the Legislature
thereof, is denied to any
of the male inhabitants of such
State, being twenty one
(21) years of age , and citizens of
the United States, or in
any way abridged , except for
participation in rebellion
or other crime , the basis of
representation therein shall
be reduced in the proportion
which the number of such
male citizens shall bear to the whole
number of male
citizens twenty one (21) years of age in such
State .
Section 3 . No person shall be a Senator or
Representative in
Congress , or elector of President and Vice
President , or hold
any office civil or military under the
United States, or under
any State , who having previously
taken an oath as member
of Congress , or as an officer of the
United States , on as mem-
ber of any State Legislature , on
as an Executive or Ju-
dicial Officer of any State , to
support the Constitution of
the United States , shall have
engaged in insurrection or
rebellion against the same , or
given aid or comfort to
the enemies thereof ; but Congress may
by a vote of two-
thirds of each House remove said disability.
Section 4 : The validity of the Public Debt of the United
States
authorized by law , including Debts incurred for
payment
of pensions and bounties , for services in suppressing
insur-
ection or rebellion shall not be questioned ; but
neither the
United States nor any State , shall assume or pay
any debt
or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or
rebellion
against the United States , or any claim for the
loss of eman-
cipation of an slaves ; but all such debts ,
obligations , and claims , shall be held illegal and void :
Section 5 : The Congress shall have power to enforce
by
appropriate legislation , the provisions of this Article :
The Committee having had the same under consideration
beg
leave to , on
Report”
That after a careful and
anxious consideration of the whole
committee , such
Constitutional Amendment ought to be
rejected , and they
recommend its rejection.
It is not known nor can it
be known to the State of
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