The Adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, Volume 26 |
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abridge account of race adopted April April 21 April 30 asserted basis of representation Bingham Boutwell Cincinnati Commercial citizenship Civil Rights Bill clause Conkling Constitution debate declared Democrats denied deprive doubt effect eight Amendments election enact enumerated equal protection evidently fact February February 28 Federal Government Fessenden Fifteenth Amendment fifth section Fourteenth Amendment Freedmen's Bureau give Congress given gress held House Journal Howard Ibid immunities of citizens January January 11 Judiciary jury legislation Legislature liberty ment Messrs negroes North Carolina object Ohio opinion opposed party passed persons political President privileges and immunities proposed Amendment proposition provisions purpose question race or color Radicals ratified the Amendment Reconstruction Committee regard rejected Republican resolution rights and privileges Robert Dale Owen second section secure Senate Journal session South Southern speech statement Stevens submitted Sumner teenth Amendment third section Thirteenth Amendment thought tion Trumbull unconstitutional United veto vote
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Page 81 - They may, however, be all comprehended under the following general heads: protection by the government ; the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the right to acquire and possess property of every kind, and to pursue and obtain happiness and safety...
Page 81 - The right of a citizen of one state to pass through or to reside in any other state, for purposes of trade, agriculture, professional pursuits, or otherwise; to claim the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus; to institute and maintain actions of any kind in the courts of the state; to take, hold, and dispose of property, either real or personal; and an exemption from higher taxes or impositions than are paid by the other citizens of the state...
Page 96 - State, excluding Indians not taxed : Provided, That whenever the elective franchise shall be denied or abridged in any State on account of race or color, all persons therein of such race or color shall be excluded from the basis of representation.
Page 9 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 191 - ... has become valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the Constitution of the United States.
Page 279 - ... assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; 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. ARTICLE XV SECTION 1.
Page 16 - States, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property, as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 81 - To these privileges and immunities, whatever they may be — for they are not and cannot be fully defined in their entire extent and precise nature...
Page 227 - Asserting that this refusal constituted a denial by the State of the equal protection of the laws in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution, petitioner brought this action for mandamus to compel the curators of the University to admit him.
Page 14 - I share with Congress the strongest desire to secure to the freedmen the full enjoyment of their freedom and property and their entire independence and equality in making contracts for their labor...