 | Edward McPherson - Reconstruction - 1869 - 144 pages
...moved to amend by substituting the following in place of the House resolution : 400 XVin AMENDMENT. 401 States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. February... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1870 - 780 pages
...intendment, interpretation, and effect, are to me all very objectionable. It declares that 'the right of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.'... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1870 - 776 pages
...' and 'by.' I move to insert the word 'nor' 'instead of 'or; ' so that it shall read : The right of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the United States nor by any State." The President pro tempore : " The question is on tho amendment... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1872
...moved to amend by substituting the following in place of the House resolution : 400 XViH AMENDMENT. 401 States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by.any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. February... | |
 | Edward McPherson - Freed persons - 1871 - 670 pages
...moved to amend by substituting the following in place of the House resolution : SEC. 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the United Statee or by any ¡State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.... | |
 | Edward McPherson - Reconstruction - 1871 - 678 pages
...amend by substituting the following in place of the House resolution : 400 ХУти AMENDMENT. State« to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any .State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. February... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1873 - 796 pages
...word "color," the words "nativity, property, creed; " so that it will read as follows: The right of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not bo denied or abridged by any State on account of race, color, nativity, property, creed, or previous... | |
 | Alexander James Dallas - Law reports, digests, etc - 1876 - 856 pages
...542, Jan. 23, 1869. The Judiciary Committee reported back the resolution in this form : " The right of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The Congress,... | |
 | Henry Wilson - Antislavery movements - 1877 - 814 pages
...or previous condition." The amendment in the form of a substitute was as follows : " The rights of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." Mr. Stewart of Nevada, on introducing... | |
 | Edward McPherson - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1880 - 670 pages
...of said legislatures, shall be valid as part of the Constitution, namely: ARTICLE XV. The right of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged bv the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.... | |
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citizen" shall include persons of the male and female sex. The rights of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the... 
