A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879. Page: 414 of 859
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HISTORY OF TEXAS.
hereby declared ratified and a part of the Constitution. When any State,
lately rebellious, ratifies the same and modifies its Constitution and laws in
accordance therewith, and which shall secure equal impartial suffrage ro
all male citizens of the United States over twenty-one years of age, one
year in State and three months preceding election in precinct, without regard
to race or color, or previous condition of servitude, except as disfranchised
by participation in the late rebellion, in elections for President,
Members of Congress, Governor, State, county, district, city, parish and
town elections, and shall constitutionally provide that all persons shall
equally possess the right to pursue all lawful vocations, receive equal benefits
of the public schools, equal protection and all rights of citizens in said
State, and when said Constitution is submitted to the people of said State
for ratification or rejection, and when the Constitution shall be ratified and
submitted to Congress for examination and approval, shall be declared entitled
to representation, and representatives and senators therefrom shall be
admitted on taking the oath prescribed by law."
Shellabarger offered an amendment declaring that until
the rebellious States are admitted to representation, any
civil govertment should be deemed provisional, subject to
the authority of the United States, to be abolished, modified
or superseded at any time, and all elections under the
civil government to be conducted by persons described in
the fifth section, and no person should be qualified to hold
office under the provisional government who was ineligible
under the provisions of the third section of the constitutional
amendment of last session. Adopted-yeas, 98,
nays, 70.
This bill was vetoed by President Johnson, and passed
over the veto; in the House by a vote of 135 to 47, and in
the Senate by 28 to 10. Louisiana and Texas constituted
the Fifth Military District. Under this bill, General Sheridan
issued the following Order Number One, dated New
Orleans, March 19th, 1867:
1. The act of Congress entitled " An act to provide for the more efficient
government of the rebel States," having been officially transmitted to
the undersigned in an order from the Headquarters the he Army, which
assigns him to the command of the Fifth Military District created by that
act, consistilng of the States of Louisiana and Texas, he hereby assumes
command of the samie
2. According to the provisions of the 6th section of the act of Congress
above cited, the present State and Municipal Governments in the States of
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Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894. A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879., book, 1879; St. Louis, Missouri. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5828/m1/414/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .