...Government of the rebel States . . ." @ect. 5: „When the people of any one of said rebel States shall have formed a constitution of government in conformity...convention of delegates elected by the male citizens of mufte, würbe bann burd) bie fpätern ®efefce öom 28. 2Jîa'rj unb 19. 3uü nod) näfier erläutert....

...provisional governor, but enacting that, — " When the people of any one of the said rebel States shall have formed a constitution of government in conformity...all respects, framed by a convention of delegates selected by the male citizens of said State, twenty-one years old and upward, of whatever race, color,...

...the Constitution of the United States in all respects, framed by a convention of delegates selected by the male citizens of said State, twenty-one years...upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition . . . and when such constitution shall provide that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed by all...

...unusual punishment be inflicted." (5.) "That when the people of any one of said Rebel States shall have formed a constitution of government in conformity...Constitution of the United States in all respects, .... and when such constitution shall be ratified, .... and when such constitution shall have been...

...fifth section of the original act provides, as to voters, that they shall be " male citizens of the State, twenty-one years old and upward, of whatever...color, or previous condition, who have been resident of said State for one year." This is the general qualification, followed, however, by many exceptions....

...delegates. " What class of persons is here meant clearly appears in the same section. That is to say : " The male citizens of said State, twenty-one years old and upward, of what ever race, color, or previous condition, who have been resident in said State for one year previous...

...bill provided, that whenever the people of any one of the "Rebel States" should adopt a Constitution framed by a convention of delegates elected by " the...male citizens of said State, twenty-one years old and upwards, of whatever race, color, or previous condition," &c., &c., " except such as may be disfranchised...

...representation in congress dependent upon, inter alia, the conditions that their new constitutions should be " framed by a convention of delegates elected by the...upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition," and that "such constitution shall provide that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed by all such...

...states should adopt the fourteenth amendment, and should present to Congress an acceptable constitution framed by a convention of delegates "elected by the male citizens . . of whatever race, color, or previous condition", upon the Acceptance of which by Congress they became...

...fifth section of the original act provides, as to voters, that they shall be ' male citizens of the State, twenty-one years old and upward, of whatever...color, or previous condition, who have been resident of said State for one year.' This is the general qualification, followed, however, by many exceptions....