The SPEAKER. If there be no objection the amendment of the Gentfrom Ohio, [Mr. BINGHAM] together with the original bill, will be published in the Globe. There was no objection. The bill as proposed to be amended by Mr. BINGHAM is as follows, the amendments being included within brackets: Whereas the pretended Stategovernments of the late socalled confederate States of Virginia, NCarolina, SCarolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas, were setup without the authority of Congress and without the sanction of the people; and whereas said pretended governmentsafford no adequateprotectionfor life or property, but countenance and encourage lawlessness and crime; and whereas it is necessarythat peace and good ordershould be enforced in said socalled States until loyal and republican State governments can be legally established; [whereas it is expedient that the said States lately in insurrection should, at tshaefeetyarliestday consistentwith the future peaceand of the Union, be restored to full participation in all political rights; and whereasthe Congressdid, by JtResolution, propose for ratification to Legislatures the of the several States, as an amendment to the Constitution of the U.S., an article in the following words, to wit: Sec. 1. All personsborn or naturalized in the U.S., and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the U.S and of they theState wherein reside. No State shall make or enforce anylaw which shall abridge, the privileges or immunities doef peritivizeenansyofptehreso U.S.: nor shall any State of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor deny to any personwithin its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Ec. 2. RePresentatives shall beapportioned among the several Statesaccording to bers, counting their respectivenum the whole number of persons in each rSitgahtte, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the to vote at any electionfor the choice of electors for Presidentand VEEP of RePresentatives the U.S., in Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a State, or the membersof the Legislature thereof, is deniedto any of the male inhabitants of such State, being 21 years of age and citizens of the U.S., or in any way abridged, except for participation, in rebellion or 9ther crime, the basis of rePresentationtherein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens 21 years of age in State. such Sec. 3. No person shall be a Senator or RePresentative in Congress, or elector of President and VEEP, or hold any office, civil or military, under the U.S., or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath as a member of Congress or as an officer of the U.S., or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the U.S., shall have engaged intion or rebellion against the same, or give innsauirdree or comfort to the enemics thereof. But Congress may, 2/3rds of each House, isability. remove such SEc. 4. The validity of the public debt of the U.S., authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for servicesin suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the U.S. nor any State shall assumeor pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the U.S., or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations, and claims shall be held illegal and void. Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this arNtioclwe, therefore: Be it cnactedby the Senate and HoRep of the U.S.A. in Congress assembledT.hat [wheneverthe above recited amendment shall have becomepart of the Constitution of the U.S., and any State aforesaid lately in insurrection shall have ratified the same, and shall havemodified its constitution and laws in conformity therewith, and shall have Presentedto Congress a constitution of government republican in form and not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of itmhepaUrntiitaeldsuSftfraategse, and which shall secure equal and to the male citizens of the U.S., 21 years of age, resident therein without distinction of race or color, and which shaji?avoe besena.pproved by Congress, the Senators and fromsuchState, if found duly elected and qualified, may, after having taken the required oaths of office, beadmittedinto Congress as such. Sec. 2, i Abife:, That when any State lately in insurrection as aforesaid shall have ratified the forcgoing amendment to the constitution, any part of the direct tax under the act of August 5, 1851which may remain dueand unpaid in such State, mgayobe assumedand paid by such State; and the thereof, upon proper assurances from such tshtea U,S,, tomtahyeb SecyTreasury nooft exceeding ten years from and after the passage of is act. Src. 3. Abife:, That until said so Ccaolnlegdre Stsates shall be admitted to rePresentationin asherein provided, the]said socalled States shall be divided into military districts andmadesub eretine athfteermpirleitsacrryibaeudt, ahnodritfy orofththate U.S shall constitute the 1st district; NCarolina and SCarolina the 2nd district; Georgia, Ala: and Florida, the 3rd district.; Mississippi and Arkansas the 4th district; and Louisiana and TeSxeacs. t4h.e Abife: That it shall be the duty of the General of the Army to assignto the reeogmumlaar nAdrmofye, ancoht obfelsoawidth deisrtarincktsoaf nbroigffaicdeier rofgtehne eral, and todetailasufficientmilitary force to enable sauucthhor officer to perform, his duties and enforce his within the district to which he is assigned. SEc. 5. Abife: That it shall be tphreotec dutty of each officer assigned as aforesaid to all persons in their rights of person and property, to supPress insurrection, disorder, and violence, and to punish, or causeto be punished;all disturbers of the public peaceand criminals, and to this end he may allow civil tribunals to take juris diction of and to try offenders, or, when in his judgment it may be necessary for the trial of offenders, shieonsshaolrl, trhibauvenaplsowfoerrtthoatorpguarnpiozesem, ainlityatrhyingcoimnmthise constitution and laws of the said socalled States to jtuhdeiccioanl trparroyceneodtiwnigtsh, standing; and all legislative or or processes to preyent or con: trol the proceedingsof said military tribunals, and all interference bysaid pretended State governments awcitt, h the exercise of military authority under this shall be void and of no effect. judSiEcCia.l . Abife:, That courts and officersof the U.S shall not issue cwursittsodoyf.h[aebxecaespetoinrpeuassinesbinehwahlfiochf ptehresponesrisnonmisilihtaerly to answer only for a crime or crimes, exclusively Swtiathteins, the jurisdiction of the courts of the U.S. therein; wI ithin said military districts, and indictable or unless some commissioned officer on duty iinndtohresediustproient swahiderpeeinti, ttihoenpaersstoanteims deenttacineertdifysihnagl, l upon honor, that he has knowledge or information taesnttoiotnh, e cause and circumstancesof the allegedde and that he believes the same to be wrong ful; and further, that he believesthat the indorsed petition is preferred in good faith and in furtherance of justice, and not to hinder or delay the punishment of crime. All persons put under military arrest by virtue of this act shall be tried without unnecessary delay, and no cruel or unusual punishment shall be inflicted. Sec. 7. Abife:, That no sentence of any military commissionor tribunal hereby authorized affecting the life, or liberty of any person sinhaclolmbemeaxned couftethdeundtiisltriticti;s aapnpdrtohveeldawbys tahnedorfefigcuerlations for the government of the Army shall not be wafiftehctietsd provisions., except in so far as they conflict