Mr. STEVENS. I am instructed by the ioint ComReconstruction to report aJtResolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the U.S. The JtResolution was read a 1st and 2nd time. It is as follows: A Jtresolut on proposingan: tl lclllllCllt to the constitution of the U.S. alw Besoitorf Resolved by the Senate and 11mmof Han coon! assembled(, 2 U.S. of House [.mveionncUuoririiqnrge. so That the following article he proposedto the Legislatures of the several States as an amendmentto the Constitution of the U.S. wtheh, whcu ratified by 3/4ths of said Legislatures, shall be valid as part of the Constitution, namely: ARTICLE. Spa. 1. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the U.S.; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its JUHSdlCllOD the lqlllll protection of the we. SEC.2. Representatives shall honppnrtinnerl among the severnl Stateswhich may be lGHllHlCtlwithin this iUnngion MCOldlllRto their respective numbers, count the whole number of personsin each State, excludin Indians not taxed. llut whenever in any State the elective franchise shall be denied to any portion of its male citizens not lessthan 21 years of age, or in any way abridged, exceptfor participation in rebellion or othercriuie, the basis of representution in such State shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of male citizens shall ear to the whole number of such male citizens not lessthan 21 years of age. lei:03. Until the 4th day of July in the your 1870, all persons who voluntarily adhered to the late insurrection, giving it aid and comfort shall be excluded from the right to vote for Representatives in (Join pressand tor electors for President and VEEP SEC.4. Neither the U.S. nor any State shallsssume or pay any do ofl obligation already incurred or whichmay hereafter be incurred, in aid of insurrection or of war against the U.S or any claim for compensation for loss of involuntary service or labor. SEC.5. The Congress shall have power to enforce gyrulppropriate legislation the provisions of this ic 0.