Representatives in Congress. the executive and judicial officers of a State. or the members of the Legislature thereof Is denied to any of the male inhabitants of the State of Rhode Island. but to any of the male inhabitants of such State. being twentyone years of ae. and citizens of the United States." &c. If this amendment whisl is cunningly devised to affect one State alone. is to be adopted. it should be extended to all the States. The States that impose a tax. the States that impose an educational qualification. the States that impose an additional residence of thirty days for naturalized citizens should be included in the investigation. It is singular that an amendment to the census bill should be adopted and directed only to a single State. If the fourteenthamendment is to be enforced. let it be enforced all over the Union in every State. not in one alone.
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