Speech #560147591

Are you prepared to lay it aside entirely and set up absolutism in this country and in the country we have acquired by virtue of the recent war? Now let me turn briefly to some of the articles of amendment. I call attention to Article XIV of the amendments to the Constitution. section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States. and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. are citizens of the United Statesand of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. nor shall any State deprive any person of life. liberty. or property without due process of law. nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Mr. President. while the word "State" is used in this article of amendment. according to the judicial decisions the word "State" must be held to apply to a country or a district or any welldefined geographical portion of the earth that is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. So the provision should read thus: All persons born or naturalized in the United States or any Territory belonging thereto. and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. are citizens of the UnitedStates and of the State wherein they reside. It can not be denied. Mr.