To do as we evidently had in mind doing would be directly violative of the 14th amendment of the Constitution. and by antecedence. the original text of article I of the Constitution. Article I refers to the enumeration of free persons. That circumstance or distinction was. of course. abolished by the 14th amendment. Section 1 of the 14th amendment states: All persons born or naturalized in the United States. and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. are citizens of the United States. In section 2 it says: Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers. counting the whole number of persons in each State. Now.
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