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" Congress be authorized to make such requisitions in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants of every age sex and condition... "
The Journal of Negro History - Page 383
edited by - 1917
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Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Nov. 13, 1820 ...

United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1858 - 818 pages
...treasury, which shall be supplied by the several States, in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants of every age, sex, and condition," &c. Here it is acknowledged expressly that there were other free citizens besides white citizens. If...
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American Eloquence: A Collection of Speeches and Addresses, by the ..., Volume 1

Frank Moore - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1859 - 618 pages
...according to some equitable rate of representation ; namely, in proportion to the whole number of white, gone tc servitude for a term of years, and three-fiftha of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing...
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History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution ..., Volume 2

George Ticknor Curtis - Constitutional history - 1860 - 694 pages
...attainted. Sect. S. The proportions of direct taxation shall be regulated by the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants of every age,...foregoing description (except Indians not paying taxes) ; which number shall, within six years after the first meeting of the legislature, and within the term...
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The Lost Principle: Or, The Sectional Equilibrium: how it was Created--how ...

John Scott - Sectionalism (U.S.) - 1860 - 282 pages
...proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every sex, age and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three-fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not...
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The Lost Principle: Or, The Sectional Equilibrium: how it was Created--how ...

John Scott - Sectionalism (U.S.) - 1860 - 278 pages
...proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every sex, age and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, arid three-fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians...
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A History and Analysis of the Constitution of the United States, with a Full ...

Nathaniel Carter Towle - Constitutional history - 1861 - 460 pages
...suffrage in this branch of the legislature, should be " in proportion to the whole number of* white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every age, sex, and condition, including those bound to service for a term of years, and three fifths of all other persons, not comprehended in the foregoing...
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The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of ..., Volume 1

Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional law - 1863 - 548 pages
...number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every age, ses, and condition, includinj those bound to servitude for a term of years, and...foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes ; that, if such requisitions be not complied with in the time to be specified therein, to direct the...
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History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution ..., Volume 2

George Ticknor Curtis - Constitutional history - 1863 - 700 pages
...according to some equitable ratio of representation; namely, in proportipn to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every...condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of yean, and three fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians...
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Statutes at Large of the State of New York: Comprising the Revised ..., Volume 5

New York (State) - Law - 1863 - 1026 pages
...every age, sex and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and "three-fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the "foregoing...description, except Indians, not paying taxes in "each state;" which said alteration when so subscribed and , ratified, shall be deemed and held to be as...
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The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States : a ...

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1864 - 850 pages
...the right of suffrage in tho first branch ought to be " in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants of every age,...description, except Indians, not paying taxes in each State;" and, that the right of suffrage in the second branch ought to be according to the same rule...
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