During House debate on the 14th amendment, Democratic (constitutionalist) Representative Andrew Jackson Rogers, of New Jersey, denounces the proposal, warning of “a revolution [more] dangerous to liberty [because] it would take away the power of the States … and centralize a consolidated power … into one imperial despotism.”
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The Memphis, Tennessee Race Riot of 1866 begins when city policemen of Irish Heritage are ordered to break up a street party among Union Soldiers of African heritage and their families.
Postscript: After three days of rioting, there were 50 dead, 75 injured and property valued at 100,000 Dollars had been destroyed.
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Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article I, Section 6 [Clause 1]
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states
References:
Mr. Rogers, Speaking on Reconstruction, 39th Congress, 1st session Congressional Globe (May 1, 1866), volume 36, part 3, page 2538
James M. McPherson, Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990), 142.
Reconstruction era – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_era
Memphis riots of 1866 – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_riots_of_1866
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