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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: 13th One More Time (fwd)

<snip>
>
>This originally appeared in The AntiShyster.
>
>Apparently first posted on 08/01/91 by
>Will Morris <William_Morris@ccm.jf.intel.com>
>
>The Missing 13th Amendment,
>
>"TITLES OF NOBILITY" AND "HONOR"
>
>David Dodge, Researcher
>Alfred Adask, Editor
><snip>
>South Carolina seceded from the Union in December of 1860, signalling
>the onset of the Civil War. In March, 1861 President Abraham Lincoln
>was inaugurated.
>
>Later in 1861, another proposed amendment, also numbered thirteen, was
>signed by President Lincoln. This was the only proposed amendment that
>was ever signed by a president. That resolve to amend read: "ARTICLE
>THIRTEEN, No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will
>authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within
>any State with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of
>persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State." (In other
>words, President Lincoln had signed a resolve that would have permitted
>slavery, and upheld states' rights.) Only one State, Illinois, ratified
>this proposed amendment before the Civil War broke out in 1861. <snip>
>
>On Fri, 13 Jun 1997 Carl William Spitzer IV <75313.2601@CompuServe.COM>
>wrote:
>
>> [[[[ Before? There was another "13th" amendment proposed in 1860 or 1861
which
>> would have forever preserved slavery. Only Illinois (Land of  the
newly-elected
>> Great Emancipator Lincoln!!!) ratified it.]]]]
>
>> Do you have a copy of this and some background on the history
surrounding it?
>
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