In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Resolved, as the judgment of the Senate, that the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been legally ratified, and are as valid and of the same paramount authority as any other part of the Constitution... [electronic resource]

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