In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th of July, requesting the President 'to inform the House what States have ratified the amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposed by concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress, June 16, 1866,' I transmit a report from the Secretary of State.
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I have been unable to find in the Constitution of the United States any warrant for the exercise of the authority thus claimed by Congress.
Feeling constrained to withhold my consent, I herewith return the resolution to the Senate, in which House it originated, with a brief statement of the reasons which have induced my action.
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