Preface The interpretation wuich the Fourteentli Article or the A mendment to the Constitution of tlie United tates has received at the hands of the Federal Supreme Court has given to thnt Article a aiear.ing quite different from that vrhich many of tiiose who participated in its drafting and ratification have asserted that it v;as intended to have. An examination, therefore, of the circumstances under vhich this addition to our fundamental instrument of govei-T iment was made, to discover, if possible, the desires and expectations of its frme rs and sur. porters, becomec an interesting and important inquiry. The principal sources o. information used in the preparation of the study have been the debates in Congress, the reports of congressional committees, especially those made by the Reconstruction Committee, tlie ioumal of the Reconstruction Committee, the journals, docaments, and debates of the legislatures of the several tates, and contemporary newspapers and magazines. Before publication it i the authors intention to add to the results hiere presented chapters giving tiie legislation enacted under and the judicial construction or interpretation of, the XIV A mendment. Che autiior sthanks are due to I rofessor T. T.
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