The Rhode Island Republican

WASHINGTON, March 7.

It appears from the communication transmitted by the Governor of South Carolina to the President and by him laid before the House of Representatives, that an amendment to the Constitution, passed by two thirds of both Houses of Congress, and it was supposed concurred in by the requisite majority of the states, was not in fact concurred in, but was rejected by the State of South Carolina, who had been supposed to have ratified it, and that, without her vote, the proposition did not receive the sanction of two thirds of the States. The amendment referred to has been printed with the late editions as a part of the Constitution and is in the following words:

"Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following section be submitted to the legislatures of the several states, which, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the states, shall be valid and binding as a part of the Constitution of the United States—if any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honour, or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument, of any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them or either of them."

It ought to be generally known, as it is now ascertained, that this amendment was not ratified by three fourths of the States, and therefore is not a part of the Constitution.