"Sect. 3. Until the 4th day of July in the year 1870, all persons who voluntarily adhered to the late insurrection, giving it aid and comfort, shall be excluded from the right to vote for Representatives in Congress and for electors for President and Vice-President of the United States. "Sect. 4. Neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation already incurred, or which may hereafter be incurred, in aid of {76} insurrection or war against the United States, or any claim for compensation for loss of involuntary service or labor. "Sect. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this Article." [Sidenote: Defects in the first draft of the Amendment.] The chief difficulties with these provisions were, first, that they did not define who were the citizens of the United States; second, that while they disfranchised for two or three years all who had voluntarily taken part in the rebellion, they did not disqualify anybody from holding office or legislative mandate on account of such conduct; and third, that while they forbade the payment of any debt or obligation incurred in aid of rebellion, they did not guarantee those incurred in the suppression of such rebellion. [Sidenote: The discussion of the propositions in Congress.] The discussion in Congress upon these provisions lasted through the month of May and well into June. At last in the second week of June, the two Houses arrived at an agreement upon the modifications which seemed proper and necessary, and the Article as thus perfected was adopted by the necessary two-thirds vote in each branch. [Sidenote: The final draft agreed upon.]