This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as a part of the Constitution.
FOOTNOTES:
[157] The Federalist side is presented in books which should be accessible in reference libraries, much more fully than can possibly be reproduced here. Space is given for only three documents which indicate something of the opposition.
[158] "Necessary and proper." Mason almost alone saw the possibilities of change in this clause. Cf. No. 164 below.
[159] Cf. American History and Government, § 211.
[160] Ib., § 204 a.
[161] Modified by the Fifteenth Amendment; and cf. American History and Government, § 209
[162] The abolition of slavery has rendered obsolete the clauses within brackets in this paragraph.