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5 Indians from their plunderers, & in putting a stop to Indian wars. The Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution has just been interpreted by Judges Field & Sawyer in California as invalidating the cue-cutting ordinance which the Anti-Chinese party had leveled against Chinamen. This Amendment declares who are "citizens" of the United States & enacts that "no state shall make a law to abridge their privileges & [[underline]] immunities [[/underline]]." It then drops the [[underline]] distinctive term citizen [[/underline]] & declares that "no state shall deprive any [[underline]] person [[/person]] of life,