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The Vice-President. It is referred. 



Mr. Dixon. I feel that I ought to sa}^ one word, if the Senate will 

 allow me, though not strictly in order, in reply to the remark of the 

 Senator from Maine, that he had never heard of Mr. Barnard. It is 

 unfortunate undoubtedly, and may seem to be a reflection on Mr. 

 Barnard. He is known everywhere throughout the whole country and 

 in Europe for his exertions in the cause of popular education. I would 

 not have said a word but for that remark, which might imply some 

 disrespect on the part of the Senator to Mr. Barnard, which I hope, 

 however, was not the case. 



Mr. Fessenden. I meant none in the world. I meant simpl}" to say 

 that it so happened, unfortunately for myself, that 1 never heard of 

 Mr. Barnard, and I would rather the matter should be referred. 



Mr. Dixon. I supposed it to be so, yet felt that I ought to say so 

 much in justice to a gentleman so widely and favorably known. 

 March 12, 1862— House. 



Mr. Edw. McPherson introduced a resolution for the appoint- 

 ment of Theodore D. Woolsey, of Connecticut, as Regent, in place of 

 C. C'. Felton, deceased; referred to Committee on the Library. 

 March 27, 1862— House. 



Mr. Edw. McPherson asked unanimous consent to make a unani- 

 mous report from the Committee on the Library on resolution appoint- 

 ing T. D. Woolsey Regent. 



Mr. E. B. Washburne. I object. 



Mr. Washburne subsequently withdrew his objection, and it was 

 renewed by Mr. S. S. Cox. 

 March 28, 1862— House. 



Mr. Edw. McPherson reported the resolution to appoint T. D. 

 Woolsey as Regent; adopted. 

 March 28, 1862— Senate. 



Mr. Jacob Collamer, from the Committee on the Library, reported 

 unanimously in favor of the passage of the House resolution for the 

 appointment of T. D. Woolsey Regent; adopted. 

 April 1, 1862— Senate. 



Mr. James Dixon. Yesterday, I think, during my absence from 

 my seat, or when my attention was not directed to it, the Senator 

 from Vermont [Mr. Collamer] called up a joint resolution appointing 

 President Woolsey, of Yale College, a Regent of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. I had previously offered a resolution for the appoint- 

 ment of Mr. Barnard, of Connecticut. Mr. Barnard has requested 

 me to withdraw his name. I ought to have done it, and should have 

 done it yesterday, in justice to him, if I had been present when that 

 joint resolution was passed. I ask the consent of the Senate to allow 

 the reading of a letter from Mr. Barnard, in which he requests that 

 his name may be withdrawn and Mr. Woolsey be appointed. 



