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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



son, Gooch, Grider, Griswold, Hall, Harding, Har- 

 rington, Benjamin G. Harris, Charles M. Harris, Her- 

 riek, Holman, Hutchins, Kalbfleisch, Kasson, Kernan, 

 Knapp, Law, Lazear, LeBlond, Long, Mallory, ilar- 

 07, Marvin, McAllister, McKinney, William H. Miller, 

 James R. Morris, Morrison, Nelson, Noble, Odell, Pen- 

 dleton, Perrv, Pike, Pomeroy, Pruyn, Radford, Sam- 

 uel J. Rand'all, William H. Randall, Alexander H. 

 Rice, Rogers, James S. Rollins, Ross, Smith, John B. 

 Steele, William G. Steele, Stiles, Strouse, Stuart, 

 Townsend, Tracy, Voorhees, Wadsworth, William B. 

 Washburn, Whaley, Wheeler, Winfleld, Fernando 

 Wood, and Teaman 80. 



NAYS Messrs. Allison, Ames, Ashley, John D. 

 Baldwin, Baxter, Beaman, Blow, Boutwell, Boyd, 

 Brandegee, Broomall, Ambrose W. Clark, Cole, Henry 

 Winter Davis, Doming, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, 

 Dumont, Eckley, Eliot, Garfield, Grinnell, Higby, 

 Hooper, Asahel W. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Hul- 

 burd, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Kelley; Orlando Kellogg, 

 Knox, Littlejohn, Loan, Longyear, McBride, McClurg, 

 Samuel F. Miller, Moorheao, Merrill, Daniel Morris, 

 Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, Charles O'Neill, Orth, 

 Perham, Price, John H. Rice, Edward H. Rollins, 

 'Schenck, Scofield, Shannon, Sloan, Smithers, Starr, 

 Stevens, Thayer, Upson, Van Valkenburgh, Elihu B. 

 Washburne, Williams, Wilder, Wilson, and Wood- 

 bridge 65. 



In the House, a joint resolution was adopted 

 to amend a joint resolution explanatory of " An 

 act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason 

 and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the prop- 

 erty of rebels, and for other purposes." This 

 measure of the House was in the Senate incor- 

 porated in the bill to organize a Freedman's 

 Bureau. Subsequently, on Feb. 20, a bill pro- 

 viding for the forfeiture of the fee of insurgent 

 landholders, was reported to the House and 

 passed by the following vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Ames, Ashley, John D. Bald- 

 win, Baxter, Beaman, Elaine, Boutwell, Boyd, Bran- 

 degee, Broomall, Ambrose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, 

 Cobb, Cole, Thomas T. Davis, Dawes, Deming, Dixon, 

 Donnelly, Driggs, Dumont, Eckley, Eliot, Frank, 

 Garfield, Gooch, Grinnell, Higby, Hooper, Asahel W. 

 Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Hulburd, Ingersoll, 

 Jenckes, Kelley, Orlando Kellogg, Knox, Littlejohn, 

 Longyear, Marvin, McBride, McClurg, Samuel F. Mil- 

 ler, Moorhead, Morrill, Daniel Morris, Leonard My- 

 ers, Norton, Orth, Patterson, Pike, Pomeroy, Price, 

 Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Edward H. Rollins, 

 Schenck, Shannon, Sloan, Smithers, Starr, Stevens, 

 Thayer. Upson, Van Valkenburgh, Elihu B. Wash- 

 burne, William B. Washburn, Wilder, Wilson, Wood- 

 bridge, and Worthington 72. 



NAYS Messrs. James C. Allen, Ancona, Baily, Au- 

 gustus C. Baldwin, Blair, Bliss, Brooks, James S. 

 Brown, Chanler, Clay, Coffroth, Cox, Cravens, Daw- 

 son, Denison, Eden, Edgerton, Eldridge, English, 

 Finck, Ganson, Griswold, Hale, Hall, Benjamin G. 

 Harris, Holman, Hutchins, Philip Johnson, Kalb- 

 fleisch, Kernan, King, Law, Lazear, LeBlond, Long, 

 Mallory, Marcy, McAllister, William H. Miller, James 

 R. Morris, Morrison, Nelson, Noble, Odell, John 

 O'Neill, Pendleton, Perry, Pruyn, Radford, Samuel 

 J. Randall, William H. Randall, Rogers, James S. 

 Rollins, Ross, John B. Steele, William G. Steele, 

 Stiles, Strouse, Stuart, Sweat, Townsend. Tracy, 

 Voorhees, Wadsworth, Webster, Whaley, WheeleV, 

 Joseph W. White, Winfield, Fernando Wood, and 

 Yearn an 71. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. William J. Allen, Alley, An- 

 derson, Arnold, Blow, William G. Brown, Creswell, 

 Henry Winter Davis, Farnsworth, Grider, Harding, 

 Harrington, Charles M. Harris, Herrick, Hotchkiss, 

 William Johnson, Julian, Kasson, Francia W. Kel- 



logg, Knapp, Loan, McDowell, Mclndoe, McKinney 

 Middleton, Amos Myers, Charles O'Neill, Perham, 

 Robinson, Scofield, Scott, Smith, Spalding, Thomas, 

 Ward, Chilton A. White, Williams, Windom, aud 

 Benjamin Wood 39. 



The measure failed to pass in the Senate. 



In the Senate, on Feb. 1st, Mr. Trumbull, cf 

 Illinois, reported back, with amendment, from 

 the Committee on the Judiciary, a joint reso- 

 lution previously referred, as follows : 



Whereas, the inhabitants and local authorities of the 

 States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, 

 Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, 

 Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee rebelled against the 

 Government of the United States, and have contin- 

 ued in a state of armed rebellion for more than three 

 years, and were in said state of armed rebellion on 

 the 8th day of November, 18fi4 : Therefore, 



Be it resolved by the Senate and House of .Represent- 

 atives of the United States of America in Congress as- 

 sembled, That the States mentioned in the preamble 

 to this joint resolution are not entitled to representa- 

 tion in the Electoral College for the choice of Presi- 

 dent and Vice-President of the United States, for the 

 term of office commencing on the 4tb day of March, 

 1865 ; and no electoral votes shall be received or 

 counted from said States concerning the choice of 

 President and Vice-President for said term of office. 



The amendment of the Committee on the 

 Judicary was to strike out of the preamble the 

 following words : 



And have continued in a state of armed rebellion 

 for more than three years, and were in said state of 

 armed rebellion on the 8th day of November, 1864. 



And to insert the following in lieu thereof: 

 And were in such state of rebellion on the 8th day 

 of November, 1864, that no valid election for Presi- 

 dent and Vice-President of the United States accord- 

 ing to the Constitution and laws thereof was held 

 therein on said day. 



Mr. Ten Eyck, of New Jersey, said : " I move 

 to strike out of the preamble the word ' Lou- 

 isiana.' I will simply state that it is a matter 

 of history that the State of Louisiana has reor- 

 ganized, or at least attempted to do so, and in 

 the opinion of many, and perhaps most, of the 

 loyal citizens of that State, has reorganized as 

 a State. It is a matter of history that they 

 have elected State officers and a State Legisla- 

 ture ; that they have elected members to a con- 

 stitutional convention and framed a new consti- 

 tution for that State; that that Legislature 

 passed a law authorizing the election of elec- 

 tors for President and Vice-President of the 

 United States in the last presidential election, 

 and that such electors have met and cast their 

 votes. Under these circumstances I think there 

 is a striking distinction between the State of 

 Virginia and the State of Louisiana. My object 

 in moving this-amendment is, under this state 

 of facts, that some opportunity may be afforded 

 to a loyal people who have suffered all the hor- 

 rors of the rebellion, who have got the better 

 of it, and put it under foot, of coming back and re- 

 suming their place in the councils of the nation." 



Mr. Trumbull, of Illinois, opposed this mo- 

 tion, saying : " The Committee on the Judiciary, 

 by the amendment they have reported, propose 



