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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



that the Administration contemplates with satisfaction 

 a continuance of hostilities for their own sake, on any 

 ground of mere punctilio, or for any reason than be- 

 cause it is compelled by an absorbing regard for the 

 very end of its existence ; " and whereas " an estab- 

 lished and rightly constituted Government, combat-, 

 ing armed and menacing rebellion, should strain 

 every nerve to overcome at the earliest moment the 

 resistance it encounters, and should not merely wel- 

 come, but seek satisfactory (however informal) assur- 

 ances that its end has been attained : " Therefore, 



Retolved, That now, in this hour of victory, which 

 ia the hour of magnanimity, it is eminently the duty 

 of the President, on the basis of the present " right- 

 fully constituted Government," either to send or re- 

 ceive commissioners or agents with a view to national 

 pacification and tranquillity, or by some other na- 

 tional means known to civilized or Christian nations, 

 secure the cessation of hostilities and the Union of 

 the States. 



On motion of Mr. "Washburne, of Illinois, it 

 was laid on the table by the following vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Anderson 

 Arnold, Ashley, Baily, John D. Baldwin, Baxter, 

 Beaman, Boutwell, Boyd, Brandegee, Broomall, Am- 

 brose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Cobb, Cole, Henry 

 Winter Davis, Thomas T. Davis, Daws, Deming, 

 Dixon, Donnelly, Eckley, Eliot, Frank, Garfield, 

 Gooch, Grinnell, Griswold, Higby, Hooper, Asahel 

 W. Hubbard, John II. Hubbard, Ingersoll, Jenckes, 

 Julian, Easson, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Knox, 

 Littlejohn, Loan, Longyear, Marvin, McClurg, Mc- 

 Indoe, Samuel F. Miller, Morrill, Daniel Morris, 

 Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, Norton, Orth, Patter- 

 son, Pcrnam, Pike, Price, William H. Randall, Alex- 

 ander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Edward H. Rollins, 

 Schenck, Schofield, Sloan, Smith, Smithers, Spald- 

 ing, Starr, Stevens, Thayer, Thomas, Upton, Van 

 Valkenburgh, Elihu B. Washburne, William B. 

 Washburn, Webster, Wheeler, Williams, Winder, 

 Wilson, Windom, and Worthington 84 



NATS Messrs. Ancona, Augustus C. Baldwin, Bliss, 

 Brooks, James S. Brown, Chanler, Coffroth, Cox, 

 Cravens, Denison, Eden, Edgerton, Eldridge, Eng- 

 lish, Finck, Hale, Hall, Harrington, Charles M. 

 Harris, Holmau, William Johnson, Orlando Kellogg, 

 Kernan, King, Law, Lazear, LeBlond, Long, Mallory, 

 Marcy, McAllister, McDowell, McKinney, James R. 

 Morris, Morrison, Noble, Pendleton, Radford, Samuel 

 J. Randall, Robinson, Rogers, Ross, Scott, John B. 

 Steele, Stiles, Townsend, Wadsworth, Clinton A. 

 White, Joseph W. White, Fernando Wood, and Yea- 

 rn an 51. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. James C. Allen, William J. 

 Allen, Blaine, Blair, Blow, William G. Brown, Clay, 

 Creswell, Dawson, Driggs, Dumont, Farnsworth, 

 Ganson, Grider, Harding, Benjamin G. Harris, 

 Herrick, Hotchkiss, Hulburd, Hutchins, Philip John- 

 son, Knlbflcisch, Knapp, McBride, Middleton, William 

 H. Miller, Moorhead, Nelson, Odell, Charles O'Neill, 

 John O'Neill, Perry, Pomcroy, Pruyn, James S. Rol- 

 lins, Shannon, William G. Steele, Strouse, Stuart, 

 Sweat, Tracy, Voorhees, Ward, Whaley, Winfield, 

 Benjamin Wood, and Woodbridge 48. 



In the House, on December 7th, Mr. Sloan, of 

 "Wisconsin, offered the following relative to an 

 amendment to the Constitution : 



Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee be in- 

 structed to inquire into the expediency of so amend- 

 ing section two of article one of the Constitution of 

 the United States, that Representatives in Congress 

 may be apportioned among the several States which 

 may be included within the Union, according to their 

 respective numbers of qualified electors, and to re- 

 port by bill or otherwise. 



It was adopted by the following vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Arnold, Bai- 

 ly, John D. Baldwin, Baxter, Beaman, Blow, Bout- 

 well, Boyd, Brooraall, Ambrose W. Clark, Cobb, 

 Cole, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eliot-Farnsworth, 

 Garfield, Grinnell, Hooper, Asahel W. Hubbard, 

 Hulburd, Ingersoll, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, Orlando 

 Kellogg, Longyear, Marvin, McBride, McClurg, Moor- 

 head, Morrill, Daniel Morris, Leonard Myers, Norton, 

 Charles O'Neill, Orth, Patterson, Perham, Price, 

 William H. Randall, Alexander H. Rice, John H. 

 Rice, Schenck, Shannon, Sloan, Spalding, Starr, 

 Stevens, Thomas, Upson, Van Valkenburgh, Elihu 



B. Washburne, Wheeler, Williams, and Wilson 60. 

 NATS Messrs. James C. Allen, Ancona, Augustus 



C. Baldwin, Blair, Bliss, Brandegee, Brooks, James 

 S. Brown, Chanler. Coffroth, Cox, Dawes, Dawson, 

 Deming, Denison, Dixon, Eden, English, Finck, 

 Frank, Ganson, Grider, Harding, Harrington, Hoi- 

 man, Jenckes, Kalbfleisch, Kernan, Law, Le Blond, 

 Marcy, Middleton, William H. Miller, James R. Mor- 

 ris, Morrison, Noble, Odell, John O'Neill, Pendleton, 

 Pruyn, Radford, Rogers, Scott, Smith, Smithers, 

 John B. Steele, William G. Steele, Stiles, Strouse, 

 Stuart, Sweat, Townsend, Webster, Whaley, and 

 Fernando Wood 55. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. William J. Allen, Anderson, 

 Ashley, Blaine, William G. Brown, Freeman Clarke, 

 Clay, Cravens, Creswell, Henry Winter Davis, Thos. 

 T. Davis, Dumont, Egerton, Eldridge, Fenton, Gooch, 

 Griswold, Hale, Hafl, Benjamin G. Harris, Charles 

 M. Harris, Herrick, Higby, Hotchkiss, John H. Hub- 

 bard, Hutchins, Philip Johnson, William Johnson, 

 Francis W. Kellogg, King, Knapp, Knox,, Lazear, 

 Littlejohn, Loan, Long, Mallory, McAllister, Mc- 

 Dowell, Mclndoe, McKinney, Samuel F. Miller, 

 Amos Myers, Nelson, Perry, Pike, Pomeroy, Samuel 

 J. Randall, Robinson, Edward H. Rollins, James S. 

 Rollins, Ross, Scofield, Thayer, Tracy, Voorhees, 

 Wadsworth, Ward, William B. Washourn, Chilton 

 A. White, Joseph W. White, Wilder, Windom, Win- 

 field, Benjamin Wood, Woodbridge, and Yeaman 

 67. 



On January 16th, Mr. Sloan offered a bill, 

 which was referred to the Committee on the 

 Judiciary, providing for submitting to the State 

 Legislatures the following article as an amend- 

 ment to the Constitution : 



ART. XIII. SEC. 1. Representatives in Congress 

 may be apportioned among the several States which 

 may be included within this Union according to their 

 respective numbers of qualified electors. The actual 

 enumeration shall be made in the year 1870, and 

 within every subsequent term of ten years, in such 

 manner as Congress shall by law direct. 



SEC. 2. Direct taxes shall be apportioned among 

 the several States according to the appraised value 

 of taxable property therein respectively. The rule 

 of appraisal and taxation shall be uniform. 



On February 13th, Mr. Dawson, of Pennsyl- 

 vania, submitted the following resolution : 



Whereas, the American people have now been en- 

 gaged in a civil war of gigantic dimensions for near- 

 ly four years, which has resulted in frightful de- 

 struction of life, property, and treasure, creating an 

 enormous public debt, imposing the most oppressive 

 taxes, covering the land with affliction, corrupting 

 the general morals, limi putting in peril the liberties 

 of the nation ; and whereas, on the part of the United 

 States and the people of the States which adhere to 

 this Government this is, and ought to be, a war sole- 

 ly to vindicate the Constitution and restore the laws 

 to their just supremacy, and to that we are bound by 

 our oaths and by our solemn pledges made in the face 

 of the world when the war commenced: Therefore, 



Resolved, That the President of the United States 

 he requested to use all honorable and just means to 

 bring about a lasting peace and the rcfistablishment 



