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appropriation bill requiring that no person should be 

 tried by military commission where the courts were 

 open, 241; what business has this proposition on an ap- 

 propriation bill? 241; all the machinery of civil and 

 criminal courts cannot punish one hundredth part of 

 the rebels North and South who deserve to die, 242 ; our 

 fathers fought in vain, 242 ; but for the strong arm of 

 power there would be no country to-day, 242 ; such acts 

 as this section seeks to avoid have arrayed nearly one- 

 half the people against the Government, 248 ; act of 

 justice to the Secretary of "War, 243 ; his order, 243 ; you 

 are setting an example utterly subversive of the Consti- 

 tution, 244; this section proposes to liberate rogues and 

 conspirators now confined in prison, 244; rather than 

 allow this section to pass, I would see this appropriation 

 bill and all others in perdition, 244 ; shall there be above 

 the Senate and House a power to place a man on trial ? 

 245; contrast the course of the law with the course 

 adopted since the commencement of the war, 245 ; mo- 

 tion to strike out prevails, 246. 



In the House, a bill to guarantee certain States a 

 republican form of government considered, 246; the 

 bill, 246-248 ; amendments moved, 248; general propo- 

 sitions of the Declaration of Independence, 248 ; the 

 Government was instituted to secure the rights of all 

 the citizens, 249 ; the demon of agitation will haunt us 

 if we ignore the rights of these four million negroes, 249 ; 

 substitute offered, 249 ; amendment to the substitute of- 

 fered, 250 ; no work more momentous than bringing the 

 States back to the Union, 250 ; features of the bill, 250, 

 251 ; history of the bill, 251, 252 ; the President's plan 

 of reconstruction, 252 ; his views of the bill of last ses- 

 sion, 252; the President's will undid the work of his 

 friends in the last Congress, 253 ; case of Arkansas, 258 ; 

 Louisiana, 253 ; what does this bill contemplate and pro- 

 pose? 253; a temporary Provisional Government over 

 States in rebellion, 253 ; confirmation of emancipation, 

 254 ; disfranchisement of civil and military officers, of the 

 Confederacy, 254 ; formation of new State constitutions, 

 254 ; to incorporate certain conditions, 254 ; if the State 

 refuses these conditions, it is to remain a Territory, 254 ; 

 what is the effect of all this ? 254; the bill is one to abol- 

 ish slavery and to enfranchise the negroes, and disfran- 

 chise white men, 255 ; to change the social and industrial 

 system of eleven States, 255 ; where is the power of the 

 Government to do these things ? 255 ; the same bill re- 

 ceived the assent of the last Congress, 256; state the 

 case and predict results from one course or the other, 

 256; bill laid on the table, 25T; another bill reported, 

 257; laid on the table, 257. 



In the House, a bill to forfeit the fee of insurgent land- 

 holders, 258 ; passed, 258. 



In the Senate, a joint resolution to exclude the elec- 

 toral vote of certain States, 258; amendment moved to 

 except Louisiana, 258; a distinction between Virginia 

 and Louisiana, 258 ; if we decide to receive her vote, we 

 decide a State government to be in existence there, 259 ; 

 position of that State, 259 ; none of these States can be 

 out of the Union, 259 ; are the local authorities of Ten- 

 nessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas, now in insurrection ? 

 260 ; is it competent for Congress to legislate with refer- 

 ence to counting the electoral votes ? 260 ; have we any 

 guide in the Constitution ? 260 ; it is not silent on this 

 subject, 260 ; part of wisdom to settle this question, 261 ; 

 this is all wrong, all uncalled for, 261 ; amendment pro- 

 posed, 262 ; has Congress any authority to legislate on 

 this subject? 262; are the votes of States in rebellion to 

 be counted ? 263; to restore the States to their rights, is 

 it necessary to enact a law that the rebellion was sup- 

 pressed ? 263 ; the act of Congress and the declaration of 



the President, 264 what are the facts about these acts? 

 265; will we carry out the arrangement of the President, 

 or violate it? 265; effect of this Joint resolution, 266; 

 what is it proposed to answer to the loyal minority of 

 Louisiana? 266; can any portion of a State attempt to 

 govern the whole ? 267 ; motion to postpone, lost, 268 ; 

 what is the actual state of the case in relation to Louisi- 

 ana ? 268 ; the policy of the President is denounced as a 

 military usurpation, 268 ; has Congress no power to act 

 on the question whether those States should be reor- 

 ganized or not ? 269 ; the power of the United States over 

 a conquered State is the ordinary power of a conqueror 

 over the conquered, 269; motion to except Louisiana 

 lost, 270; joint resolution passed, 270 ; passed in the 

 House, 271. 



In the Senate, an amendment of the Constitution in 

 reference to representation offered, 271. 



Counting the electoral votes, 271-274. 



In the Senate, a motion to refer the credentials of 

 Joseph Segar, successor of L. J. Bowden, of Virginia, 

 deceased, to the judiciary committee, 274; the creden- 

 tials are proper on their face, 274 ; there was no such ob- 

 jection made to the predecessor, 274 ; duty of the com- 

 mittee to ascertain if these credentials come from a 

 proper source, 275 ; the whole country needs to be en- 

 lightened on this question, 275; its magnitude not ex- 

 aggerated, 276; we are a progressive people, 276; duty 

 of the Senate to inquire into the origin of credentials, 

 276 ; state of the question, 277 ; laid on the table, 278. 



In the Senate, a joint resolution recognizing State 

 government of Louisiana, 278; amendment moved and 

 lost, 278 ; whence does the President derive the power 

 to prescribe the qualifications for voters in Louisiana ? 

 278; how was the government formed? 279; in what 

 respect is it not republican in form? 279; no act of 

 secession can take a State out of this Union, 279 ; can the 

 Government thus interfere with the right of sum-age in 

 a State? 279; propositions stated, 280; an amendment 

 offered in the form of a bill, 280 ; words of the President's 

 proclamation, 2S1 ; nature of the State governments, 281 ; 

 definition of a State in the Union, 282 ; how it becomes 

 out of the Union, 283 ; what the laws of nations allow 

 the conqueror, 2S3 ; the Government must hold the South 

 in the iron gripe of war, 284 ; has it the same rights of 

 conquest over a State ? 284; it must be final judge how 

 long military occupation shall last, 284; the facts out of 

 which this question has arisen, 2S5 ; the judiciary com- 

 mittee thought it not to be in the power of the President 

 to bring the States back, but Congress could do it, 2S5 ; 

 objections to this opinion, 285 ; in what way can a State 

 come back ? 286 ; qualifications of electors to be pre- 

 scribed by the State, 287 ; nature of the amendment pro- 

 posed, 287 ; there is a strife here, 283 ; the question is, 

 "What is to be done with four million negroes ? 288; shall 

 one-third of this body be permitted to delay an important 

 bill? 28S; a stupendous hoax, 289; prior orders taken 

 up, 289. 



In the Senate, a resolution never to recognize the Con- 

 federate debt adopted, 289. 



In the House, a resolution relative to the sovereign 

 capacity of the President offered, 289 ; do. relative to 

 terms of negotiation, 290 ; laid on the table, 290 ; resolu- 

 tion on apportionment of representation, 290 ; adopted. 

 290 ; other resolutions offered, 291. 



In the Senate, a call for the proceedings of the recent 

 Peace Conference, 291, 292. 



In the House, a bill relative to freednien's affairs re- 

 ported, 292; it will not accomplish the object desired, 

 292 ; its features, 292, 293 ; what it proposes to repeal, 

 293; objections considered, 294; extracts from a com- 



