CONGRESS, UNITED STATES (1864). 



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section, 313; proposes gradual emancipation, 

 313 ; will not vote to hold a man in bondage 

 thirteen years longer, 313 ; constitutionality 

 of the measure doubtful, 313 ; an obligation 

 upon Congress to stand by the pledge it has 

 given, 314; the accomplishment of the object 

 will be worth all it will cost, 314; the real 

 difficulty is whether the emancipation shall be 

 gradual or immediate, 314 ; we ask that the 

 Government shall not violate the Constitution 

 by attempting to interfere with slavery in the 

 States, 315 ; have we a right to use all reason- 

 able means to put an end to the civil war in 

 Missouri? 315; what security have we that 

 they will not continue slavery? 315; this is 

 not a means of restoring the Union, 316 ; feat- 

 ures of the bill, 316; no authority by which 

 Congress can appropriate this money for this 

 object, 316 ; resolution recommended by the 

 President to Congress, 317; what said the 

 President in his correspondence with the Bor- 

 der State members ? 317 ; the Treasury cannot 

 stand it, 317 ; the military interference secured 

 an emancipation legislature, 317; emancipa- 

 tion should be immediate, 318 ; how can you 

 best put an end to the rebellion? 318; this 

 measure of emancipation is under the war 

 power, 318; some adopt the policy that this 

 rebellion is to be put down by proclamation, 

 318; can you give money to establish slavery 

 in a State ? 318; what is the provision of this 

 bill that renders it constitutional? 318; what 

 is the provision of the Constitution in refer- 

 ence to this matter? 319; the constitutional 

 question, 319; further debate, 320; for money 

 paid down freedom must be paid down, 320 ; 

 as a war measure, it is vindicated under the 

 Constitution of the United States, 321 ; bill 

 passed, 321 ; yeas and nays, 321 ; failed in the 

 House, 321. 



In the House, the report of the committee to 

 admit to seats members from Louisiana con- 

 sidered, 321 ; views of the committee, 321 ; 

 facts of the case, 322 ; the question one of 

 paramount importance, 322 ; the law in such 

 cases, 323; how many votes were cast, 323; 

 the ballot box is the test of an election, 323 ; 

 power of a military governor to issue writs of 

 election, 324 ; functions of a military governor, 

 324 ; this election not held under a law of the 

 State, 324; for what are we carrying on war? 

 325 ; questions arising out of the case, 325 ; 

 report adopted, 326. 



Resolutions relative to foreign interference 

 offered, 326 ; passed in the Senate, 326 ; yeas 

 and nays, 326 ; passed in the House, 326 ; yeas 

 and nays, 326 ; act to prevent correspondence 

 with citizens of the Confederate States, 327 ; 

 act relative to the collection of taxes in insur- 

 rectionary States, 327; act to facilitate the 

 taking of depositions to be used in other coun- 

 tries, 327 ; act concerning letters of marque, 

 etc., 328; object, 328; features of the bill, 

 328 ; a new agency against rebellion, 328 ; a 

 provision for privateers in any future war, 328 ; 

 yeas and nays in the Senate, 329. 



IV. Session of 1863-'64: list of members, 

 219; objections to the members from West 

 Virginia, 219 ; choice of Speaker in the House, 

 219 ; moved in the House to refer to a special 

 committee the portion of the message relating 

 to the rebellious States, 220 ; reasons for the 

 reference, 220 ; inquire if republican govern- 

 ment has not been overturned north of the 

 Potomac, 220 ; there are no rebel States, 220 ; 

 States in which rebels have taken possession, 

 221 ; motion adopted, 221. 



Resolution of thanks to General Grant, 221 ; 

 resolution relative to the suspension of certain 

 newspapers, 221; do. relative to forgery of 

 public documents, 221 ; do. relative to suspend- 

 ing the writ of habeas corpus, 222 ; do. relative 

 to the trial of Vallandigham, 222 ; do. relative 

 to persons arrested, 222 ; bill relative to bail 

 for persons arrested, 223. 



In the Senate, resolution relative to Senators 

 taking an oath prescribed by Congress con- 

 sidered, 223 ; a Senator not a civil officer de- 

 cided by Congress, 223 ; the Senate has decided 

 this law to be constitutional by its passage, 

 223 ; reason for presenting the subject, 223 ; 

 what is the true meaning of the act of Con- 

 gress ? 223 ; what objection to refer to a com- 

 mittee ? 224 ; who is not ready at this moment 

 to vote on the question ? 224 ; no more grave 

 matter can come before the Senate, 224 ; ref- 

 erence lost, 224; question postponed, 224; 

 again considered, 224 ; the adoption or rejec- 

 tion of the resolution involves two general 

 questions, 224; is the action repugnant to the 

 Constitution, and is a member of the Senate 

 included in the provisions of the act? 224; 

 the form of oath originally adopted prescribed 

 by the Constitution, 225 ; this act in conflict 

 with the fifth article of the amendment to the 

 Constitution, 225 ; every one required to take 



