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resolution that John P. Stockton is entitled to 

 his seat by inserting the word " not " moved, 

 227 ; a majority was necessary to constitute a 

 valid election, 227; the Legislature of New- 

 Jersey might say a plurality should elect, 227; 

 Senators are to be chosen by the Legislature, 

 not by legislators, 228 ; nothing but the Con- 

 stitution of the United States can bind the 

 Legislature, 228 ; the State constitution defines 

 what the Legislature shall consist of, 228 ; the 

 Constitution of the United States does not pre- 

 tend to say how a Legislature shall be organ- 

 ized, 228 ; vote of Mr. Morrill, 228 ; vote of 

 Mr. Stockton, 228 ; explanations, 229 ; motion 

 to amend the journal by striking out the vote 

 of Stockton, 229 ; by the principles of natural 

 and parliamentary law no man could be a 

 judge in his own case, 229 ; not a lona fide 

 examination of the right of the New Jersey 

 Senator to his seat, 230; amendment with- 

 drawn, motion to reconsider the vote on 

 Stockton's right to his seat, 230 ; reasons for 

 this right, 230 ; vote taken and vacancy de- 

 clared, 231. 



In the Senate, a bill to regulate the time 

 and manner of holding elections for Senators 

 in Congress, 231; features of the bill, 231; 

 passed in both Houses, 231. 



In the Senate, a bill for the admission of 

 Colorado considered, 231 ; a protest, 231 ; 

 three distinct objections *to the admission, 

 232; irregularity of the proceedings, small 

 population, no enabling act, 232 ; constitu- 

 tion not republican, 232 ; amendment offered, 

 232 ; right of negroes to vote, belongs to the 

 States, 232 ; question of population, 233 ; the 

 word "white" in the constitution is a great 

 reason why she should not be admitted, 234 ; 

 bill rejected, 234; reconsideration moved, 

 234 ; bill passed, 235 ; passed in the House, 

 235 ; veto of the President, 235. 



Anniversary of President Lincoln's death 

 observed by both Houses, 236 ; introduction 

 of the orator of the day, 237. 



In the Senate, a resolution relative to the 

 attempted assassination of the Emperor ot 

 Russia, 237; amendment moved, 237; lost, 

 238 ; resolution passed in both Houses, 238. 



In the House, a resolution offered that the 

 Freedmen's Bureau is unnecessary and uncon- 

 stitutional, and that measures be taken to re- 

 peal all acts relative thereto, 238; not re- 

 ceived, 238. 



In the House, a committee to investigate 

 riots at Memphis resolved upon, 238. 



In the House, a resolution relative to levy- 

 ing contributions on the Southern States to 

 defray the expenses of the war offered, 239 ; 

 passed, 239 ; do. to support the President, 239. 



In the House, resolutions relative to Jeffer- 

 son Davis offered, 239 ; do. in the Senate, 240 ; 

 do. in the House, 240 ; passed, 240. 



In the Senate, a resolution that no person 

 receive compensation as a public officer before 

 confirmation by the Senate, where such con- 

 firmation is required, 240; how is this con- 

 stitutional? 240. 



The power of the President to remove from 

 office a controverted point from the founda- 

 tion of the Government, 241 ; the laws have 

 not been uniform, 241 ; law of 1863, 241 ; the 

 control of the revenues of the country is not 

 in the hands of the President, 241 ; in one 

 sense Congress has a right to refuse to pay 

 salaries, 241 ; two ways to get rid of the Pres- 

 ident, 242 ; the consequences of this precedent 

 in future, 242 ; the proposition is very sim- 

 ple, 242 ; why attach these propositions to ap- 

 propriation bills? 242; the debate of 1789, 

 243 ; the power of removals, how exercised 

 heretofore, 243. 



Amendment modified, 243 ; the question is, 

 whether under the Constitution the President 

 has the power to remove officers without the 

 consent of the Senate, 243 ; no member of the 

 Congress of 1789 ever suggested that the 

 President could be compelled to keep around 

 him any Cabinet officer whom he desired to 

 displace, 244; what would be the condition 

 of the country without the power of removal ? 

 244 ; conduct of the President, 244 ; we have 

 no right to require the President, in case of 

 removals, to give his reasons, 244; payment 

 to appointees during recess might be deferred, 

 245 ; this proposition is whether a hundred 

 millions of money shall be placed in the hands 

 of the President and always kept there, 245 ; 

 the power of removals has been the settled 

 doctrine since 1789, 245 ; a change in the con- 

 struction of the Constitution not to be sanc- 

 tioned, 245 ; amendment adopted, 246 ; bill 

 passed, 246 ; vote reconsidered, 246 ; scope 

 and meaning of the amendment, 246 ; class 

 of cases which it is designed to reach, 246 ; 

 if we believe the President has not the legal 

 and constitutional power of removal, why not 



