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say so ? 246 ; if the design is to deprive the 

 President of the power of removal, why not 

 say so ? 247 ; what is the real purpose and ob- 

 ject of this amendment ? 247 ; a difference 

 between the President and Congress, 247; 

 neither shows a disposition to yield, 247 ; the 

 amendment will prevent the President from 

 making changes in office for political causes, 

 248 ; the whole thing is founded in a mistaken 

 lack of faith in the people, 248 ; no reliance 

 can be placed now on the experience of for- 

 mer days, 248 ; the people anxious to have the 

 Union restored, 248 ; the Union masses stand 

 firmly with Congress, 249 ; this power of the 

 President denied in the army and navy, 249 ; 

 Congress may authorize the President to ap- 

 point and remove inferior officers without the 

 advice and consent of the Senate, 250 ; we 

 ought to meet at the outset every effort to at- 

 tach these political problems to an appropria- 

 tion bill, 250 ; in the case provided for by this 

 amendment there is no denial of the power of 

 removal, but a denial of the right of the offi- 

 cer to receive his money, 250 ; effect of the 

 amendment, 250 ; the amendment does not 

 accomplish the purpose it has in view, 251 ; 

 motion to reconsider agreed to, 251 ; amend : 

 ment rejected, 251. 



In the House, a resolution relative to the 

 elective franchise in the Territories, 252 ; re- 

 ferred, 252 ; close of the session, 252. 



VII. Session of 1866-'67 : second session 

 of the Thirty-ninth convened, 131; list ot 

 members, 131. 



In the Senate, a motion to consider the bill 

 regulating suffrage in the District of Columbia, 

 131 ; the bill is impartial restricted suffrage, 

 131 ; our power over the question of suffrage 

 in this District, 132 ; universal suffrage, 132 ; 

 manhood suffrage, 132 ; objections, 132 ; the 

 American principle, 132 ; proposition to place 

 suffrage upon republican principle, 133 ; amend- 

 ments offered, 133 ; we have gone beyond all 

 beginnings now, 133 ; are moving in the right 

 direction, 133 ; the qualification of intelligence 

 should be incorporated in the bill, 133; hard 

 to provide any rule that shall operate equally, 

 134 ; the bill a model for the States, 134 ; mon- 

 strous to apply the reading and .writing qual- 

 ification to a class who were legislated away 

 from school, 134; the reading amendment re- 

 jected, 134; motion to strike out the word 

 "male," 134; can one give any better reason 



for the exclusion of females from the right of 

 suffrage than there is for the exclusion of ne- 

 groes? 134; suffrage a right derived from so- 

 ciety, 134 ; the true basis is intelligence and 

 virtue, 134 ; no argument to say women do not 

 want the ballot, 135; no right to assume they 

 are satisfied with the representation of men, 

 135 ; the exercise of political power by women 

 is by no means an experiment, 185 ; who will 

 be harmed if negroes vote? 135; no fear of 

 negro suffrage if you allow female suffrage 

 with it, 136; what is necessary to make a re- 

 publican government stand forever, 136; why 

 should there be any restriction? 186; exclu- 

 sion is a brand of Cain, 136 ; issue of universal 

 suffrage, 187; the two questions should not be 

 connected, 137 ; suffrage not extended to ladies 

 anywhere in the country, 137; males are ad- 

 mitted that they may be called to defend the 

 country in war, 137; society has not the right 

 to limit suffrage on any ground of race, color, 

 or sex, 138; the bill is one of the systematic 

 assaults to be made on the fundamental prin- 

 ciples of American autonomy and liberty, 138 ; 

 classes incompetent for self-government should 

 be excluded from suffrage, 138; those who re- 

 sist the extension of suffrage in this country 

 will be unsuccessful in their opposition, 138; 

 a large extension of suffrage will corrupt and 

 degrade elections, and probably lead to their 

 complete abrogation hereafter, 139; the head 

 of the family is the true base upon which to 

 rest suffrage, 139; motion to strike out the 

 word "male" lost, 139; amendment that the 

 voter shall be able to read and write moved, 

 139; no injustice to say to a man that before 

 he can vote he must give evidence of his ca- 

 pacity, 140 ; to write a name is simply a me- 

 chanical operation, 140 ; to make this a stand- 

 ard is a mockery, 140; other methods, 140; 

 there can be no safety in ignorant suffrage, 140 ; 

 asserted that freedmen know enough to know 

 their friends, 141 ; consequences of conferring 

 the elective franchise, 141 ; clearly two sides 

 to the reading question, 141 ; the action in the 

 District of Columbia, the beginning of great 

 things, 142; intelligence of men not able to 

 read, 142 ; opportunities of colored people, 142 ; 

 importance of intelligence, 143 ; amendments 

 which have been offered, 143; who concerned 

 in the bill, 143; amendment rejected, 143; 

 passage of the bill, 143 ; vetoed by the Pres- 

 ident, 144. 



