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are, 215 ; it is said to be merely a confederated 

 Government of States, 215 ; views of Hamil- 

 ton, 215 ; it is a Constitution of the people, 

 and brings them into direct communication 

 with the Government, 216 ; the perfect au- 

 thority of Congress to execute this Constitu- 

 tion, 216; a Constitution of the people, 216; 

 it has had a criminal code that has acted di- 

 rectly on the people, 217; what rights have 

 these new amendments given to citizens ? 217 ; 

 what do they provide? 217; whatever the 

 fourteenth amendment guarantees to a citizen, 

 that citizen is entitled to have, 218 ; the Con- 

 stitution contemplates that Congress shall pro- 

 tect these rights, 218 ; what do we propose to 

 do ? 218 ; examination of the several sections, 

 219 ; objections considered, 220 ; amendments 

 offered and agreed to, 220 ; others lost, 220 ; 

 bill passed, 221. 



In the House a committee of conference ap- 

 pointed on amendments disagreed to, 221 ; do. 

 in the Senate, 221 ; explanation of the report 

 of the committee and the amendments made to 

 the bill, 221, 222 ; the Sherman amendment re- 

 tained, and the report rejected by the House, 

 224. 



In the Senate, report considered, 224; na- 

 ture of the Sherman amendment, 224 ; the bill 

 makes it a penal offence against the United 

 States for any person to violate a law of a 

 State, 224 ; this is an absurdity, 224 ; interfer- 

 ence by the General Government in the affairs 

 of a State condemned, 225 ; what might not a 

 Caesar or a Cromwell do ? 225 ; report con- 

 curred in, 226 ; a new committee of conference 

 appointed, 226. 



In the House, the report of the committee 

 explained, 226; discussed, 227; agreed to in 

 both Houses, 228 ; the bill as passed, 228, 229. 



In the Senate, resolutions relative to San 

 Domingo, offered by the Senator from Massa- 

 chusetts, 229, 230; resolution proposing an 

 amendment to the Constitution relative to ap- 

 propriations to schools where religious doc- 

 trines are taught, 230. 



XII. Session of 1 87l-'72 : Commencement 

 of the session, 119 ; list of members, 119 ; res- 

 olution calling upon the President for infor- 

 mation relative to the suspension of the laws 

 in South Carolina, 119; object of the resolu- 

 tion, 120 ; large numbers of citizens arrested 

 for alleged offences, 120; resolution answered 

 yesterday in the President's message, 120 ; the 



resolution asks for details, 120 ; no report 

 made by the committee, 120 ; resolution lost, 

 120. 



A committee on insurrectionary States pro- 

 posed, 121 ; no such States, 121 ; such a com- 

 mittee appointed and continued at a previous 

 session, 121 ; the evils seem to continue in 

 spite of the best efforts of the committee, 121 ; 

 not a side-wind to continue a committee, 121. 



Special committee on telegraphy proposed, 

 121; the Post-Office Committee the proper 

 one, 121 ; a matter involving millions of dol- 

 lars, 121 ; immense patronage which is con- 

 templated, 122 ; every post-office to be a tele- 

 graph-station, 122 ; all to come under the con- 

 trol of the Post-Office Department, 122; re- 

 ferred to Committee on Appropriations, 122. 



Petition of colored citizens of Brooklyn, 

 123 ; petition relative to Howard University, 

 123; an end should be put to this outrage, 

 123. 



Motion to fix the time of adjournment, 123 ; 

 amendment offered, 123 ; proceedings sus- 

 pended, 124. 



Resolution of inquiry relative to the expen- 

 ditures of the Government, 124; laid over, 

 124. 



Resolution to provide for an immediate re- 

 duction of taxation, etc., 124 ; lost, 124. 



Resolution relative to civil- service reform 

 offered, 125 ; laid on the table, 125. 



Resolution that the President open negotia- 

 tions for the purchase of Cuba offered, 125 ; 

 laid on the table, 125. 



Resolution to recognize the thirteenth, four- 

 teenth, and fifteenth amendments to the Con- 

 stitution as valid, offered, 125 ; adopted, 125. 



In the Senate, resolution relative to the de- 

 falcation of Paymaster Hodge offered, 126 ; 

 amendment offered for the appointment of a 

 committee to inquire into the expenditures of 

 all branches of the service of the United States, 

 126; should follow up the investigations be- 

 gun in regard to the use of patronage, 126 ; 

 no unusual thing for appointments to be held 

 up in this body until other appointments are 

 made, 126 ; remedies to be suggested against 

 robberies by officials, 126 ; throughout the 

 land an impression that corruption exists in 

 the public service, 127; what is the precise 

 point of discussion here? 127; what is the 

 most effectual method to purify each depart- 

 ment ? 127 ; where shall you draw the line be- 



