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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



Packard, Paine, Peters, Poland. Potter, Reeves, Rice, 

 Rogers, Sargent, Schumaker, Sherrod, Sliober, Slo- 

 cum, John A. Smith, Joseph S. Smith, Starkweather, 

 Stiles, Stone, Strong, Sweeney, Taffe, Trimble, Ty- 

 ner, Upson, Van Auken-Van Trump. Cadwalader C. 

 Washburn, William B. Washburn, Wells-Williams 

 Eugene M. "Wilson, Winans, Wood, and Woodward 

 98. 



NATS Messrs. Ames, Armstrong, Arnell, Asper, 

 Atwood. Bailey, Barry, Bennett, Benton, Boles, 

 George M. Brooks, Buck, Buckley. Buffinton. Bur- 

 dett, Benjamin F. Butler, Cessna, Churchill, William 

 T. Clark, Sidney Clarke, Amasa Cobb, Clinton L. 

 Cobb, Coburn, Conger, Covode, Davis, Dawes, Deg- 

 ener, Dixon, Donley, Dyer, Ela, Fisher, Giliillan, 

 Hamilton, Harris, Hays, Heflin, Hill, Hoar, Hooper, 

 Alexander H. Jones, Julian, Kelley, Kelsey, Knapp, 

 Lash, Lawrence, Loughridge, Maynard, MeCrary, 

 McKee, William Moore, Morphis, Myers, Negley, 

 Newsham, O'Neill, Palmer, Peck Perce, Phelps, 

 Platt, Pomeroy, Porter, Prosser, Sanford, Sawyer, 

 Scofield, Shanks, Porter Sheldon, William J. Smith, 

 William Smyth, Stevens, Stevenson, Stokes, Stough- 

 ton, Strickland, Taylor. Tillman, Twichel, Van Horn, 

 Van Wyck, Wallace, Ward, Welker, Wheeler, Whit- 

 temore, Wilkinson, and John T. Wilson 90. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Aver, Banks, Barnum, Biggs, 

 Bowen, Boyd, Roderick R. Butler, Cake, Cowles, 

 Cox, Dickey, Duval, Fox, Gibson, Hamill, Hawley, 

 Heaton, Hoge, Hotchkiss, Kerr, Lynch, McCarthy, 

 McGrew, Mercur, Milnes, Eliakim H. Moore, Samuel 

 P. Morrill, Packer, Randall, Ridgway, Roots, Schenck, 

 Lionel A. Sheldon, Worthington C. Smith, Strader, 

 Swann, Tanner, Townsend, Voorhees, Willard, Win- 

 chester, and Witcher 42. 



The Speaker: "The next amendment in 

 order will be that of the gentleman from Ohio 

 (Mr. Lawrence)." 



The Clerk read Mr. Lawrence's amendment, 

 as follows : 



Add to Mr. Dawes' s amendment the following : 



And be it further enacted, That the State of Georgia 

 is admitted to representation in Congress as one of 

 the States of the Union, upon the following funda- 

 mental conditions : first, that it shall never be law- 

 ful for the said State to deprive any citizen of the 

 United States, on account of his race, color, or pre- 

 vious condition of servitude, of the right to hold 

 office under the constitution and laws of said State, 

 or upon any such ground to require of him any other 

 qualifications for office than such as are required of 

 all other citizens ; second, that the constitution of 

 Georgia shall never be so amended or changed as to 

 deprive any citizen or class of citizens of the United 

 States of the school rights and privileges secured by 

 the constitution of said State. 



The question was put on Mr. Lawrence's 

 amendment ; and there were yeas 48, nays 74. 



The amendment of Mr. Lawrence was not 

 agreed to. 



The Speaker : " The question recurs on the 

 amendment, as amended, of the gentleman from 

 Massachusetts (Mr. Dawes), which is an amend- 

 ment to the Senate substitute. Practically, as 

 it now stands, it amounts to a substitute for the 

 Senate amendment, because, if it is adopted by 

 the House, all that the Senate have inserted is 

 stricken out and what is proposed in the amend- 

 ment is inserted. If there be no objection, it 

 will be submitted as a substitute for the Senate 

 amendment." 



The question was put; and Mr. Dawes's 

 amendment as amended, in the nature of a sub- 

 stitute, was agreed to. 



The Senate refused to concur in the amend- 

 ments of the House, and a committee of con- 

 ference was appointed, and the bill as passed 

 by the House was adopted. It was as follows : 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent- 

 atives of the United States of America in Congress as- 

 sembled, That the State of Georgia having complied 

 with the reconstruction acts, and the fourteenth and 

 fifteenth articles of amendment to the Constitution 

 of the United States having been ratified in good 

 faith by a legal Legislature of said State,_ it is hereby 

 declared that the State of Georgia is entitled to rep- 

 resentation in the Congress of the United States. 

 But nothing in this act contained shall be construed 

 to deprive the people of Georgia of the right to an 

 election for members of the General Assembly of said 

 State, as provided for in the constitution thereof. 



SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of 

 the act entitled " An act making appropriations for 

 the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 

 1868, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867, 

 as prohibits the organization, arming, or calling into 

 service, of the militia forces in the States of Georgia, 

 Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia, be, and the same is 

 hereby, repealed. 



In the Senate, on January 16th, Mr. Stewart, 

 of Nevada, moved to consider the following 

 resolution : 



Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Represent- 

 atives of the United States of America in Congress as- 

 sembled, That the State of Virginia is entitled to rep- 

 resentation in the Congress ot the United States. 



Mr. Stewart said : " It will be recollected 

 that we passed a series of measures known as 

 the reconstruction measures, in which it was 

 provided that, when the States which had been 

 in rebellion performed certain acts therein 

 named, they should be admitted to representa- 

 tion in Congress, thereby pledging the faith of 

 the Government to admit them when they had 

 complied with those terms. Several of the 

 States did comply, and were admitted by a res- 

 olution without any considerable opposition. 

 Virginia did not vote at the time fixed in those 

 laws. She had formed her constitution, but 

 failed to submit it to the people. No election 

 was held under it. During the last session an 

 act was passed allowing that constitution to be 

 submitted to the people of Virginia and allow- 

 ing them to vote on it in part. That was done. 

 An election was held, and the President of the 

 United States tells us and he had the matter 

 examined by his officers that Virginia has 

 complied in all respects with the reconstruction 

 acts. 



" The constitution of Virginia I have before 

 me. It is certainly a republican constitution. 

 This constitution was adopted by an almost 

 unanimous vote of that people. It requires 

 every person who takes an office to swear that 

 he will recognize the equality of all men before 

 the law. Virginia has decided to carry out 

 this constitution by almost a unanimous vote. 

 I see that the amendment of the Senator from 

 Massachusetts has reference to the test-oath. 

 When that question came up, the Legislature, 

 before proceeding, had the matter submitted 

 to the President ; he referred it to the Attorney- 



