CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



157 



Liith with Congress. I hope wo shall not 



i_'inl;i an example of bad fuith. "When 



i In net of last spring providing what 



unreconstructed States should do to bo 



riititled t<> r.-pri 'illation in Congress, did wo 



the last clause of that act say in effect 



if they did what wo there provided, and 



< should approve of what they might 



tin under that act, they should be admitted to 



Dentation in Congress? Wo did say that. 



shall wo keep the word of promise to the 



car and l>rcak it to the hope? " 



Mr. Whittemore, of South Carolina, moved 

 .-rt in the first section of this bill, at tlio 

 end of the forms of oath therein recited, the 

 following: 



And any person who shall falsely take either of the 

 aforesaid oaths or affirmations shall be deemed guilty 

 of perjury, and shall suffer the pains and penalties 

 thereof, and may be tried, convicted, and punished 

 therefor by the Circuit Court of the United States for 

 tlu- district in which said crime was committed; and 

 the jurisdiction of said court shall be sole and exclu- 

 sive for the purpose aforesaid. 



The question was taken, and it was decided 

 as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Ambler, Ames, Armstrong, Arnell, 

 Asper, Beainan, Beatty, Benjamin, Bennett, Benton, 

 Bowles, Bowen, Boyd, George M. Brooks, Buck, 

 Buckley, Bumnton, Burchard, Burdett, Roderick R. 

 Butler, Cake, Cessna. Churchill, Clarke, Amasa 

 Cobb, Clinton L. Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Conger, 

 Cowles, Cullom, Dawes, Dickey. Dixon, Domey, 

 Duval, Dyer, Ela, Ferriss, Ferry, Finkelnburg. Fish- 

 er, Fitch, Garfiekl, Gilfillan, Hnle, Hamilton, Hawley, 

 H:iy, Heflin, Hill, Hoar, Hoge, Hooper, Ingersoll, 

 Jenckes, Judd, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, Ketcham, 

 Knapp, Laflin, Lash, Lawrence, Logan, Loughridge, 

 Maynard, McCarthy, McCrary, McGrew, Mcrcur, 

 Eliakiin II. Moore, Jesse H. Moore. William Moore, 

 Daniel J. Morrell, Samuel P. Morrill. Myers, Negley, 

 O'Neill, Orth, Packard. Packer, Paine, Palmer, Pe- 

 ters, Phelps, Pomeroy. Prosser, Roots, Sanford. Sar- 

 gent, Sohenck, Scofield, Shanks, Lionel A. Sheldon, 

 Porter Sheldon, John A. Smith, William J. Smith, 

 Worthington C. Smith, William Smyth, Stark- 

 weather, Stevens, Stevenson, Stokes, Stousrhton, 

 Strong, Taflfe, Townscnd, Twichell, Tyner, Upson, 

 Van Horn, Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Wm. 

 B. Washburn, Wheeler,Whittemore,Willard, Will- 

 iams, JohnT. Wilson, Winans, and Witcher 123. 



NAYS Messrs. Adams, Archer. Axtell, Bailey, 

 Banks, Barnum, Beck, Bigjrs, Bingham, Bird, Blair, 

 James Brooks, Burr, Calkin, Cleveland, Cox, De- 

 weese, Dickinson, Dockery, Dox, Eldridge, Farns- 

 worth, Fox, Gctz, Golladay.Grecne.Griswold, Haight, 

 Haldeman, Hambleton, Hamill, Hawkins, Heaton, 

 Holman, Johnson, Kerr, Knott, Marshall, Mavham, 

 McCormick. McNeeley, Morgan, Mungen, Niblack, 

 Potter, Randall, Reading, Reeves, Rice, Rogers, Schu- 

 rnaker, Slocum, Josephs. Smith, Stiles, Stone, Stra- 

 der, Swann, Sweeney, Tanner, Tillman, Trimble, 

 Van Auken, Van Trump, Voorhees, Welker, 'Wells, 

 Eugene M. Wilson, Winchester, Wood, and Wood- 

 ward 70. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Allison. Benjamin F. But- 

 ler, Crebs, Davis, Hays, Hoag, Hotchkiss, Alexan- 

 der H. Jones, Thomas L. Jones, Julian, Lynch, Mor- 

 rissey, Poland, Sawyer, Shcrrod, Strickland, and 

 Wilkinson 17. 



So the amendment was agreed to. 

 Mr. Bingham, of Ohio, moved to strike ont 

 all after the enacting clause, and insert in lieu 

 thereof the following : 



Whereat the people of Virginia have adopted a 

 constitution republican in form, and have In all re- 

 spects conformed to the requirements of the act of 

 Congress entitled " An act authorizing the subrnia- 

 slon of the constitutions of Virginia, Mississippi, and 

 Texas, to * vote of the people, and authorizing the 

 election of State officers provided by the said consti- 

 tutions, and members of Congress, " approved April 

 10, 1869: Therefore, 



Bt U enacted by the Senate and Hovte of Represent- 

 atives of the United Statet of America in L'ongrtu 

 attembled. That the said State of Virginia is entitled 

 to representation in the Congress of the United States. 



The question was taken, and it was de- 

 cided in the affirmative, as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Adams, Archer, Axtell, Bailey, 

 Banks, Barnum, Beck. Biggs, Bingharn, Bird, Blair, 

 George M. Brooks, James Brooks, Buckley, Bur- 

 chard, Burr, Calkin.Cleveland, Cox. Crebs, Cullom, 

 Dawes, Deweese, Dickinson, Dockeiy, Dox, El- 

 dridge, Farnsworth, Ferry, Finkelnburg, Fitch, Fox, 

 Garneld, Getz, Golladay, Greene, Griswoldj Hai ,'lit, 

 Haldeman, Hale, Hambleton, Hamill, Hawkins, Hay, 

 Heaton, Holman, Hooper, Ingcrsoll, Jenckes, John- 

 son, Kellogg, Kerr, Ketcham, Knott, Laflin, Logan, 

 Marshall, Mayham. McCarthy, McCormick, McNeely, 

 Jesse H. Moore, Morgan, Muagen, Niblack, Orth, 

 Peters, Potter, Randall, Reading, Reeves, Rice, 

 Rogers, Sanford, Schumaker, Slocum, Joseph S. 

 Smith, Worthington C. Smith. Stiles, Stone, Stra- 

 der, Strong, Swann, Sweeney, Tanner, Tillman,Trim- 

 ble. Van Auken, Van Trump, Voorhees, Wells, Eu- 

 gene M. Wilso-n, John T. Wilson, Winans, Winches- 

 ter, Witcher, Wood, and Woodward 98. 



NAYS Messrs. Ambler, Ames, Armstrong, Arnell, 

 Asper, Beaman, Beatty, Benjamin, Bennett, Bonton, 

 Boles, Bowen. Boyd, Buck, Buffinton, Burdett, Rod- 

 erick R. Butlerj Cake. Cessna, Churchill, Clarke, 

 Amasa Cobb-Chnton L. Cobb, Coburn, Cook-Cou- 

 ger, Cowles, Dickey, Dixon, Donley, Duval, Dyer, 

 Ela, Ferriss, Fisher, Gilfillan, Hamilton, Hawley, 

 Heflin, Hill, Hoar, Hoge, Judd. Kelley, Kelsey, 

 Knapp, Lash. Lawrence, Loughbrid^e, Maynard, 

 McCrary, McGrew. Mercur, Eliakim H. Moore, Wil- 

 liam Moore, Daniel J. Morrell, Samuel P. Morrill, 

 Myers, Negley, O'Neill, Packard, Packer, Paine, 

 Palmer, Phelps. Pomeroy, Prosser, Roots, Sargent, 

 SchonckjScofietd, Shanks, Porter Sheldon, John A. 

 Smith, William J. Smith, William Smyth, Stark- 

 weather, Stevens, Stevenson, Stokes, Stoughton, 

 Taffe, Townsend, Twichell, Tyner, Upson, Van Horn, 

 Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, William B. Wash- 

 burn, Welker, Wheeler, Whittemore, Willard, and 

 Williams 95. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Allison, Benjamin F. Butler, 

 Davis, Hays, Hoag, Hotchkiss, Alexander H. Jones, 

 Thomas L. Jones, Julian, Lynch, Morrissey, Poland, 

 Sawyer, Lionel A. Sheldon, Sherrod, Strickland, and 

 Wilkinson 17. 



So the substitute of Mr. Bingham was 

 adopted. 



The bill, as amended, was then ordered to 

 bo engrossed and read a third time. 



The question was upon the passage of the 

 bill as amended, and it was decided in the 

 affirmative, as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Adams, Ames, Archer, Armstrong, 

 Axtell, Bailey, Banks, Barnum, Beaman, Beck, 

 Benjamin, Bennett, Biggs, Bingham, Bird, Blair, 

 George M. Brooks, James Brooks, Buck, Buckley, 

 Burchard, Burdett, Burr, Roderick R. Butler, Cake, 

 Calkin, Churchill, Clinton L. Cobb, Cook, Conger, 

 Cowles, Cox, Crobs, Cullom, Dawcs-Deweose, Dick- 

 inson, Dockery, Dox, Duval, Dyer, Eldridge, Farns- 

 worth, Ferry, Finkelnburg, Fitch, Fox, Garfleld, 

 Get/, Gilfillan, Golladay, Greene, Griswold. Haight, 

 Haldeman, Hale, Uambleton, Uamill, Hawkins, 



