160 



CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



low, Buckingham, Carpenter, Chandler, Cole, Conk- kiss. Alexander H. Jones, Mcrcur, Morrissey, Packer, 

 linw, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Fenton, Beading, and Witcher 16. 



Ferry, Gilbert, Hamlin, Harlan, Harris, Howard, 

 Howe, Kellogg, McDonald, Morrill of Maine, Mor- 

 ton, Nye, Osborn, Patterson, Pomeroy, Pratt, Eam- 

 pey, Bice, Kobertson, Eoss, Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, 

 Sherman, Spencer, Stewart, Tipton, Trumbull, War- 

 ner, Willey, Williams, Wilson, and Yates 47. 



NAYS Messrs. Bayard. Casserly, Davis, Fowler, 

 Hamilton, Norton, Saulsbury, Stockton, Thurmau, 

 and Vickers 10. 



ABSENT Messrs. Cameron, Cattell. McCreery. 

 Morrill of Vermont, Pool, Sprague, Sumner, and 

 Thayer 8. 



So the bill was passed. 



In the House, on January 24th, Mr. Farns- 

 worth, of Illinois, said: "I propose to move 

 that the House concur in the amendments of 

 the Senate to this bill, not because I think that 

 the amendments, if presented as an original 

 question, ought to be adopted, for I would not 

 under such circumstances vote for some of them. 

 I think some of them are very bunglingly 

 drawn, and will do more harm than good. But 

 I shall make the motion because I think that 

 to throw the question open to a sea of discus- 

 sion again, and keep Virginia out from the rep- 

 resentation which she is entitled to in Congress, 

 would be a greater evil than to adopt the 

 amendments of the Senate and have an end of 

 it. I make the motion to concur." 



The amendments of the Senate were subse- 

 quently concurred in by the following vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Ames. Armstrong, 

 Arnell, Asper, Bailey, Banks, Beaman, Beatty.Ben- 

 iamin, Bennett, Benton, Bingham, Blair, Boles, 

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

 Buffinton, Burchard, Burdett, Benjamin F. Butler, 

 Boderick E. Butler, Cake, Cessna, Clarke, Araasa 

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

 Cowles, Cullom, Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Donley. Du- 

 val, Dyer.Ela, Farnsworth, lerriss, Ferry, Fink- 

 elnburg, Fisher, Fitch, Garfield, Gilfillan. Hale, 

 Hamilton, Hawley, Hay, Heaton, Ileflin, Hill, Hoar, 

 Hoge, Hoopej, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Judd, Julian, 

 Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, Ketcham, Knapp, Laflin, 

 Lash, Lawrence, Logan, Loughridge, Lynch, May- 

 nard, McCarthy, McCrary. McGrew, Eliakim If. 

 Moore, Jesse H. Moore, William Moore, Daniel J. 

 Morrell, Samuel P. Morrill, Myers, Negley, O'Neill, 

 Orth, Packard, Paine, Palmer, Peters, Phelps, Po- 

 land, Pomeroy, Prosser, Boots, Sanford. Sargent, 

 Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Shanks, Lionel A. Shel- 

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

 Smith, Worthington C. Smith, William Smyth, 

 Starkweather, Stevens, Stevenson, Stokes, Stough- 

 ton, Stricklandj Strong, Taife, Tanner, Tillman, 

 Townsend, Twichell, Tyner, Upson, Van Horn, 

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

 burn, Welker, Wheeler, Whittemore, Wilkinson, 

 Willard, Williams, JohnT. Wilson, and Winans 136. 



NAYS Messrs. Adams, Archer, Axtell, Beck, 

 Bird, James Brooks, Burr, Calkin, Cleveland, Cox, 

 Crebs, Deweese, Dickinson, Dox, Eldridge, Getz, 

 Golladay, Greene, Griswold, Haldeman, Hamble- 

 ton, Hamill, Hawkins, Holman, Johnson, Thomas 

 L. Jones, Kerr, Knott,. Marshall, Mayham, Mc.Cor- 

 rnick, McNeely, Morgan, Mungen, Niblaek, Potter, 

 Eandall, Beeves, Bice, Eogers, Schumaker, Sherrod, 

 Slocum. Joseph S. Smith, Stiles. Stone, Strader, 

 Swann, Sweeney, Trimble, Van Auken, Van Trump, 

 Voorhees, Wells, Eugene M. Wilson, Winchester, 

 Wood, and Woodward 58. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Barmim, Biggs, Churchill, 

 Dickey, Dockery, Fox, Haight, Hays, Hoag, Hotch- 



In the House, on February 3d, Mr. Butler, 

 of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Re- 

 construction, reported the following bill to ad- 

 mit the State of Mississippi to representation 

 in Congress : 



An act to admit the State of Mississippi to representation 

 in the Congrei-s of the United States. 



Whereas the people of Mississippi have framed and 

 adopted a constitution of State government which is 

 republican; and whereas the Legislature of Missis- 

 sippi elected under said constitution has ratified the 

 fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Consti- 

 tution of the United States ; and whereas the per- 

 formance of these several acts in good faith is a con- 

 dition precedent to the representation of the State 

 in Congress : Therefore, 



Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representa- 

 tives of the United States of America in Congress^ assem- 

 bled, That the said State of Mississippi is entitled to 

 representation in the Congress of the United States : 

 Provided, That before any member of the Legisla- 

 ture of said State shall take or resume his seat, or 

 any officer of said State shall enter upon the duties 

 of his office, he shall take, and subscribe, and file in 

 the office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi, for 

 permanent preservation, an oath or affirmation in 



the form following : "I, , do solemnly swear 



(or affirm) that I have never taken an oath or affir- 

 mation as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the 

 United States, or as a member of any State Legisla- 

 ture, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State. 

 to support the Constitution of the United States, and 

 afterward engaged in insurrection or rebellion against 

 the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies 

 thereof; so help me God; " or under the pains and 

 penalties of perjury, as the case may be ; or such per- 

 son shall in like manner take, subscribe, and file the 

 following oath or affirmation: " I, , do sol- 

 emnly swear or affirm that I have, by act of Con- 

 gress of the United States, been relieved from the 

 disabilities imposed upon me by the fourteenth 

 amendment of the Constitution of the United States ; 

 so help me God ; " or under the pains and penalties 

 of perjury, as the case may be; which oaths or 

 affirmations shall be taken before and certified by 

 any officer lawfully authorized to administer oaths. 

 And any person who shall knowingly swear or affirm 

 falsely in taking either of such oaths or affirmations 

 shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and shall be pun- 

 ished therefor by imprisonment not less than one 

 year and not more than ten years, and shall be fined 

 not less than $1,000 and not more than $10,000. And 

 in all trials for any violation of this act the certifi- 

 cate of the taking of either of said oaths or affirma- 

 tions, with proof of the signature of the party accused, 

 shall be taken and held as conclusive evidence that 

 such oath or affirmation was regularly and lawfully 

 administered by competent authority : And provided 

 further, That every such person, who shallneglect, 

 'for the period of thirty days next after the passage 

 of this act, to take, subscribe, and file such oath or 

 affirmation as aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken 

 to all intents and purposes to have vacated his 

 office : And provided further, That the State of Mis- 

 sissippi is admitted to representation in Congress as 

 one of the States of the Union upon the following 

 fundamental conditions : first, that the constitution 

 of Mississippi shall never be so amended or changed 

 as to deprive any citizen or class of citizens c.f the 

 United States of the right to vote who are entitled to 

 vote by the constitution herein recognized, except 

 as a punishment for such crimes as are now felonies 

 at common law, whereof they shall have been duly 

 convicted under laws equally applicable to all the 

 inhabitants of said State : Provided, That any alter- 



