CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



101 



Dilution, prospective In its effect*, 



!c in regard to the time and place of resi- 



tors : HOCOIU!, that it shall never bo law - 



: tin- auid State to deprive any citizen of the 



*, on account 01 his race, color, or pre- 



f Horvitiido, of tlio right to hold 



.M I r the constitution and laws ot said State, 



in iiny such ground to require of him any other 



.|ii:iliii>-:iMi'ii! for office than such as are required of 



II.T citizens; third, that tlio constitution of 



qi|'i ahull never be so amended or changed as 



ivc any citizen or class of citizens of the Uni- 



i the school rights and privileges secured 



by the constitution of said State. 



Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, said: "This 

 Mil, as members of the House will observe, if 

 have followed the reading, is exactly, 

 word for word, the bill under which the State 

 of Virginia was admitted to representation in 

 Congress. Although some members of the 

 Committee on Reconstruction, myself among 

 the number, would have been glad to change 

 the bill in some respects, yet the whole mat- 

 ter having been so fully and thoroughly dis- 

 cussed, and a precedent set in tlio case of Vir- 

 ginia, it was thought, after mature deliberation 

 in the committee, that it was best to admit Mis- 

 sissippi, although she has an assured Republi- 

 can majority and Republican representation, 

 under the same conditions and with the same 

 provisos as in the case of Virginia. 



"The only change in the bill is the making 

 provision for an affirmation as well as an oath, 

 which in the case of Virginia was provided by 

 a supplementary act, having been in the first 

 instance omitted in consequence of an over- 

 sight." 



Mr. Beck, of Kentucky: "I send to the 

 Clerk's desk, to be read, the amendment which 

 I offer." 



The Clerk read the amendment, which was 

 offered in the nature of a substitute, as fol- 

 lows : 



Bill to admit the State of Mississippi to representation in 



the Congress of the United States. 

 Whereat the people of Mississippi have framed 

 and adopted a constitutional State government, which 

 is republican in form ; Therefore, 

 ^ Be it enacted, etc., That the said State of Missis- 

 sippi is entitled to representation in the Congress of 

 the United States. 



The previous question was seconded and the 

 main question ordered, which was on agreeing 

 to the substitute. 



The question was taken ; and it was decided 

 in the negative, as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Adams, Axtell, Barnum. Beck, 

 Biggs, Bird, Blair, James Brooks, Burohard, Burr, 

 Calkin, Cleveland, Cox, Crebs, Deweese, Dickinson, 

 Dockery, Dox. Eldridgo, Farnsworth, Ferry, Fink- 

 elnburg, Fitch, Garfleld, Gotz, Gibson, Golladay, 

 Griswold, Haight, Hale, Hambleton, Hamill, Haw- 

 kins, Hay, Hill, Holm an, Jenckes, Johnson, Thomas 

 L. Jones. Kellogg, Kerr, Ketcham, Knott, Laflin, 

 Logan, Marshall, Mayham, McCormick, MoKenzie, 

 McNeely, Milnes, Morgan, Niblack, Orth, Potter, 

 Randall, Reading, Reeves, Rice, Ridgway, Rogers, 

 Schumaker, Sherrod, Slocum, Joseph S. Smith, 

 Stiles, Stone, Strong, Swann, Sweeney, Tanner, 

 Tillman, Trimble, Van Auken, Van Trump, Voor- 

 VOL. x. 11 A 



hoes. Wells, Eugene M. Wilson, Winans, Winches- 

 ter, Witcher, Wood, and Woodward 88. 



NAYS Messrs. Allison, Atnbler, Armstrong, Ar- 

 nell, Asper, Aver, Banks, Buaiuun, Beatty, fifiiju- 

 miii, Bennett, Benton, Boles, Booker, Boy d, George 

 M. Brooks, Buck. Buckler, Buiflnton, BurJctt, Benja- 

 min F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Cake. Cessna, 

 Churchill, Clarke. Amasa Cobb, Clinton L. Cobb, 

 Coburn, Conger, Cook, Cowlos, Dickey, Dixon, Don- 

 ley, Duval, Dyer, Ela, Fcrriss, Hamilton, Hawley, 

 Ileflin, Hoar, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kelsey, Knapp, 

 Lash, Lawrence, Lynch, McCrary, McGrew, Mercur, 

 Kliakim II. Moore, William Moore, Daniel J. Mpr- 

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

 Packard, Packer, Paine, Palmer, Peters, Phelps, 

 Platt, Pomeroy, Prosser, Sargent, Sawyer, Schenck, 

 Scoflcld, Shanks, Lionel A. Sheldon, Porter Sheldon, 

 John A. Smith, William J. Smith, William Smyth, 

 Starkweather, Stevens, Stevenson, Stokes, Stough- 

 ton, Taffe, Townsend, Twichell, Tyner, Upson, 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Ames, Archer, Bailey, 

 Bingham, Bowen, Cullom, Davis, Dawes, Fisher, 

 Fox, Gilfillan, Greene, Haldeman, Hays. Heaton, 

 Hoag. Hoge, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Ingersoli, Alexan- 

 der II. Jones, Loughbridge, Maynard. McCarthy, 

 Jesse II. Moore, Morrissey, Mungen, Poland, Por- 

 ter, Roots, Sanford, Worth'ington C. Smith, Strader, 

 Strickland, and Welker 35. 



So the substitute was rejected. 



The bill was then ordered to be engrossed 

 and read a third time ; and, being engrossed, 

 it was accordingly read the third time. 



The question on the passage of the bill was 

 taken ; and it was decided in the affirmative, 

 as follows: 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Ames, Arm- 

 strong, Arnell, Asper, Ayer, Banks, Beaman, Beatty, 

 Benjamin, Bennett, Benton, Bingham, Blair, Boles, 

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

 Buckley, Buflinton, Burchard, Burdett, Benjamin 

 F. Butler, Roderick E. Butler, Cake, Cessna, Church- 

 ill, Clarke, Amasa Cobb. Clinton L. Cobb, Coburn, 

 Conger, Cook, Cowles, Cullom, Davis, Dawes, De- 

 weese, Dickey, Dixon, Dockery, Donley, Duval, 

 Dyer, Ela, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry. Finkelnburg, 

 Fitch, Garfield, Gilfillan, Hale, Hamilton, Hawley, 

 Hay, Ileflin, Hill, Hoge, Hooper, Jenckes, Judd, 

 Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsev, Ketcham, Knapp, 

 Laflin, Lash, Lawrence, Logan, Loughbridge, Lynch, 

 Maynard, McCrary, McGrew, McKenzie, Mercur. 

 Mimes, Eliukim II. Moore, William Moore, Daniel 

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

 O'Neill, Orth, Packard, Pucker, Paine, Peters, 

 Phelps, Platt, Pomeroy, Prosser, Ridgway. Roots, 

 Sargent, Sawyer, Scofleld, Shanks, Lionel A. Shel- 

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

 Starkweather, Stevens. Stevenson, Stokes, Stough- 

 ton, Strong, Tafle. Tanner, Tillman. Townsend, 

 Twichell, Tyner, Upaon. Von Horn, Ward, Cadwal- 

 nder C. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Welker, 

 Wheeler, Whitteraore, Wilkinson, Willard, Wil- 

 liams, John T. Wilson, and Winans 134. 



NAYS Messrs. Adams, Archer, Beck, Biggs, Bird, 

 James Brooks, Burr, Calkin, Cleveland, Cox, Crebs, 

 Dickinson, Dox, Eldridge, Getz, Gibson, Golladay, 

 Greene, Griswold, Haight, Hambleton, Horill,Hoar, 

 Holman, Johnson, Thomas L. Jones, Kerr, Knott, 

 Marshall, Mayham, McCormick, McNoely, Morgan, 

 Niblack, Palmer, Potter, Randall, Reading, Reeves, 

 Rice, Rogers, Schumaker, Sherrod, Stiles, Stone, 

 Strader, Swann, Sweepey, Trimble, Van Aukcn, 

 Van Trump, Voorhces, Wells, Winchester, Wood, 

 and Woodward 58. 



Nor VOTING Messrs. Axtell, BaiTey, Barnum, 

 Fisher, Fox, Haldeman, Hawkins,. EBays,. 



