CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



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u.n-.l -white' cannot bo found in either 

 sc two groat title-deeds of this republic. 



- on place it in your statutes? " 

 .|iu->tiin was taken, and the result was 

 announced, as follows : 



* Messrs. Anthony, Carpenter, Fowler, Ham- 

 . Kollogg, Lewis, McDonald, Merrill of 

 i'imeroy. Pratt, Ramsey, Revels, Bico, 



. :son, Ross, Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, Spraguo, 

 SiiiiiinT, mill Triuiihull " -'J. 

 N\\> \l.\ssrs. Bavard, Borcman. Casserly, Cor- 

 'ragin, Davis. Drake, Edmunds, Gilbert, Hur- 

 Bowe, Howolj, Johnston. McCreery, Morton, 

 rt, Stockton. Thurman, Tipton, Vickcrs, \Vur- 

 iii-r, NVilliuins, and Wilson 23. 



AI-.MENT Messrs. Abbott, Ames, Brownlow, Buck- 

 inghuin, Cameron, Cattcll, Chandler, Cole, Conkling , 

 i, Ferrv, Flanagan, Hamilton of Maryland, 

 Hamilton of Texas. Howard, Morrill of Maine, Nor- 

 N' ye, Osborn, Patterson, Pool. Saulsbury, Sher- 

 man, Spencer, Thayer, Willey, ana Yatcs 27. 



So the amendment of Mr. Sumner was re- 

 jected. 



The substitute to the House bill was then 

 rejected. 



Mr. Conkling, of Now York, said: "I now 

 move to amend the House bill." 



The Secretary read the amendment of Mr. 

 Conkling, which was, to add the following as 

 new sections by way of addition to the House 

 bill: 



And be it further enacted-, That in any city having 

 upward of twenty thousand inhabitants, it shall bo 

 the duty of the judge of the circuit court of the Uni- 

 ted States for the circuit wherein said city shall be, 

 upon the application of two citizens, to appoint in 

 writing for each election district or voting precinct 

 in said city, and to change or renew said appoint- 

 ment as occasion may require, from time to time, 

 two citizens resident of the district or precinct, one 

 from each political party, who, when so designated, 

 shall be, and are hereby, authorized to attend at all 

 times and places fixed for the registration of voters, 

 who being registered would be entitled to vote for 

 Representative in Congress, and at all times and 

 places for holding elections of Representatives in 

 Congress, and for counting the votes cast at said 

 elections, and to challenge any name proposed to bo 

 registered, and any vote offered, and to be present 

 and witness throughout the counting of all votes, and 

 to remain where the ballot-boxes are kept at all 

 times after the polls are open until the votes are 

 finally counted ; and said persons and either of them 

 shall have the right to affix their signatures or hia 

 signature to sold register for purposes of identifica- 

 tion, and to attach thereto, or to the certificate of 

 the number of votes cast, any statement touching 

 the truth or fairness thereof which they or he may 

 ask to attach ; and any one who shall prevent any 

 person so designated from doing any of the acts au- 

 thorized as aforesaid, or who shall hinder or molest 

 any such person in doing any of the said acts, or 

 shall aid or abet in preventing, hindering, or molest- 

 ing anv such person in respect of any such acts, shall 

 bo guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall 

 be punished by imprisonment not less than one year. 



And be it further enacted, That, in any city having 

 upward of twenty thousand inhabitants, it shall be 

 lawful for the marshal of the United States for the 

 district wherein said city shall bo to appoint as many 

 special deputies as may be necessary to preserve 

 order at any election at which Representatives in 

 Congress are to bo chosen; and said deputies aro 

 hereby authorized to preserve order at such elections, 

 and to arrest for any offence or breach of the peace 

 committed in their view. 



The question being taken, resulted as follow* : 



YJCAB Messrs. Anthony, Carpenter, Cliandl.-r, 

 Conkling, Corbett, Crajrin, Drake, Edmunds, Fen- 

 ton, Gilbert, Hamlin, Ilarr'm, Howe, Howe) I 

 logg, Lewis, McDonald, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, 

 Patterson, Potneroy, Pratt, Ramsey, Rice, Robert- 

 son, Sawyer, Scott. Sprague, Stewart, Bumnor. Thay- 

 er, Tipton, Truiubull, Warner, Willey, William*, 

 and Wilson 37. 



NATS Messrs. Bayard, Boreman, Cassorly, Davis, 

 Johnston, McCreery, Stockton, Thurman, and Vick- 

 ers 9. 



ABSENT Messrs. Abbott, Ames, Brownlow, Buck- 

 ingham, Cameron, Cattcll. Cole. Ferry, Flanagan, 

 Fowler, Hamilton of Maryland, Hamilton of Texas, 

 Harlan, Howard, Morrill of Maine, Norton, Nye, Os- 

 born, Pool, Revels, Ross, Saulsbury, Schurz, Sher- 

 man, Spencer, and Yatcs 26. 



So the amendment was agreed to. 



Mr. Sumner : " I now make the same mo- 

 tion on this bill that I made on the other." 



The Chief Clerk read the proposed amend- 

 ment, as follows: 



And be it further enacted, That all acts of Congrosa 

 relating to naturalization be, and the same are hereby, 

 amended by striking out the word " white" wher- 

 ever it occurs j so that in naturalization there shall 

 be no distinction of race or color. 



Mr. Sumner : " Now I have to say that that 

 is worth all the rest of the bill put together. 

 That is a section that is pure gold. It will do 

 more for the character, and honor, and good 

 name of this republic than all the rest of the 

 hill. I am for the rest of the bill, but this is 

 better than all the rest." 



Mr. Stewart : "That is a proposition to ex- 

 tend naturalization, not to those who desire to 

 become citizens, but to those who are being 

 imported as slaves. I propose first to abolish 

 slavery. I propose to liberate these persons 

 hefore they shall be naturalized by their mas- 

 ters for the purpose of carrying elections." 



Mr. Thurman, of Ohio, said : " We agreed 

 to take the vote at a certain hour ; we agreed 

 to that unanimously. If this amendment is 

 within the scope of that agreement, then there 

 should be no debate upon it. Some Senators 

 do not think it is within the scope of the agree- 

 ment. I do not know whether it was in the 

 minds of Senators when the agreement was 

 made ; hut I think it is an amendment per- 

 fectly germane to the hill, and of which the 

 Senator from Massachusetts had given us the 

 amplest notice, months of notice, years of no-- 

 tice, and I therefore think, that being the case, 

 the agreement ought to be applied to it, unless 

 it be that Senators are taken by surprise. I 

 hope, therefore, we shall vote on this question, 

 and I hope my friends will have learned what 

 the Declaration of Independence means by this 

 time. That is all that is necessary." 



The Secretary proceeded to call the roll, and 

 the result was announced as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Anthony, Carpenter, Conkling, 

 Fonton, Fowler, Gilbert, Hamlin, Harris, Howe, Kel- 

 logg, Lewis, McDonald, Morrill of Vermont, Patter- 

 son, Pomeroy, Pratt, Ramsey, Rice, Robertson, Ross, 

 Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, Spraguo, Sumner, Thayer, 

 and Trumbull 27. 



