CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



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can descent, unJ to persons bom in the Chinese 



I li.-ivo offered this amendment so as to 

 la-iii- tin- distinct question before the Senate 

 \\lutluTtluy will vote to naturalize persons 

 from A trii: a, and vote to refuse to naturalize 

 tlii>-:o who come from China.'' 



The question being taken, resulted as fol- 



YKAS Messrs. Fenton, Fowler, McDonald, Pom- 

 eror, Kice, Robertson, Sprague, Sumner, and Truiu- 



lHll'l-9. 



N.wfl Messrs. Bayard, Boreman, Chandler. Conk- 

 liii'_r, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Gilbert, Hamilton of 

 Miiryhunl, lliunlin. Harlan, Howe, McCreery, Mor- 

 rill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Ramsey, 

 Sniil.-ibury, Sawyer, Scott, Stewart, Stockton, Thayer, 

 Thurman, Tipton, Vickers, Warner, Willey, Wil- 

 liams, ana Wilson 81. 



ABSENT Messrs. Abbott, Ames, Anthony, Brown- 

 low, Buckingham, Cameron, Carpenter, Casserly, 

 Cattell, Cole, Davis, Edmunds, Ferrv, Flanagan, 

 Hamilton of Texas, Harris, Howard, Howell, John- 

 ston, Kellogg, Lewis, Morrill of Maine, Norton, 

 Patterson, Pool, Pratt, Revels, Ross, Schurz, Sher- 

 man, Spencer, and Yates 82. 



So the amendment was rejected. 



The amendments were ordered to bo en- 

 grossed, and the bill to be read a third time. 

 The bill was read the third time. 



The question being taken, resulted as fol- 

 lows: 



YEAS Messrs. Anthony, Chandler, Conkling, Cor- 

 bett, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Fenton, Gilbert, Ham- 

 lin, Harlan, McDonald, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, 

 Nye, Osborn, Patterson, Pomeroy. Ramsey, Rice, 

 Robertson, Sawyer, Scott, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, 

 Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Warner, Willey, Wil- 

 liams, and Wilson 33. 



NATS Messrs. Bayard, Boreman, Hamilton of 

 Maryland, McCreery, Saulsbury, Stockton, Thur- 

 man, and Vickers 8. 



ABSENT Messrs. Abbott, Ames, Brownlow, Buck- 

 ingham, Cameron, Carpenter, Casserly, Cattell, Cole, 

 Davis, Ferry, Flanagan, Fowler, Hamilton of Texas, 

 Harris, Howard, Howe, Howell, Johnston. Kellogg, 

 Lewis, Morrill of Maine, Norton, Poole, Pratt, 

 Revels, Ross, Schurz, Sherman, Sprague, and Yates 

 81. 



So the bill was passed. 



In the House, on July llth, the amendments 

 of the Senate were concurred in by the fol- 

 lowing vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Ames, Armstrong, 

 Asper. Atwood, Aver, Bailey, Banks, Beatty, Benja- 

 min, Benton, Bingham, Bluir, Boles, Boyd, George 

 M. Brooks, Buck, Buckley, Buffinton, Burchard, 

 Burdctt. Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, 

 Cake, Churchill. William T. Clark, Sidney Clarke, 

 AmnsaCobbjCoburn, Conger, Cook, Covode, Cowles, 

 Cullom, Darrall, Davis, Dawes, Degener, Dickey, 

 Donley, Duval. Elo, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry, 

 Finkelnburg, Fisher, Fitch, Garfield, Gilftllan, Ham- 

 ilton, Harris, Hawley. Hcflin, Hill, Hoar, Hooper, 

 Ingersoll, Jenckes, Judd, Kelley. Kelsey, Ketcham, 

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

 Maynard, McCarthy, McGrew, McKenzie, Mercur, 

 Jesse II. Moore, William Moore, Morphis, Daniel J. 

 Morrcll, Myers, Negley, O'Neill, Orth, Packard, 

 Packer, Paine, Palmer, Pock, Peters, Phelps, Platt, 

 Poland. Porter, Prosser, Roots, Sargent, Sawyer, 

 Schenck. Shanks, Lionel A. Sheldon, Porter Shel- 

 don, John A. Smith, William J. Smith, Worthing- 

 ton C. Smith, William Smyth, Starkweather, Stevens, 



Stevenson, Stoke*. Stoughton, Strickland. Taffc, 

 Tanner, Taylor, Tillman, Townend, Twichell, 

 Tyner, Upson, Van Horn, Van Wyck, Ward, Cd- 

 walod.TC. Wufthljurn, William B. Wwhburn. Wel- 

 k.-r, WhrcU-r, Wl.itu-murc, Wilkinson, Willord, Wil- 

 liams, John T. Wilson, and Witcher 1S2. 



NAYS Maura. Axtell, Barnuin, Beck, Bennett, 

 BiggH, Bird, Booker. James Brooks, Burr, Calkin, 

 Conner, Cox, Crebs, Dickinson, Fox, Getz, Griswold, 

 Haight, Hay. Holinaii, Johnnon, Thomas L. Jones, 

 Kerr, Knott, Lewis, Marshall, Mayham. McCormick, 

 McNeeley. Milneo. Morgan, Mungen, Niblack, Potter, 

 Randall, Reeves, Rico, Rogers. Schumakcr, Sherrod, 

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

 Sweeney, Trimble, Van Auken, Van Trump, Eugene 

 M. Wilson, Winchester, Wood, and Woodward 53. 



Nor VOTING Messrs. Adams, Archer. Arnell, 

 Barry, Beamun, Bowen, Cessna, Cleveland, Clinton 

 L. Cobb, Dixon, Dockery, Dox, Dyer, Eldridge, 

 Gibson, Haldeman, Hale. Hambleton, Hamill, Haw- 

 kins, Hays, Hoge, Hotcbkiss, Alexander II. Jones, 

 Julian, Kellogg, Lynch, McCrary, McKee, EHokim 

 II. Moore, Samuel P. Morrill, Morrissey, Newsham, 

 Perce, Pomeroy, Ridjjway, Sanford, Scofield, Sho- 

 ber, Strader, Strong, Voorhees, Wallace, Wells, and 

 Winans i5. 



In the House, on June 14th, Mr. Banks, of 

 Massachusetts, from the Committee on Foreign 

 Affairs, reported a joint resolution relative to 

 the contest in Cuba, as follows : 

 Joint resolution in relation to the contest between the 



people of Cuba and the Government of Spain. 



Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 

 of tJw United States of America in Congress assembled, 

 That the President of the United States be, and 

 hereby is, authorized and instructed to declare and 

 maintain a strictly impartial neutrality on the part of 

 the Government of the United States in the contest 

 now existing between the people of Cuba and the 

 Government of the kingdom of Spain. 



SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That all pro- 

 visions of the statute approved 20th of April, 1818, 

 entitled "An act in addition to the act for the punish- 

 ment of certain crimes against the United States, and 

 to repeal the nets therein mentioned," shall be con- 

 strued to apply equally to each of the parties in the 

 existing contest between the people of Cuba and the 

 Government of.Spain. 



SEO. 3. And be it further resolved, That the Presi- 

 dent is hereby authorized and requested to remon- 

 strate against the barbarous manner in which the 

 war in Cuba has been conducted, and, if he shall 

 deem it expedient, to solicit the cooperation of 

 other Governments in such measures as he may deem 

 necessary to secure from both contending parties an 

 observance of the laws of war recognized by all civil- 

 ized nations. 



Mr. Orth, of Indiana, from the minority of 

 the committee, reported the following sub- 

 stitute : 



A joint resolution making it a misdemeanor to fit ont 

 or equip ships-of-war, with intent that they shall 

 be employed in the service of any European prince 

 or state, for the purpose of subduing American 

 colonists claiming independence, and providing 

 for the forfeiture of such ship or vessel. 

 Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representa- 

 tives of the United State of America in Congress aitan- 

 bled. 'That if any person shall, -within the limits of 

 the United States, fit out, arm, or equip, or attempt 

 to fit out, arm, or equip, or procure to DO fitted out. 

 armed, or equipped, or shall knowingly be concerned 

 in the fitting out, arming, or equipping, of any ship 

 or vessel, with intent that such snip or vessel shall 

 be employed in the service of any European prince 

 or state, for the purpose of subduing American col- 



