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CONGRESS, U. S. 



Trimble, Trowbridge, Vandever, Van Horn, Verree, 

 Walker, Wall, Wallace, Walton, Washburne, Webster, 

 Wheeler, Albert S. White, Wilson, Windom, and 

 Worcester 115. 



NAYS Messrs. William Allen, William J. Allen, 

 Ancona, Biddle, Clements, Conway, Corning, Cox, 

 Cravens, Crittenden, Delaplaiue, Dunlap, English, 

 Fouke, Grider, Hall, Harding, Holman, Johnson, Kerri- 

 gan, Knapp, Law, Lazear, Mallory, May, Menzies, 

 Morris, Noble, Norton, Nugen, Pendleton, Perry, 

 Price, Robinson, James S. Rollins, Shiel, John B. 

 Steele, William G. Steele, Stiles, Vallandigham, Voor- 

 hees, Wadsworth, Ward, Whaley, Chiltou A. White, 

 Wicklifle, Wood, Woodruff, and Yeaman 49. 



The bill, with amendments, was returned to 

 the Senate, and came up for consideration on 

 the 28th of February. 



A debate ensued on the policy of the Ad- 

 ministration and its measures, &c., in which 

 Messrs. Bayard, Wilson, Turpie, Hicks, and 

 Kennedy and others addressed the Senate. 



The several amendments of the House were 

 then taken up, and voted upon separately. The 

 last one was as follows : 



SEC. 38. And be it further enacted, "That all persons 

 who in time of war or of rebellion against the supreme 

 authority of the United States, shall be found lurking 

 or acting as spies, in or about any of the fortifications, 

 posts, quarters, or encampments of any of the armies 

 of the United States, or elsewhere, shall be triable by a 

 general court martial or military commission, and shall, 

 upon conviction, suffer death. 



The vote upon it was as follows, .which is 

 about the same as the vote on the other amend- 

 ments: 



YEAS Messrs. Anthony, Arnold, Chandler, Clark, 

 Collamer, Cowan, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, 

 Foot, Foster, Grimes, Harding, Harlan, Harris, Hen- 

 derson, Hicks, Howard, Howe, King, Lane of Indiana, 

 Lane of Kansas, Latham, McDougall, Morrill, Pome- 

 roy, Sherman, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Wade, Wilkinson, 

 Willey, Wilmot, and Wilson, of Massachusetts 85. 



NAYS Messrs. Bayard, Carlile, Kennedy, Powell, 

 Saulsbury, and Wall 6. 



The votes of the Senate approving each of the 

 amendments ot the House, terminated the ac- 

 tion of the two Houses on the bill. This was so 

 declared by the President pro tern. 



Subsequently, on the 2d of March, the bill to 

 promote the efficiency of the corps of engi- 

 neers, &c., being under consideration in the 

 Senate, Mr. Trumbull," of Illinois, offered the 

 following amendment : 



And be it further enacted, That so much of the 

 thirteenth section of the act for enrolling and calling 

 out the national forces, and for other purposes, passed 

 at the third session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, 

 as authorizes the Secretary of War to receive from a 

 person drafted under the provisions of said act a sum 

 not exceeding $300 for the procuration of a substitute, 

 and discharge of the person paying the money from 

 further liability under that draft, be, and the same is 

 hereby repealed. 



Mr. Trumbull thus explained his reason 

 for offering the amendment : " Mr. President, 

 I have offered this amendment in view of the 

 fact that an objection is made in many quar- 

 ters to that provision of the act for enrolling 

 and calling out the national forces which 

 allows money to be substituted. for blood. The 

 bill provides, as will be recollected by sena- 

 tors, that any person, by paying to the Secre- 



tary of "War a sum not exceeding $300, may 

 discharge himself from the draft." 



The amendment, after debate, was rejected 

 by the following vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Grimes, Harlan, Howe, Lane of In- 

 diana, Powell, Saulsbury, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wil- 

 kinson, and Wilson of Missouri 10. 



NAYS Messrs. Arnold, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, 

 Cowan, Davis, Dixon, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Harris^ 

 Henderson, Hicks, Howard, Kennedy, King, Lane of 

 Kansas, Morrill, Nesmith, Pomeroy, Sherman, Sum- 

 ner, Turpie, Willey, and Wilson of Massachusetts 25. 



Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, offered the follow- 

 ing amendment : 



And be it further enacted, That no negro, free or 

 slave, shall be enrolled in the military, marine, or 

 naval service of the United States. 



It was rejected by the following vote: 

 YEAS Messrs. Davis, Henderson, Hicks, Kennedy, 

 Nesmith, . Powell, Richardson, Saulsbury, Turpie, 

 Wall, Willey, and Wilson of Missouri 12. 



NAYS Messrs. Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Cowan, 

 Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Harding, 

 Harlan, Harris, Howard, Howe, Lane of Indiana, Lane 

 of Kansas, Morrill, Pomeroy, Sumner,'Ten Eyck, Trum- 

 bull, Wilkinson, and Wilson of Massachusetts 23. 



Mr. Powell, of Kentucky, offered the follow- 

 ing amendment : 



Provided, That no person of African descent shall 

 be commissioned or hold an office in the army of the 

 United States. 



It was adopted by the following vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Cowan, Davis, Harding, Harris, Hen- 

 derson, Hicks, Howe, Kennedy, Lane of Indiana, Nes- 

 mith, Powell, Richardson, Saulsbury, Ten Eyck, Tur- 

 pie, Wall, Willey, and Wilson of Missouri 18. 



NAYS Messrs. Chandler, Clark, Doolittle, Fessen- 

 den, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Harlan, Howard, King, 

 Lane of Kansas, Mprrill, Pomeroy, Sumner, Trumbull, 

 Wilkinson, and Wilson of Massachusetts 17. 



In the Senate, on the 18th of February, 

 the bill to provide a national currency was con- 

 sidered. 



Mr. Collamer, of Vermont, took the floor in 

 opposition to the bill, and expressed his views 

 at much length, saying : " What are its great 

 purposes and objects, as stated by those who 

 framed, recommended, and support it? It is 

 said to be to institute a great national paper 

 currency through the medium of banks, to be 

 organized under this act, who are to fake 

 United States stocks and deposit them in the 

 Treasury, and take ninety per cent, of them in 

 notes to circulate as money, with which to do 

 banking business, and that they shall have 

 twenty-five per cent, more than this circulat- 

 ing part as a permanent capital to work upon. 

 They are to pay two per cent, on their circu- 

 lation to the United States Government annu- 

 ally, or one per cent, every six months, and the 

 United States are to pay them six per cent, per 

 annum on the bonds in gold. The United 

 States further agree that they will take all 

 this money in circulation, receive it for and 

 pay it out on all public dues, and declare it to 

 be in the act a national currency. Besides that, 

 the United States agree that they will guaran- 

 tee to the billholders the payment of these 



