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CONGRESS, U. S. 



The following is the vote in detail : 



For Mr. Col/ax Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, 

 Anderson, Arnold, Ashley, John D. Baldwin, Baxter, 

 Beaman, William G. Brown, Elaine, Jacob B. Blair, 

 Blow, Boutwell, Boyd, Brandegee, Broomall, Am- 

 brose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Clay, Cobb, Cole, 

 Creswell, Henry Winter Davis, Thomas T. Davis, 

 Dawes, Deming, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Dumont, 

 Eckley, Eliot, Farnsworth, Fenton, Frank, Garfield, 

 Gooch, Grinnell, Hale, Higby, Hooper, Hotchkiss, 

 Asahel W. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Hulburd, 

 Jenckes, Julian, Easson, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, 

 Orlando Kellogg, Littlejohn, Loan, Longyear, Love- 

 joy, Marvin, McBride, McClurg, Mclndoe, Samuel 

 F 1 . Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Daniel F. Morris, Amos 

 Myers, Leonard Myers, Norton, Charles O'Neill, 

 Orth, Patterson, Perham, Pike, Pomerov, Price, 

 William H. Randall, Alexander H. Rice/John H. 

 Rice, Edward H. Rollins, Schenck, Scofield, Shan- 

 non, Sloan, Smith, Smithers, Spaulding, Starr, 

 Stevens, Thayer, Thomas, Tracy, Upson, van Val- 

 kenburgh, Elihu B. Washburne, William B. Wash- 

 burn, Webster, Whaley, Williams, Wilder, Wilson, 

 Windom, and Woodbridge. 



For Mr. Cox Messrs. James C. Allen, William J. 

 Allen, Augustus C. Baldwin, Bliss, James S. Brown, 

 Cravens, Dawson, Eden, Edgerton, Eldridge, Eng- 

 lish, Finck, Harrington, Charles M. Harris, Herrick, 

 Holman, Hutchins, William Johnson, Kalbfleisch, 

 Knapp, Law, Le Blond, Long, Marcy, McDowell, 

 McKinney, Middleton, James R. Morris, Morrison, 

 Noble, John O'Neill, Pendleton, Perry, Robinson, 

 Rogers, Ross, William G. Steele, Sweat, Voorhees, 

 Wheeler, Chilton A. White, and Joseph W. White. 



For Mr. Dawson Messrs. Ancona, Baily, Coffroth, 

 Cox, Dennison, Philip Johnson, Lazear, McAllister, 

 William H. Miller, Samuel J. Randall, Stiles, and 

 Strouse. 



For Mr. Mallory Messrs. Brooks, Grider, Hard- 

 ing, Benjamin G. Harris, King, James S. Rollins, 

 Stuart, Wadsworth, Ward, and Yeaman. 



For Mr. SteliMns Messrs. Ganson, Griswold, Ker- 

 nan, Nelson, Odell, Pruyn, John B. Steele and Win- 

 field. 



For Mr. King Messrs. Chanler, Hall, Mallory, 

 Radford, Scott, and Fernando Wood. 



For Mr. Blair, of Missouri Messrs. Cottman and 

 Field. 



For Mr. Stiles Mr. Benjamin Wood. 



In the House, on the 15th, Mr. Stevens, of 

 Pennsylvania, reported a series of resolutions 

 referring portions of the President's message 

 to the various committees, one of which was as 

 follows : 



Resolved, That so much of the President's message 

 us is contained in the proclamation, and as refers to 

 the constitution and treatment of the rebellious 

 States, be referred to a special committee of nine, 

 &c. 



Mr. Davis, of Maryland, offered the follow- 

 ing as a substitute : 



That so much of the President's message as relates 

 to the duty of the United States to guaranty a re- 

 publican form of government to the States in which 

 the governments recognized by the United States 

 have been abrogated or overthrown, be referred to a 

 select committee of nine, to be named by the Speak- 

 er ; which shall report the bills necessary and proper 

 for earring into execution the foregoing guarantee. 



He said: "The language of the resolution 

 reported by the Committee of "Ways and Means 

 is very general, and perhaps does not point 

 precisely to the object the gentleman who drew 

 it had in his own mind. It would cover the 

 whole subject of the war. So much, I think it 



says in substance, of the President's message aa 

 relates to the condition and treatment of the 

 rebel States, shall be referred to - a select com- 

 mittee. What does not relate to the condition 

 and treatment of the rebel States ? It includes 

 the conduct of the war : the treatment of the 

 people not in arms in the rebellious districts, 

 and the policy the military governors shall pur- 

 sue; it includes, in a word, the whole treat- 

 ment of the States which are the theatre of the 

 rebellion. 



" I take it that that was not what the Com- 

 mittee of Ways and Means contemplated. I 

 presume they intended to point to what, in 

 the very inaccurate phraseology of the day, is 

 known as the question of reconstruction. 



" Now, as I think there has been no destruc- 

 tion of the Union, no breaking up of the Gov- 

 ernment, I carefully avoid the use of any such 

 word. The fact, as well as the constitutional 

 view of the condition of affairs in the States en- 

 veloped by the rebellion, is that a force has 

 overthrown, or the people, in a moment of 

 madness, have abrogated the governments 

 which existed in those States, under the Con- 

 stitution, and were recognized bj the United 

 States prior to the breaking out of the rebel- 

 lion. 



" The Government of the United States is 

 engaged in two operations. One is the sup- 

 pression of armed resistance to the supreme 

 authority of the United States, and which ig 

 endeavoring to suppress that opposition by 

 arms. Another a very delicate and perhaps 

 as high a duty is to see, when armed resist- 

 ance shall be removed, that governments shall 

 be restored in those States republican in tiieir 

 form." 



Mr. Brooks, of New York, said: "As I un- 

 derstand the gentleman from Maryland so far 

 as I do understand him I am much more dis- 

 posed to follow the lead of the gentleman from 

 Pennsylvania (Mr. Stevens), who introduced 

 the original resolution, rather than the lead of 

 the gentleman from Maryland. I think his 

 formula is a better one. In this particular 

 condition of the House, I am opposed to the 

 construction of a special committee. But if 

 the proposition of the gentleman from Mary- 

 land shall be persisted in, I should be disposed 

 to add that this committee be instructed to in- 

 quire also whether republican governments 

 have not been abrogated and overturned north 

 of the Potomac as well as south of the Poto- 

 mac since this revolution began." 



Mr. Lovejoy, of Illinois, followed, saying : 

 "Now, Mr. Speaker, I do not know that this 

 is the point to take our departure one way or 

 the other; still, so far as I have heard the de- 

 bate, I shall follow the lead of the gentleman 

 from Maryland (Mr. Davis), unless 1 take it 

 myself. At any rate, I shall follow the princi- 

 ples indicated by his resolution, and the re- 

 marks with which he has accompanied it. I do 

 not believe, strictly speaking, that there are 

 any rebel States ; I know that there are States 



