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which rebels have taken possession of and 

 overthrown the legitimate governments for the 

 time being ; and I hold, -with the gentleman 

 from Maryland, as I understood him, that 

 those governments still remain; and that as 

 soon as we can get possession of them we will 

 breathe into them the spirit of republican life 

 a free soul once again. I am for the Consti- 

 tution as it is and the Union as it was. Yc. I 

 am for the Constitution as it is, and not as it 

 has been falsely interpreted, and for the Union 

 as it was before it was taken possession of by 

 slaveholding tyrants." 



The amendment was adopted yeas, 91 ; 

 nays, 80. 



In the Senate, on Dec. 16th, Mr. "Wilson, of 

 Massachusetts, from the Committee on Military 

 Affairs, reported the joint resolution of the 

 House relative to Gen. Grant. It directed that 

 the thanks of Congress be presented to Major- 

 Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and through him to the 

 officers and soldiers who have fought under his 

 command during this rebellion, for their gal- 

 lantry and good conduct in the battles in which 

 they have been engaged; and requested the 

 President of the United States to cause a gold 

 medal to be struck, with suitable emblems, de- 

 vices, and inscriptions, to be presented to Ma- 

 jor-Gen. Grant. "When the medal shall have 

 been struck, the President is to cause a copy 

 of the joint resolution to be engrossed on parch- 

 ment, and to transmit it, together with the 

 medal, to Major-Gen. Grant, to be presented to 

 him in the name of the people of the United 

 States of America. 



It passed immediately. 



In the House, on May 23d, Mr. Grinnell, of 

 Iowa, offered the following resolution, which 

 was laid over : 



Resolved, That the President be requested to com- 

 municate to this House whether bv any order of the 

 Government, or by any officer thereof, the ' 

 and Journal of Commerce, newspapers in the city of 

 New York, were suspended from being published ; 

 and if so, that said order be communicated to this 

 House, and the proceedings in the execution of that 

 order. 



On the same day. Mr. Pruyn, of Xew York, 

 asked leave to introduce the following resolu- 

 tion: 



Resolved, That the conduct of the executive au- 

 thority of the Government in recently closing the 

 offices and suppressing the publication of the Worll 

 and Journal of Commerce, newspapers in the city of 

 Xew York, under circumstances which have oeen 

 placed before the public, was an act unwarranted in 

 itself, dangerous to the cause of the Union, in viola- 

 tion of the Constitution, and subversive of the prin- 

 ciples of civil liberty, and as such is hereby censured 

 by this House. 



It was objected to. Subsequently Mr. Pruyn 

 moved to suspend the rules in order to intro- 

 duce the resolution, which was refused by the 

 following vote : 



YEAS Messrs. James C. Allen, Augustus C. Bald- 

 win, Bliss, Brooks, James S. Brown, Chanler, Cof- 

 froth, Cox, Dawson, Dennison, Eden, Edgerton, El- 

 dndge, Finck, Grider, Harding, Charles sL Harris, 



Herrick, Holmau, Hutchins, Philip Johnson, William 

 Johnson, Kalbfleisch, Kernan, King, Knapp, Law, 

 Lazear, Mallory, Marcy, McAllister, McDowell, Wil- 

 liam H. Miller, "Morrison, Nelson, Noble, John O'Neill, 

 Pendleton, Pruyn, Radford, Samuel J. Randall, Robin- 

 son, James S. "Rollins, Ross, Scott, John B. Steele, 

 William G. Steele, Strouse, Voorhees, Wadsworth, 

 Ward, Wheeler, Joseph W. White, and Fernando 

 Wood 54. 



NATS Messrs. Alley, Ames, Arnold, John D. Bald- 

 win, Baxter, Beaman, Jacob B. Blair, Blow, Bout- 

 well, Bovd, Broomall, William G. Brown, Ambrose 

 W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Cobb, Cole, Creswell, 

 Henrv Winter Davis, Thomas T. Davis, Dawes, Dem- 

 ing, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eliot, Farns- 

 worth, Garfield, Gooch, GrinneU, Higby, Hooper, 

 Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, Ingersoll, Jenckes, 

 Julian, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Loan, Long- 

 vear, Marvin," McBride, McClurg, Samuel F. Miller, 

 Moorhead, Merrill, Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, 

 Charles O'Neill, Orth, Patterson, Perbam, Pike, 

 Pomeroy, Price, William H. Randall, John H. Rice, 

 Edward" H. Rollins. Schenck, Scofield, Shannon, 

 Sloan, Smith, Smithers, Spalding, Stevens, Thayer, 

 Thomas, Upson, Elihu B. Washburne, William B. 

 Washburn, Webster, Whaley, Williams, Wilder, 

 Wilson, Windom, and Woodbridge 7'J. 



On the same day, Mr. Arnold, of Illinois, of- 

 fered the following : 



J, That the Committee on the Judiciary be 

 instructed to inquire and report what, if any, addi- 

 tional legislation may be necessary to punish the 

 forgery and publication of official documents, and 

 what legislation is necessary to punish those who 

 through the press or otherwise give information, aid, 

 or comfort to the rebels. 



It was adopted. 



In the Senate, on May 26th, Mr. Powell 

 offered the following resolution : 



Rewired, That the conduct of the executive author- 

 ity of the Government, in recently closing the offices 

 and suppressing the publication of the World and 

 Journal of Commerce, newspapers in the city of New 

 York, under circumstances which have been placed 

 before the public, was an act unwarranted in itself, 

 dangerous to the cause of the Union, in violation of 

 the Constitution, and subversive of the principles of 

 civil liberty, and as such is hereby censured by the 

 Senate. 



It was laid over. 



In the House, on Dec. 17th, Mr. Harrington, 

 of Indiana, offered the following resolutions, 

 and demanded the previous question on their 

 adoption : 



Whereas the Constitution of the United States 

 (article 1, section 9) provides, "The privilege of 

 the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, un- 

 less when in cases 01 rebellion or invasion the public 

 safety may require it ; " and whereas such provision is 

 contained" in the portion of the Constitution defining- 

 legislative powers, and not in the provisions defining; 

 executive power ; and whereas the Constitution (ar- 

 ticle four of the Amendment) further provides : "The 

 right of the people to be secure in their persons, 

 houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable 

 searches and seizures, shall not be violated, &c, ; 

 and whereas the 3Tth Congress did. by act, claim to 

 confer upon the President of the United States the 

 power, at his will and pleasure, to suspend the priv- 

 ileges of the writ of Habeas Corpus throughout the 

 United States without limitations or conditions ; and 

 whereas the President of the United States, by proc- 

 lamation, has assumed to suspend such privileges 

 of the citizens in the loyal States ; and whereas the 

 people of such States have been subjected to arbi- 

 trary arrests without process of law, and to unrea- 



