CONGRESS, U. S. 



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Be it resohea., That in this national emergency Con- 

 gress will forego all feeling of mere passion or re- 

 sentment, and will recollect only its duty to the coun- 

 try ; that this war should not be waged on our part 

 in" any spirit of oppression, nor in any spirit of con- 

 quest or subjugation, nor for the purpose of over- 

 throwing or interfering with the rights or established 

 institutions of the States, but to defend and main- 

 tain the supremacy of the Constitution, and preserve 

 the Union with all" the dignity, equality, and rights 

 of the several States unimpaired, and as soon as 

 these objects are attained the war ought to cease. 



On April llth, the resolution was laid on the 

 table by the following vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Anderson, 

 Arnold, Ashley, John" D. Baldwin. Baxter, Beman, 

 Blaine, Boutwell, Boyd, Broomall. William G. Brown, 

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

 Henry Winter Davis, Thomas T. Davis, Doming, 

 Driggs, Dumont, Eckley, Eliot, Farnsworth, Frank, 

 Gartield, Gooch, Grinn'ell, Hisby, Hooper, Hotch- 

 kiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Jenckes, 

 Julian, Kasson, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando 

 Kellogs, Loan, Marvi'n, McBride, McClurg, Samuel 

 F. Miller, Morrill, Daniel Morris, Amos Myers, Leon- 

 ard Mvers, Norton, Charles O'Neill, Orth," Patterson, 

 Pike, "Pomeroy, Price, William H. Randall, Alexan- 

 der H. Eiee, Edward H. Rollins, Schenck, Schofield, 

 Shannon, Sloan, Smith, Smithers, Spaulding, Starr, 

 Stevens, Thayer, Thomas, Upson, Van Valkenburgh, 

 ElihuB. Washburne, William B. Washburn, Whaley, 

 Williams, Wilder, Wilson, Windom, and Woodbridge 

 81. 



NAYS Messrs. James C. Allen, William J. Allen, 

 Ancona, Augustus C. Baldwin, Francis P. Blair, 

 Bliss, James S. Brown, Chanler, Clay, Coffroth, Cox, 

 Cravens, Dawson, Dennison, Eden, Eldridge, Eng- 

 lish, Fiack, Ganson, Grider, Hale, Harding, Har- 

 rington, Benjamin G. Harris, Herrick, Ilolman, 

 Philip Johnson, William Johnson, Kernan, King, 

 Knapp, Law, Lazear, Marcy, McAllister, McDowell, 

 McKinnev, Middleton, James R. Morris, Morrison, 

 Nelson, Odell, Pendleton, Perry, Pruyn, Samuel J. 

 Randall, Robinson, Rogers, James S. "Rollins, Ross, 

 >ctt. John B. Bteele, William G. Steele, Strouse, 

 Stuart, Sweat, Voorhees, Webster, Wheeler, Chilton 

 A. White, Joseph W. White, Winfield, and Fernando 

 Wood 64. 



On December 1-ith Mr. Holraan, of Indiana, 

 offered the following on the same subject : 



Resolved, That the doctrine recently announced, 

 that the States in which an armed insurrection has 

 existed against the Federal Government have ceased 

 to be States of the Union, and shall be held, on the 

 ultimate defeat of that insurrection, as Territories or 

 subjugated provinces, and governed as such by the 

 absolute will of Congress and the Federal Executive, 

 or restored to the Union on conditions unknown to 

 the Constitution of the United States, ought to be 

 rebuked and condemned as manifestly unjust to the 

 loyal citizens of those States, tending'to prolong the 

 war and to confirm the treasonable theory of seces- 

 sion; and, if carried into effect, must greatly endan- 

 ger the public liberty and the constitutional powers 

 and rights of all the States, by centralizing and con- 

 solidating the powers of the Government, State and 

 national, in the Federal Executive. 



Resolved, That the only object of the war ought to 

 be to subjugate the armed insurrection which, for the 

 time being, suspends the proper relations of certain 

 States with the Federal Government, and to reestab- 

 lish the supremacy of the Constitution; and the 

 loyal citizens of those States, and the masses of the 

 people thereof, submitting to the authority of the 

 Constitution, ought not to be hindered from restor- 

 ing the proper relations of their respective States 

 with the Federal Government, so far as the same is 

 dependent on the voluntary act of the people, by any 



condition, except unconditional submission to the 

 Constitution and laws of the United States. In the 

 language heretofore solemnly adopted by Congress, 

 theVar ought not to be waged on our part for any 

 purpose of conquest or subjugation or purpose of 

 overthrowing or interfering with the rights or estab- 

 lished institutions of those States, but to defend and 

 maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to 

 preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, 

 and rights of the several States unimpaired, and as 

 soon as those objects are accomplished the war ought 

 to cease. 



Evolved, That all necessary and proper appropri- 

 ations of money ought to be promptly made by this 

 Congress for the support of the military and naval 

 forces of the Government, and all measures of legis- 

 lation necessary to increase and promote the efficien- 

 cy of the Army and Navy and to maintain the public 

 credit, ought to be adopted, that, through a vigorous 

 prosecution of the war, peace on the basis of the 

 union of the States and the supremacy of the Con- 

 stitution may be the more speedily obtained. 



Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, moved to lay 

 the resolution on the table, which was ordered 

 by the following vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Alley, Arnold, Ashley, John D. 

 Baldwin, Baxter, Bea'man, Blaine, Blow, Boutwell, 

 Boyd, Brandegee, Broomall, Ambrose W. Clark, 

 Freeman Clarke, Clay, Cobb, Cole, Creswell, Henry 

 Winter Davis, Dawes", Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Du- 

 mont, Eckley, Eliot, Farnsworth, Fenton, Frank, 

 Garfield, Gooch, Grinnell, Higby, Hooper, Hotch- 

 kiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, John "H. Hubbard, Hul- 

 burd, Jenckes, Julian, Kasson, Francis W. Kellogg, 

 Orlando Kellogg, Loan, Longyear, Lovejoy, Marvin, 

 McBride, McClurg, Mclndoe, Samuel F. Miller, 

 Moorhead, Morrill, Daniel Morris, Amos Myers, 

 Leonard Myers, Norton, Charles O'Neill, Orth, Pat- 

 terson, Perham, Pike, Pomeroy, Price, William H. 

 Randall, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Edward 

 H. Rollins, James S. Rollins, Schenck, Scofield, 

 Shannon, Sloan, Smithers, Spaulding, Stevens, 

 Thaver, Thomas, Upson, Van Valkenburgh, Elihu B. 

 Washburne. William B. Washburn, Whaley, Wil- 

 liams, Wilder, Wilson, Windom, and Woodbridge 

 88. 



NATS Messrs. James C. Allen, William J. Allen, 

 Ancona, Bailey, Augustus C. Baldwin, Jacob B. Blair, 

 Bliss, Brooks, William G. Brown, Chanler, Coff- 

 roth, Cox, Cravens, Dawson, Dennison, Eden, Edger- 

 ton, Eldridge, English Finck, Ganson, Grider, Gris- 

 wold, Hall, Harding, Harrington, Benjamin G. Har- 

 ris, Charles M. Harris, Herrick, Holman, William 

 Johnson, Kernan, King, Knapp, Law, Lazear, Le 

 Blond, Long, Mallory, Marcy, McDowell McKinnev, 

 William H. Miller, James R". Morris, Morrison, Nel- 

 son, Noble, Odell, John O'Neill, Pendleton, Robin- 

 son, Rogers, Ross, Scott, Smith, John B. Steele, 

 Stuart, voorhies, Wadsworth, Ward, Wheeler, Chil- 

 ton A. White, Joseph W. White, Winfield, Fernando 

 Wood, and Yeaman 66. 



On the 16th, Mr. Rollins, of Missouri, offered 

 the following resolution : 



Resolved bytht House of Representatives of the Con- 

 anfs <>f the United States, That, prompted by a just 

 patriotism, we are in favor of an earnest and success- 

 ful prosecution of the war, and that we will give a 

 warm and hearty support to all those measures which 

 will be most effective in speedily overcoming the re- 

 bellion, and in securing a restoration of peace, and 

 which may not substantially infringe the Consti- 

 tution, and tend to subvert the true theory and char- 

 acter of the Government ; and we hereby reiterate 

 that the present deplorable civil war has been forced 

 upon the country by the disunionists now in revolt 

 against the constitutional Government ; that in the 

 progress of this war, Congress, banishing all feeling 



