CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



904 



ton, Eliot, Farnswortb, Farqubar, Ferry, Gar- 



linmu'll, Cri-woKl, Ihilf, AljiuT ('. Ihirding, 



Jlait, ll.i\r-, lirinl. by, Hill, Holmes, 



H. ..ipcr. Hotchkiss, A^ihel W. Hubbard, Chost< r 1>. 



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Hubbard, .I..IMI II. llubbard, James H. llut.l.cll, 

 Huilxird, James Humphrey, Ingersoll. Jenckes, Kus- 

 BOD, Kellev, IM-I-..I, K. tcluiin, Lailin, George V. Law. 

 William Lawrence, Loan, Longycur, Lynch, 

 i, M;ir\in, McClurg, Mclndoe McKce. Me- 

 Kuor. Mcrour, Miller, Moorhcad, Merrill, Morris, 

 M..ultmi. Nhers, Newell, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Pat- 

 tersoii, Pcrh'am, Pike, Plants, Poincroy, Price, AU-x- 

 ander II. liico, John II. Rice, Rollins, Sawyer, 

 Schenck, Schofield, Shellabarger, Snalding, Starr, 

 Stevens, Tliavcr, Francis Thomas, Jonn L. Thomas, 

 Trowbriiliro, t/'pson, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, 

 Robert T. Van Horn, Ward, Elihu B. Washburne, 

 Henry D. Washburn, William B. Washbnnj Welker, 

 vorth, James F. Wilson, Stephen W. Wilson, 

 WiiHlom, ami Woodbridge 122. 



NATS Messrs. Ancona, Bergen, Boyer, Coffroth, 

 Dawson, Denison, Eldridge, Finck, Glossbrenncr, 

 Aaron Harding, Harris. Hogan, Edward N. Hubbcll, 

 James M. Humphrey, Latham, Le Blond, Marshall, 

 McCullough, Niblack, Nicholson, Nocll, Phelps, Rad- 

 ford, Samuel J. Randall, William H. Randall, Ray- 

 mond, Ritter, Rogers, Ross, Rousseau, Shanklin, 

 Sitgrcavcs, Smith, Strouse, Tabor, Taylor, Thorn- 

 ton, Trimble, Whaley, Winficld, and Wright 41. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Ames, Anderson, Bingbam, 

 Blaine, Blow { Chanler, Culver, Driggs, Dumont, 

 Goodyear, Grider, Demas Hubbard, Johnson, Jones, 

 Julian/ Kerr, Kuykcndall, Sloan, Stillwell, Warner, 

 and Williams 21. 



The Speaker thus announced the result: 

 " On the question, ' Shall this bill pass not- 

 withstanding the objections of the President ? * 

 the yeas are 122 and the nays 41. Two-thirds 

 of the House having, upon this reconsideration, 

 agreed to the passage of the bill, and it being 

 certified officially that a similar majority of the 

 Senate, in vrhich the bill originated, also agreed 

 to its passage, I do, therefore, by the authority 

 of the Constitution of the United States, declare 

 that this bill, entitled 'An act to protect all 

 persons in the United States in their civil rights 

 and furnish the means of their vindication,' 

 has become a law." 



In the Senate, on January 12th, the bill "to 

 enlarge the powers of the Freedraen's Bureau " 

 was reported from the Committee on the Ju- 

 diciary, with amendments, whicli were agreed 

 to. 



Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, said: "Mr. Presi- 

 dent, I desire to make a few remarks in reply 

 to the Senator from Ohio, and this bill being 

 before the Senate, calls up the precise question 

 upon which I desire to occupy the attention of 

 the Senate for a moment upon the subject dis- 

 cussed by the Senator from Ohio. Without 

 attempting to make a speech, I wish to remark 

 that here is a practical measure before tho Sen- 

 ate for the benefit of the freedman, carrying out 

 the constitutional provision to protect him in 

 his civil rights. I am in favor of this bill. It 

 goes to the utmost extent that I think we are 

 entitled to go under the constitutional amend- 

 ment. There is another bill introduced by the 

 Senator from Illinois which must go along with 

 it, which provides civil jurisdiction for the pro- 



tection of the freedman. Under this constitu- 

 tional amendment wo can protect the freed mar. 

 and accomplish something for his real benefit. 



"So far us this question of negro suffrage is 

 concerned, I say it stands upon a different basis 

 from the other propositions discussed by tho 

 gentleman, and the other positions assumed by 

 the President. I do not believe that we must 

 arrive at tho conclusion that there must b 

 universal suffrage throughout tho South, with- 

 out regard to color, before wo can organize 

 those States. This is the only issue between 

 us now. If this question were out of the way, 

 wo could settle every thing else in two weeks, 

 at least so far as a portion of the Southern 

 States aro concerned, and we could receive 

 such Southern representatives as . ore loyal 

 and none other. As the Senator from Ohio has 

 said, there would be no difficulty in agreeing 

 upon every thing else, if it were not for the 

 question of negro suffrage in the South. Wo 

 may as well meet the issue here and understand 

 each other. This is the issue the only issuo 

 before the country. "We all want the Union 

 we all want the Constitution ; wo all want to 

 see each State enjoying the blessings of that 

 Union and Constitution alike ; but there are 

 some who are determined to sacrifice the Union 

 and the Constitution unless they can achieve 

 the light of suffrage for the negro." 



Mr. Wado : " I wish to ask the Senator this 

 question : if it was the verdict of the war that 

 slavery should be abolished, was it not also the 

 verdict, if it was further necessary for the se- 

 curity of the country, that suffrage should be 

 awarded to the colored people that you had set 

 free ? Why was not that as much a verdict of 

 the war as the other ? " 



Mr. Stewart: "The Senator from Ohio as- 

 sumes that it is necessary for the security of 

 the country that the right of suffrage should be 

 granted to tho negro; that the Government 

 cannot be carried on without it. That is an 

 assumption that is hardly warranted. But 

 even if that were true, it would not be as much 

 a verdict of the war as. the other." 



Mr. Wade: "Why not?" 



Mr. Stewart : "Because the other was 

 named ; this was not. The other was named 

 iu tho pleadings upon which wo went to trial 

 and fought it out ; this is an issuo outside of 

 tho pleadings, one that was not named, and 

 consequently not as much a verdict of the war. 

 That is the reason. 



" But, sir, I contend that it is not necessary 

 to call in the aid of the black man to the gov- 

 ernment of this country. I do not pretend to 

 say that he shall not at some future time have 

 the right of suffrage under restrictions. But 

 when ho shall receive it, it will be for his ben- 

 efit, not ours. I believe the Anglo-Saxon race 

 can govern this country. I believe it because 

 it has governed it. I believe it because it i* 

 the only race that has ever founded such insti- 

 tutions as ours. I believe it because we have a 

 peculiar situation, peculiar education, peculiar 



