INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



the attention of Congress to something practical, 207 ; it 

 carries with it a police power objectionable In the States, 

 207 ; the dangerous powers Intrusted to this bureau, 807 

 a magnificent bill for a Presidential election, 207; ex- 

 penses of the bill, 207 ; land, provisions, medicines fur- 

 nished to the negroes, 208 ; bill Intended to meet an 

 Inevitable result of the war, 208 ; there may have been 

 some cases during the war when the provisions of the 

 Constitution were violated, perhaps necessarily, 209 ; 

 whether we call it a war power or some other power, the 

 power mast necessarily exist, 209 ; the foundation of the 

 bill, 209 ; we must meet It under some power, 210 ; ob- 

 jections to the bill, 210; bill passed, 210. 



In the House, a substitute for the Senate bill passed, 

 210. In the Senate, reported back from the committee, 

 211 ; tbo Senate's bill with a few exceptions, 211 ; report 

 concurred in and bill passed in Senate, 211 ; veto of the 

 President, 211 ; considered in the Senate, 211 ; bill failed 

 to pass, 211. 



In the House, a now bill Introduced and passed, 211. 



In the Senate, the bill considered and amendments 

 adopted, 211 ; limitation of number of officers and their 

 pay proposed, 211 ; approved and bill passed, 212. 



In the House the amendments of the Senate not con- 

 curred In, 212; conference committee appointed in each 

 House, 212 ; report of committee concurred In by the 

 Senate, 212; report In the House explained, 212 ; details 

 of tho amendments, 212; report concurred In by the 

 House, 218; veto of the President, 218 ; bill repassed by 

 the House, 214 ; ditto by the Senate, 214. 



In the House, a bill relative to the responsibility ot 

 officers considered, 215 ; object to relieve all persons 

 acting under military authority from responsibility 

 when sued for acts done, 215 ; an order from a military 

 officer a defence, 215 ; State courts have held an order 

 from the President to bo necessary, 215 ; character of 

 the evidence, 215; removal of the action, 215; similar 

 provision In the Force bill of 1888, 215 ; other features 

 of the bill, 215 ; bill wholly in the Interest of one of tho 

 litigant parties, 216; the plaintiff may have just cause of 

 action, 216; contrary to the fundamental provisions of 

 the Government, 216 ; legalizes as proof what is un- 

 known to the laws, 217; bill passed, 217. 



In the Senate, amendment moved to the bill, 217; 

 there are limits beyond which it is not only unsafe but 

 unwise to go, 217 ; act of 1SC8, 218 ; a precedent for this 

 class of legislation, 218 ; tho term u martial law," 218; 

 object of this bill, 218; tho bill only simple justice, 

 219 ; amendment lost, 219 ; moved to strike out, 

 819 ; your act proposes to punish in damages for 

 an honest judicial opinion, 219 ; he titters words 

 in deHance of tho authority of the United States, 

 219 ; this transfer of causes not contemplated in tho 

 Constitution, 219 ; extraordinary provisions of this bill, 

 220; are State judges to be punished for an error of 

 judgment? 220 ; cases In which State courts have refused 

 to transfer, 220 ; many cases, 220 ; how did it happen 

 there was any precedent for this thing ? 221 ; tho 

 section contains a sound principle, 221 ; is there 

 any thing in this statute contrary to tho Constitution ? 

 222; motion lost, bill passed, 222; House r.on-concurs, 

 222 ; conference committees appointed, 222 ; bill passed, 

 222, 



In the House, credentials of persons from Tennessee 

 presented, 223 ; a question of order, 223 ; reference to 

 Committee of Fifteen moved, 228; withdrawn, 223; 

 joint resolution to restore Tennessee offered, 228 ; two 

 reasons against it, 228; Tennessee is as republican as 

 Massachusetts, 223 ; resolution passed, 224 ; resolution 

 amended In the Senate, 224 ; agreed to by the House, 



224; resolution passed, 224; mestoge of the President 

 approving the same, 224 ; member* sworn in, 829. 



In the Senate, ft report on the protest of members of 

 the New Jersey Legislature, 225; the report, 284; 

 amendment moved to the resolution that John P. Stock- 

 ton U entitled to his seat by inserting the word "not" 

 moved, 227 ; a majority was necessary to constitute a 

 valid election, 227 ; tho Legislature of New Jersey might 

 say a plurality should elect, 227; Senators are to be cho- 

 sen by the Legislature, not by legislators, 228; nothing 

 but the Constitution of the United States can bind the 

 Legislature, 228; tho State constitution defines what 

 the Legislature shall consist of, 228; the Constitution of 

 the United States does not pretend to say how ft Legis- 

 lature shall be organized, 228 ; vote of Mr. Morrill, 228 ; 

 vote of Mr. Stockton, 228 ; explanations, 229 ; motion 

 to amend the journal by striking out tho vote of Stock 

 ton, 229 ; by the principles of natural and parliamentary 

 law no man could be a judge In his own case, 229 ; not a 

 lona Jide examination of the right of the New Jersey 

 Senator to his seat, 280 ; amendment withdrawn, motion 

 to reconsider the vote on Stockton's right to his seat, 

 230 ; reasons for this right, 230 ; vote taken and vacancy 

 declared, 28L 



In the Senate, a bill to regulate the time and manner 

 of holding elections for Senators in Congress, 231 ; fea- 

 tures of the bill, 231 ; passed In both Houses, 281. 



In the Senate, a bill for the admission of Colorado con- 

 sidered, 231 ; a protest, 231 ; three distinct objections to 

 the admission, 232; irregularity of the proceedings, 

 small population, no enabling act, 232 ; constitution not 

 republican, 232 ; amendment offered, 232 ; right of ne- 

 groes to vote, belongs to the States, 232 ; question of 

 population, 233 ; the word "white" In the constitution 

 is a great reason why she should not bo admitted, 234 ; 

 bill rejected, 234; reconsideration moved, 234; bill 

 passed, 235; passed in tho House, 235; veto of the 

 President, 235. 



Anniversary of President Lincoln's death observed by 

 both Houses, 236 ; introduction of the orator of the day, 

 237. 



In the Senate, a resolution relative to the attempted 

 assassination of tho Emperor of Russia, 237; amend- 

 ment moved, 237 ; lost, 28S ; resolution passed in both 

 Houses, 238. 



In the House, a resolution offered that the Freedmen's 

 Bureau is unnecessary and unconstitutional, and that 

 measures be taken to repeal all acts relative thereto, 888; 

 not received. 288. 



In the House a committee to investigate riots at 

 Memphis resolved upon, 238. 



In the House, a resolution relative to levying contri- 

 butions on the Southern States to defray the expenses of 

 the war offered, 289; passed, 239; do. to support the 

 President, 239. 



In the House, resolutions relative to Jefferson Davis 

 offered, 289; da in the Senate, 240; do. in the House, 

 240 ; passed, 240. 



In the Senate, a resolution that no person receive com- 

 pensation as a public officer before continuation by the 

 Senate, where such confirmation is required, 240 ; how 

 is this constitutional? 240. 



The power of the President to remove from office a 

 controverted point from tho foundation of the Govern- 

 ment, 241 ; the laws have not been uniform, 241 ; law of 

 1S63, 241 ; the control of tho revenues of the country is 

 not In the hands of the President, 241 ; in one sense 

 Congress has a right to refuse to pay salaries, 241 ; two 

 ways to get rid of the President, 242 ; the consequences 

 of this precedent in future, 242 ; the proposition U very 



