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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



Hawkins, Hayes, Henderson, Higby, Hill, Holmes, 

 Hooper, John H. Hubbard, James R. Hubbell, Inger- 

 soll, Jenckes, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, Kelso, Ketch- 

 am, Koontz, George V. Lawrence, William Law- 

 rence, Loan, Longyear, Lynch, Marston, Marvin, 

 Maynard, McClurg, McRuer, Mercur, Miller, Morrill, 

 Moulton, Myers, Newell, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Pat- 

 terson, Perham, Pike, Plants, Price, Raymond, Alex- 

 ander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Sawyer, Schenck, Sco- 

 field, Spalding, Starr, Stokes/ Thayer, Francis 

 Thomas, John L. Thomas, Trowbridge, TJpson, Van 

 Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Hamilton Ward, Warner, 

 Elihu B. Washburne, Welker, Wentworth, Williams, 

 James F. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, and 

 the Speaker 113. 



NAYS Messrs. Ancona, Bergen, Campbell, Chan- 

 ler, Cooper, Dawson, Eldridge, Finck, Glossbrenner, 

 Aaron Harding, Hise, Hogan, Chester D. Hubbard, 

 Humphrey, Hunter, Kerr, Kuykendall, Latham, Left- 

 wich, McCullough, Niblack, Nicholson, Noell, Phelps, 

 Radford, Samuel J. Randall, William H. Randall, 

 Ritter, Rogers, Ross, Shanklin, Strouse, Taber, Na- 

 thaniel G. Taylor, Nelson Taylor, Trimble, Andrew 

 H. Ward, and Winfield 38. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Anderson, Blow, Boyer, 

 Conkling, Davis, Denison, Dumont, Eliot, Goodyear, 

 Griswold, Hale, Harris, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hub- 

 bard, Demas Hubbard, Edwin N. Hubbell, Hulburd, 

 Johnson, Jones, Laflin, Le Blond, Marshall, Mclndoe, 

 McKee, Moorhead, Morris, Pomeroy, Rollins, Rous- 

 seau, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves, Sloan, Stevens, Stil- 

 well, Thornton, Robert T. Van Horn, Henry D. 

 Washburn, William B. Washburn, Whaley, Wood- 

 bridge, and Wright 41. 



The Speaker : " On the question whether 

 the House, on reconsideration, -agrees to the 

 passage of this law, the yeas are 113, the nays 

 38. It having been certified that the Senate, 

 upon a reconsideration of the passage of this 

 bill, agrees to its passage by a two-thirds vote, 

 and the House of Representatives, upon a simi- 

 lar reconsideration, having agreed to its pas- 

 sage by a two-thirds vote, I therefore, according 

 to the Constitution of the United States, do de- 

 clare that, notwithstanding the objections of the 

 President of the United States, the act to regu- 

 late the elective franchise in the District of Co- 

 lumbia has become a law." 



In the Senate, on December 14th, Mr. Wade, 

 of Ohio, moved to consider the bill for the ad- 

 mission of Nebraska as a State. 



Mr. Sumner, of Massachusetts, opposed the 

 motion, saying : " You do not forget, sir, the 

 great act of yesterday. By the vote of this 

 chamber we have recorded ourselves in fa- 

 vor of human rights, and in favor of the es- 

 tablishment of human rights to the extent of 

 your ability under the Constitution. And now, 

 sir, a proposition is before you to set aside hu- 

 man rights in the very respect in which you 

 honored them yesterday. You have before you 

 a constitution containing the word 'white.' 

 You have before you a constitution creating a 

 white man's government, that government 

 which Senators over the way yesterday de- 

 clared themselves in favor of. Sir, I am against 

 any such government, and I am against the Sen- 

 ate proceeding with its consideration, especially 

 now when it has recorded itself in favor of en- 

 franchisement in the District of Columbia. 



"Sir, we are now seeking to obliterate the 

 word ' white ' from all institutions and constitu- 

 tions there ; and yet Senators here, with that 

 great question before them, rush swiftly for- 

 ward to admit a new State with the word 

 1 white ' in its constitution. In other days we 

 all united, or many of us did and the Senator 

 from Ohio was among the number in saying 

 ' No more slave States ! ' I now insist upon 

 another cry : ' No more States with the word 

 " white " in their constitutions! ' On that ques- 

 tion I part company with my friend from Ohio, 

 He is now about to welcome them." 



After some discussion the bill was taken up 

 yeas 21 ; nays 11. 



It recited that on the 21st day of March, 1 864, 

 Congress passed an act to enable the people of 

 Nebraska to form a constitution and State gov- 

 ernment, and offered to admit the State when 

 so formed into the Union upon compliance with 

 certain conditions therein specified ; and it ap- 

 peared that the people of Nebraska had adopted 

 a constitution which, xipon due examination, 

 was found to conform to the provisions and 

 comply with the conditions of that act, and to 

 be republican in its form of government, and 

 that they now ask for admission into the Union. 

 It therefore proposed to enact that the constitu- 

 tion and State government which the people of 

 Nebraska had formed for themselves be accept- 

 ed, ratified, and confirmed, and that the State of 

 Nebraska shall be one of the United States of 

 America, and admitted into the Union upon an 

 equal footing with the original States in all re- 

 spects whatsoever. The State of Nebraska is 

 declared to be entitled to all the rights, privi- 

 leges, grants, and immunities, and to be subject 

 to all the conditions and restrictions of an act 

 entitled " An act to enable the people of Ne- 

 braska to form a constitution and State govern- 

 ment, and for the admission of such State into 

 the Union on an equal footing with the original 

 States," approved April 19, 1864. 



Mr. Brown, of Missouri: "I desire to offer 

 an amendment to come in at the end of the 

 bill : " 



Provided, That this act shall not take effect except 

 upon the fundamental condition that within the State 

 there shall be no denial of the elective franchise or 

 of any other right on account of color or race, but all 

 persons shall be equal before the law : and the people 

 of the Territor} r shall, by a majority of the voters 

 thereof, at such places and under such regulations as 

 shall be prescribed by the Governor thereof, declare 

 their assent to this fundamental condition. The 

 Governor shall transmit to the President of the Unit- 

 ed States an authentic statement of such assent when- 

 ever the same shall be given, upon the receipt where- 

 of, he shall, by proclamation, announce the fact, 

 whereupon, without any further proceedings on the 

 part of Congress, this act shall take effect. 



Mr. TV ad e, of Ohio, said: "I do not know 

 what right you have to deal in this way with a 

 State or a Territory which has been always 

 loyal ; which has forfeited none of her rights, 

 which has performed all of her duties. I do 

 not know what right you have to say that a 

 State shall be admitted, not on an equality with 



