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the liill, because that third section an it stands 

 e-isi have no binding effect whatever. 



'Now, when I vote I would like to know 

 hat I am voting. The amendment ottered 

 by the gentleman from Ma^aehu-eMs (Mr. 

 lioiitwell) H clear, distinct, precise, and effect- 

 ive. It provides that t his act shall take effect 

 . and only when, the Legislature of Ne- 

 hraska. shall have fultilled the conditions im- 

 : upon the State by the amendment; then 

 "claination of the President, and without 

 ai \ furl her action by Congress, Nebraska is to 

 be admitted as a State into this Union. 



"And I will take occasion to say that I am 

 moreover in favor of the main provision under 

 debate here, the extension, whenever it can be 

 done by competent authority, of equal rights to 

 all races and conditions of men. I do not be- 

 lieve there is any shadow of reason why the 

 right of suffrage, as well as all civil rights, all 

 personal rights, all rights pertaining to or en- 

 joyable under a republican government should 

 be extended to one class of men and denied to 

 another because of a difference in their color, 

 their condition, or their race. The only pre- 

 tence of a reason that ever existed for any such 

 discrimination grew out of the institution of 

 slavery, out of the fact that one race as a race 

 was held in abject submission, and was not 

 civilly, personally, socially, or in any other way 

 the equal of the race that ruled the land. But 

 with slavery perished the last shadow of rea- 

 eon for any such discrimination." 



Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, said: "I will vote for 

 this amendment, and if it should be adopted by 

 the House I will vote for the passage of this 

 bill; but without this amendment I will not 

 vote for the passage of the bill. For, sir, I have 

 firmly resolved never to vote for the admission 

 of any State into this Union which embodies 

 within its constitution the objectionable propo- 

 sition to be found in the one presented by the 

 people of Nebraska. The time has gone by for 

 us to recognize that distinction of rights be- 

 cause of the question of the color of the skin or 

 of race or of birth. And I hope, sir, it may 

 never receive any recognition at the hands of 

 the Congress of the United States." 



The amendment was adopted by the follow- 

 ing vote: 



YEAS Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Anderson, 

 James M. Ashley, Baldwin, Banks, Baxter, Blaine, 

 Boutwcll, Brandagec, Broomall, Cobb, Cook, Cullom, 

 Culver, Dawes. Deming, Dixon, Dodge, Donnelly, 

 Driggs, Eckley, Eliot, Ferry, Garfield, Grinnell, (iris- 

 wold, Hart, Higby, Holmes, Hooper, Demas Hubbard, 

 John H. Hubbard, Ingersoll, Jcnckes, Julian, Kelley, 

 Kello, Ketcham, Koontz, Kuykendall, Loan, Long- 

 vear, Lynch, Marvin, Maynard, McClurg, Mclndoe, 

 McRuer, Mercur, Moorhead, Morrill, Morris, Moul- 

 ton, Newell, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Patterson, Perham, 

 Pike, Price, Raymond, Alexander H. Rice, John H. 

 Rice, Rollins, Sawyer, Scheuck, Scoficld, Spalding, 

 Stevens, Tliayer, TrOWblidgO, I'pson, Van Aernain, 

 Burt Van Horn, Hamilton Ward, Warner, Elihu H. 



Benlatnin, Bergen, Bingham, Boyer, Bromwoll, Buck- 



land, Bundy, Campbell, Chunler, Reader W. < 



('"per, Davis, Daw -on, I). ; 



Kldri'. ,hur, Fmck, (.;. 



IHT, <MHMI\ car, Hale, Aaron Hardint.', Ainu i C. Hard. 



itiL', llawkii:.-. Henderson, Hill, H, 



I), llnl.liard, Kdwin N. Hubbell, .lame- It. Hubbell, 



Humphrey, Hunter, .lolinson, Kerr, Latham, i. 



J. Randall, William H. Randall, Kilter, I 

 Shanklin, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves, Slilwi-ll, Stokes, 

 Strou.se, Taber, Nathaniel G. Taylor, Nelson Taylor, 

 Francis Thomas, John L. Thomas, Thornton, Andrew 

 H. Ward, Henry D. Washburn, and Whaley 70. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Arnell, Barker, Beaman, 

 Bidwell, Blow, 'Sidney Clarke, ('oiiklinir, Darlincr, 

 Dumont, Egglestou, llarri-, Have-. II-, K- ibss, Asahel 

 W. Hubbanl, Hulburd, Jones, Kasson, Laflin, Wil- 

 liam Lawrence, Marston, McCullough, Myers, Noel', 

 Phclps, Pomeroy, Ross, Rousseau, Sloan, Starr, 

 Trimble, Robert t. Van Horn, Winficld, Woodbridge, 

 and Wright 34. 



The bill was passed by the following vote : 



Vi;\s Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Anderson, 

 Dclos R. Ashley, James M. Ashley, Baldwin, Banks, 

 Baxter, Benjamin, Blaine, Boutwcll, Brandagee, 

 Bromwell, Broomall, Bundy, Reader W. Clark, Cobb, 

 Cook, Cullom, Culver, Dawes, Delano, Deming, Dix- 

 on, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eliot, Farns- 

 worth, iarquhar, Ferry, Garfield, Grinucll, Griswold, 

 Hart, Henderson, Higby, Hill, Holmes, Hooper, De- 

 mas Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, James R. Hubbell, 

 Ingersoll, Jenckes, Julian, Kelley, Ketcham, Koontz, 

 George V. Lawrence, Loan, Longyear, Lynch, Mars- 

 ton, Marvin, Maynard, McClurg, "Mclndoe, McRuer, 

 Mercur, Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Morris, Moulton, 

 Newell, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Patterson, Perham, 

 Plants, Price, Alexander H. Rice, John II. Rice, Rol- 

 lins, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Shellabarger, Spald- 

 ing, Stevens, Stokes, Thayer, Francis Thomas, John 

 I>. Thomas, Trowbridee, Upson, Van Aernam, Burt 

 Van Horn, Hamilton Ward, Warner, Elihu I!. Wash- 

 burne, Henry D. Washburn, William B. Washburn, 

 Welker, \Ventworth, Williams, James F. Wilson, 

 Stephen F. Wilson, and Windom 103. 



NAYS Messrs. Ancona, Baker, Bergen, Bingham, 

 Boyer, Buckland, Campbell, Chanler, Cooper, Davis, 

 Dawson, Defrecs, Denison, Eldridge, Finck, Gloss- 

 brenner, Goodyear, Hale, Aaron Harding, Abner C. 

 Harding, Hawkins, Hise, Hogan, ChesterD.Hubbard, 

 Edwin S. Hubbell, Humphrey, Hunter, Johnson, 

 Kclso, Kerr, Kuykendall, Latham, Le Blond, Left- 

 wich, Marshall, McKee, Niblack, Nicholson, Rad- 

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

 mond, Ritter, Rogers, Ross, Shanklin, Sitgreaves, 

 Stilwell, Strouse, Taber, Nathaniel G. Tavlor, Nelson 

 Taylor, Thornton, Andrew H. Ward, and Whaley 55. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Arnell, Barker, Beaman, 

 Bidwell, Blow, Sidney Clarke, Conkling, Darling, 

 Dumont, Eggleston, Harris, Hayes, Hotchkiss, Asa- 

 liel W. Hubbard, Hulburd, Jones, Kasson, Lafiln, 

 William Lawrence, McCullough, Myers,Noell, Phelps, 

 Pike, Pomeroy, Rousseau, Sloan 'Starr, Trimble, 

 Robert T. Van Horn, Winfield, Woodbridge, and 

 W right 83.. 



In the Senate, on January 16th, the bill with 

 the amendment by the House was considered. 



Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont, said : " Either Con- 

 gress has the power in setting up this Territory 

 into a State to declare what shall be the practical 

 exercise of equal rights there, or else it must bo 

 left to the people of the Territory in their origin- 



i'l Windom 87. 

 NAYS Messrs. Ancona, Dclos R. Ashley, Baker, 



tlieir constitution'to decide. 



ground. We might just as well, it appears to 



