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CONGKESS, UNITED STATES. 



me, leave it to the common council of the city 

 of Washington to decide how that shall be in 

 the Territory of Nebraska as to the Legislature, 

 I mean just as well upon legal grounds; and 

 therefore it is that, without going into a fresh 

 debate on the subject, but merely stating my 

 reason for my position, I hope the Senate will 

 not concur in the amendment." 



Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, said: "I agree 

 with my friend from Vermont, that one cf two 

 propositions must be true ; and if either is true 

 this amendment ought not to be adopted, in 

 the form in which it is. Either Congress has 

 the authority to impose of itself, without the 

 consent of the people of Nebraska, such a con- 

 dition as is now in the bill, and which does not 

 differ at all from the one contained in the 

 amendment proposed by my friend from Ver- 

 mont, or the power is in the people of the 

 State. The amendment made by the House 

 leaves it to the Legislature of Nebraska to de- 

 cide whether the constitution which the people 

 of the State have adopted shall be changed in 

 a very important particular. If that is a proper 

 mode of legislation, Congress can change the 

 constitution of the State in any other particular 

 without consulting the people of Nebraska. 

 For that reason, therefore, which is the same 

 as that suggested by my friend from Vermont, 

 I shall be unable to vote for a concurrence with 

 the amendment of the House." 



Mr. Hendricks, of Indiana, said : " The Con- 

 stitution of the United States provides that the 

 citizens of each State shall have all the rights, 

 privileges, and immunities of citizens of the 

 several States. I believe that is the language 

 very nearly. Now, I ask the Senator from 

 Maine whether the provision of the constitution 

 of Missouri prohibiting persons of color from 

 coming into that State, who might be citizens 

 of other States, in his judgment, was in conflict 

 with this provision of the Constitution of 

 the United States? If in conflict, was not 

 that provision of the constitution of Mis- 

 souri void? And in that view .was it not 

 proper for Congress expressly to disclaim an 

 approval of that proposition, it being deemed 

 by Congress unconstitutional ? Is that case at 

 all analogous to the one before us, which is the 

 case of a State regulating the right of suffrage, 

 the right to do which is exclusively given to 

 the State by the Constitution of the United 

 States?" 



The amendment of the House was concurred 

 in by the following vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Anthony, Cattell, Chandler, Con- 

 ness, Cragin, Fessenden, Fogg, Fowler, Frelinghuy- 

 sen, Grimes, Henderson, Howard, Kirkwood, Lane, 

 Morgan, Morrill, Poland, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, 

 Stewart, Sumner, Van Winkle, Wade, Willey, Wil- 

 liams, Wilson, and Yates 28. 



NAYS Messrs. Buckalew, Cowan, Dixon, Doolit- 

 tle, Edmunds, Foster, Harris, Hendricks, Johnson, 

 Nesmith, Norton, Patterson, Riddle, and Saulsbury 

 14. 



ABSENT Messrs. Brown, Creswell, Davis, Guth- 

 rie, Howe, McDougall, Nye, Pomerov, Ross, and 

 Trumbull10. 



On January 30th, the President returned the 

 bill to the Senate with his objections. (See 

 PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.) It was ordered to be 

 printed. On February 8th, it was taken up 

 for consideration, and passed, notwithstanding 

 the objections of the President, by the follow- 

 ing vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chandler, Cragin. 

 Creswell, Fogg, Fowler, Frelinghuysen, Grimes, Har- 

 ris, Henderson, Howard, Howe, Kirkwood, Lane, 

 Morrill, Poland, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Ross, Sherman, 

 Sprague, Stewart, Sumner, Trumbull, Van Winkle. 

 Wade, Willey, Williams, Wilson, and Yates 30. 



NATS Messrs. Buekalew, Davis, Doolittle, Foster, 

 Hendricks, Morgan, Norton, Patterson, and Sauls- 

 bury 9. 



ABSENT Messrs. Cattell, Conness, Cowan, Dixon, 

 Edmunds, Fessenden, Guthrie, Johnson, McDougall, 

 Nesmith, Nye, and Riddle 12. 



On February 9th, the bill was reconsidered, 

 and passed in the House by the following vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Anderson, James M. Ash- 

 ley, Banks, Barker, Baxter, Beaman, Bidwell, Blaine, 

 Blow, Boutwell, Brandagee, Bromwell, Broomall, 

 Buckland, Reader W. Clark, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, 

 Cook, Cullom, Darling, Dawes, Delano, Deming, 

 Dixon, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs, Dumont, Eckley, 

 Eggleston, Eliot, Farnsworth, Farquhar, Ferry, Gar- 

 field, Grinnell, Griswold, Abner C. Harding, Hart, 

 Hayes, Henderson, Higby, Hill, Holmes, Hooper, 

 Hotchkiss, John H. ifubbard, James R. Hubbell, 

 Hulburd, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, 

 Kelso, Ketcham, Koontz, Laflin, George V. Law- 

 rence, William Lawrence, Loan, Longyear, Marston, 

 Marvin, Maynard, McClurg, Mclndoe, McKee, Mc- 

 Ruer, Merciir, Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Morris, 

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

 terson, Perham, Pike, Plants, Pomeroy, Price, Wil- 

 liam H. Randall, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, 

 Rollins, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, ShelLibarger, 

 Sloan, Spaldmg, Starr, Stevens, Stokes, Thaycr, 

 Francis Thomas, Trowbridgc, Upson, Van Aernam, 

 Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van Horn, Hamilton 

 Ward, Warner, Henry D. Washburn, William B. 

 Washburn, Welker, Wentworth, Whaley, Williams, 

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

 Woodbridge, and the Speaker 120. 



NATS Messrs. Campbell, Chanler, Davis, Daw- 

 son, Denison, Eldridge, Finck, Glossbrenner, Good- 

 year, Aaron Harding, Harris, Hawkins, Hise, Edwin 

 N. Hubbell, Humphrey, Hunter, Kerr, Kuykendall, 

 Le Blond, Leftwich, Marshall, McCullough, Niblack, 

 Nicholson, Noell, Radt'ord, Samuel J. Randall, Ray- 

 mond, Ritter, Rogers, Ross, Rousseau, Shanklin, Sit- 

 greaves, Stilwell, Strouse, Taber, Nathaniel G. Tay- 

 lor, Nelson Taylor, Thornton, Trimble, Andrew H. 

 Ward, and Winfield 43. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Alley, Ames, Ancona, Ar- 

 nell, Delos R. Ashley, Baker, Baldwin, Benjamin, 

 Bergen, Binghani, Boyer, Bundy, Conkling, Cooper, 

 Culver, Defrees, Hale, Hogan, Asahel W. Hubbard, 

 Chester D. Hubbard, Demas Hubbard, Jones, La- 

 tham, Lynch, Phelps, John L. Thomas, Elihu B. 

 Washburne, and Wright 28. 



In the Senate, on January 9th, Mr. Wade* of 

 Ohio, moved to take up the bill for the admis- 

 sion of Colorado. The motion was agreed to. 



Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont, moved the follow- 

 ing amendment as an additional section of the 

 bill : 



And, be it further enacted, That this act shall take 

 effect with the fundamental and perpetual condition 

 that within said State of Colorado there shall be no 

 abridgment or denial of the exercise of the elective 



