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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



In the House, on January 10th, the amend- 

 ments of the Senate were concurred in by the 

 following vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Arnel!, James 

 M. Ashley, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barker, Baxter, 

 Beaman, Benjamin, Bidvvell, Bingham, Elaine, 

 Boutwejl, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckland, Bundy, 

 Reader W. Clark, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Cook, Cul- 

 lom, Culver, Davis, Defrees, Delano, Deming, Dix- 

 on, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eggleston, 

 Farnsworth, Farquhar, Ferry, Garfield, Grinnell, 

 Abner C. Harding, Hart, Hawkins, Higby, Hill, 

 Holmes, Hooper, Demas Hubbard, John H. Hub- 

 bard, James R. Hubbell, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Julian, 

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

 rence, William Lawrence, Loan, Longyear, Lynch, 

 Marston, Marvin, Maynard, McClurg, McRuer, Mer- 

 cur, Miller, Merrill, Moulton, Myers, O'Neill, Orth, 

 Paine, Perham, Plants, Price, Raymond, John H. 

 Rice, Rollins, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Spalding, 

 Stokes, Thayer, John L. Thomas, Trowbridge, 

 Upson, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Hamilton 

 Ward, Warner, Elihu B. Washburne. Henry D. 

 Washburn, William B. Washburn, Welker, Went- 

 wortb, Williams, James F. Wilson, Stephen F. Wil- 

 son, and Windom 104. 



NATS Messrs. Ancona, Bergen, Boyer, Campbell, 

 Chanler, Cooper, Dawson, Denison, Eldridge, Finck, 

 Glossbrenner, Aaron Harding, Hise, Hogan, Ches- 

 ter D. Hubbard, Edwin N. Hubbell, Humphrey, 

 Johnson, Latham, Le Blond, Leftwich, Niblack, 

 Nicholson, Noell, Samuel J. Randall, William H. 

 Randall, Ritter, Rogers, Ross, Shanklin, Sitgreaves, 

 Taber, Nathaniel G. Taylor, Thornton, Trimble, 

 Andrew H. Ward, Whaley, and Winfield 38. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Anderson, Delos R. Ashley, 

 Blow, Brandagee, Conkling, Darling, Dawes, Du- 

 mont, Eliot, Goodyear, Griswold, Hale, Harris, 

 Hayes, Henderson, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, 

 Hulburd, Hunter, Jones, Kelley, Kerr, Kuykendall, 

 Laflin, Marshall, McCullough, Mclndoe, McKee, 

 Moorhead, Morris, Newell, Patterson, Phelps, Pike, 

 Pomeroy, Radford, Alexander H. fiico, Rousseau, 

 Shellabarger, Sloan, Starr, Stevens, Stilwell, 

 Strouse, Nelson Taylor, Francis Thomas, Robert T. 

 Van Horn, Woodbridge, and Wright 49. 



In the House, on January 22d, Mr. "Wilson, of 

 Iowa, reported back from the Judiciary Com- 

 mittee the bill to declare valid and conclusive 

 certain proclamations of the President and acts 

 done in pursuance thereof, or of his orders, in 

 the suppression of the late rebellion against the 

 United States. 



Mr. Johnson, of Pennsylvania, said: "Mr. 

 Speaker, it strikes me that this bill goes very far ; 

 but we go to an extreme and an unprecedented 

 length when we undertake to adopt a provision 

 such as that proposed in the amendment. It 

 proposes to enact that any officer of the United 

 States, when called to answer for wrongful acts 

 committed %y him, shall be held prima facie to 

 have received authority for such acts. Sir, I 

 think we had better let things take the ordinary 

 course. If provost marshals of the United 

 States have without legal authority imprisoned 

 men, wilfully locked them up for mere caprice 

 or malice, why not let such cases take the regu- 

 lar course of the law? Why should this Con- 

 gress undertake to declare that, because men 

 held appointments under the United States, it 

 shall be presumed prima facie that all their acts 

 were done under the direct authority of the 



Secretary of "War and the President ? It is re- 

 versing the proper order of things and requiring 

 a party to prove a negative." 



Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, said: "Mr. Speaker, it 

 is the purpose of the committee to provide in 

 this bill a complete indemnity for persons who 

 have acted for the United States in connection 

 with the various subject-matters mentioned in 

 the provisions of the bill. 



" The subject embraced in this bill is one of 

 more importance than any other that has been 

 presented to the House during this or any other 

 Congress since the foundation of the Govern- 

 ment. It involves all of the questions embraced 

 in the recent decision of the Supreme Court in 

 the Milligan case. It proposes to bring the 

 legislative department of the Government in 

 conflict with the views of that court as express- 

 ed by the majority." 



After a brief debate in the House, the bill was 

 passed on February 23d, by the following vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Ames, Arnell, James M. 

 Ashley, Baker, Baldwin, Baxter, Beaman, Bidwell, 

 Bingham, Elaine, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckland, 

 Bundy, Reader W. Clark, Cobb, Conkling, Cook, 

 Cullom, Dawes, Delano, Deming, Dixon, Dodge, Don- 

 nelly, Eggleston, Eliot, Farquhar, Garfield, Grinnell, 

 Abner C. Harding, Hawkins, Hayes, Henderson, 

 Higby, Holmes, Hooper, Chester D. 'Hubbard, Demas 

 Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, James R. Hubbell, Hul- 

 burd, Jenckes, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, Ketcham, 

 Koontz, Kuykendall, Laflin, George V. Lawrence, 

 Loan, Longyear, Lynch, Marvin, Maynard, McClurg, 

 McKee, McRuer, Mercur, Miller, Moorhead, Morris, 

 Myers, Newell, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Perham, Price, 

 William H. Randall, John H. Rice, Rollins, Sawyer, 

 Scofield, Sbellabarger, Sloan, Spalding, Starr, Stil- 

 well, Stokes, Thayer, Upson, Van Aernam, Burt 

 Van Horn, Hamilton Ward, Warner, Henry D. Wash- 

 burn, William B. Washburn, Welker, Whaley, Wil- 

 liams, James F. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, and 

 Woodbridge 96. 



NATS Messrs. Ancona, Boyer, Campbell, Chanler, 

 Cooper, Dawson, Eldridge, Finck, Glossbrenner, 

 Aaron Harding, Harris, Hise, Edwin N. Hubbell, 

 Humphrey, Hunter, Kerr, Le Blond, Marshall, Mc- 

 Cullough, Nicholson, Samuel J. Randall, Ritter, 

 Shanklin, Sitgreaves, Taber, Trimble, and Andrew 

 H. Ward 27. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Alley, Anderson, Delos R. 

 Ashley, Banks, Barker, Benjamin, Bergen, Blow, 

 Boutwell, Braadagee, Sidney Clarke, Culver, Dar- 

 ling, Davis, Defrees, Denison, Driggs, Dumont, Eck- 

 ley, Farnsworth, Ferry, Goodyear, Griswold, Hale, 

 Hart, Hill, Hogan, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, 

 Ingersoll, Jones, Kelso, Latham, William Lawrence, 

 Leftwich, Marston, Mclndoe, Morrill, Moulton, Nib- 

 lack, Noell, Patterson, Phelps, Pike, Plants, Pomeroy, 

 Radford, Raymond, Alexander H. Rice, Roger's, 

 Ross, Rousseau, Schenck, Stevens, Strouse, Na- 

 thaniel G. Taylor, Nelson Taylor, Francis Thomas, 

 John L. Thomas, Thornton, Trowbridge, Robert T. 

 Van Horn, Elihu B. Washburne, Wentworth, Win- 

 dom, Winfield, and Wright 67. 



The following names of absentees were sub- 

 sequently recorded : 



YEAS Messrs. Anderson, Delos R. Ashley, Bran- 

 dagee, Sidney Clarke, Davis, Dixon, Farnsworth, 

 Garfield, Hill, Ingersoll, William Lawrence, Mc- 

 lndoe, Moulton, Plants, Stevens, and Windom. 



NATS Messrs. Bergen, Niblack, Strouse, Thorn- 

 ton, and Wright. 



In the Senate, on March 2d, this bill was 



