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account of a few colored people being allowed 

 to vote. I do not think t|ie people of the 

 South will be much frightened about it." 



No further action was taken on the subject 

 of reconstruction by the Senate until January 

 22d. Meantime the House considered and 

 passed a bill relative thereto. 



In the House, on December 9th, Mr. Stevens, 

 of Pennsylvania, moved the following resolu- 

 tion: 



Resolved, That so much of the President's mes- 

 sage and accompanying documents as relates to the 

 subject of reconstruction be referred to a select com- 

 mittee of nine on reconstruction. 



It was adopted by the following vote : 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Ames, Anderson, Arnell, 

 Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Beaman, Benjamin, Benton, 

 Bingham, Boutwell, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckland, 

 Butler, Cake, Churchill, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney 

 Clarke, Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Cullorn, Dawes, Dixon, 

 Bodge, Donnelly, Eckley, Eggleston, Ela, Eliot, 

 Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry, Fields, Finney, Garfield, 

 Gravely, Halsey, Hamilton, Harding, Hawkins, Hill, 

 Higby, Hooper, Hopkins, Chester D. Hubbard, Hul- 

 burd, Hunter, Ingersoll, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kelsey, 

 Ketcham, Koontz, Laflm, George V. Lawrence, "Wil- 

 liam Lawrence, Lincoln, Loan, Logan, Loughridge, 

 Lynch, Mallory, Marvin, Maynard, McCarthy, Mc- 

 Clurg, Mercur, Moorhead, Muilins, Myers, Newcomb, 

 Nunn, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Perham, Peters, Pike, 

 Pile, Plants, Polsley, Price, Eobertson, Sawyer, 

 Schenck, Shanks, Smith, Spalding, Starkweather, 

 Thaddeus Stevens, Stokes, Thomas, Trimble, Trow- 

 bridge, Upson, Van Aernam, Eobert T. Van Horn, 

 Van Wyck, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Elihu B. 

 Washburne, Henry D. Washburn, William B. Wash- 

 burn, Welker. Thomas Williams, William Williams, 

 James F. Wilson, John T. Wilson, and Stephen F. 

 Wilson 112. 



NAYS Messrs. Adams, Archer, Axtell, Bailey, 

 Barnes, Barnum, Beck, Boyer, Brooks, Burr, Cary, 

 Chanler, Eldridge, Getz, Glossbrenner, Golladay, 

 Grover, Haight, Holman, Hotchkiss, Eichard D. 

 Hubbard, Humphrey, Johnson, Jones, Kerr, Knott, 

 Marshall, Morgan, Mungen, Niblack, Nicholson, 

 Phelps, Pruyn, Eandall, Eobinson.Eoss, Sitgreaves, 

 Taber, Van Auken, Van Trump, Wood, and Wood- 

 ward 43. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Delos E. Ashley, James M. 

 Ashley, Elaine, Blair, Cornell, Covode, Driggs, Fox, 

 Griswold, Asahel W. Hubbard, Jenckes, Kitchen, 

 McCullough, Miller, Moore, Morrell, Morrissey, Po- 

 land, Pomeroy, Eaum, Scofield. Selye, Shellabarger, 

 Aaron F. Stevens,, Stewart, Stone, Taffe, Taylor, 

 Twichell, Burt Van Horn, Ward, Windom, anl 

 Woodbridge 32. 



The Speaker subsequently announced the 

 following persons as members of the committee : 

 Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania ; George S. 

 Boutwell, of Massachusetts ; John A. Bingham, 

 of Ohio; John F. Farnsworth, of Illinois; 

 Calvin T. Hulburd, of New York ; Fernando 

 0. Beaman, of Michigan; Halbert E. Paine, of 

 Wisconsin; James Brooks, of New York; and 

 James B. Beck, of Kentucky. 

 ^ In the House, on December 16th, Mr. Ben- 

 jamin, of Missouri, submitted the following 

 preamble and resolutions; 



Whereas, the President of the United States in his 

 annual message has seen fit, in utter disregard of the 

 popular win, as expressed in the election of members 

 ol the Fortieth Congress, to recommend the repeal of 

 the laws heretofore passed for the purpose of facili- 



tating reconstruction in the rebellious States, the 

 effect of which would be to remit the governments of 

 said States to rebel hands, and abandon the entire 

 loyal element therein to the will of traitors and 

 whereas it is eminently proper that this House should 

 respond in emphatic terms to so extraordinary a prop- 

 osition: Therefore. 



Be it resolved, That the House of Eepresentatives 

 will never consent to take one retrograde step from 

 its advanced position in promoting the cause of equal 

 rights, nor deviate from its fixed purpose of protecting 

 all men as equals before the law. 



Besolved, That,_ from the success that has hitherto 

 attended the administration of the reconstruction acts, 

 there is no reason to doubt that under their provisions 

 the restoration of the rebellious States is being suc- 

 cessfully accomplished on a firm and enduring basis, 

 and in a manner that will fully meet the expectations 

 of the loyal men of the country, and therefore, in the 

 judgment of this House, no good reason exists why 

 said acts should be repealed. 



They were adopted by the following vote : 

 YEAS Messrs. Allison, Ames, Anderson, Arnell, 

 Delos E. Ashley, James M. Ashley, Bailey, Baker, 

 Baldwin, Beaman, Benjamin, Benton, Blaine, Brom- 

 well, Broomall, Buckland, Butler, Cary, Churchill, 

 Eeader W. Clarke. Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Coburn 



JLICJLUJS, vTiiBwoiu, jaaisey, naramg, nawKins, nigDy. 

 Hooper, Hopkins, Asahel W. Hubbard, Chester D. 

 Hubbard, Hulburd, Hunter.Ingersoll, Jenckes, Judd, 

 Julian, Kelley, Ketcham, Koontz, Laflin, George V. 

 Lawrence, William Lawrence, Loan, Logan, Lough- 

 ridge, Lynch, Mallory, Marvin. Maynard, McCarthy, 

 McClurg, Mercur, Moore, Moorhead, Morrell, Mullins, 

 Myers, Newcomb, Nunn, O'Neill, Orth, Perham, 

 Peters, Pile, Plants, Poland, Polsley, Price, Eobert- 

 son, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Shanks, Smith, 

 Spalding, Starkweather, Aaron F. Stevens, Thaddeus 

 Stevens, Stokes, Taylor, Thomas, Trimble, Trow- 

 bridge,y an Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Eobert T. Van 

 Horn, Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Elihu B. 

 Washburne, Henry D. Washburn, William B. Wash- 

 burn, Welker, Thomas Williams, William Williams, 

 James F. Wilson, John T. Wilson, and Stephen F. 

 Wilson 112. 



NAYS Messrs. Adams, Archer, Axtell, Barnes, 

 Barnum, Beck, Boyer, Brooks, Burr, Eldridge, Getz. 

 Glossbrenner, Golladay, Grover, Hotchkiss, Eichard 

 D. Hubbard, Johnson, Jones, Kerr, Knott, Mungen, 

 Niblack, Nicholson, Phelps, Pruyn, Eobinson, Boss, 

 Sitgreaves, Van Auken, Van Trump, Wood, and 

 Woodward 32. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Banks, Bingham, Blair, 

 Boutwell, Cake, Chanler, Cook, Cornell, Eckley, 

 Ferry, Finney, Fox, Garfield, Gravely, Haight, Ham- 

 ilton, Hill, Holman, Humphrey, Kelsey, Kitchen, 

 Lincoln, Marshall, McCullough, 'Miller, Morgan, 

 Morrissey, Paine, Pike, Pomeroy, Eandall, Eaum, 

 Selye, Shellabarger, Stewart, Stone, Taber, Taffe, 

 Twichell, Upson, Van Wyck, Windom, and Wood- 

 bridge 43. 



In the House, on December 18th, on motion 

 of Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, the House reconsidered 

 the vote referring the bill to facilitate recon- 

 struction to the Judiciary Committee. 



Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, then moved 

 to strike out all after the enacting clause, and 

 in lieu thereof to insert the following : 



SECTION 1. Be it enacted, That so much of the fifth 

 section of an act passed March 23, 1867, entitled " An 

 act supplementary to an act to provide for the more 

 efficient government of the rebel States, passed 

 March 2, 1867, and to facilitate their restoration," as 

 requires that a majority of all the registered votes of 

 the district shall be cast in favor of the ratification of 



