CONGBESS, UNITED STATES. 



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coin. Loan, Logan, Loughridge, Lynch, Mallory, Mar- 

 shall, Marvin, Maynard, McCormick, McKee, Mer- 

 cur, Miller, Moore, Moorhead, Morrell. Mullins, Mun- 

 gen, Myers, Newcomb, Newsham, Niblack, Norris, 

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

 Pike, Poland, Polsley, Price, Prince, Pruyn, Eandall, 

 Eaum, Eobertson, Eoots, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, 

 Selye, Shanks, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves, Smith, Stark- 

 weather, Stokes, Stover, Sypher, Taber, Taffe, Tay- 

 lor, Thomas, Trowbridge.Twichell, Upson, Van 

 Aernam, Van Auken. Burt V an Horn, Kobert T. Van 

 Horn, Van Trump, Van Wyck, Ward, Cadwalader C. 

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

 burn, Welker, Whittemore, Thomas Williams, Wil- 

 liam Williams, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, and 

 Woodbridge 160. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Adams, Ames, Anderson, 

 Archer, Baldwin, Barnes, Barnum, Blackburn, Eod- 

 erick E. Butler, Eeader W. Clarke, Cornell, Dickey, 

 Dixon, Dodge, Edwards, Farnsworth, GlossbrenneV, 

 Haughey, Hill, Holman, Asahel W. Hubbard, Eich- 

 ard D. Hubbard, Ingersoll, Kitchen, Knott, McCar- 

 thy, Morrissey, Nicholson, Pettis, Pile, Pomeroy, 

 Stevens, John. Trimble, Lawrence S. Trimble,Vidal, 

 Elihu B. Washburne, James F. Wilson, and Wood 

 38. 



So the amendment was rejected. 



The joint resolution was then ordered to be 

 engrossed and read a third time. 



The result having been announced as above, 

 the joint resolution, being engrossed, was read 

 the third time. 



Mr. Boutwell : " I move the previous ques- 

 tion on the passage, and demand the yeas and 

 nays." 



The previous question was seconded, and the 

 main question ordered. 



The question was then taken on its passage, 

 and it was decided in the affirmative, as fol- 

 lows: 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Arnell, Delos E. Ashley, 

 James M. Ashley, Bailey, Baldwin, Banks. Beaman, 

 Beatty .Benjamin, Benton, Blackburn, Blame, Blair, 

 Boles, Boutwell, Bowen, Boyden, Bromwell, Broom- 

 all, Buckland, Buckley, Benjamin F. Butler, Cake, 

 Callis, Churchill, Sidney Clarke, Clift, Cobb Cobum^ 

 Cook, Corley, Covode, Cullom, Dawes, Delano, De- 

 weese, Dockery, Dodg_e, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, 

 Edwards, Eggleston. Ela, Thomas D. Eliot, James 

 T. Elliott, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry, Fields, French, 

 Garfield, Goss, Gove, Gravely, Griswold, Halsey, 

 Hamilton, Harding, Haughey, Heaton, Higby, Hoop- 

 er, Hopkins, Chester D. Hubbard, Hulburd, Hunter, 

 Jenckes, Alexander H. Jones, Judd, Julian, Kelley, 

 Kellogg, Kelsey, Ketcharn ? Koontz, Laflin, Lash, 

 George V. Lawrence ? William Lawrence, Lincoln, 

 Loan, Logan, Loughridge, Lynch, Marvin, Maynard, 

 McKee, Mercur, Miller, Moore, Moorheadj Morrell, 

 Mullins, Myers .Newcomb, Newsham, Norns, Nunn, 

 O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Perham, Peters. Pierce, Pike, 

 Pile, Plants, Poland, Price, Prince, Baum, Eobert- 

 Bon, Eoots, Sawyer, Scofield, Selye, Shanks, Shella- 

 barger, Smith, Spalding, Starkweather. Stewart, 

 Stokes, Stover, Taffe, Taylor, Thomas, John Trim- 

 ble, Trowbridge, Twichell, Upson, Van Aernam, 

 Burt Van Horn. Eobert T. Van Horn, Van Wyck, 

 Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Henrv D. Wash- 

 burn, William B. Washburn, Welker, Whittemore, 

 Thomas Williams, William Williams, James F. Wil- 

 son, John T. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, 

 and the Speaker 150. 



NAYS Messrs. Archer, Axtell, Baker, Barnum, 

 Beck, Bingham, Boyer, Brooks, Burr. Gary, Chanler, 

 Fox, Getz, Golladay, Grover, Haight, Hawkins, 

 Hotchkiss, Humphrey, Johnson, Thomas L. Jones, 

 Kerr, Knott Marshall, McCormick, Mungen, Nib- 



lack, Nicholson, Phelps, Polsley, Pruyn, Eandall, 

 Eobmson, Eoss, Sitgreaves, Stone, Taber, Tift, Van 

 Auken, Van Trump, Woodward, and Young 42. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Adams, Ames, Anderson, 

 Barnes, Eoderick E. Butler. Eeader W. Clarke, Cor- 

 nell, Dickey, Dixon. Eldndge, Glossbrenner, Hill, 

 Holman, Asahel W. Hubbard, Richard D. Hubbard, 

 Ingersoll, Kitchen, Mallory, McCarthy, McCullough, 

 Morrissey, Pettis, Pomeroy, Schenck, Stevens, Sy- 

 pher, Lawrence S. Trimble, Vidal, Elihu B. Wash- 

 burne, Wood, and Woodbridge 31. 



So (two-thirds having voted in favor there- 

 of) the joint resolution was passed. 



In the Senate, on January 28th, the joint 

 resolution of the Senate, proposing an amend- 

 ment to the Constitution, was considered in 

 Committee of the Whole. The question was on 

 the amendment reported by the Committee on 

 the Judiciary. 



Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, said : " This amend- 

 ment is a declaration to make all men, without 

 regard to race or color, equal before the law. 

 The arguments in favor of it are so numerous, 

 so convincing, that they carry conviction to 

 every mind. The proposition itself has been 

 recognized by the good men of this nation ; 

 and it is important, as the new administration 

 enters upon the charge of the affairs of this 

 country, that it should start on this high and 

 noble principle that all men are free and equal, 

 that they are really equal before the law. We 

 cannot stop short of this. 



" It must he done. It is the only measure 

 that will really abolish slavery. It is the only 

 guarantee against peon laws and against op- 

 pression. It is that guarantee which was put 

 in the Constitution of the United States origi- 

 nally, the guarantee that each man shall have a 

 right to protect his own liberty. It repudiates 

 that arrogant, self-righteous assumption, that 

 one man can be charged with the liberties and 

 destinies of another. You may put this in 

 the form of legislative enactment; you may 

 empower Congress to legislate ; you may em- 

 power the States to legislate, and they will 

 agitate the question. Let it be made the im- 

 mutable law of the land ; let it be fixed ; and 

 then we shall have peace. Until then there is 

 no peace. I cannot add to the many eloquent 

 speeches that have been made on this great 

 question in this House." 



The presiding officer (Mr. Ferry in the 

 chair) : " The question is on the amendment 

 reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, 

 to strike out : 



No State shall deny or abridge the right of its 

 citizens to vote and hold office on account of race, 

 color, or previous condition. 



" And in lieu thereof to insert : 



The right of citizens of the United States to vote 

 and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by 

 the United States or any State on account of race, 

 color, or previous condition of service." 



The amendment was agreed to. 

 Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, said: "'I move to 

 amend the resolution by adding : 

 And this and all future proposed amendments to 



