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the terms of residence which shall precede the exer- 

 cise of the right to vote : And provided, That the 

 United States and the several States shall have the 

 right to fix the age and other qualifications for omce 

 under their respective jurisdictions, which said regis- 

 tration laws, terms of residence, age, and other quali- 

 fications, shall be uniformly applicable to all male 

 citizens of the United States." 



The amendment to the amendment was re- 

 jected. 



Mr. Fowler, of Tennessee, said: "I now 

 offer my amendment, to strike out all of sec- 

 tion one of the amendment reported by the 

 committee, and to insert : 



All the male citizens of the United States, residents 

 of the several States now or hereafter comprehended 

 in the Union, of the age of twenty-one years and up- 

 ward, shall be entitled to an equal vote in all elec- 

 tions in the State wherein they shall reside; the 

 period of such residence as a qualification for voting 

 to be decided by each State t except such citizens as 

 shall engage in rebellion or insurrection, or shall be 

 duly convicted of treason or other infamous crime." 



The yeas and nays were ordered; as fol- 

 lows : 



YEAS Messrs. Bayard, Cragin, Dixon, Fowler, 

 Patterson of Tennessee, Eoss, Sherman, Van "Winkle, 

 and Wilson 9. 



NAYS Messrs. Abbott, Anthony, Cattell, Cole, 

 Conkling, Conness, Corbett, Davis, Drake, Ferry, 

 Frelinghuysen. Harlan, Harris, Howard, McDonald, 

 Morgan, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Patter- 

 son of New Hampshire, Pool, Eamsey, Eice, Eobert- 

 son. Sawyer, Spencer, Stewart, Tipton, Trumbull, 

 Vickers, Wade, Welch, Willey, Williams, and Yates 

 35. 



ABSENT Messrs. Buckalew, Cameron, Chandler, 

 Doolittle, Edmunds, Fessenden, Grimes, Hender- 

 son, Hendricks, Howe, Kellogg, McCreery, Morrill 

 of Maine, Norton, Osborn, Pomeroy .JSaulsbury, 

 Sprague, Sumner, Thayer, Warner, and Whyte 22. 



So the amendment to the amendment was 

 rejected. 



Mr. Conness, of California, said: "In the 

 first line of the committee's amendment the 

 word ' or ' occurs between the words ' States ' 

 and 'by.' I move to insert the word 'nor' 

 instead of ' or ; ' so that it shall read : 



The right of citizens of the United States to vote 

 and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the 

 United States nor by any State." 



The President pro tempore : " The question 

 is on the amendment of the Senator from Cali- 

 fornia to the amendment of the committee." 



The amendment to the amendment was 

 agreed to. 



Mr. Vickers, of Maryland, said : " I desire to 

 offer an amendment to the amendment. It is 

 to insert at the end of the amendment the fol- 

 lowing : 



Nor shall the right to vote be denied or abridged 

 because of participation in the recent rebellion." 



The question was taken by yeas and nays, 

 as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Davis, Dixon, 

 Doolittle, Ferry, Fowler, Grimes, Harlan, Hendricks, 

 McCreery, Norton, Patterson of Tennessee, Pool 

 Eamsey, Robertson, Sawyer, Trumbull, Van Winkle 

 Vickers, and Wilson 21. 



NATS Messrs. Abbott, Anthony, Cattell, Cole, 



CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



Conkling, Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Fessen- 

 den, Frelinghuysen, Harris, Howard, Howe, Morgan, 

 Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Patterson of New 

 Hampshire, Eice, Eoss, Sherman, Spencer, Stewart, 

 Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Wade, Welch, Willey, Wil- 

 liams, and Yates 32. 



ABSENT Messrs. Cameron, Chandler. Edmunds, 

 Henderson, Kellogg, McDonald, Morrill of Maine, 

 Osborn, Pomeroy, Saulsbury, Sprague, Warner, and 

 Whyte 13. 



So the amendment to the amendment was 

 rejected. 



Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, said : " I move to 

 amend the amendment by inserting after the 

 word ' vote ' in the first line the words ' for 

 electors of President and Vice-President and 

 members of the House of Representatives of 

 the United States ; ' and by inserting after the 

 word 'office' in the second line the words 

 ' under the United States ; ' so as to make the 

 clause read : 



The right of citizens of the United States to vote 

 for electors of President and Vice-President and 

 members of the House of Eepresentatives of the 

 United States, and hold office under the United 

 States, shall not be denied or abridged by the United 

 States nor by any State on account of race, color, or 

 previous condition of servitude. 



The yeas and nays were ordered ; and, being 

 taken, resulted as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Anthony, Bayard, Buckalew, Da- 

 vis, Dixon, Doolittle, Grimes, Hendricks, McCreery, 

 Norton, Saulsbury, and Van Winkle 12. 



NATS Messrs. Abbott, Cattell, Cole, Conkling, 

 Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Ferry, Frelinghuy- 

 sen, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Howe, McDonald, Mor- 

 gan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, 

 Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pool, Eamsey, 

 Eice, Robertson, Eoss, Sawyer, Sherman, Spencer, 

 Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Vick- 

 ers, Wade, Warner, Welch, Willey, Williams, Wil- 

 son, and Yates 42. 



ABSENT Messrs. Cameron, Chandler, Edmunds, 

 Fessenden, Fowler, Henderson, Kellogg, Osborn, 

 Patterson of Tennessee, Pomeroy, Sprague, and 

 Whyte 12. 



So the amendment to the amendment was 

 rejected. 



Mr. Corbett, of Oregon, said: "Mr. Presi- 

 dent, I had the honor to offer an amendment, 

 which I intend to call up at the proper time 

 for consideration, to be added after the amend- 

 ment of the committee, in these words : 



But Chinamen not born in the United States and 

 Indians not taxed shall not be deemed or made citi- 

 zens." 



The amendment was rejected. 



The President pro tempore : " The question 

 is on the amendment of the Senator from 

 Massachusetts (Mr. Wilson) to the amendment 

 proposed by the Senator from Nevada (Mr, 

 Stewart)." 



The yeas and nays were ordered, and re- 

 sulted as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Abbott-Cameron, Cattell, Conness, 

 Cragin, Ferry, Grimes, Harlan, Harris, Hendricks, 

 Howe, McDonald, Morton, Osborn, Pool, Eice, Eob- 

 ertson, Boss.Sawyer, Sherman, Sumner, Thayer, 

 Tipton, Van Winkle, Wade, Warner, Welch, Willey, 

 Williams, Wilson, and Yates 81. 



NATS Messrs. Anthony, Buckalew, Chandler, 



