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States might refuse to send members to Congress, 

 129 ; the United States cannot guarantee any partic- 

 ular form of republican government, 129 ; the bill 

 and resolution of amendment are a sort of felo de se, 

 130; the singular anomaly presented, 130; we are in 

 no sense a nation, and, if we become so, we will be a 

 centralized despotism in some form, 130 ; amendment 

 offered, 131 ; agreed to, 131 ; the designation of prop- 

 erty and educational qualifications recognizes the 

 right in any State to establish a religious test, 131 ; 

 powers conferred by the different sections, 131 ; 

 amendment lost, 132; another amendment moved, 

 132 ; lost, 132 ; another amendment, 132 ; lost, 132 ; 

 bill passed, 133. 



In the Senate, a joint resolution proposing an 

 amendment to the Constitution considered, 133 ; a 

 declaration to make all men, without regard to race 

 or color, equal before the law, 133 ; the only measure 

 that will really abolish slavery, 133 ; amendment 

 moved, 133 ; the question should be submitted to the 

 people, 134 ; it is said we are seeking to perpetuate 

 our power, 134; only two modes of ratification, 134 ; 

 how can a member of a Legislature elected last fall 

 act on a question that was not considered by the 

 people when they elected him ? 135 ; the question 

 taken from the people at the last election, 135 ; what 

 did the Chicago platform mean ? 135 ; not merely a 

 question of suffrage, 135 ; an independent republic 

 must necessarily control the question of suffrage in 

 its own elections, 136 ; amendment moved, 136 ; the 

 principle of the Constitution in relation to amend- 

 ments, 136 ; it is not competent for the Senate, in this 

 state of its organization, to act on an amendment, 136. 



In the Senate, the House resolution considered, 

 137 ; amendment moved, 137 ; amendment and reso- 

 lution substantially the same, 137 ; why is it neces- 

 sary to insert these words, "or previous condition 

 of servitude ? 138 ; another amendment moved, 139 ; 

 why amend what is already sufficient ? 139 ; difficul- 

 ties in the way of ratification, 139 ; power given to 

 Congress to regulate elections in States, 140; can 

 color be a qualification of a voter ? 140 ; if the color 

 of. the hair, or eyes, or skin, distinguishes one race 

 from the other, then the Legislature has a right to 

 make it a qualification, 141 ; all the power of Con- 

 gress on the subject, 141 ; this general doctrine com- 

 prehends woman as well as man, 141 ; principles and 

 doctrines of predecessors, 142 ; proposal to submit 

 the amendment to the several States, 142 ; facts in 

 regard to the last amendment, 142 ; an amendment 

 proposed to Legislatures or to conventions for ratifi- 

 cation, until ratified by three-fourths of the States, 

 is, of necessity, in its very nature, a simple proposi- 

 tion, 143 ; an anomaly in the Constitution of the 

 United States, 143; impossible so large a portion 

 should remain a long time without suffrage, 144; 

 meaning of the Chicago platform, 145; under the 

 Constitution no State has the power to deny suffrage 

 on account of color, 145 ; the amendment contains a 

 grant of [power to Congress to set up other tests for 

 voting and holding office, 145 ; the Eepublican plat- 

 form, 146; the question of suffrage belongs to the 

 people is it right for Congress to take it away ? 146 ; 

 two constructions put upon one clause, 146; what 

 limit is there to the power of the people to change 

 the Constitution ? 147 ; a grave question, 147 ; it is 

 averred that the President may be displaced, and a 

 king established instead, 147 ; where does the power 

 of the people to amend or change the Constitution 

 end? 147; you change the nature of the Government, 



148; the case of McCulloch vs. State of Man-land, 

 148; is it wise to extend suffrage to the colored 

 people ? 149 ; some do not want the Chinese to vote, 

 149 ; exclusion on the ground of religion, 149 ; posi- 

 tion of the Senators from the Western coast, 150 ; 

 historical references, 150 ; the heresy of secession is 

 not dead, 150 ; does the Constitution say how far you 

 shall amend it ? 151 ; State sovereignty denied, 151 ; 

 State sovereignty and Federal sovereignty are the 

 two ideas planted in the Constitution, 151 ; we must 

 maintain the rights of the States under the Constitu- 

 tion, 152 ; just as necessary to insist on the rights of 

 the States as on the rights of the Federal Govern- 

 ment, 152 ; cannot find a word in the Constitution 

 which makes a limit on the power of the people to 

 amend it, 152 ; what right has any State in this Union 

 but that which it gets from the Constitution ? 153 ; is 

 the opinion of Congress supreme on all constitu- 

 tional questions ? 153 ; the judicial power of the court 

 does not contain political power, 154 ; when the court 

 assumes the power to declare an act of Congress un- 

 constitutional and void, then begins the struggle in 

 this country, 154; the sovereignty rests with the 

 people, 155; the sovereignty not delegated is reserved 

 to the States and to the people, 155 ; the government 

 of the States is as essential as the government of the 

 people, 156 ; an amendment to abolish the govern- 

 ment enacted by the Constitution exceeds the pow- 

 ers of Congress, 156 ; what the people of a State 

 have the power to organize and institute they have 

 the power to maintain, 156 ; is the denial of the right 

 to do one thing an affirmation of the right to do 

 another ? 157 ; the fourteenth amendment has under- 

 taken to secure to citizens all the privileges that be- 

 long to citizens, 157 ; extent of its provisions, 158 ; 

 the extent of the name of citizen, 158 ; an exceeding- 

 ly erroneous and detrimental view, 159 ; privilege of 

 a citizen to vote, 160 ; the key to the question, 160 ; 

 such construction cannot be maintained, 161 ; occa- 

 sion of the first section of the fourteenth amendment, 

 161 ; motion to adjourn, 162 ; lost, 162 ; amendment 

 lost, 162 ; further amendment considered, 162 ; it de- 

 clares exactly that we mean to enfranchise the Afri- 

 can, 163 ; it will leave out the subject of Chinese im- 

 migration, 163 ; amendment lost, 163 ; another amend- 

 ment, 164 ; causes of exclusion from voting, 164 ; the 

 rule should be universal, 164 ; objections urged, 165 ; 

 amendment lost, 165 ; other amendments considered 

 and lost, 166-168 ; resolution passed, 168. 



In the House, the amendments of the Senate con- 

 sidered, 168 ; House refuse to concur, 169. 



In the Senate, a committee of conference moved 

 and lost, 169 ; non-concur in the action of the House, 

 169 ; another resolution of amendment considered 

 and adopted, 169,170; amended in the House, 170; 

 conference held, 170 ; result, 170. 



In the House, action taken for counting the votes 

 for President and Vice-President, 171 ; action on the 

 vote of Louisiana, 171 ; do. on the vote of Georgia, 

 171 ; total vote, 172 ; its declaration, 172 ; protest of- 

 fered in the House, 172; debate, 173; resolutions 

 offered, 174 ; further debate, 174, 175. 



In the Senate, the House bill to repeal the act regu- 

 lating the tenure of certain civil offices considered, 

 175 ; amendment proposed, 175 ; the House proposes 

 to go back to the old system, 176 ; the substantial 

 principle upon which the act of 1867 was founded 

 ought to be retained, 176 ; the amendment restrains 

 the President except as to his Cabinet, 176; object of 

 the Tenure-of-offico Act, 177 ; remove every obstacle 



