CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



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Mvers, Negley, Orr, Packard, Packer, Palmer, Isaac 

 C." Parker, Peck, Pendleton, Perce, Aaron F. Perry, 

 Peters, Platt, Poland, Porter, Prindle, Rainey, Ran- 

 dall Ellis H. Roberts, Rusk, Sawyer, Scofleld, 

 Seeley, Shanks, Sheldon, Shellabarger, Shoemaker, 

 H. Boardman Smith, John A. Smith, Worthington C. 

 Smith, Snapp, Snyder, R. Milton Speer, Thomas J. 

 Speer, Sprague, Starkweather, Stevens, Stevenson, 

 Stoughton, Stowell, Sypher, Taffe, Thomas, Turner, 

 Twichell, Tyner, Upson, Wakeman, Walden, Wal- 

 dron, Wallace, Walls, Washburn, Wheeler, Whiteley, 

 Willard, Williams of Indiana, Jeremiah M. Wilson, 

 and John T. Wilson 126. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Barnum, Beck, James 

 Brooks, Buckley, Benjamin F. Butler, Creely, Crit- 

 cher, DeLarge, Edwards, Elv, Forker, Halsey, 

 Hambleton, Hay, Hays, Hill, Houghton, Kendall, 

 ' ; T *' Derrick, Morey, 

 Strong, St. 

 Washington 

 Townsend, Voorh'ees, and Warren 34. 



In the Senate, on January 10th, Mr. Car- 

 penter, of Wisconsin, said: "I ask leave to 

 offer a resolution, to be laid on the table, and 

 I give notice that at an early day I shall ask 

 the Senate to proceed to its consideration, for 

 the purpose of submitting some remarks on 

 the recent political delusion called ' civil ser- 

 vice reform,' by transferring the patronage 

 of the Government from the officers in whom 

 the Constitution vests it, to a board of school- 

 masters to sit in Washington." 



The resolution was read, as follows : 



Whereas, The Constitution of the United States re- 

 quires the President to nominate, and by and with 

 the advice and consent of the Senate to appoint, all 

 officers of the United States whose appointments are 

 not in said Constitution otherwise provided for, and 

 which shall be established by law, subject to the 

 power of Congress by law to vest the appointment 

 of such inferior officers as they may think proper 

 in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the 

 heads of Departments : Therefore, 



Resolved, That any law or regulation which is de- 

 signed to relieve the President, and in the cases 

 pertaining to them the courts of law or heads of 

 Departments, of the full responsibility of such nomi- 

 nations or appointments is in violation of the Con- 

 stitution. 



In the Senate, on January 22d, Mr. Blair, of 

 Missouri, said: "I offer a resolution and ask 

 that it be read, printed, and laid on the table : " 



Whereas, The island of Cuba is no longer necessary 

 to the safety of any continental dominions of Spain, 

 and is of vast importance to secure the southern 

 shores of the United States from invasion, and the 

 commerce floated from the great rivers of the conti- 

 nent into the Gulf of Mexico from depredation : 

 and whereas the acquisition of Cuba by the United 

 States would enhance its commercial importance 

 not only to the United States, but to all the commer- 

 cial nations of the world, and especially to Spain, 

 and for the same reason that the incorporation of 

 the colonies of England, France, and Spain, under 

 the Government of the United States, has promoted 

 the development of their commerce with their 

 mother-countries : and whereas the acquisition of 

 Cuba would free the American Continent from the 

 last vestige of slavery by the operation of the Con- 

 stitution of the United States, and would open for 

 emigration, to the freemen of African descent now 

 residing in the United States, a congenial climate 

 and rich soil ^adapted to their physical constitution, 

 where their intelligent labor would find its richest 



rewards, promoting the improvement of the race, 

 and guaranteeing their prosperity and equality undor 

 free institutions : Therefore, 



Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Represent- 

 atives of the United States of America in Congress 

 assembled. That the President of the United States 

 be, and is hereby, requested to open negotiations 

 with Spain for the purchase and cession of the island 

 of Cuba. 



The resolution was ordered to lie on the 

 table, and be printed. 



In the House, on February 5fch, Mr. Brooks, 

 of New York, said : " I move to suspend the 

 rules and pass the following resolution : " 



Resolved, That we recognize the thirteenth, four- 

 teenth, and fifteenth amendments to the Constitu- 

 tion as valid parts thereof. 



The question on suspending the rules and 

 passing the resolution was taken, and resulted 

 as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Ambler, Averill, Banks, Barber, 

 Barnum, Beatty, Beck, Bell, Beveridge, Bigby, Bing- 

 ham, Bird, James G. Blair, Bright, George M. Brooks, 

 James Brooks, Buckley, Buffinton, Burchard, Bur- 

 dett, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Camp- 

 bell, Carroll, William T. Clarke, Cobb, Coburn, Co- 

 mingo, Conger, Cotton, Cox, Crebs, Creely, Dickey, 

 Donnan, Dox, Duell, Duke, Dunnell, Eames, Ed- 

 wards, Eldridge, Ely, Farnsworth, Farwell, Fin- 

 kelnburg. Charles Foster, Wilder D. Foster, Frye, 

 Garrett, Getz, Golladay, Goodrich, Griffith, Halde- 

 man, Hale, Hancock, Handley, Harmer, Harper, 

 George E. Harris, Havens, Hawley, Hay, Hays, 

 Gerry W. Hazleton, John W. Hazleton, Herndon, 

 Hibbard, Hoar, Holman, Hooper, Houghton, Kelley, 

 Kerr, Ketcham, Killinger, King, Lamison, Lamport, 

 Leach, Lowe, Lynch, Manson, Marshall, Mayuard, 

 McClelland, MeCormick, McGrew, Mclntyre, Mc- 

 Junkin, McNeely, Mercur, Merriam, Merrick, Mon- 

 roe, Moore, Morphis, Leonard Myers, Negley, Pack- 

 ard, Packer, Palmer, Hosea W. Parker, Isaac C. 

 Parker, Peck, Pendleton, Perce, Eli Perry, Peters, 

 Platt, Poland, Porter, Prindle, Rainey, Randall, 

 Edward Y. Rice, Ellis H. Roberts, William R. Rob- 

 erts, Robinson, Roosevelt, Sargent, Sawyer, Seeley, 

 Sessions, Shanks, Sheldon, Shellabarger, Sherwood, 

 Slocum, John A. Smith, Worthington C. Smith, 

 Snapp, Thomas J. Speer, Starkweather, Stevens, 

 Stevenson, Storm, Stoughton, Stowell, Strong, Suth- 

 erland, Swann, Sypher, Thomas, Washington Town- 

 send, Turner, Twichell, Tyner, Upson, Waddell, 

 Wakeman, Walden, Waldron, Wallace, Walls, War- 

 ren, Wells, Wheeler, Whiteley, Willard, Williams 

 of Indiana, Jeremiah M. Wilson, John T. Wilson, 

 and Wood 166. 



NAYS Messrs. Acker, Adams, Arthur, Biggs, 

 Conner, Critcher, Crossland, Davis, DuBose, 

 Hambleton, Hanks, Hereford, Lewis, McHenry, 

 Niblack, Read, John M. Rice, Ritchie, Terry, Voor- 

 hees, Winchester, and Young 22. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Ames, Archer, Barry, 

 Austin Blair, Braxton, Caldwell, Freeman Clarke, 

 Coghlan, Darrall, Dawes, DeLarge, Elliott, Forker, 

 Henry D. Foster, Garfield, Halsey, John T. Harris, 

 Hill, Kellogg, Kendall, Kinsella, Lansing, McCrary, 

 McKee, McKinney, Benjamin F. Meyers, Mitchell, 

 Morey, Morgan, Orr, Aaron F. Perry, Potter, Price, 

 Rogers, Rusk, Scofield, Shober, Shoemaker, Slater, 

 Sloss, H. Boardman Smith, Snyder, R. Milton Speer, 

 Sprague, St. John, Taffe, Dwight Townsend, Tut- 

 hlll, Van Trump, Vaughan, Whitthorne, and Wil- 

 liams of New York 51. 



So (two thirds voting in favor thereof) the 

 rules were suspended, and the resolution was 

 agreed to. 



