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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



ry, McDonald, Maxey, Eandolph, Bansom, Sauls- 

 bury, Thurman, Wallace, and Withers 18. 



NAYS Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Booth, Burn- 

 Bide, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wiscon- 

 sin, C'hristiancy, Conkliug, Dawes, Dennis, Dorsey, 

 Eaton, Edmunds, English, Ferry, Frelinghuysen, 

 Hamilton, Hamlin, Howe, Jones of Nevada, Logan, 

 McMillan, Merrimon, Mitchell, Morrill of Maine, 

 Morton, Oglesby, Paddock, Patterson, Sargent, 

 Sherman, Whyte, Windom, and "Wright 34. 



ABSENT Messrs. Alcorn, Boutwell, Bruce, Clay- 

 ton, Cockrell, Conover, Cragin, Gordon, Harvey, 

 Hitchcock, Ingalls, Jones of Florida, Keruan, Mor- 

 rill of Vermont, Norwood, Robertson, Sharon, Spen- 

 cer, Stevenson, Wadleigh, and West 21. 



So the amendment was rejected. 



The President pro tempore: " The question 

 recurs on the amendment proposed by the 

 Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Burnside)." 



The amendment was rejected. 



The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a 

 third reading, and was read the third time. 



The President pro tempore: "Shall the bill 

 pass ? " 



The yeas and nays being taken, resulted as 

 follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Booth, Burn- 

 side, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wiscon- 

 sin, Christiancy, Dawes, Dorsey, Ferry, Frelinghuy- 

 sen, Hamilton, Hamlin, Hitchcock, Ingalls, Jones 

 of Nevada, Key, Logan, McMillan, Merrimon, Mitch- 

 ell, Morrill of Maine, Morton, Oglesby, Paddock, 

 Patterson, Sargent, Sherman, Spencer, Thurman, 

 Windom, and Wright 32. 



NAYS Messrs. Bayard, Bogy, Caperton, Cockrell, 

 Conkling, Cooper, Davis, Dennis, Eaton, Edmunds, 

 English, Goldthwaite, Howe, Johnston, Jones of 

 Florida, Kelly, McCreery, McDonald, Maxey, Ean- 

 dolph, Eansom, Saulsbury, Stevenson, Wallace, 

 Whyte, and Withers 26. 



ABSENT Messrs. Alcorn, Boutwell, Bruce, Clay- 

 ton, Conover, Cragin, Gordon, Harvey, Kernan, 

 Morrill of Vermont, Norwood, Eobertson, Sharon, 

 Wadleigh, and West 15. 



So the bill was passed. 



In the Senate, on December 15, 1875, Mr. 

 Morton, of Indiana, submitted the following 

 concurrent resolutions, which were read : 



_ 1. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representa- 

 tives concurring), That the people of the United 

 States constitute a nation, and are one people in the 

 sense of national unity. 



2. Resolved, That the Government of the United 

 States is not a compact between the States in their 

 municipal and corporate characters, but was formed 

 by the people of the United States in their primary 

 capacity ; that the rights of the States are defined 

 and guaranteed by the Constitution, and not by any 

 outside theory of State sovereignty ; and that the 

 rights of the States cannot be enlarged or diminished 

 except by an amendment to the Constitution. 



3. Resolved, That the rights of the States have the 

 same sanction and security in the Constitution as the 

 rights and powers of the national Government; and 

 that local domestic government by the States within 

 the limits of the Constitution is an essential part of 

 our free republican system. 



4. Resolved, That the doctrine that a State has the 

 right to secede from the Union is inconsistent with 

 the idea of nationality, is in conflict with the spirit 

 and structure of the Constitution, and should be re- 

 garded as having been forever extinguished by the 

 suppression of the rebellion. 



The resolutions were ordered to be printed, 

 but no subsequent action was taken on them. 



In the Senate, on January 10th, Mr. Whyte, 

 of Maryland, ottered the following: 



Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

 concurring), That the people of the several States, 

 acting in their highest sovereign capacity as free and 

 independent States, adopted the Federal Constitution 

 and established a form of government in the nature 

 of a confederated republic, and, for the purpose of 

 carrying into effect the objects for which it was 

 formed, delegated to that Government certain rights 

 enumerated in said Constitution, but reserved to the 

 States respectively or to the people thereof all the 

 residuary powers not delegated to the United States 

 by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the States. 



No vote was taken on the resolution. 



In the House, on December 15, 1875, Mr. 

 Hale, of Maine, submitted the following pream- 

 ble and resolution, upon which he called the 

 previous question : 



Whereas, The country is suffering under the evils of 

 an irredeemable currency, which causes uncertainty 

 in business and stimulates speculation, to the preju- 

 dice of legitimate business and labor ; and whereas 

 both political parties in the United States stand com- 

 mitted against repudiation and in favor of a speedy 

 return to specie payment; and whereas Congress 

 established a like policy in the act of March 16, 1869, 

 which was followed by the act of January 14, 1875, 

 providing for the resumption of specie payments on 

 the 1st day of January, 1879 : therefore ' 



Resolved, That, in the judgment of this 'House, 

 prompt legislative measures should be taken to ren- 

 der the said act of January 14, 1875. effective, by 

 placing in the hands of the Secretary of the Treaeury 

 whatever power may be necessary to that end. 



The question was upon seconding the pre- 

 vious question. 



The House divided ; and the tellers reported 

 that there were yeas 75, nays 148. 



So the previous question was not seconded. 



In the House, on December 15th, Mr. Hoi- 

 man, of Indiana, said: "I submit the follow- 

 ing resolution and on it demand the previous 

 question : " 



Resolved, That in the judgment of this House, in 

 the present condition of the financial affairs of the 

 Government, no subsidies in money, bonds, public 

 lands, indorsements, or by pledge of tne public cred- 

 it, should be granted by Congress to associations or 

 corporations engaged or proposing to engage in pub- 

 lic or private enterprises ; and that all appropriations 

 from the public Treasury ought to be limited at this 

 time to such amounts only as shall be imperatively 

 demanded by the public service. 



The previous question was - seconded ; yeas 

 138, nays not counted. 



The main question was ordered. 



The Speaker: "The main question having 

 been ordered, the question is, Will the House 

 adopt the resolution? " 



The question was taken, and resulted as fol- 

 lows: 



YEAS Messrs. Adams, Ainsworth, Anderson, 

 Ashe, Bagby, George A. Bagley, John H. Bagley, 

 Jr., John H." Baker, William H. Baker, Ballou, Ban- 

 ning, Beebe, Bell, Blackburn. Elaine, Blair, Bland, 

 Bliss, Blount, Boone, Bradford, Bradley, John 

 Young Brown, William E. Brown, Horatio C. Bur- 

 chard, Samuel D. Burchard, Burleigh, John II. 

 Caldwell, William P. Caldwell, Campbell, Candler, 

 Cannon, Cason, Caswell, Gate, Cauldfield, Cliapin, 



