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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



by the people acting in their primary and individual 

 capacity through their delegates thereto duly consti- 

 tuted ; that the Government under the Constitution 

 is one of the people, by the people, and for the peo- 

 ple ; that in its appropriate sphere the Government 

 of this nation is sovereign and supreme ; that in its 

 nature it is permanent and indissoluble except by the 

 act and consent of the whole people ; that no State 

 has the right or authority to judge of the constitu- 

 tionality of the laws enacted by it, and to nullify or 

 resist the execution of the same ; and that all overt 

 acts by any State or the people thereof of secession 

 therefrom, or of rebellion against the same, consti- 

 tute treason ; and that the late war of the rebellion 

 for the dismemberment of the Union was causeless 

 and indefensible on any theory of right or constitu- 

 tional law. 



The Speaker said : " The motion is to sus- 

 pend the rules and adopt the resolution." 



Mr. Cox, of New York, said : " I rise to a 

 point of order. Would it be in order to read 

 from the Constitution the following?" 



Done in Convention by the unanimous consent of 

 the States. GEORGE WASHINGTON. 



The Speaker : " It would not be." 

 The question was taken, and resulted as fol- 

 lows: 



YEAS Messrs. Ainsworth, Anderson, John H. 

 Baker, Ballou, Bass, Blaine, Bradley, William R. 

 Brown, Horatio C. Burchard, Campbell, Cannon, 

 Cason, Caswellj Chittenden, Conger, Danford, Davy, 

 Denison, Dobbins, Dunnell, Durand, Eames. Evans, 

 Farwell, Fort, Foster, Frost, Goodin, Andrew H. 

 Hamilton, Hardenbergh, Benjamin W. Harris, Ha- 

 thorn, Haymond, Hendee, Henderson, Hoar, Hos- 

 kins, Hubbell, Hunter, Hyman, Jenks, Joyce, Kasson, 

 Kehr, Kelley, Lapham, Lawrence, Leavenworth, 

 Lynch, Magoon, MacUougall. McCrary, McDill. Mil- 

 ler, Monroe, Nash, New, Norton, Oliver, O'Neill, 

 Packer, Page, Phelps, William A. Phillips, Pierce, 

 Plaisted, Platt, Potter, Powell, James B. Reilly, 

 Robinson, Rusk, Sampson, Seelye, Sinnickson, 

 Smalls, A. Herr Smith, Strait, Stevenson, Teese, 

 Thornburgh, Washington Townsend, Tufts, Van 

 Vorhes, John L. Vance, Alexander S. Wallace, John 

 W. Wallace, White, Willard, Andrew Williams, 

 Alpheus S. Williams, Charles G. Williams, William 

 B. Williams, James Wilson, Alan Wood, Jr., Wood- 

 burn, and Woodworth 97. 



NATS Messrs. Ashe, Atkins, Beebe, Blackburn, 

 Bland, Blount, Boone, Bright, John Young Brown, 

 Cabell, John H. Caldwell, William P. Caldwell, 

 Candler, Gate, John B. Clarke of Kentucky, Cook, 

 Cowan, Culberson, De Bolt, Dibrell, Douglas, Ellis, 

 Faulkner, Felton, Forney, Franklin, Glover, Goode, 

 Gunter, Hancock, Henry R. Harris, Hartridge. Gold- 

 smith W. Hewitt, Hill, Hooker, House, Hunton, 

 Ilurd, Thomas L. Jones, Knott, Levy, Lewis, Lord, 

 Mead, Milliken, Mutchler, Odell, Parsons, Payne, 

 John F. Philips-Piper, Rea, Reagfin, Rice, Riddle, 

 John Robbins, William M. Robbins, Miles Ross, 

 Scales, Sheakley, Singleton, William E. Smith, Stone, 

 Terrv, Throckmorton, Tucker, Robert B. Vance, 

 Wad'dell, Charles C. B. Walker, Ward, James D. 

 Williams, Jeremiah N. Williams, Willis, Yeates, and 

 Young 75. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Adams, Bagby. George A. 

 Bagley, John H. Bagley, Jr., William H. Baker, 

 Banks, Banning, Barnum, Bell, Blair, Bliss, Brad- 

 ford, Buckner, Samuel D. Burchard, Burleigh, Caul- 

 field, Chapin, John B. Clark. Jr., of Missouri, Cly- 

 mer, Cochrane, Collins, Cox, Crapo, Crounse, Cutler, 

 "Darral!, Davis, Durham, Eden, Egbert, Ely, Free- 

 man, Frye, Fuller, Garfield, Gause, Gibson, Hale, 

 Robert Hamilton, Haralson, John T. Harris, Harri- 

 son, Hartzell, Hatcher, Hays, Henkle, Hereford, 

 Abram S. Hewitt, Hoge, Holman, Hopkins, Hurlbut, 



Frank Jones, Ketchum, Kimball, King, Lamar, 

 Franklin Landers, George M. Landers, Lane, Lut- 

 trell, Lynde, Edmund W. M. Mackey, L. A. Mackey, 

 Maish, McFarland, McMahon, Metcall'e, Mills, Money, 

 Morey, Morgan, Morrison, Neal, O'Brien. Poppletou, 

 Pratt, Purman, Rairiey, Randall, John Reilly, Rob- 

 erts, Sobieski Ross, Savage, Sayler. Schleicher, 

 Schumaker, Siemens, Southard, Sparks, Springer, 

 Stenger, Stowell, Swann, Tarbox, Thompson, 

 Thomas. Martin I. Townsend, Turney, Waldron, 

 Gilbert C. Walker, Walling, Walis, Walish, Warren, 

 Erastus Well^, G. Wiley WeHs-JW heeler, White- 

 house, Whiting, Whitthorne, Wigginton, Wikr, 

 James Williams, Wilshire, Benjamin, Wilson, and 

 Fernando Wood 117. 



So (two-thirds not voting in favor thereof) 

 the resolution was not adopted. 



In the House, on March 13th, Mr. Cox, of 

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

 and adopt the following resolutions/' 



The Clerk read as follows : 



Resolved, That the people of the United States con- 

 stitute a nation in the sense, to the extent, and lor 

 the purposes defined in the Federal Constitution. 



Resolved, That the Government of the United 

 States is a Federal Union, and was formed by the 

 people of the several States in their sovereign capac- 

 ity ; that the rights and powers of the United States 

 Government are defined and limited by the Federal 

 Constitution, and these rights and powers cannot Le 

 enlarged or diminished except by an amendment to 

 the Constitution. 



Resolved, That the rights of the States have the 

 same sanction and security in the Constitution as the 

 rights and powers of the Federal Government, and 

 that local domestic government by the several States 

 within the limits of the Constitution is absolutely 

 necessary for the preservation of the liberties of tl.e 

 citizen and the continuance of our republican system 

 of government. 



Resolved, That the doctrine that a State has a right 

 to secede from the Union is in conflict with the idea 

 of a " perpetual union " as contemplated ly the Con- 

 stitution, and should be regarded as being forever 

 extinguished by the results of the recent civil con- 

 flict. 



The Speaker: "Those in favor of the motion 

 to suspend the rules will vote 'Ay,' and those 

 opposed 'No.'" 



The question was then taken ; and it was 

 decided in the affirmative, as follows: 



YEAS Messrs. Ainsworth, Andersen, Ashe, At- 

 kins, John H. Bagley, Jr., Banning, Bass, Beebe, 

 Blackburn, Bland, Blount, Boone, Bright, John 

 Young Brown, Buckner, Cabell, John H. Cakhvell, 

 William P. Caklwell, Campbell, Cannon, Cason, 

 Cate. Caulfield, John B. Clarke of Kentucky, John 

 B. Clark, Jr., of Missouri, Clymer, Cochrane, Cook, 

 Cowan, Cox, Cutler, Davy.De Bolt.Dibrell, Doug- 

 las, Durand, Eden, Ellis, Faulkner, Felton, Forney, 

 Fort, Franklin, Fuller, Glover, Goode, Goodin, Ai,- 

 drew H. Hamilton, Robert Hamilton, Hancock. Har- 

 denbergh, Benjamin W. Harris, Henry R. Harris, 

 Hartridge, Hartzell, Hendee, Henkle, Goldsmith W. 

 Hewitt, Hill, Holman, Hooker, Hopkins, House, 

 Hunton, Hurd, Jenks, Thomas L. Jones, Kehr, 

 Kelley, Knott, Franklin Landers, George M. Len- 

 ders, Leavenworth, Levy, Lewis, Lord. Luttrell, 

 Lynde, L. A. Mackey, Maish. McDill, McFarland, 

 Meade, Milliken, Morgan, Morrison, Neal, New, 

 O'Brien, Odell, Parsons, Payne, Phelpp, John F. 

 Philips, William A. Phillips/Pierce, Piper, Popple- 

 ton, Potter, Randall, Rea, Reagan, John Reilly, 

 James B. Reilly, Rice, Riddle, John Robbins, Wil- 

 liam M. Robbins, Roberts, Miles Rose, Sampson, 



