CONGRESS, DNITED STATES. 



193 



case the amnesty was granted to the persons 

 who:iiv now iv-tinu r imilrr political disabilities; 

 u:id, us tlio honorable gentleman from Penn\vl- 

 v;ini:i ha. yielded mo tin- door, I understand it 

 will not be an impropriety on my purt or an 

 on of tho privilege which ho has granted 

 in.-, it' 1 propose such an amendment. It is to 

 v.rike out all after the seventh line of the tirst 

 section of his bill, and insert, instead of tho 

 part stricken out, these words : 



And shall be forever relieved therefrom upon their 

 appearing before a judge of any court of the United 

 States or any court of record of tho State in whicli 

 they are resident, and taking and subscribing the 

 following oath, to bo duly attested and recorded, to 

 wit: "I, A B, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I 

 will 'support and defend the Constitution of tho 

 United States against all enemies, foreign and do- 

 mestic ; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to 

 the same, and obey all laws made in pursuance 

 thereof; and that I take this obligation freely, and 

 without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion 

 whatever.'' 



Mr. Randall: "I demand the previous ques- 

 tion on my motion." 



The Speaker pro tempore: "The question 

 before the House is upon the passage of the 

 bill which was rejected and reconsidered. 

 Pending which the gentleman from Pennsyl- 

 vania (Mr. Randall) moves to commit the bill 

 to the Committee on the judiciary, with in- 

 structions to report it back with the amend- 

 ment proposed by the gentleman from Massa- 

 chusetts (Mr. Banks) ; and upon that motion 

 ho moves the previous question." 



The previous question was seconded and 

 the main question ordered, and tho motion to 

 refer was agreed to. 



Mr. Knott, of Kentucky, said : " Mr. Speaker, 

 the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was 

 referred tho bill, with an accompanying amend- 

 ment, have instructed me to report tho bill and 

 amendment back to tho House in pursuance 

 of the instructions of the House ; and I now 

 demand the previous question upon the bill and 

 amendment." 



The Clerk read as follows : 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent- 

 ative* of the United States of America in Congress as- 

 sembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), 

 That all tho disabilities imposed and remaining 

 upon any person by virtue of the third section of the 

 fourteenth article of the amendments of tho Consti- 

 tution of tho United States, be, and the same are 

 hereby, removed ; and each and every person is and 

 shall be forever relieved therefrom upon their appear- 

 ing before a judge of any court of the United States 

 or any court of record of the State in which they are 

 resident and taking and subscribing tho following 

 oath, to be duly attested and recorded, to wit : " I, 

 A B, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will sup- 

 port and defend the Constitution of the United States 

 against all enemies, foreign and domestic ; that I will 

 bear true faith and allegiance to the same, and obey 

 all laws made in pursuance thereof, and that I take 

 this obligation freely and without any mental reser- 

 vation or purpose or evasion whatever." 



Mr. Randall: "The previous question was 

 seconded." 



The question was taken, and it was decided 

 VOL. xvi. 18 A 



in the affirmative yeas 183, nays 92, not vot- 

 ing 16. 



Tho Speaker: "The main question having 

 been <>nk-ivd. tho question is on the passage of 

 the bill reported from the committee." 



Tho question was then taken; and there were 

 yeas 184, nays 97, not voting 9 ; as follows: 



YEAB Messrs. Ainsworth, Anderson, Ashc, At- 

 kins, Bagby, John II. Bagley, Banks, Barnum, 

 Beebe, Bell, Blackburn, Bland, Bliss, Blount, Boone, 

 Bradford, Bright. John Young Brown, Buckner, 

 Samuel I). Burchard, Cabell, John H. Caldwell, 

 William P. Caldwell. Campbell, Candler, Cate, Caul- 

 fleid, Chapin, John B. Clarke of Kentucky, John B. 

 Clark, Jr., of Missouri, Clymer, Cochrane. Collins, 

 Cook, Cowan, Cox. Culberson, Cutler, Davis, Do 

 Bolt, Dibrell, Douglas, Durand, Durham, Eden, Eg- 

 bert, Ellis, Ely, Farwell, Faulkner, Felton, Forney, 

 Franklin, Fuller, Cause, Gibson. Glover, Goode, 

 Goodin, Gunter, Andrew II. Hamilton, Robert Ham- 

 ilton. Hancock, Haralson, Hurdenbergh, Henry B. 

 Harris, John T. Harris, Harrison, Hartridge, Hart- 

 zell, Hatcher, Henkle, Hereford, Abram S. Hewitt, 

 Goldsmith W. Hewitt, Hill, Holinan, Hooker. Hop- 

 kins, House, Ilunton, Hurd, Jenks, Frank Jones, 

 Thomas L. Jones, Kehr, Kelley. Knott, Lamar, 

 Franklin Landers, George M. Landers, Lane, Levy, 

 Lewis, Lord, Luttrell, Edmund W. M. Mackey. Levi 

 A. Mackey, Maish, McFarland, McMahon, Meade, 



as, a, , . , , 



Piper, Poppleton, Potter, Powell, Randal I, Rea, Rea- 

 gan, John Reilly, James B. Reilly, Rice, Riddle, 

 Joim Bobbins, William M. Robbins, Roberts, Miles 

 Ross, Savage, Say ler. Scales, Schleicher, Schumaker, 

 Seelye, Sheakley, Singleton, Slemons, William E. 

 Smith, Southard, Sparks. Springer, Stenger, Steven- 

 son, Stone, Swann, Tarbox, Tecse, Terry, Thomp- 

 son, Thomas, Throckmorton, Tucker, Turney, John 

 L. Vance, Robert B. Vance, Waddell, Charles C. B. 

 Walker, Gilbert C. Walker, Walling, Walsh, Ward, 

 Warren, Erastus Wells, Whitehouse, Whitthorne, 

 Wigginton, Wike, Alpheus S. Williams, James Wil- 

 liams, James D. Williams, Jeremiah N. Williams, 

 Willis, Wilsliire, Benjamin Wilson, Fernando Wood, 

 Woodburn, Yeates, and Young 184. 



NAYS Messrs. George A. Bagley, John H. Baker, 

 William H. Baker, Ballou, Elaine, Blair, Bradley, 

 William R. Brown, Horatio C. Burchard, Burleigh, 

 Cannon, Cason, Caswell, Conger, Crapo, Crounse, 

 Danford, Darrall, Davy, Denison, Dobbins, Dun- 

 nell, Eames, Evans, Fort, Foster, Freeman, Frost, 

 Frye, Garfleld, Hale, Benjamin W. Harris, Hathorn, 

 Haymond. Hendee, Henderson, Hoar, Hoge, Hos- 

 kins, Hubbell, Hunter, Hurlbut, Hyman, Joyce, Kas- 

 son, Ketchum, King, Lapham, Lawrence, Leaven- 

 worth, Lynch, Magoon, MacDougall, McCrary, Mc- 

 Dill, Miller, Monroe, Nash, Norton, Oliver, O'Neill, 

 Packer, Page, William A. Phillips, Plaisted, Platt, 

 Pratt, Purman, Robinson, Sobieski Ross, Rusk, 

 Sampson, Sinnickson, Smalls, A. Herr Smith, Stark- 

 weather, Strait, Stowell, Thornburgh, Martin I. 

 Townsend. Washington Townsend, Tufts, Van Vor- 

 hes, Wuldron, Alexander S. Wallace, John W. Wal- 

 lace, Walls, G. Wiley Wells, Wheeler. White. Whit- 

 ing, Willard, Charles G. Williams. William B. Wil- 

 liams, James Wilson, Alan Wood, Jr., and Wood- 

 worth 97. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Adams, Banning, Baa*, 

 Chittonden, Hays, Kimball, Lynde, Rainey, and An- 

 drew Williams 9. 



So (two-thirds not having voted in favor 

 thereof) tho bill was not passed. 



In the ITonse, on January 6th, Mr. Hopkins, 

 of Pennsylvania, said : " I am instructed by 



