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Mr. Henderson moved to amend the first sec- | tion so as to make it read as follows:

That it is hereby provided and declared that the faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to an early resumption of specie payment by the Government in order that conflicting questions touching the mode of discharging the public indebtedness may be settled and that the same may be paid in gold.

Which was not agreed to-yeas 8, nays 34, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Cole, Davis, Henderson, Morton, Pomeroy, Robertson, Ross, Spencer-8.

NAYS-Anthony, Cattell, Conkling, Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Diron, Edmunds, Ferry, Fessenden, Frelinghuysen, Grimes, Harlan, Harris, Howard, McDonald, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Nye, Osborn, Patterson of New Hampshire, Sawyer. Sherman, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Wade, Warner, Welch, Willey, Williams, Wilson-34.

The bill, as amended by the report of the Committee on Finance, was then passed-yeas 30, nays 16, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Cattell, Conkling, Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Dixon, Edmunds, Ferry, Fessenden, Frelinghuysen, Grimes, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire, Robertson, Sawyer, Sherman, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Willey, Williams, Wilson-30.

NATS-Messrs. Cole, Davis, Doolittle, Fowler, Henderson, Hendricks, McCreery, McDonald, Morton, Osborn, Patterson of Tennessee, Pomeroy, Ross, Spencer, Wade, Welch-16.

The title was amended so as to read "An act in relation to the public debt."

March 2-The House non-concurred in the amendments of the Senate, and a committee of conference (Messrs. Schenck, Allison, and Niblack) appointed.

Same day-The Senate insisted on its amendments, and appointed Messrs. Sherman, Williams, and Morton a conference committee.

March 3-The committee reported the following bill:

AN ACT to strengthen the public credit, and relating to contracts for the payment of coin.

Be it enacted, &c., That in order to remove any doubt as to the purpose of the Government to discharge all just obligations to the public creditors, and to settle conflicting questions and interpretations of the laws by virtue of which such obligations have been contracted, it is hereby provided and declared, that the faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment in coin, or its equivalent, of all the obligations of the United States not bearing interest known as United States notes, and of

all the interest-bearing obligations of the United States except in cases where the law authorizing the issue of any such obligation has expressly provided that the same may be paid in lawful money or other currency than gold and silver But none of said interest bearing obligation s not already due shall be redeemed or paid before maturity, unless at such time United States notes shall be convertible into coin at the option of the holder or unless at such time bonds of the United States bearing a lower rate of interest than the bonds to be redeemed can be sold at par in coin. And the United States also solemnly pledges its faith to make provision at the earliest practica

ble period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin.

SEC 2. That any contract hereafter made specifically payable in coin, and the consideration of which may be a loan of coin, or a sale of property, or the rendering of labor or service of any kind, the price of which, as carried into the contract, may have been adjusted on the basis of the coin value thereof at the time of such sale or the rendering of such service or labor, shall be legal and valid, and may be enforced according to is terms; and on the trial of a suit brought for the enforcement of any such contract, proof of the real consideration may be given.

Same day-The Senate agreed to the reportyeas 31, nays 24, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Anthony, Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Conkling, Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Diron, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Fessenden. Frelinghuysen, Harris. Howard, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire, Ramsey, Sherman, Sewart, Sumner, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Warner, Willey, Williams-31.

NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Cole, Davis, Doolittle, Fowler, Hendricks, Kellogg, McCreery, McDonald, Morton, Norton, Osborn, Patterson of Tennessee, Robertson, Ross, Sawyer, Spencer, Sprague, Thayer, Tipton, Vickers, Wade, Whyte-24.

Same day-The House adopted the report--
yeas 117. nays 59, (not voting 48,) as follow:
ley, James M. Ashley, Artell. Bailey, Barnes, Barnum,
YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Ames, Arnell, Delos R. Ash-
Beaman, Benjamin, Benton, Bingham Blair, Boutwell,
Bowen, Doyden, Brooks, Broomall, Buckley, Cake,
Callis, Chanter, Churchill, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney
Clarke, Clift, Corley, Cornell, Cullom, Dawes, Dickey,
Dixon, Dodge, Eckley, Thomas D. Eliot, James T.
Elliott, Ferriss, Ferry, Fields, Garfield. Gove, Gris-
Hotchkiss, Richard D. Hubbard, Hulburd, Jenckes,
wold, Halsey, Haughey, Heaton, Hizby, Hill, Hooper,
Alexander II Jones, Judd, Julian, Kellogg, Kelsey,
Ketcham, Laflin, Lash, George V. Lawrence, Lincoln,
M Kee, Mercur, Miller, Moore, Moorhead, Morrell,
Logan, Lynch, Mallory, Marvin, Maynard. McCarthy,
Mullins, Myers, Newsham, Norris. O'Neill, Paine, Per-
ham, Peters, Phelps, Pile, Plants, Poland, Price. Prince,
Raum, Robertson, Robinson, Roots. Sawyer, Schenck,
Scofield, Shellabarrer. Smith. Starkweather, Stevens,
Stewart, Stover, Sypher, Taber, Taylor, Trowbridge,
Twichell, Upson. Burt Van Horn, Van Wyck, Ward,
Cadwalader C. Washburn. Will am B. Washburn, Wel-
ker, Whittemore, James F Wilson, Woodbridge-117.
NAYз-Messrs. Adams, Archer, Baker, Beatv, Beck,
Boyer, Bromwell, Burr, Benjamin F Butler. Roderick
R. Buler, Cary, Cobb, Coburn. Cook, Deweese, Dock-
Golladay, Goss, Haight, Harding, Hawkins, Holman,
ery, Donnelly, Eggleston, Eldridge, Farn worth, Getz,
Hopkin, Hunter, Ingersoll, Johnson, Thomas L. Jones,
Kerr, Knott, William Lawrence, Marshall, McCormick,
Shanks. Sitgreaves, Stone, Thomas, Tift, Trimble, Van
McCullough, Mungen, Niblack, Orth, Prum, Randall, Ross,
Acram, Van Auken. Van Trump, Henry D. Washburn,
William Williams, Stephen F. Wilson, Wood, Woodward,
Young-59.

The President (Johnson) "pocketed" the bill. [For other votes on this subject in first session, Forty-First Congress, see a subsequent chapter.]

TENURE-OF-OFFICE ACT.

Fortieth Congress, Third Session.

IN HOUSE.

1869. January 11-A bill to repeal an act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices, passed March 2, 1867, was introduced by Mr. II. D. Washburn, and read a first and second time. lhe previous question on the engrossment of the

litical Manual for 1867, pp. 50, 51; and Hand Book of For copy of the act, and votes on passage, see PoPolitics, pp. 176, 177.

bill was ordered-yeas 116, nays 47; and the bill was ordered engrossed, and was read a third time. It was then passed-yeas 121, nays 47, not voting 53, as follow:

to fill such office; and in case of such suspension, it shall be the duty of the President, within twenty days after the first day of such next meeting of the Senate, to report to the Senate such suspenYEAS-Messrs. Allison, Anderson, Artell, Bailey, Bald- sion, with the name of the person so designated win, Banks, Larnum, Beaman, Beck, Bingham, Blaine, to perform the duties of such office; and if the Blair, Boutwell, Bowen, Boyden, Buckley, Burr, Benjamin F. Butler Roderick R. Butler, Callis, Cary, Chan- Senate shall concur in such suspension, and adler, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Clift, Cobb, Coburn, vise and consent to the removal of such officer, Cook, Corley, Cornell. Cullom. Dawes, Deweese, Dixon, they shall so certify to the President, who may Driggs, Eckley. Eldridge, Thomas D. Eliot, Fields, Fox, Getz, Glossbrenner, Golladay, Goss, Gove, Griswold, thereupon remove such officer, and. by and with Grover, Haight, Halsey, Haughey, Heaton. Hooper, the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint Hopkins, Hotchkiss, Humphrey, Hunter, Ingersoll, John- another person to such office; but if the Senate son, Alexander H. Jones, Thomas L. Jones, Judd, shall refuse to concur in such suspension the Julian. Kelley, Kellogg, Kerr, Ketcham Knott, Lash, George V. Lawrence, Lincoln, Loughridge, Mallory, officer so suspended shall forth with resume the Marvin, McCormick, McCullough, Miller, Mungen, New-functions of his office and the powers of the percomb, Niblack, Nicholson, Norris, O'Neill, Paine, Peters, Pettis, Phelps, Plants, Price, Prince, Robertson, Robinson, Roots, Sawyer, Scofield, Sitgreaves, Spalding. Starkweather, Stevens, Stewart, Stone, Stover, Sypher. Taber, Thomas, Tift, Trimble, Trowbridge, Twichell, Van Auken, Van Trump, Vidal, Ellihn B. Washburne, Henry D. Washburn, William Williams, James F. Wilson, John T. Wil on, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, Woodbridge, Woodward, Young-121. NAYS-Messrs. Ames, Arnell, Delos R. Ashley, Baker, Beatty, Benjamin, Benton, Boles, Bromwell, Buckland, Churchill, Delano, Ela, Farnsworth, Ferriss, French, Garfield. Harding, Higby, Jenckes, Kelsey, Kitchen, Laflin, Maynard, McCarthy, McKee, Mercur, Moore, Moorhead, Morrell, Mullins, Newsham, Perham, Pike, Poland, Polsley, Pomeroy, Schenck, Shanks, Shellabarger, Stokes, Taffe, John Trimble, Upson, Ward,

Welker, Whittemore-47.

son so performing its duties in his stead shall cease; and the official salary and emoluments of such officer shall during such suspension belong to the person so performing the duties thereof and not to the officer so suspended: Provided, however, that the President may, in his discretion, before reporting such suspension to the Senate as above provided, revoke the same, and reinstate such officer in the performance of the duties of his office.

"SEC. That no person shall hold nor shall he receive salary or compensation for performing the duties of more than one office or place of NOT VOTING-Messrs. Adams, Archer, James M. Ashley, trust or profit under the Constitution or laws of Barnes, Blackburn, Boyer, Brooks, Broomall, Cake, Co- the United States at the same time, whether such vode, Dickey, Dockery, Dodge, Donnelly, Edwards, office or place be civil, military, or naval; and Eggleston, Ferry, Gravely, Hamilton, Hawkins, Hill, Holman, Asahel W. Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, any person holding any such office or place who Richard D. Hubbard, Hulburd, Koontz, William Law shall accept or hold any other office or place of rence, Loan, Logan, Lynch, Marshall, Morrissey, Myers, Nunn, Orth, Pierce, Pile. Prum, Randall, Raum, Ross, trust or profit under the Constitution or laws of Selye, Smith. Taylor, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, the United States shall be deemed to have vaRobert T. Van Horn, Van Wyck. Cadwalader C. Wash-cated the office or place which he held at the time burn, William B. Washburn, Thomas Williams, Wood53.

IN SENATE.

No direct vote was reached on the above bill in the Senate. And pending the legislative appropriation bill

March 2-Mr. Morton moved as an additional section the House repealing bill.

Mr. Sumner offered the following substitute for that amendment:

That the first section of the act entitled "An act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices," passed March 2, 1867, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "That every person holding any civil office to which he has been appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and every person who shall bereafter be ap. pointed to any such office and shall become duly qualified to act therein, is and shall be entitled to hold such office until a successor shall have been in like manner appointed and duly qualified, except as herein otherwise provided.

of such acceptance.

"SEC. That nothing in the foregoing section shall be construed to prevent such designations or appointments of officers to perform temporarily the duties of other officers as are or may be authorized by law, nor to prevent such appointments or designations to office or duty as are required by law to be made from the army

or navy.

"SEC. That the penalties provided in the act to which this is an amendment shall apply to violations of this act.

Which was not agreed to-yeas 17, nays 32, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Chandler, Conkling, Cragin, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Howe, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Patterson of New Hampshire. Ramsey, Sawyer, Sprague, Sumner, Welch, Willey, Williams-17. NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Cameron, Cattell, Cole, Conness, Corbett, Dixon, Drake, Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Grimes, Henderson, McDonald, Morgan, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Pomeroy, Pool, Robertson, Ross, Sherman, Spencer, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Vickers, Wade, Warner, Whyte, Wilson-32.

The amendment offered by Mr. Morton was then disagreed to-yeas 22, nays 26, as follow:

'SEC.. That the second section of such act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: That it shall be lawful for the President, whenever, during a recess of the Senate, in his opinion the YEAS-Messrs. Cole, Conness, Dixon. Drake, Grimes, public good shall require it, to suspend any officer Henderson, Kellogg, McDonald, Morgan, Morton, Osappointed, as aforesaid, excepting judges of the born, Pomeroy, Pool, Ramsey, Robertson, Ross, SherUnited States courts and to designate some suit-man, Thaver, Van Winkle, Vickers, Warner, Whyte-22. able person to perform temporarily the duties of such office until the next meeting of the Senate, and until the matter shall be acted upon by the Senate; and such person so designated shall take the oaths and give the bonds required by law to be taken and given by the person duly appointed

NATS-Messrs. Abbott, Anthony, Cameron, Chandler, Corl ett. Cragin, Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Harris, wurl, Howe, Morrill of Maine. Morrill of Vermont, Patterson of New Hampshire, Sawyer, Spencer. Sprague, Sumur, Tipton, Trumbull, Wade, Welch, Willey, Williams, Wilson-26.

[For further votes on this subject, see a subsequent chapter.]

XL.

XVTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Resolved by the Senat and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures, shall be valid as part of the Constitution, namely:

ARTICLE XV.

SEC. 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

SEC. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. SCHUYLER COLFAX,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
B. F. WADE,

President of the Senate pro tempore.
Attest:

EDWD. MCPHERSON,

Clerk of House of Representatives. GEO. C. GORHAM,

Secretary of Senate United States.

The Final Vote

IN SENATE.

1869, February 26-The report of the committee of conference, recommending the passage of the amendment as printed above was agreed to-yeas 39, nays 13, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Conness, Cragin, Drake, Ferry. Fessenden, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Howe, Kellogg, McDonald, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Patterson of New Hampshire, Ramsey, Rice. Robertson, Sherman, Stewart, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wade, Warner, Welch, Willey, Williams, Wilson-39.

NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Fowler, Hendricks, McCreery, Norton, Patterson of Tennessee, Pool, Vickers, Whyte-13.

February 25-The House concurred-yeas 144, nays 44, (not voting 35,) as follow:

Paine, Perham, Peters, Pettis, Pike, Plants, Poland,
Pomeroy, Price, Prince, Raum, Robertson, Roots. Saw-
yer, Scofield, Shanks, Shellabarger, Smith, spa'ding,
Starkweather, Stevens, Stewart, Stokes, Stover, Tafle,
Thomas, Trimble, Trowbridge, Twichell. Upson, Van

Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van Horn, Ward,
Cadwalder C. Washburn, Henry D. Washburn, William
B. Washburn, Welker, Whittemore. Thomas Williams,
William Williams, James F. Wilson, John T. Wilson,
Windom, Mr. Speaker Colfax-144.
Brooks, Burr, Cary, Chanter, Eldridge. For, Getz, Gloss-
brenner, Golladay, Grover, Haight, Hawkins, Holman,
Hotchkiss, Richard D. Hubbard, Humphrey, Johnson,
Thomas L. Jones, Kerr, Knott, Loughridge, Mallory,
Marshall, McCormick, McCullough, Mungen, Niblack,
Nicholson, Phelps, Pruyn, Robinson, Ross, Stone, Taber,
Van Auken, Van Trump, Wood, Woodward, Young-44.

NAYS-Messrs. Archer, Axtell, Barnes, Beck, Boyer,

This subject engaged a large share of attention during the third session of the Fortieth Congress. The various votes and proceedings upon it are subjoined in the order of the date of occurrence.

The House Joint Resolution, (H. R. 402.)

IN HOUSE.

1869, January 30-The House passed the amendment in these words:

JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures, shall be held as part of said Constitution, namely:

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SEC. 1. The right of any citizen of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of race, color, or previous condition of slavery of any citizen or class of citizens of the United States.

SEC. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce by appropriate legislation the provisions of this article.

The vote was yeas 150, nays 42, not voting 31, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Ames, Anderson, Arnell, Delos R. Ashley, James M. Ashley, Bailey, Baker, Banks, Beaman, Beatty, Benjamin, Benton, Bingham, Blaine, Blair, Boutwell, Bowen, Boyden, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckley, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Callis, Churchill, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Clift, Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Corley, Cornell, Covode, Cullom, Dawes, Dickey, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs. Eckley, Eggleston, Ela, Thomas D. Eliot, James T. Elliott, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry, Fields, French, Garfield, Goss, Gove, Gravely, Griswold, Hamilton, Harding, Haughey, Heaton, Higby, Hill. Hooper, Hopkins, Chester D. Hubbard, Hulburd, Hunter, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Alexander H. Jones, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, Ketcham, Kitchen, Koontz, Laflin, Lash. William Law-ander H. Jones, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, rence, Logan, Lynch, Marvin, Maynard, McCarthy, McKee, Mercur, Miller, Moore, Moorhead, Morrell, Mullins, Myers, Newsham, Norris, Nunn, O'Neill, Orth,

B

YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Arnell, Delos R. Ashley, James M. Ashley, Bailey, Baldwin, Banks, Beaman, Beatty, Benjamin, Benton, Blackburn, Blaine, Blair, Boles, Boutwell, Bowen, Boyden, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckland, Buckley, Benjamin F. Butler, Cake, Callis, Churchill, Sidney Clarke, Clift, Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Corley, Covode, Cullom, Dawes, Delano, Deweese, Dockery, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Edwards, Eggleston, Ela, Thomas D. Eliot, James T. Elliott, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry, Fields. French, Garfield, Goss, Gove, Gravely, Griswold, Halsey, Hamilton, Harding, Haughey, Heaton, Highy, Hooper, Hopkins, Chester D. Hubbard, Hulburd, Hunter, Jenckes, AlexKetcham, Koontz, Laflin, Lash, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, Lincoln, Loan, Logan, Loughridge, Lyuch, Marvin, Maynard, McKee, Mercur, Miller, 17

Moore, Moorhead, Morrell, Mullins, Myers, Newcomb, | ley, Axtell, Bailey, Baker, Banks, Barnum, Beck, Benja-
Newsham, Norris, Nunn, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Perham,
Peters, Pierce, Pike, Pile, Plants, Poland, Price, Prince,
Raum, Robertson, Roots, Sawyer, Scofield, Selye,
Shanks, Shellabarger, Smith, Spalding, Starkweather,
Stewart, Stokes, Stover, Taffe, Taylor, Thomas, John
Trimble, Trowbridge, Twichell. Upson, Van Aernam,
Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van Horn, Van Wyek, Ward,
Cadwalader C. Washburn, Henry D. Washburn, William
B. Washburn, Welker, Whittemore, Thomas Williams,
William Williams, James F. Wilson, John T. Wilson,
Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, and Mr. Speaker Colfax
NAYS-Messrs. Archer, Axtell, Baker, Barnum, Beck,
Bingham, Boyer, Brooks, Burr, Cary Chanter, Fox, Getz,
Golladay, Grover, Haight, Hawkins, Hotchkiss, Hum-
phrey, Johnson, Thomas L. Jones, Kerr, Knott, Marshall,
McCormick, Mungen, Niblack, Nicholson, Phelps, Polsley,
Pruyn, Randall, Robinson, Ross, Sitgreaves, Stone, Taber,
Tift. Van Auken, Van Trump, Woodward, Young-42.

-150.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Adams, Ames, Anderson, Barnes, Roderick R. Butler, Reader W. Clarke, Cornell, Dickey, Dixon, Eldridge, Glossbrenner, Hill, Holman. Asahel W. Hubbard, Richard D. Hubbard, Ingersoll, Kitchen, Mal- | lory, McCarthy, McCullough, Morrissey, Pettis, Pomeroy, Schenck, Stevens, Sypher, Lawrence S. Trimble, Vidal, Ellihu B. Washburne, Wood, Woodbridge-31.

The Previous Votes.

min, Bingham, Blaine, Blair, Boutwell, Boyden, Boyer,
Bromwell, Brooks, Burr, Benjamin F. Butler, Callis,
Cary, Chanter, Churchill, Sidney Clarke, Cook, Corley,
Covode, Deweese, Dockery, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs,
Edwards, Eldridge, Thomas D. Eliot, Ferriss, Ferry,
Fields, Fox, Garfield, Getz, Golladan, Goss, Gove, Gris-
wold, Grover, Haight, Halsey, Harding, Haughey, Hea-
ton, Higby, Hopkins, Hotchkiss, Hulburd, Humphrey,
Hunter, Jenckes, Johnson, Alexander H. Jones, Thomas
L. Jones, Kerr, Ketcham, Knott, Koontz, Laflin, Lash,
Lincoln, Loughridge, Marshall, Marvin, McCormick,
McCullough, McKee, Mercur, Miller, Moore, Morrell,
Mungen, Myers, Newcomb, Niblack, Nicholson, Nunn,
Perham, Peters, Phelps, Pierce, Pike, Pile, Poland,
Pruyn, Randall, Raum, Robertson, Robinson, Roots, Ross,
Sitgreaves, Smith, Spalding, Stewart, Stone, Stover, Taber,
Taffe, Taylor, Thomas, Tift, John Trimble, Trowbridge,
Upson, Van Aernam, Van Auken. Burt Van Horn, Van
Trump, Van Wyck, John T. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson,
Windom, Woodbridge, Woodward, Young-128.
NOT VOTING-Messrs. Adams, Ames, Anderson, Barnes,
Blackburn, Buckley, Roderick R. Butler, Reader W.
Clarke, Cornell, Dickey, Dixon, Farnsworth, Glossbren-
ner. Hill, Holman, Asaliel W. Hubbard, Richard D. Hub-
bard, Ingersoll, Kellogg, Kitchen, Lyneb, Mallory, Mc-
Carthy, Moorhead, Morrissey, Pettis, Pomeroy, Selye,
Stevens, Lawrence S. Trimble, Vidal, Elihu B. Wash-
burne, William Williams, James F. Wilson, Wood-35.
The amendment of Mr. Bingham was then dis-

Same day-An amendment by Mr. Bingham, agreed to-yeas 24, nays 160, not voting 38, as and an amendment to the amendment by Mr, Shellabarger pending, the House voted as follows upon them:

Mr. Bingham's amendment was to substitute the following for the first section of the said joint resolution:

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge or deny to any male citizen of the United States of sound mind and twenty-one years of age or upward the exercise of the elective franchise at all elections in the State wherein he shall have actually resided for a period of one year next preceding such election, (subject to such registration laws and laws prescribing local residence as the State may enact,) except such of said citizens as shall engage in rebellion or insurrection, or who may have been, or shali be, duly convicted of treason or other infamous crimes.

Mr. Shellabarger's amendment to the amend ment was to strike out the above, and insert what follows:

No State shall make or enforce any law which shali deny or abridge to any male citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years or over, and who is of sound mind, an equal vote at all elections in the State in which he shall have such actual residence as shall be prescribed by law, except to such as have engaged or may hereafter engage in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, and to such as shall be duly convicted of treason, felony, or other

infamous crime.

Mr. Shellabarger's amendment to the amend ment was disagreed to-yeas 62, nays 125, not voting 35, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Delos R. Ashley, Baldwin, Beaman, Beatty, Benton, Boles, Bowen, Broomall, Buckland, Cake, Clift, Cobb, Coburn, Cullom, Dawes, Delano, Eckley, Eggleston, Ela, James T. Elliott, French, Gravely, Hamilton Hawkins, Hooper, Chester D. Hubbard, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kelsey, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, Loan, Logan. Maynard. Mullins, Newsham, Norris, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Plants, Polsley, Price, Prince, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Shanks, Shellabarger, Starkweather, Stokes, Sypher. Twichell, Robert T. Van Horn, Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Henry D. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Welker, Whittemore, Thomas Williams-62.

NAYS-Messrs. Allison, Archer, Arnell, James M. Ash

follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Artell, Baker, Bingham, Brooks, Deweese, Dockery, Eldridge, Garfield, Haight, Heaton, Hotchkiss, Alexander H. Jones, McCullough, Phelps, Plants, Robinson, Ross, Spalding, Stewart, Stone, Tift, John T. Wilson, Woodward, Young-24.

NAYS-Messrs. Allison, Arnell, Delos R. Ashley, James

M. Ashley, Bailey, Banks, Beaman, Beatty, Beck, Benjamin, Benton, Blaine, Blair, Boles, Boutwell, Bowen, ley, Burr. Benjamin F. Butler, Cake, Callis, Cary, ChanBoyden, Boyer, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckland, Buckler, Churchill, Sidney Clarke, Clift, Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Corley, Covode, Cullom, Dawes, Delano, Donnelly, T. Elliott, Ferriss, Ferry, Fields, For. French, Getz, Driggs, Eckley, Eggleston, Ela, Thomas D. Eliot, James Golladay, Goss, Gove, Gravely, Griswold, Grover, Halsey, Hamilton, Harding, Hawkins, Higby, Hooper, Hopkins, Chester D. Hubbard, Hulburd, Humphrey, Hunter, Jenckes, Johnson, Thomas L. Jones, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, Kerr, Ketcham, Koontz, Laflin, Lash, George V Lawrence, William Lawrence, Lincoln, Maynard, McCormick, McKee, Mercur, Miller, Moore, Loan, Logan, Loughridge, Lynch, Marshall, Marvin, Moorhead, Morrell, Mullins, Mungen, Myers, Newcomb, Newsham, Niblack, Nicholson, Norris, Nunn, O'Neill, Polsley, Price, Prince, Pruyn, Randall, Raum, RobertOrth, Paine, Perham, Peters, Pierce, Pike, Poland, son, Roots, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Selve, Shanks, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves, Smith, Starkweather, Stokes, bridge, Twichell, Upson, Van Aernam, Van Auken, Burt Stover, Sypher, Taber, Taffe, Taylor, Thomas, TrowVan Horn, Robert T. Van Horn, Van Trump, Van Wyck, Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Henry D. Washburn, Williams, William Williams, Stephen F. Wilson, WinWilliam B. Washburn, Welker, Whittemore, Thomas dom, Woodbridge-160.

Baldwin, Barnes, Barnum, Blackburn, Roderick R. Butler. Reader W. Clarke, Cornell, Dickey, Dixon, Dodge, Edwards, Farnsworth, Glossbrenner, Haughey, Hill, Holman, Asahel W. Hubbard, Richard D. Hubbard, Ingersoll. Kitchen, Knott, Mallory, McCarthy, Morrissey, Pettis, Pile, Pomeroy, Stevens, John Trimble, Lawrence S. Trimble, Vidal, Ellihu B. Washburne, James F. Wilson, Wood-38.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Adams, Ames, Anderson, Archer,

The resolution was then engrossed and read a third time-yeas 144, nays 45, not voting 33, and passed as above.

Proceedings upon it in the Senate
IN SENATE.

In Committee of the Whole,

February 3-Mr. Stewart moved to amend by substituting the following in place of the House resolution:

SEC. 1. The right of citizens of the United

States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

February 8-Mr. Williams moved to amend the amendment by striking out all after the words" section 1," and inserting:

Congress shall have power to abolish or modify any restrictions upon the right to vote or hold office prescribed by the constitution or laws of any State.

Which was disagreed to.

Mr. Drake moved to substitute for the amendment of Mr. Stewart the following:

No citizen of the United States shall, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude be, by the United States or by any State, denied the right to vote or hold office.

Which was disagreed to.

Mr. Howard moved to substitute for the amendment of Mr. Stewart the following:

Citizens of the United States of African descent shall have the same right to vote and hold office in States and Territories as other citizens, electors of the most numerous branch of their respective legislatures.

Mr. Sawyer moved to amend by substituting the following:

The right to vote and hold office in the United States and the several States and Territories shall

belong to all male citizens of the United States who are twenty-one years old, and who have not been, and shall not be, duly convicted of treason or other infamous crime: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall deprive the several States of the right to make such registration laws as shall be deemed necessary to guard the purity of elections, and to fix the terms of residence which shall precede the exercise of the right to vote: And provided, That the United States and the several States shall have the right to fix the age and other qualifications for office under their respective jurisdictions, which said registration laws, terms of residence, age, and other qualifications shall be uniformly applicable to all male citizens of the United States.

Which was disagreed to.

Mr. Henderson moved to add to Mr. Stewart's amendment the following:

Nor shall such right to vote, after the first day of January, 1872, be denied or abridged

Which was disagreed to-yeas 16, nays 35, as for offences now committed, unless the party to follow: be affected shall have been duly convicted thereof.

YEAS-Messsrs. Anthony, Chandler, Cole, Corbett, Cragin, Ferry. Harlan, Howard, Norton, Patterson of New Hampshire, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Wade, Welch, Williams-16.

NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Bayard, Buckalew, Cameron, Cattell, Doolittle, Drake, Edmunds. Frelinghuysen, Harris, Hendricks, Howe, Kellogg, McCreery, McDonald,

Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Nye, Patterson of Tennessee, Ramsey, Rice, Saulsbury, Sawyer, Sherman, Spencer, Stewart, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Vickers, Warner, Whyte, Willey, Wilson, Yates-35. Mr. Warner moved to substitute for the amendment of Mr. Stewart the following:

The right of citizens of the United States to hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of property, race, color, or previous condition of servitude; and every male citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-years or over, and who is of sound mind, shall have an equal vote at all elections in the State in which he shall have actually resided for a period of one year next preceding such election, except such as may hereafter engage in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, and such as shall be duly convicted of treason, felony, or other

infamous crime.

Which was disagreed to. February 9-Mr. Wilson moved to amend by substituting the following:

There shall be no discrimination in any State among the citizens of the United States in the

exercise of the elective franchise in any election therein, or in the qualifications for office in any State, on account of race, color, nativity, property, education or religious belief.

Which was disagreed to-yeas 19, nays 24, as follow :

YEAS-Messrs. Cattell, Conness, Grimes, Harlan, Harris, Howe, McDonald, Morton. Ramsey, Ross, Sawyer, Sherman, Sumner. Van Winkle, Wade, Welch, Wil liams, Wilson, Welker-19.

NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Anthony, Bayard. Cole, Conkling, Corbett, Davis, Dixon, Fessenden. Fowler, Frelinghuysen, Howard, Morgan, Morrill of Vermont, Norton, Nye, Patterson of Tennessee, Rice, Robertson, Spencer, Stewart, Trumbull, Vickers, Willey-24.

Which was disagreed to.

Mr. Fowler moved to amend by substituting the following:

All the male citizens of the United States, residents of the several States now or hereafter comprehended in the Union, of the age of twenty-one years and upward, shall be entitled to an equal vote in all elections in the State wherein they shall reside, the period of such residence each State, except such citizens as shall engage as a qualification for voting to be decided by in rebellion or insurrection, or shall be duly convicted of treason or other infamous crime.

Which was disagreed to-yeas 9, nays 35, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Cragin, Dizon, Fowler, Potterson of Tennessee, Ross, Sherman, Van Winkle, Wilson-9.

ling, Conness, Corbett, Davis, Drake, Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Harris, Howard, McDonald, Morgan, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pool, Ramsey, Rice, Robertson, Sawyer, Spencer, Stewart, Tipton, Trumbull, Vickers, Wade, Welch, Willey, Williams, Yates-35.

NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Anthony, Cattell, Cole, Conk

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after the words "United States," where it occurs the second time in the pending amendment, was made to read "nor."

Mr. Vickers moved to add to Mr. Stewart's

amendment the following:

abridged because of participation in the recent Nor shall the right to vote be denied or

rebellion.

Which was disagreed to-yeas 21, nays 32, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Bayard. Buckalew, Davis, Dizon, Doo little. Ferry, Fowler, Grimes, Harlan, Hendricks, MoCreery, Norton, Patterson of Tennessee, Pool, Ramsey, Robertson. Sawyer, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Vickers, Wilson-21.

NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Anthony, Cattell, Cole, Conkling, Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Fessenden. Frelinghuysen, Harris, Howard, Howe, Morgan, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Patterson of New Hamp

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