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 suspension, with the name of the person so designated to perform the duties of such office; and if the Senate shall concur in such suspension, and alvise and consent to the removal of such officer, they shall so certify to the President, who may thereupon remove such officer, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint another person to such office; but if the Senate shall refuse to concur in such suspension the officer so suspended shall forthwith resume the functions of his office, and the powers of the per YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Anderson, Axtell, Bailey, Baldwin, Banks, Barnum, Beaman, Beck, Bingham, Blaine, Blair, Boutwell, Bowen, Boyden, Buckley, Burr, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Callis, Cary, Chanler, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Clift, Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Corley, Cornell, Cullom, Dawes, Deweese, Dixon, Driggs, Eckley, Eldridge, Thomas D. Eliot, Fields, Fox, Getz, Glossbrenner, Golladay, Goss, Gove, Griswold, Grover, Haight, Halsey, Haughey, Heaton, Hooper, Hopkins, Hotchkiss, Humphrey, Hunter, Ingersoll, John son, Alexander H. Jones, Thomas L. Jones, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, Kerr, Ketcham, Knott, Lash, George V. Lawrence, Lincoln, Loughridge, Mallory, Marvin, McCormick, McCullough, Miller, Mungen, Newcomb, Niblack, Nicholson, Norris, O'Neill, Paine, Peters, Pettis, Phelps, Plants, Price, Prince, Robertson, Robinson so performing its duties in his stead suall son, Roots, Sawyer, Scofield, Sitgreaves, Spalding. Starkweather, Stevens, Stewart, Stone, Stover, Sypher, Taber, Thomas, Tift, Trimble, Trowbridge, Twichell, l'an Auken, Van Trump, Vidal, Ellihu B. Washburne, Henry D. Washburn, William Williams, James F. Wilson, John T. Wilson, 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 Trimbie, Upson, Ward, Welker, Whittemore-47. cease; and the official salary and emoluments of such officer shall during such suspension belong to the person so performing the duties theres 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, Eggleston, Ferry, Gravely, Hamilton, Hawkins, Hill, office or place be civil, military, or naval; and 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, Pruyn, 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 of such acceptance. "SEC.-. That nothing in the foregoing section shall be construed to prevent such designations or appointments of officers to perform tempo rarily the duties of other officers as are or may be authorized by law, nor to prevent such ap pointments or designations to office or duty as are required by law to be made from the a my 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, Harian, 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 hereafter be appointed 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 quali-born, Pomeroy, Pool, Robertson, Ross, Sherrit ned, except as herein otherwise provided. 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, Dizon, Drake, Ferry, Frelinghuysen Grimes, Henderson, MeDonald, Morgan, Morton, Ny Spencer, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Fickers, Wade, Warner, Whyte, Wilson-32. The amendment offered by Mr. Morton was then disagreed to—yeas 22, nays 26, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Cole, Conness, Dizon, Drake, Grirzes, "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 public good shall require it, to suspend any officer Henderson, Kellogg, MeDonald, Morgan, Merton, O appointed as aforesaid, excepting judges of the born. Pomeroy, Pool, Ramsey, Robertson, Ross, shir United States courts, and to designate some suit-man, Thayer, Van Winkle, Vickers, Warner, W 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 NArs-Messrs. Abbott, Anthony, Cameron, Chandler, Corl ett. Cragin, Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Harrs Howard, Howe. Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermout, Patterson of New Hampshire, Sawyer. Spencer. Sprazan, Sumner, Tipton. Trumbull, Wade, Welch, Willey, Wiliams, Wilson-26. [For further votes on this subject, see a sub sequent chapter.] XL. XVTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 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 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. President of the Senate pro tempore. 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, Conkting, 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, 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: ARTICLE 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, YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Arnell, Delos R. Ashley, James Beaman, Beatty, Benjamin, Benton, Bingham, Blaine, M. Ashley, Bailey, Baldwin, Banks, Beaman, Beatty, Blair, Boutwell, Bowen, Boyden, Bromwell, Broomall, Benjamin, Benton, Blackburn, Blaine, Blair, Boles, Buckley, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Cal- Boutwell, Bowen, Boyden, Bromwell, Broo.nall, Bucklis, Churchill, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Clift, land, Buckley, Benjamin F. Butler, Cake, Callis, Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Corley, Cornell, Covode, Cullom, Churchill, Sidney Clarke, Clift, Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Dawes, Dickey, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eg- Corley, Covode, Cullom, Dawes, Delano, Deweese, gleston, Ela. Thomas D. Eliot, James T. Elliott, Farns- Dockery, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Edwards, worth, Ferriss, Ferry, Fields, French, Garfield, Goss, Eggleston, Ela, Thomas D. Eliot, James T. Elliott, Gove, Gravely, Griswold, Hamilton, Harding, Haughey, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry, Fields. French, Garfield, Heaton, Higby, Hill, Hooper, Hopkins, Chester D. Goss, Gove, Gravely, Griswold, Halsey, Hamilton, Hubbard, Hulburd, Hunter, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Alex- Harding, Haughey, Heaton, Highy, Hooper, Hopkins, ander H. Jones, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, Chester D. Hubbard, Hulburd, Hunter, Jenckes, AlexKetcham, Kitchen, Koontz, Laflin, Lash, William Law-ander H. Jones, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, rence, Logan, Lynch, Marvin, Maynard, McCarthy, Ketcham, Koontz, Laflin, Lash, George V. Lawrence, McKee, Mereur, Miller, Moore, Moorhead, Morrell, William Lawrence, Lincoln, Loan, Logan, Loughridge, Mullins, Myers, Newsham, Norris, Nunn, O'Neill, Orth, | Lynch, Marvin, Maynard, McKee, Mercur, Miller, -150. Moore, Moorhead, Morrell, Mullins, Myers, Newcomb, | ley, Axtell, Bailey, Baker, Banks, Barnum, Beck, Benja The Previous Votes. Same day-An amendment by Mr. Bingham, 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 shall be, duly convicted of treason or other infamous crimes. Mr. Shellabarger's amendment to the amendment was to strike out the above, and insert what follows: No State shall make or enforce any law which shall 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 amendment 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 min, Bingham, Blaine, Blair, Boutwell, Boyden, Boyer, The amendment of Mr. Bingham was then disagreed to-yeas 24, nays 160, not voting 38, as 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, Tijt, 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, Chan Boyden, 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, Gets 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, Loan, Logan, Loughridge, Lynch, Marshall, Marvin, Maynard. McCormick, McKee, Mercur, Miller, Moore, Moorhead, Morrell, Mullins, Mungen, Myers, Newcomb, Newsham, Niblack, Nicholson, Norris, Nunn, O'Neill, Polsley, Price, Prince, Prum, Randall, Raum, Robert Orth, Paine, Perham, Peters, Pierce, Pike, Poland, son, Roots, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Selye, 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, Laureus 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 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 amendinent 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. Which was disagreed to-yeas 16, nays 35, as follow: 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, Saw yer, 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, Williams, 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. 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 for offences now committed, unless the party to be affected shall have been duly convicted thereof. 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: son of Tennessee, Ross, Sherman, Van Winkle, WilYEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Cragin, Dizon, Fowler. Patter son-9. ling, Conness, Corbett, Davis, Drake, Ferry, Freling huysen, 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, NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Anthony, Cattell, Cole, Conk Welch, Willey, Williams, Yates-35. Which was disagreed to-yeas 21, nays 32, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Davis, Dizon, Doo little, Ferry, Fowler, Grimes, Harlan, Hendricks, MeCreery, Norton, Patterson of Tennessee, Pool, Ramsey, Robertson, Sawyer, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Fickers, Wilson-21. NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Anthony, Cattell, Cole, Conk ling, Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Fessenden, Fre linghuysen, Harris, Howard, Howe, Morgan, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Patterson of New Hamp shire, Rice, Ross, Sherman, Spencer, Stewart. Sum- | amendments to "conventions" in the States inner, Thayer, Tipton, Wade, Welch, Willey, Williams, stead of the legislatures; which was disagreed to-yeas 11, nays 45, as follow: Yates-32. Mr. Bayard moved to amend Mr. Stewart's amendment so as to make it read: The right of citizens of the United States to vote for electors of President and Vice President, and members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and hold office under the United States, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States nor by any State, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Which was disagreed to-yeas 12, nays 42, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Bayard, Buckalew, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Grimes, Hendricks, McCreery, Norton, Saulsbury, Van Winkle-12. NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Cattell, Cole, Conkling, Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Ferry. Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Howe, McDonald, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pool, Ramsey, Rice, Robertson, Ross, Sawyer, Sherman, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Vickers, Wade, Warner, Welch, Willey, Williams, Wilson, Yates-42. Mr. Wilson moved to amend Mr. Stewart's amendment by substituting for it the following: No discrimination shall be made in any State among the citizens of the United States in the exercise of the elective franchise, or in the right to hold office in any State, on account of race, color, nativity, property, education, or creed. Which was agreed to-yeas 31, nays 27, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Cameron, Cattell, Conness, Cragin, Ferry, Grimes, Harlan, Harris, Hendricks, Howe, McDonald, Morton, Osborn, Pool, Rice, Robertson, Ross, Sawyer, Sherman, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Van Winkle, Wade, Warner, Welch, Willey, Williams, Wilson, Yates-31. YEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Fowler, Hendricks, McCreery, Patterson of Tennessee, Saulsbury, Van Winkle, Vickers, Whyte-13. NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Fessenden, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Harris, Howe, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire, man, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Wade, Warner, Welch, Willey, Williams, Wilson, Pool, Ramsey, Rice, Robertson, Ross, Sawyer, Sher Yates-13. Mr. Dixon moved to amend so as to refer the YEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Davis, Dizon, Doolittle, Hendricks, McCreery, Patterson of Tennessee, Saudsbury, Vickers, Whyte-11. NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Fessenden, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Harris, Howe, Kellogg, McDonald, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Nye, Patterson of New Sawyer, Sherman, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Hampshire, Pool, Ramsey, Rice, Robertson, Ross, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wade, Warner, Welch, Willey, Williams, Wilson, Yates-45. Mr. Morton moved to amend by adding the following as article XVI: The second clause, first section, second article of the Constitution of the United States shall be amended to read as follows: Each State shall appoint, by a vote of the people thereof qualified to vote for representatives in Congress, a number of electors equal to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress; but no senator or representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector; and the Congress shall have power to prescribe the manner in which such electors shall be chosen by the people. Which was disagreed to-yeas 27, nays 29, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Buckalew, Cattell, Dizon, Doolittle, Ferry, Fessenden, Fowler, Grimes, Hendricks, Kellogg, McDonald, Morton, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pool Rice, Ross, Sawyer, Spencer, Van Winkle, Vickers, Wade, Warner, Welch, Whyte, Willey, Williams, Wilson-27. NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Cameron, Chandler, Cole, Conk. ling, Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Daris, Drake, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Harris, Howe, McCreery, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Nye, Patterson of Tenart, Sumner, Tipton, Trumbull, Yates-29. nessee, Ramsey, Robertson, Sherman, Sprague, Stew Mr. Sumner then moved to strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert as follows: That the right to vote, to be voted for, and to hold office, shall not be denied or abridged any. where in the United States under any pretence of race or color; and all provisions in any State constitutions, or in any laws, State, territorial, declared null and void. or municipal, inconsistent herewith, are hereby SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person who, under any pretence of race or color, wilfully hinders or attempts to hinder any citi zen of the United States from being registered, holding office, or who attempts by menaces to or from voting, or from being voted for, or from der any such citizen from the exercise or entioned, shall be punished by a fine not less than joyment of the rights of citizenship above menone hundred nor more than three thousand dol lars, or by imprisonment in the common jail for not less than thirty days nor more than one year. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person legally engaged in preparing a register of voters, or in holding or conducting an election, who wilfully refuses to register the name or to receive, count, return, or otherwise give the proper legal effect to the vote of any citizen under any pretence of race or color, shall be punished by a fine not less than five hundred nor more than four thousand dollars, or by imprison |