lion be had a~ will secure, first, such room and-accommodations on shipboard as are ne cessary for health and comfort, and such privacy and protection as not to compel immi grants to he the unwilling witnesses to so much vice and misery: and, second, legislation to protect them upon their arrival at our seaports from the knaves who are ever ready to despoil them of the little all which they are able to bring with them, Such legislation will be in the interests of-humanity, and seem to be folly justifiable. The immigrant is not a citizen of any State or Territory upon his arrival, but comes here to become a citizen of a great republic,'free to change his residence at will, to enjoy the blessing of a protecting Government, where all are equal before the law, and to add to the national wealth by his industry. .

On his arrival he does not know States or corporations, but confides implicitly in the protecting arms of the great, free country of which he has heard so much before leaving his native land. It is a source of serious disappointment and discouragement to those who start with means sufficient to support them comfortably until they can choosn a residence and begin employment lor a comfortable support to find themselves subject to-ill-treatment and every discomfort on their passage here, and at the end of their journey seized upon by professed friends, claiming legal right to take charge of them for their protection, who do not leave them until all their resources are exhausted, when they are abandoned in a strange land, surrounded by strangers, without employment and ignorant of the means of securing it. Under the present system this is the fate of thousands annually, the exposures on shipboard and the treatment on landing driving thousands to lives of vice and shame who, with proper humane treatment, might become useful and respectable members of society.

I do not advise national legislation in affairs that should be regulated by the States, but I see no subject more national in its character than provision for the safety and welfare of the thousands who leave foreign lands to become citizens of this Republic.

When their residence is chosen they may then look to the laws of their locality for protection and guidance.

The mass of immigrants arriving upon our shores, coming as they do on vessels under foreign flags, makes treaties with the natrons furnishing these immigrants necessary for their complete protection, For more than two years efforts have been made, on our part, to secure such treaties, and there is now reasonable ground to hope for success, Tj g Trant

Veto Message on J. Milton Best's Claim Bill, June 1,1872,

To the Senate of the United States:

I have examined the bill (S. No. 105) entitled u An a$ for the relief of J. Milton Best,"

and being unable to give it my approval, rt-turn the same to the Senate, the House in which it, originated, without my signature.

The bill appropriates the sum of $25,000 to compensate Dr. J. Milton Best for the destruction of his dwelling house and its contents by order of the commanding officer of the United States military forces at Paducah, Kentucky, on the 26th day of March, 1864. It appears that this house was one of a considerable number destroyed for the purpose of giving open range to the guns of a United States fort. Ou the day preceding the destruction the houses had been used as a cover for rebel troops attacking the fort, and apprehending a renewal of the attack, the commanding officer caused the destruction of the houses. This, then, is a claim for compensation on account of the ravages of war. It cannot be denied that the payment of this claim would invite the presentation of demands for very large sums of money; and such is the supposed magnitude of the claims that may be made against the Government for necessary and unavoidable destruction of property by the Army that I deem it proper to return this bill for reconsideration.

It is a general principle of both international and municipal law that all property is held subject not only to-be taken by the Government for public uses, in which case under the Constitution of the United States the owner is entitled to just compensation, but also subject to be temporarily occupied, or even actually destroyed in times of great public danger, and when the public safety demands it, and in this latter case Governments do not admit a legal obligation on their part to compensate the owner. The temporary occupation of, injuries to, and .destruction of property caused by actual and necessary military operations, is generally considered to fall within the lastmentioned principle. If a Government makes compensation under such circumstances, it is a matter of bounty rather than of strict legal right.

If it be deemed proper to make compensation for such losses, I suggest for the consideration of Congress whether it would not be better, by general legislation, to provide some means for the ascertainment of the damage in all similar cases, and thus save to claimants the expense, inconvenience, and delay of attendance upon Congress, and, at the same time, save the Government from the danger of having imposed upon it fictitious or exaggerated claims supported wholly by ex parte proof. If the claimant in this case ought to be paid, so ought all others similarly situated, and that there are many such cannot be doubted. Besides, there are strong reasons for believing that the amount of damage in this case has been greatly over-estimated. If this be true, it furnishes an illustration of the danger of trusting entirely to ex parte testimony in such matters. 'u. S. Grant.

A like bill for the relief of Thomas B. Wal^ lace, of Lexington, M^souri, was also vetoed a day or two later.

On Appointing Commissioners to San Domingo.

In Senate. 1870, December 21—This resolution passed

the Senate: Joint Resolution authorizing the appointment of commissioners in relation to the

Republic of Dominica.

Mesolvedi d?c, That the Presfdent of the United States be authorized to appoint three commissioners, and also a secretary, the latter to be versed in the English and Spanish languages, to proceed to the island of San Domingo and to inquire into, ascertain, and report the political state and condition of the republic of Dominica, the desire and disposition of the people of the said republic to become annexed to, and to form part of, the people of the United States; the physical, mental, and moral condition of the said people, and their general condition as to material wealth and industrial capacity; the resources of the country ; its mineral and agricultural products; the products of its waters and forests; the general character of the soil; the extent and proportion thereof capable of cultivation; the climate and health of the country; its bays, harbors, and rivers; its general meteorological character, and the existence and frequency of remarkable meteorological phenomena; the debt of the Government and its obligations, whether funded and ascertained and admitted, or unadjusted and under discussion; treaties or engagements with other Powers; extent of boundaries and territory—what proportion is covered by grants or concessions, and generally what concessions or franchises have been granted; the terms and conditions on which the Dominican Government may desire to be annexed to and become part of the United States as one of the Territories thereof; such other information with respect to the said Government, or its territories, as to the said commissioners shall seem desirable or important with reference to the future incorporation of the said Dominican republic into the United States as one of it,j Territories.

Sec. 2. That the said commissioners shall, as soon as conveniently may be, report to the President of the United States, who shall lay their report before Congress.

Sec. 3. That the said commissioners shall serve without compensation except the payment of expenses, and the compensation of the secretary shall be determined by the Secretary of State, with the approval of the President.

Yeas 32, nays 9:

Yeas—Messrs. Abbott, Ames» Brownlow, Oar*

penter, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Corbett, Cragin, Edmunds, Flanagan, Hamilton of Texas, Hamlin, Harlan, Howe, Howell,Morton, Nye, Osborn, Pomeroy, Pool, Ramsey, Revels, Ross, Sawyer, Scott, Sherman, Stewart, Thayer, Warner, Willey, Williams—32.

Nays .-— Messrs. Casserly, McCreery, Morrill of Vermont, Patterson, Sehurz, Stockton, Sumner, Thurman, Tipton—9.

In House.

1871, January 10—Mr. Ambler submitted the following addition:

"Provided, That nothing in these resolutions contained shall be held, understood, or construed as committing Congress to the policy of annexing the territory of said republic of Dominica."

Which was agreed to—yeas 108, nays 76:

Yeas—Messrs. Adams, Ambler, Archer, Asper, Axtell, Barnum, Beam an, Beatty, Beck, Biggs, Bird, Booker, Boyd, G. M. Brooks, J. Brooks, Burchard, Burr, Calkin, Coburn, Conger, Conner, Cook, Cox, Crebs, Dawes, Dickey, Dickinson, Box, Duke, Ela, Eldredge, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Finkelnburg, Fox, Garfield, Oetz, Gibson, Grisioold, Haight, Haldeman, Hale, Hamill, Hawkins, Hawley, Hay, Hoar, Holman, Hooper, Johnson, Judd, Julian, Kelsey, Kerr, Lewis, Manning, Marshall, Mayham, McCormick, McCrary, Morgan, Morrell, Morrissey, Mungen, Niblack, Palmer, Peters, Pomeroy, Potter, Randall, Reeves, Rice, Rogers, Sargent, Schumaker, Shanks, L. A. Sheldon, Sherroti, Shober, Slocum, J. A. Smith, J. S. Smith, Starkweather, A. F. Stevens. Stone, Strong, Sivann, Sweeney, Tanner, Tillman, W. Townsend, Trimble, Tyner, Upson, Van Auken, Van Trump, Voorhees, Washburn, Welker, Wells, Wheeler, Willard, Williams, E. M. Wilson, J. T. Wilson, Winchester, Wolf, Wood—108.

Nays—Messrs. Armstrong, Arnell, Atvvood, Ayer, Bailey, Banks,Barry, Benjamin, Bennett, Bingham, Bowen, Buck, Buffinton, Burdett, B. F. Butler, R. R. Butler, Churchill, W. T. Clark, A. Cobb, C. L. Cobb, Degener, Donley, Duval, Fisher, Fitch, Gilfillan, Hamilton, Harris, Heflin, Hoge, Jenckes, A. H. Jones, Kelley, Kellogg, Ketcham, Knapp, Laflin, Lawrence, Loughridge, Maynard, McCarthy, McGrew, McKee, McKenzie, Mercur, J. H. Moore, W. Moore, Morphis, Myers, Negley, O'Neiil, Orth, Packard, H. E. Paine, Peck, Perce, Pi^ct, Poland, Porter, Prosser, Rainey, Sawyer, Scofteld, P. Sheldon, W. J. Smith, Stevenson, Stokes, Stoughton, Taylor, Twichell, Van Horn, Van Wyck, Wallace, Whitmore, Wiuans, Witcher—78.

The resolution then parsed—yeas 122, nays 68. The negative vote was exclusively Democratic, except Messrs. Beatty, Boyd, Finkelnburg, Hoar, Peters, and Wiliard. The affirmative vote was exclusively Kepubiican.

In Senate,

1871, January 11 — Various amendments were proposed and rejected, when the House amendment was agreed to—yeas 57, nays none. [For President Grant's Message transmitting

the report of the commissioners appointed

under this act, see-chapter V.]

Modification of the Test-Oath.

In Senate.

1870, April 22—The following bill passed without a division:

A Bill prescribing anoatji of office to; foe taken by persons Who participated in the late rebellion but who were not disqualified! from holding office by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Beit enacted, d?c, That when any person, who is not rendered ineligible to office by the provisions of the fourteenth amendment to;tbe Constitution, shall be elected or appointed to any office of honor or trust under the Government of the United States, and. ;sJiaU, not be able on account of hi&partieipation in the late rebellion to take the oath prescribed in the act of Congress approved Ju'ly*2, 1862, said person shall, in lieu of said oath, before entering upon the duties of said office* take and subscribe the oath prescribed in an act of Congress entitled "An act prescribing an oath of office to be taken by persons from whom legal disabilities shall have been removed," approved July 11, 1868.

In House.

1871, February 1—The bill passed—yeas 118, nays 90:

Yeas—Messrs. Adams, 4-^oher,Asp^v, Axtell, Ayer, Bailey, Banks. Bamwn^Beck, Bethune, Biggs, Bingham, Bird, A. Blair, Booker, Buck, B.uckley, Burcnard, Burr, Calkin* Churchill, S. Clarke, Cleveland, Conner, Cook, Cox, Crebs, Darrall, Degener.Dickinson, J. Dixon, Dockery,,Box, Duke, Dyer, Elclredge, Farnswor.th, Finkeln.burg, Gr.arfi^lda . Getz, Gibson, Griswold, Haight, Ilaldeman, Hale* liambleton, Hamill, Harris, Hay, Hefiin,. IiilU Ilolman, Hptchkiss, Jenckes, Johnson, T. L. Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kerr, Ketcham, Lailin, Lewis, Lynoh, Manning, Marshall, Mayhani, Mc.Cqbniek, McKee, MoKenzie, MeJ^eeliu Morey, Morgan,.Mrorphis. Niblack, H. B. Baine, W. W. Paine, Perce, Peters, Piatt. Poland, Potter, Price, Randall, peeves. Bice, Sanford, Sargent, L. i\.,Sheldon, Sherrod, Shober, Slocum, John A. Smith, Joseph S..Sniith>,Stiles, Stone, &ra<ier,/Strickland, Strong; Sioann, Sweeney, Sypher, Taylor, Ttilman, Wrimble, tfpsqn, Van Auhen, Van Trump, Voorhees, Wallace, Washburn, Wells, E. M, Wilson, Winans, Winchester, Witcher, Wood, Woodward, Young—11$.

Nays—Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Arnell, Atwood, Beaman, Beatty, Benjamin, Bennett, Benton, G. M Brooks, Buffinton, Burdett, B. B1. .Butler, R. R. But-s ler, Cessna, W.T.-Clark, A. Cob.b, ,D, L. Cobb.Co^ burn, Cqnger, Cowles, Cullom, Dawes, Dickey, N. F. Dixon, Donley, Duval, Eia, Eerriss, Ferry,,Fisher, GilfiUan, Hawley, Hoar, Hoge, Holmes, Julian, Kelley, ICelsey, Knapp, Lawrence, Do^an, kong,; Loughridge, Maynard, fytcCrary, MpGnrQW^Mercurj E. H. Moore, J. 1|. Moore. W. Moore,' Morrell, Mye"rs, Kewsham, O'Neill, ©rthi Packard, Packer, Palmer, Peek, -Phelps*,•Pom!qroy</; Porter, Prosser, Kainey,R,oQts, Sawyer, Scofieid,. ghauts, W. J.Smith, Starkweather, Sxeve'ns. Stokes;. Scbughton;' Taffe, Tanner, W. Towhsend.Twichell, Tyner, Van Horn, Van Wyck, Ward, W. B. Washhurn, Welk^r, Wheeler, Wilkinson, Willard, Williams, J. T. Wilson, Wolf-90.

[For President Grant's Message on this bill, see chapter V.

to the tenure of civil offices, passed March 2, 1867, and April 5, 1869; whick passed finally— yeas 159, nays 25:

Yeas—Messrs. Allison, Armstrong, Asper, Atwood, Axtell, Ayer, Bailey, Banks, Barry, Beaman, Beck, Bingham, Bird, A. Blair, Boies, Bowen, Boyd, Gr. M. Brooks, J. Brooks, Buckley, Bumngton, Burchard, Burdett, >Burr, B. F. Butler, 11. R. Butler, Calkin, Churchill, W. T. Clark, S. Clarke, A. Cobb, C. L. Cobb, Cook, longer, Cowles, Cox, Crebs, Cullom, Darrall, Dawes, Dickinson, J. Dixon, N. F. Dixon, Dockery, Donley, Dox, Duke, Duval, Eldredge, Ferry, Fisher, Fit#h, Fox, Garfield, Getz, < Gibson, Gilnllan,Haldeman, Hale, iZa»n#, Hamilton,Harris, Hawkins, Hay, H&lin, Hoar, Holmes, Hooper, Ingersoll, Johnson, A. 11. Jones, T. L. Jones, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, JKeteham, iCnapp, Knott, Lawrence,. Logan, Loughridge, Manning, Mayham, McCormick, McCrary, McGrew, McKee, McKenzie, McNeely^ J. H, Moo-r'e, "\V*. Moore, Mqrey, Morgan,, Morphis, Morrell, Morrill, Morrissey, Mungen, 1». Myers, Negley, mblack, O'-Neill, Orth, Packard, Packer, H. JK. Paine, P^liuw,,Peck,.Peters,.Piatt, Pomeroy, Portgr, Potter,, Prosser, tieeves,{J. M.R%ce, Roots, Sargent, Sawyer, Scofieid, L. A. Sheldon, P. Sheldon, Shober, Slpcum, John: A. Smith, Joseph St Smith, W.. J.Smith^ Starkweather,.Steye.nson, ^i7e», Stokes, Stone, Strickland, Strong, Swann, Sypher, Tanner, Taylor, W. Townsend, Trimble, Twichell, Tynor, Upson, Van Horn, Van Trump, Voorhees. Wallace^C. 0. Washburn, W. B. Washburn, Welker Welts; Williams. K M. Wilson, J. T. Wilson, WinChester, Witcher, Wolf, Wood—159.

Nays—Messrs. Anibler, Arnell, Beatty,..Benjamin, Benton, Coburn, Degener, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Finkelnburg, Hawley, Jenckes, Lanin,1 Lynch, Maynard, Mercer, B. H. Moore, Poland, Shanks, W. C. Smith, Stevens, Stoughton, Taffe, Tillman, Will.ard-2p.

In Senate. 1,871, February 18—Tfie bill was inderl*ni'tely postponed, without a division.

[For o&her votes on this subjeGt, see McPherson's History of Reconstruction, pages 173-^178, p'975. 413-415.]

Bill to Repeal the Tenui*e-of-0ffice Act.

In House. 1870, December 12—Mr. Benjamin F. ButLEE introduced a bill to repeal.the acts relating

Grant of land to the Texas Pacific Railroad Company.

The following are the principal provisions of this bill, approved March 3, 187:1:

The corporation is authorized and em* powered to lay out, locate, construct, furnish, maintain, and enjoy a continuous-railroad and telegraph line, with the appurtenances, from a point at or near Marshall, county of Harrison, State of Texas; thence by the most direct and eligible route, to be determined by said company, near the thirty-second parallel of north latitude, to a point at or near El Paso; thence by the most direct, and eligible route, to be selected !*by said company, through New Mexico :ahd Arizona, to a point on the Rio Colorado, &b or near the southeastern boundary of the State of ;Galifornia; thence by the most direct and eligible.route to San Diego, California, to ship's channel, in the bay of San Diego, in the State of California, pur* suing in the location thereof, as near as may be, the thirty-second parallel of north latitude, and is vested with all the powers, privi^ jleges, andammunitresi necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this act.

It shall have po. we r to -purchase • the -stock, land grants, franchises, and appurtenances of, and consolidate on such terms as may be agreed npon be,tw.^^ the partiets, with any railroad company or companies heretofore chartered by congressional. State, or territorial authority, on the route prescribed in the first section of this aet; but no, such consolidation shall be with any competing through line of rai 1 road s to the;Pac ifie o c ean.

It shall-have power to purchase lands, or to accept donations, or grant of lands,.or other property, from States or individuals. The right of way through the public lands is granted to the3said company for the construction of the said railroad and telegraph line, and the right is given:to take, from the public lands adjacent to the. line of said road, earth, stone, timber, and other materials for the construction thereof. Said right of way is granted to said, company to the extent of two hundred feet-in- width on each side of said railroad where it may pass over the public laxids; and .there is also hereby granted to said company grounds for stations, buildings, workshops, wharves, switches, side-tracks, turn-tables, water-stations, and such other structures as may be necessary for said railroad, not exceeding forty acres of land at any one point.

For the purpose of aiding in the construction of the railroad and telegraph line herein provided for, there is granted to the said Texas Pacific Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as such line may be adopted by said company, through the Territories of the United States, and ten alternate sections ofland per mile on each side of said railroad in California, where the same shall not have been sold, reserved, or otherwise disposed of by the United States, and to Which a preemption or homestead claim may not have attached at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed. In case any of said lands shall have been sold, reserved, occupied, or preempted, or otherwise disposed of, other'lands shall be selected in lieu thereof, by said company, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sections, and designated by odd numbers, not more than tenJmiles .beyond the limits of s'aid alternate sections first above named, and not including the reserved numbers. If, in the too near approach of the said railroad line to the boundary of Mexico, the number of sections oftland to'wwhich the company is entitled cannot ben selected ammediiately on tho line of said railroad* or in lieu of mineral lands excluded frbjDEL".$vis gi-ant,. a/like quantity of.unoccupiedan«i •unappropriated agricultural lands, in-^oddnupabertd1 sections nearest the line of • said railroad may be'selected.as above provided;; and'the word ^mineral,'' where it occurs in this;,ac^,rshg,ll\n6t be bold to include iron or coal f .provide^ Jao weyer, that no public lauds ares hereby granted within- the State of' California.farther; than twenty miles on. each; side of said, ro^d,aex<^pt to • m^ke • upideficiencies as aforesaM, and the;n not to exceed twenty miles from the lands originally granted. The

term " ship's channel," as used indhis bill, shall not be construed as conveying any greater right to said company to the waterfront of San Diego bay than it may acquire by gift, grant, purchase, or otherwise, except the right of way, as herein granted ; :and provided further, that all such lands so granted by this section to said company, which shall not.be sold, or otherwise disposed of, as provided in this act, within three years after the completion of the.entire road, shall be subject to settlement andt preemption like other lands, at. a price to be fixed by and paid to said company, not exceeding an average of $2 50 per acre for all the lands herein granted.

The New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and VicksburgRailroad Company, chartered by the State of Louisiana, shall have the right to connect by the most eligible route to be selected by said company wiih the said Texas Pacific railroad at its eastern terminus, and shall hav:e the right of way through.the public land to the same extent granted hereby to the said Texo;s Pacific Railroad Company; and in aid of its construction from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, thence by the way of Alexandria, in said State, to connect with the said Texas Pacific Railroad Company at. its eastern terminus, there is hereby granted to; said company, its successors and assigns, the same number of alternate sections of public lands per mile, in the State of Louisiana? as are by this act granted in. the State of California to said Texas Pacific Railroad Company; and said lands shall be withdrawn from market, selected, and patents issued therefor, and opened for settlement and preemption, upon the same terms and in the same manner and ,time as is-pro? vided for and required from said Texas Pacific Railroad Company within said State of California; provided that said company shall complete the whole,of said road within five years from the passage of this act.

That, for the purpose of connecting the Texas Pacific railroad with the city of San Francis.co^the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of California is hereby authorized (subject to the laws of California) to construct a line of railroad from a point at or near Tehachapa Pass, by way of Los Angeles, to the Texas Pacific railroad at or near the Colorado river, with the same rights, grants, and privileges, and subject to the same limitations, restrictions, and conditions as were granted to said Southern Pacific Railroad Company of California, by the act of July 27, 1866: Provided) however. That this section shall in no way affect or impair the rights, present or prospective, of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, or any otber railroad company.

In House. 1871, March 3—The. bill passed the Houser-^ yeas 125,.nays 6.4:

Yeas—Messrs. Allison, Ames, Archer, Atwood, Axiell, Ayer, B:anks, : jReauxan, Beck,■• Bennett, Bethune, A. Blair, BQles, Booker, Bowen,.,G. M. Brooks,"Buck, Buckley, Burdett, B. F. Butler,'E. ,R. Butler,: Galkin, Cessna, =• Churchhili; W. T. Clark, C. L. Cobb, Conger, Conner, Corker, Cowles, Darrall, J. Dixon,N. F.Dixon,Dockers7, Dox, Duke, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Fisher, Fitch, Gilfilian, Griswold, Hambleton, Hamill, Hamilton, Harris, Hawkins, Hays, Heflin, Hoar, Hoge, Holmes, Hooper, Hotchkiss. Ingersoil, Jenckes, J A. Johnson, A. II. Jones, T. L. Jones, Judd, Kelley, Kelsey, Ketcham, Knapp,Laflin, Lash, Logan, Long, Lynch, Manning, May ham, Maynard, McCarthy, McGrew, McKee, McKenzie, J. H. Moore, Morey, Morphis, Morreli.Morrissey, Mungen, L. Myers, Negley, O'Neill, H. E. Paine, W." W. Paine, Palmer, Perce, Piatt, Poland, Pomeroy,Porter, W. P. Price, Prosser, Rainey. Roots, Sargent, Sawyer, Sehumaker, Shanks, L. A. Sheldon, Sherrod. Shober, J. S. Smith, W. J. Smith, W. C. Smith, Stokes, Stoughton. Strader, Strickland, Swann, Sypher, Tillman, W. Townsend, Trimble, Twichell, Van Auken, Wallace, Wheeler, Whiteley, Whitmore, Williams, E. M. Wilson, Young—125.

Nays—Messrs. Ambler, Asper, Beatty, Biggs, Bingham; Bird, J. Brooks. Buffinton, Burchard, S. Clarke, A. Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Crebs, Donley, Ela, Finkelnburg, Garfield, Haight, Haldeman, Hale, Hawley. Hay, Hill, Holman, Julian, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, McCrary, McNeely, Mercur, E. H. Moore, W. Moore, Morgan, Morrill, Niblack, Orth, Packer, Peck, Peters, Phelps, Potter, Randall, Beeves, Bice, Scofield, J.A.Smith, Starkweather, Stevenson, Stiles, Strong, Tanner. Taylor, Upson, Van Trump, Van Wyck. Ward, W. B. Washburn, Welker, Willard, J. T. Wilson, Wolf, Wood-Qi.

In Senate.

1871, March 3—A. motion to lay the bill on the table was disagreed to—yeas 22, nays 33:

Yeas—Messrs. Anthony, Buckingham, Casserly, Corbett, Cragin, Davis, Hamilton of Maryland, Harlan, McDonald, Morrill of Vermont, Patterson, Pool, Pratt, Ramsey, Rice, Schurz, Sherman, Sprague, Stockton, Trumbull, Vickers, Wiliey—22.

Nays—Messrs. Abbott, Ames, Blair, Boreman, Brownlow, Oattell, Chandler, Conkling, Edmunds* Fenton, Flanagan, Hamlin, Harris, Hill, Howard, Howell, Kellogg, Lewis, McCreery, Nye, Osborn, Pomeroy, Robertson, Sawyer, Scott, Spencer, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Warner, Wilson, Yates—33.

After further debate, another motion to lay it on the table was lost—yeas 13, nays 40:

Yeas—Messrs. Cragin, Edmunds, Gilbert, Harlan, Howell, McDonald, Pool, Ramsey, Rice, Schurz, Scott, Sprague, Tipton—13.

Nays—Messrs.' Abbott, Ames, Bayard, Blair, Boreman, Buckingham, Cameron, Chandler, Conkling, Corbett, Davis, Fenton, Flanagan, Fowler, Hamilton of Maryland, Harris, Hill, Howard, Johnston, Kellogg, Lewis, McCreery, Miller, Nye, Osborn, Pomeroy, Revels, Robertston, Ross, Sawyer, Sherman, Spencer, Stearns, Stewart, Stockton, Trumbull, Warner, Williams, Wilson, Yates—40.

The bill then passed without a division.

Right of Secession, and Amnesty.

In House.

1870, December 19—Mr. Thomas L. Jones moved a suspension of the rules that he might offer and the House adopt the following resolution:

Whereas the Government of the United States was established as a confederacy of coequal States, delegating certain powers to a Federal head or common agent, and reserving all others "to the States respectively or to the people;" and whereas the question of secession waa from the beginning a debatable one, held by some to be a sovereign right reserved, and denied by others; and whereas the right of revolution is admitted by all and was

affirmed in the Declaration of Independence, the great forerunner of the Federal Constitution; and whereas in the course of time, the question of secession being still undecided by any tribunal of the Federal Government, certain States did secede and set up a government of their own in accordance with honest convictions of their reserved rights, and a great civil war ensued in which said States and government were subdued and overthrown, the great experiment having been made and setUed by arms; a'nd whereas the leaders and soldiers in said war for secession or revolution and the people of said States have for nearly six years after peace conformed to all the requirements of the Government of the United States, and have been fully reconstructed under the laws and regulations of its Congress: Be it therefore,

Resolved, That it is the bounden duty of the Government and Congress of the United States, if they would revere the common brotherhood, trials, sufferings, and glorious achievements of a noble ancestry, and act in the liberal, magnanimous, and Christian spirit of an enlightened age, to grant free, unqualified, and perfect pardon and amnesty to all political offenders in said war, that the Government of the fath, ers, with all its privileges and blessings, may be restored for the benefit qf the whole people, and that the original, u more perfect union" of the Constitution may be reestablished, exalted, and secured forever.

* Which was disagreed to—yeas 14, nays 143, not voting 78:

Yeas—Messrs. Beck, Bird, Duke, Gibson, Griswold, Haldeman, Johnson, Jones, Knott, Reeves, Rice, Sherrod, Winchester, Woodward—14.

Nays—Messrs, Allison, Ambler, Arnell, Asper, Atwood, Ayer, Bailey, Banks, Bamum, Barry, Beaman, Beatty, Benjamin, Bennett, Benton, Bingham, A. Blair, Boles, Booker, G. M. Brooks, Buckley, Buffinton, Burchard, Burdett, B. F. Butler, Cessna, Churchill, S. Clarke, A. Cobb, C. L. Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Conger, Cowles, Cox, Crebs, Cullom, Dawes, Degener, Dickey, J. Dixon, N. F. Dixon, Dockery, Duval, Ela, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry, Finkelnburg, Fisher, Fitch, Gilfilian, Hale, Harris, Hawkins, Hawley, Hay, Hill, Hoge, Holman, Holmes, Hooper, Hotchkiss,Ingersoil, Jenckes, Jones, Judd, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, Ketcham, Knapp, Laflin, Lawrence, Loughridge, Maynard, McCrary, McGrew, McKee, McKenzie, Mercur, J&Iilnes, E. H. Moore, J. H Moore, W. Moore, Mofey, Morphis, Morrell, Morrissey, Mungen, L. Myers, Negley, O'Neill, Orth, Packard, Packer, Paine, Palmer. Peck, Perce, Peters, Phelps, Poland, Pomeroy, Porter, Prosser, Roots, Sargent, Sawyer, Sehumaker, Scofield, Shanks, L. A. Sheldon, P. Sheldon, Slocum, J. A. Smith, W. J. Smith, W. C. Smith, Starkweather, A. F. Stevens, Stevenson, Stokes, Stoughton, Strong, Taffe, Taylor, Tillman. W. Townsend, Twichell, Tyner, Upson, Wallace, C. C. Washburn, W. B. Washburn, Welker, Whitmore, Wilkinson, Willard, Williams, J.T.Wilson, Winans, Witch er, Wolf—143.

Not Voting—Messrs. Adams, Ames, Archer, Armstrong, Axtell, Biggs, Bowen, Boyd, J. Brook*, Buck, Burr, It. R. Butler. Cake, Calkin, W. T. Clark, Cleveland, Conner, Covode, Darrall, Dickinson, Donley, Dox, Dyer, Eldredge, Fox, Garfield, Getz, Haight, Hambleton, Hamill, Hamilton, Hays, Heflin, Hoar, Julian, Kerr, Lash, Lewis, Logan, Lynch, Manning, Marshall, Mayham, McCarthy, McCormick, McNeely, Morgan, Morrill, Newsham, Niblack, Piatt, Potter, Rainey. Randall, Rogers, Sanford, Schenck, Shober, J. S. Smith, Stiles, Stone, Strader, Strickland, Swann, Sweeney, Sypher, Tanner, Trimble, Van Auken, Van Horn, Van Trump, Van Wyck, Voorhees, Ward, Wells, Wheeler, JR. M. Wilton, Wood—IS.