of the United States, were communicated to the exactiti da pri this sort, asserting, as I

Mr. PERHAM. Certainly.

William Lawrence, Loan, Longyear, Lynch, Marvin, Mr. WILLIAMS. I desire to state very Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. It appears | Maynard, McClurs, McIndoe, McKee, McRuer, by the printed bill that I offered this amend

briefly to the House the facts in this case, as Mercur, Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Morris, Moulton,

Myers, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Patterson, Perham, they have come to my knowledge in a somewhat ment. It is true that I suggested some verbal Pike, Plants, Price, William H. Randall, John H. authentic way. It is but a day or two since modifications, but this amendment was pro

Rice, Rollins, Sawyer, Schenck, Shellabarger, Sloan, I was called upon by some gentlemen from

Spalding, Stevens, Stokes, Thayer, Francis Thomas, posed by my colleague in front of me, (Mr. John L. Thomas, Trowbridge, Upson, Van Aernam,

the district of Hon. Mr. Culver, representFarxSWORTH.]

Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van Horn, Hamilton | ing him not only as constituents, but in an The SPEAKER. The amendment is re- Ward, Warner, Elihu B. Washburne, William B. Washburn, Welker, Wentworth, Williams, James F.

official capacity, who presented the whole case ported by the committee.

Wilson, Stephen H. Wilson, Windom, and Wood- to me as they allege it to stand upon the record. Mr. PERHAM. I move to amend the || bridge-117.

Upon their statements, so far as regards the amendment by striking out the words:

NAYS-Messrs. Ancona, Boyer, Campbell, Cooper, | question of privilege, it struck me at once as

Dawson, Defrces, Eldridge, Finck, Goodyear, Aaron That the President shall within twenty days from

Harding, Abner C. Harding, Hise. Edwin N. Hub- a very clear one, so clear that, in my judgment, and after the passage of this act nominate to the bell, Kerr, Latham, Le Blond, Marshall, Niblack, the House would be constrained to act as soon Senate persons for the several agencies in which Nicholson, Ritter, Rogers, Ross, Shanklin. Sitgreaves, pension agents have been appointed since the 1st day Taber, Nathaniel

G. Taylor, Thornton, Trimble, and

as the facts were brought to its knowledge. of January, A. D. 1866; and unless such nominations Andrew H. Ward-29.

It seems that an action of assumpsit (as it shall be confirmed by and with the advice and con- NOT VOTING-Messrs. Alley, Delos R. Ashley, is termed by lawyers) upon a parole contraet sent of the Senate, their offices shall be vacant; Bergen, Chanler, Culver, Davis, Denison, Driggs, And inserting in lieu thereof the following: Dumont, Eliot, Glossbrenner, Griswold, Harris,

for the payment of money was instituted against Hill, Hogan, Asahel W. Hubbard, Demas Hubbard, Mr. CULVER, úpon a claim amounting to some That the term of office of all pension agents ap: Humphrey, Hunter, Johnson, Jones. Kelley, Kuy- || sixty or seventy thousand dollars. By the law pointed since the 1st day of January, 1806, shall kendall, George V. Lawrence, Leftwich, Marston, expire at the end of thirty days from the passage of McCullough, Newell, Noell, Phelps, Pomeroy, Rad

as it stands in Pennsylvania--the act, I think, this aet, and that the President shall within fifteen ford, Samuel J. Randall, Raymond, Alexander H. of 1842 abolishing imprisonment for debt-it days from the passage of this act nominate to the Rice, Rousseau, Scofield, sxrr, Stilwell, Strouse, is provided that in case the plaintiff in any Senate persons for pension agents in the several Nelson Taylor, Henry D. Washburn, Whaley, Winagencies in which pension agents have been appointed field, and Wright-5.

civil suit shall make an affidavit to the effect since the 1st day of January, 1866.

that the contract had its origin in fraud or was

So the amendment, as amended, was agreed || made upon false and fraudulent representa. So that the amendment will read as follows:

to. Provided, That the number of pension agencies in

tions, the defendant shall not be allowed the

The bill, as amended, was then read the third privilege of exemption from imprisonment, any State or Territory shall in no case bo increased hereafter so as to exceed three, and that no such time, and passed. agency shall be established in addition to those now Mr. PERHAM moved to reconsider the vote

but shall be required to enter into bonds to existing in any Ştate or Territory in which the whole

answer to the case, and if not able to pay the amount of pensions paid during the fiscal year next

by which the bill was passed ; and also moved preceding shall not have exceeded the sum of that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the

money to take the benefit of the insolvent law.

Gentlemen of the profession here who are con$500,000: And provided further, That the term of table. office of all pension agents appointed since thelst day

versant with this law will bear me out in the

The latter motion was agreed to. of January, 1866, shall expire at the end of thirty days

remark that this provision, which was an exfrom the passage of this act, and that the President

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT.

ceptional one, was only intended as a substitute shall within fif: een days after the passage of this act dominate to the Senate pension agents in the several agencies in which pension agents have been appointed Two messages in writing, from the President for the old remedy by capias, which resulted in

of special since the said 1st day of January, 1866, and that all pension agents appointed prior to said date last the House by Mr. Robert Jonsson, his Private named, and now acting, shall continue in their re- Secretary, who also informed the House that have received, no more than a mere breach of

feel authorized to say from the information I spective offices until their successors shall be nominated and confirmed in accordance with the provis

the President had approved and signed a joint promise or of a contract, a bench warrant was ions of this act.

resolution of the House, No. 212, to appoint | issued in the month of June and during the Mr. PERHAM. This bill was quite gen

two managers for the National Asylum for Diserally discussed when it was up the other day, abled Volunteer Soldiers, to fill certain vacan

last session of Congress, upon which Mr.

Culver was arrested, and upon a hearing reand I would now call the previous question. cies.

quired to enter into the necessary bond. He Mr. KELLEY. I would ask the gentleman

PRIVILEGES OF THE IIOUSE.

declined to do so, or was perhaps unable, for if this bill cannot be so modified as to operate Mr. HALE. I rise to a question of privilege, the reason that the sum involved was a very at an earlier day than the 1st of January, 1866? and submit the following preamble and resolu- || large one. The decision rested on the ground Mr. PERHAM. The committee was not of | tion:

that the circumstances shown constituted a the opinion that there was any occasion for Whereas it is alleged that CHARLES V. CULVER, of sufficient prima facie case to warrant the exacthat.

Pennsylvania, a member of this House, is detained tion of this security under the act of Assembly. The previous question was seconded and the

from his seat in this Ilouse under arrest in violation
of the sixth section of the first article of the Consti-

An application was thereupon made by Mr. main question ordered.

tution and of the privileges of this House: Therefore, Culver to the judge of an adjoining district The amendment to the amendment was agreed

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary aro for a writ of habeas corpus, which was acto.

hereby instructed, with all practicable dispatch, to
inquire into the circumstances of the case and report

cordingly issued. On the hearing of that case, The question recurred on the amendment as the same to this House, and to report to this House this judge arrived by some means or other at amended.

whether any breach of its privileges has been com- the very sage and very extraordinary concluMr. LE BLOND demanded the yeas and mitted, and what action should be had thereon; that

sion that, inasmuch as fraud was an indictable the said committee have power to send for persons nars.

and papers, to sit during the recess of the House, and offense at the common law, the case fell within The yeas and nays were ordered. to report by bill or otherwise at any time.

the constitutional exceptions and was to be Mr. KELLEY. Would it be practicable now I desire to say but a word upon this resolu. I considered as a "breach of the peace" within to modify the amendment ? tion. I have introduced it without any per

the meaning of that instrument, and therefore The SPEAKER. It would not; the House sonal knowledge of the facts in the case in refused to grant the discharge. The House is operating under the previous question. question. But I have in my hand an extract will recollect, of course, that the provision A MEMBER. Cannot that be withdrawn? I have cut from a newspaper, purporting to

referred to is to the effect that Senators and The SPEAKER._ It cannot. give the proceedings of the court upon the

Representatives "shall in all cases, except Mr. KELLEY. Is it in order to move to case. I ask that the extract be read by the treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be reconsider the vote by which the main question | Clerk for the information of the House. privileged from arrest during their attendance was ordered?

The Clerk read as follows:

at the sessions of their respective Houses, and The SPEAKER. It cannot be reconsidered

"PITTSBURG, December 7.-Advices from Franklin, in going to and returning from the same." while the House is operating under the pre- Pennsylvania, say that Hon.

C. V. Culver, of Ve- The judge in this case holds, as I understand vious question. It must proceed until the prenango Bank notoriety, held in custody by the civil

and have already said, that the imputation of law, was brought before Judge Thurkey yesterday vious question is exhausted. The Clerk will on a writ of habeas corpus, and asked to be discharged

fraud involves substantially or by construction read the role from page 166.

on the

grounds that he was a member of the Thirty- | of law a criminal offense, although the whole The Clerk read as follows: Ninth Congress from the twentieth district of Penn

proceeding was nothing more than a civil acsylvania. After able arguments by the counsel on "The previous question may be reconsidered, but both sides, Judge Thurkey decided to-day that a

tion for the recovery of a debt, and that Mr. Dot after it is partly executed.

member of Congress was not entitled to his privilege Culver is not therefore entitled to his discharge The SPEAKER. It cannot be reconsidered when held for an indictable offense."

upon the ground of privilege; and he is acwhile the House is executing it.

Mr. HALE. Now, if that case is correctly | cordingly still held under duress and disabled The question was taken ; and it was decided reported in the extract which has just been from attending here to discharge the duties in the affirmative-yeas 117, nays 29, not vot

read, it is evident that it involves a very grave devolved on him by his commission as a Reping 45; as follows:

question of privilege, one which affects this resentative. YEAS- Messrs. Allison, Ames, Anderson, Arnell, House and its dignity as well as the individual Mr. DAWES. Does the gentleman mean James M. Ashley, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barker, immediately interested. I have therefore in- to say that this was not a criminal proceeding Baxter, Beaman, Benjamin, Bidwell, Bingham, Blaine, Blow, Bontwell, Brandegee, Bromwell,

troduced a resolution taking what seemed to me at all? Eroomall, Buckland, Bundy, Reader W. Clarke,

to be the most advisable course, the one most Mr. WILLIAMS. I do. Sidney Clarke. Cobb, Conkling, Cook, Cullom, Dar- conformable to the dignity of the House, in Mr. DAWES. Then I do not see how Mr. ling, Dawes, Delano, Deming, Dixon, Dodge, Don

order that the Committee on the Judiciary may CULVER can legally be held under arrest. Delly, Eckley, Eggleston, Farnsworth, Farquhar, Perry, Garfield, Grinneli, Hale, Hart, Hawkins, as soon as possible investigate this whole ques- Mr. WILLIAMS. The obligation which he Hayes, Henderson, Higby, Holmes, Hooper, Hotch- tion and indicate what action should be had. is required to take is that he shall respond to kies, Chester D. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard,

I think it will meet the unanimous consent of this action, and if he does not pay, shall file his James R. Hubbell, Hulburd, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Jalian, Kasson, Kelso, Ketcham, Koontz, Lafiin, the House.

petition for the benefit of the insolvent laws.

me.

It is no more a criminal proceeding than the The SPEAKER. They are very voluminous. The previous question was seconded and the arrest on original process and the exaction of Mr. ELDRIDGE. Then I do not insist on main question ordered ; and under the operaspecial bail, for which it is the substitute. having them read.

tion thereof the resolution was adopted. Mr. DAWES. Then it is purely a civil suit? The papers were then referred to the Com- Mr. LOAN moved to reconsider the vote by

Mr. WILLIAMS. A civil suit; nothing mittee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be which the resolution was adopted ; and also else. printed.

moved that the motion to reconsider be laid Mr. Speaker, I desire to make one further

ATCHISON AND PIKE'S PEAK RAILROAD.

upon the table. remark. In an ordinary case, as will be well

The latter motion was agreed to. understood by all the lawyers of this House, a

Mr. LOAN. I ask unanimous consent to submit the following:

FRANCIS S. LYON. party setting up a defense under a clause of the Constitution of the United States or any

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and Mr. THAYER, by unanimous consent, react of Congress may have his appeal to the

is hereby, required to furnish to this House a state- ported back from the Committee on Private

ment of the amount of money paid by the United Federal courts where that defense is overruled.

Land Claims Senate bill No. 373, releasing States to the Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad Not so here. In the present case there is no Company as assignees of the Hannibal and St. Joseph

to Francis S. Lyon the interest of the United Railroad Company, or otherwise, for the construction such remedy. The friends of Mr. CULVER have

States in certain lands in the State of Alabama; of a branch of the Union Pacific railroad from St. accordingly come to Washington, as I under- Joseph, Missouri, via Atchison, in Kansas, for one

which was read a first and second time, orstand, with the view of making application to

hundred miles west of the Missouri river, and also dered to be printed, and recommitted to the

the time of said payments; also a copy of the reports committee. the Supreme Court of the United States for a

of the commissioners upon which said payments were writ of habeas corpus. Upon a hasty inspec

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. made; and also to inform this Housewhethersaid road tion of the acts of Congress providing for the has been surveyed or located from St. Joseph, Mis

Mr. STEVENS moved that the rules be issue of that writ, my conclusion was that juris

souri, via Atchison, Kansas, to any point west thereof,

and if so, to furnish to this House n copy of such sur- suspended, and that the House resolve itself diction could not be exercised by the Supreme vey and location of such part of said road. And also into the Committee of the Whole on the state Court of the United States in this particular

whether said road or any part thereof was constructed instance. At first view, however, it struck me within the time limited by the law granting aid to

of the Union and proceed to the consideration said road, and if not, by what authority money was

of the President's annual message. that it might be expedient to pass an act pro- paid for the construction of parts of said road after The motion was agreed to., viding for the special case, and giving that the time limited by law therefor.

So the rules were suspended; and the House court jurisdiction over it. But upon fuller The SPEAKER. This being a call for accordingly resolved itself into the Committee reflection it has occurred to me that inasmuch executive information, requires unanimous con- of the Whole on the state of the Union, (Mr. as this is the highest court of the nation, its sent.

WASHBURNE, of Illinois, in the chair,) and legislative council and the depository of its Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I shonld proceeded to the consideration of the Presisupreme authority, and as the privileges of like to have some information from the gentle- dent's annual message. Parliament (and those are the privileges of man from Missouri. I tlink this is an inter- Mr. STEVENS. I offer the following resCongress) are transcendant and undefinable in esting subject. Some one may have been olutions: themselves, it would be derogatory to the dig- || cheated, and I should like to know whom it is.

Resolved, That so much of the annual message of nity of this body for us to condescend to have There was no objection, and the resolution the President of the United States to the two Houses recourse to any other department of the Gov- was received.

of Congress at the present session, together with the ernment to borrow its aid in the assertion of Mr. LOAN. I understand the franchise

accompanying documents, as relates to the finances,

to the receipts into the Treasury, and the public exthose immunities which are as much privileges | granted to the Hannibal and St. Joseph rail- penditures, to the revision of the revenue, to the of this House, and of the constituent body, as road was by that company assigned to the public debt, and the ways and means of supporting they are of the member individually aggrieved. Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad Company,

and meeting all the public liabilities of the Govern

ment, be referred to the Committee of Ways and I am glad, therefore, that my friend from that that company held the franchise for some Means. New York has brought this matter to the no- considerable time, and after the period limited

Resolved, Thatso much of said message and accomtice of the House. I had intended to do the

panying documents as relates to carrying on the seyby the law for the construction of the first

eral Departments of the Government, to the necessame thing myself, and he has only anticipated twenty miles of that road, they did construct sary appropriations therefor, to deficiencies in the I trust the resolution will be adopted. that portion, to wit, that portion running west

appropriations, and to mail transportation by ocean Mr. THAYER. I wish to add only a single of Atchison, Kausas, but have neither located

steamers, be referred to the Committee on Appropria

tions. word to what has fallen from my colleague, nor surveyed any part from St. Joseph to At- Resolved. That so much of said message and accom[Mr. Williams.] The warrant of arrest under chison. I further understand the commis- panying documents as relates to banks and banking which it appears the defendant in this case is

and currency be referred to the Committee on Banksioners have proceeded to examine and make ing and Currency. held is a substitute in Pennsylvania for the report of the road so far as constructed from Resolved. That so much of said message and accomold writ of capias ad respondendum-a form Atchison west. I understand that report shows

panying documents as relates to commerce be referred of process by which, before the passage of the

to the Comınittee on Commerce. the road to be constructed in an inferior man- Resolved. That so much of said message and accomact abolishing imprisonment for debt in Penn- ner, such as will not authorize the payınent of panying documents as relates to the public domain sylvania, all plaintiffs were at liberty to com- the money; but notwithstanding that report,

be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. mence civil actions. It is unquestionably, a

Resolved, That so much of said message and accomon the promise of the Atchison and Pike's

panying documents as relates to the Post Office Decivil proceeding, and has always been so re- Peak Company to perfect the road, payment on partment be referred to the Committee on the Post garded by the courts of Pennsylvania. I there- the first twenty miles has been made. I un

Office and Post Roads. fore concur entirely with the remarks of my

Resolved, That so much of said message and accomderstand the commissioners have examined the

parrying documents as relates to the reëstablishment colleague on this subject, and I trust that the

second section of twenty miles, and that the of the courts in districts where thcir authority hus resolution offered by the gentleman from New matter is pending in the Interior Department.

been interrupted, and to all judicial proceedings, be York [Mr. Hale] will be adopted. If I understand the law there is no authority

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Resolved, That so much of said message and accomMr. HALE called the previous question. for making any payment to the branch road, as panying documents as relates to the public expendThe previous question was seconded and the the time limited by law has long since expired.

itures be referred to the Committee on Public Expend

itures. main question ordered; and under the opera- I demand the previous question on the resolu- Resolved, That so much of said message and accomtion thereof the resolution was agreed to. tion.

panying documents as relates to agriculture, and to Mr. STEVENS. I understand the gentle.

the Department of Agriculture, be referred to the UNITED STATES TROOPS IN MEXICO.

Committee on Agriculture. man to say that no part of this road has been

Pesolverl, That so much of said message and aoThe SPEAKER, by unanimous consent, laid made from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Atchison. companying documents as relates to the management before the House the following message from

Mr. LOAN. None at all, sir. I do not

of Indian affairs be referred to the Committee on

Indian Affairs. the President of the United States:

think it has been either surveyed or located. Resolved, That so much of said message and acTo the House of Representatives :

Mr. STEVENS. When this bill was passed || companying documents as relates to the Army of the -and as I had some hand in it I therefore

United States, to provisions for a peace establishIn reply to the resolution of the House of the

inent, and to coast and lake defenses, be referred to remember something about it-we in this House 6th instant, inquiring if any portion of Mexican

the Committee on Military Affairs. agreed to give to the St. Joseph road a certain Resolved, That so much of said message and acterritory has been occupied by the United States troops, I transmit the accompanying subsidy to enable it to go west. When the bill

companying documents as relates to the Navy of the

United States be referred to the Committee on Naval went to the Senate an amendment was made

Affairs. report upon the subject from the Secretary of ANDREW JOHNSON,

which I never perfectly understood, and I Resolved, That so much of snid message and acWASHINGTON, December 8, 1866. should be glad now to have some explanation

companying documents as relates to our foreign

affairs, together with the accompanying correspondof it ; the words were inserted ''via Atchison," ence, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The message, with the accompanying report, which instead of going west made a short turn Resolved, That so much of said message and acwas referred to the Committee on Foreign Af- at right angles.

companying documents as relates to the Territories fairs, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. LOAN. That is the road via Atchison.

of the United States be referred to the Committee on

Territories.
Mr. STEVENS. Does not the gentleman Resolved, That so much of said message and accom-
JOIIN II. SURRATT.
understand it was intended " via Atchison

panying documents as relates to pensions and the The SPEAKER also laid before the House

Pension Bureau be referred to the Committee on should mean to begin at Atchison?

Invalid Pensions. a message from the President of the United Mr. LOAN. I really do not, sir.

Resolved, 'That so much of said message and accomStates transmitting a report of the Secretary Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I hope the

panying documents as relates to the expenditures in of State relating to the discovery and arrest of

connection with the State Department be referred to resolution will be passed, so that we may have the Committee on Expenditures in the State DepartJohn H. Surratt.

a little more light on this interesting subject. Mr. ELDRIDGE, I ask for the reading of Mr. LOAN demanded the previous ques.

War.

ment.

the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury De- ll complied with, and that would involve a some- tion committee, and has never been reported partment. Resolved, That so much of said message and accom

what uncertain period of time. For I take it upon either favorably or adversely. panying documents as relates to expenditures in con

for granted, as I did when I voted for the con- What then shall be done? The people, so nection with the War Department be referred to the stitutionalamendment, and as I Committee on Expenditures in the War Department.

presume every far as I represent them, have plainly spoken Resolcell, That so much of said message and accom

other gentleman on this floor did, that we were in the late elections, and the interpretation of panying documents as relates to expenditures in con- not to be guilty of the supreme folly of de- their voice is not difficult. They have pronection with the Navy Department be referred to the claring that the basis of representation was so nounced with unmistakable emphasis in favor Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Depart

unfair as to require correction by constitutional of the constitutional amendment with the suResolved, That so much of said message and accom- amendment, and then forthwith admit the | peradded and indispensable prerequisite of man. panying documents as relates to the expenditures in southern States to the House with their undue hood suffrage. The constitutional amendinent connection with the Post Office Department be referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post

and inequitable share of Representatives. If with its definition of American citizenship, Office Department.

the constitutional amendment is to effect a with its guarantee of the national obligations, Kesolved, That so much of said message and accom- correction in the basis of representation, it and with its prohibition of the assumption of panying documents as relates to the militia be referred to the Committee on the Militia.

should effect it at once. If the southern States the rebel debt, is an invaluable addition to our Resolved, That so much of said message and accom- are to be deprived of their undue share of repre- ll organic law. We cannot surrender its provispanying documents as relates to the Pacific railroad sentatives, based on their non-voting population, || ions, and the rebel States cannot by their utbe referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Resolved. That so much of said message and accom

they should be deprived of them at once, and not most resistance defeat its adoption. It is too panying documents as relates to roads and canals be be admitted, even temporarily, with the old late to deny or even to argue the right or power referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. apportionment, by which they would continue of the Government to impose on those States

Resolved, That so much of said message and accompanying documents as relates to the District of Co

to exercise in the House of Representatives conditions-precedent to their resumption of the lumbia be referred to the Committee for the District and in the Electoral Colleges the same weight | privilege of representation. The President of Columbia.

of influence enjoyed by them before the rebelResolred, That so much of the President's message

set the example by exacting three highly imlion. and accompanying documents as relates to the subject

portant concessions from those States as his of reconstruction be referred to the joint committee The population of the States recently slave- basis of reconstruction. Congress followed on reconstruction. Resolved, That so much of said message and accom

holding was by the census of 1860 only 12,240,- | by imposing four other conditions as its basis panying documents as relates to the subject of freed

000, of whom 8,039,000 were whites and 4,201,- of reconstruction, if you please, and now the men and freedmen's affairs be referred to the Com- 000 negroes. The population of the free States || people have spoken demanding one additional mittee on Freedmen's Affairs.

by the same census was 19,201,546, of whom condition as their basis of reconstruction, and Resoloed. That so much of said message and accompanying documents as relates to the subject of the only 237,000 were negroes. It would hardly || that condition is the absolute equality of AmerAtlantic telegraph be referred to the Committee on be maintained by any one that the late slave- ican citizens in civil and political rights withthe Post Office and Post Roads.

holding States, taken as a whole, have done any Resolved. That so much of said message and accom

out regard to caste, color, or creed. panying documents as relates to the subject of levees

thing more than hold good their population of The objection in the popular mind of the be referred to the Committee on Appropriations. 1860, while in the free States, despite the losses | loyal States to the constitutional amendment

Resolved, That so much of said message and accom- of the war, the ratio of increase has never been as a basis of final adjustment is not directed panying documents as relates to the coinago and weights and measures of the United States be re

more rapid than since that year.

It is speak- to what that amendment will effect, but to ferred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and ing with all moderation to say that the popula- what it will not effect. And among the obMeasures.

tion of the free States is to-day 25,000,000. jects of prime importance which it will not Mr. STEVENS. I yield to the gentleman Supposing the constitutional amendment to effect is the absolute protection of the two from Maine, (Mr. BLAINE,) who desires to say be adopted, therefore, as the basis of readmit- classes in the South to whom Government a few words on the subject.

ting the southern States to the privilege of rep- owes the most, namely, the loyal white men and Mr. BLAINE. Mr. Chairman, the popular || resentation, it would be a cruel mockery of the the loyal black men. The amendment, it made elections of 1866 have decided that the lately whole aim and intent of that amendment to the basis of final adjustment without further rebellious States shall not be readmitted to the usher those States upon this floor with the full condition, leaves the rebel element of the privilege of representation in Congress on any number of Representatives assigned them by | South in possession of the local governments, less stringent condition than the adoption of the census of 1860, when three fifths of their free to persecute the Union men of all comthe pending constitutional amendment; but slaves and all their disfranchised free people || plexions in numberless ways, and to deprive those elections have not determined that the of color were allowed them in fixing the basis them of all participation in civil affairs, proprivilege of representation shall be given to of apportionment. Were they so admitted to- vided they will submit to a curtailed represenThose States as an immediate consequence of || day, the aggregate number of Representatives | tation in Congress as the penalty. The danger is adopting the amendment. In that respect the from the late slave States would be eighty-five, that they would accept the comparatively small decision of the loyal people has been rather and from the free States one hundred and fifty- | infliction on themselves in order to secure the negative than affirmative; expressive of the six-making a House of two hundred and forty | power of visiting the loyalists with a full measleast that would be accepted rather than one in all. And yet if those two hundred and ure of vengeance; just as certain religious deindicative of the most that might bedemanded. | forty-one members were divided between the nominations in England at various times under Had the southern States, after the adjourn- free and slave States on the basis of the repre- the reign of the Stuarts favored measures of ment of Congress, accepted the amendment sentative population as directed by the con- proscription which bore with some hardship on promptly and in good faith, as a definitive basis stitutional amendment, the slave States would themselves, becavse they were enabled thereby of adjustment, the loyal States would have have but fifty-eight members, while the free to punish some rival and hated sectaries with indorsed it as such, and the second session of || States would have one hundred and eighty. || still more severity and cruelty. the Thirty-Ninth Congress would have been three.

Among the most solemn duties of a sovereign largely engaged in perfecting the details for A corresponding change would be wrought in | Government is the protection of those citizens the full and complete representation of all the the Electoral Colleges. Were the Government || who, under great temptations and amid great States on the new basis of apportionment. to permit an election for President and Vice | perils, maintain their faith and their loyalty.

The southern States, however, have not ac- President in 1868 on the basis assigned by the The obligation on the Federal Government to cepted the amendment as a basis of adjustment, census of 1860, the late slave States would have || protect the loyalists of the South is supreme, but have on the other hand vehemently opposed 115 electoral votes, while the free States would and they must take all needful means to assure it; every one of them that has thus far acted on have 198. But on the actual basis contemplated || that protection. Among the most needful is the question, with the exception of Tennessee, by the constitutional amendment the late slave the gift of free suffrage, and that must be having defiantly rejected it. This absolute and States would have but 88, while the free States guarantied. There is no protection you can obdurate refusal on the part of those States to would have 225. On the old basis the free extend to a man so effective and conclusive as accept the amendment as the condition of States would thus have a majority of 83, while the power to protect himself. And in assuring their regaining the privilege of representation on the basis of the constitutional amendment protection to the loyal citizen you assure percertainly relieves Congress from whatever prom- | they would have a majority of 127; a net differ- manency to the Government; so that the be. ise or obligation may have been originally ence of 44 electoral votes in favor of the free | stowal of suffrage is not merely the discharge implied in regard to admitting them to repre- States.

of a personal obligation toward those who are sentation in consequence of adopting the In view of these results, which are the plain. || enfranchised, but it is the most far-sighted proamendment. This promise, or implication, or est arithmetical deductions, it could not be vision against social disorder, the surest guar*hatever you choose to term it, was, by uni- || expected that the free States, even if they were anty for peace, prosperity, and public justice. versal understanding, conditioned on the south- to adhere to the constitutional amendment as Nr. WENTWORTH. Unless some other ern States accepting the amendment in good the ultimatum of adjustment, would consent to person wants to go on to-day, I would like to faith, as was significantly illustrated in the case have the lately rebellious States admitted to move that the committee rise so as to retain of Tennessee. Having refused so to accept it, | representation here and to a participation in

the floor. the promise, if ever made, is assuredly no longer the Electoral Colleges until the relative and Mr. STEVENS. First let the resolutions be binding on the Congress of the United States. proper strength of the several States should be passed. That will still leave the message open

But even if the constitutional amendment adjusted anew by a special census and by an to discussion, and will not deprive the gentle. sboald be definitely accepted, South as well as apportionment made in pursuance thereof. It man of the floor. Sorth, as the condition on which the rebel was in this belief and with these views that at

The question being taken on resolutions, they States should regain the privilege of congres- the last session of Congress I framed a bill were adopted. sonal representation, the actual enjoyment of providing for a special enumeration of the Mr. WENTWORTH. I now move that the that privilege would of necessity be postponed inhabitants of the United States, which bill committee rise. until the terras of the amendment could be was on my motion referred to the reconstruc- The motion was agreed to.

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So the committee rose; and the Speaker Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. No you can- without distinction as to birth, race, ur color, and having resumed the chair, Mr. WASHBURNE, of not. If the gentleman desires to accomplish

the removal of such inequality from the District of

Columbia and the Territories. Illinois, reported that the Committee of the his object he had better modify his resolution. By Mr. HENDERSON: The petition of Blessington Whole on the state of the Union had had under Mr. DARLING. I will modify it so as to Rutledge, praying the confirmation of certain land consideration the President's annual message, read "a clerk and stenographer." We may

titles in Oregon.

Also a petition from 101 citizens of Oregon and and had directed him to report certain resolu- want both.

Washington Territory, praying the payment of the tions to the House.

Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I object to Oregon and Washington Territory war claims. The resolutions reported from the Committee that. The committee will lave no need for a

By Mr. LYNCH: The petition of Jane P. Thurston,

for indemnity.
of the Whole were then adopted.
clerk if they have a stenographer.

By Mr. ORTH: The petition and accompanying
Mr. DARLING. Then I will modify the documents of William Davenport, of Indiana, pray-
CHARLES M'CARTHY.
resolution so as to authorize the employment

ing for relief. Mr. HILL, by unanimous consent, introduced

By Mr. RANDALL, of Kentucky: The petition of of a stenographer as clerk.

sundry clerks in provost marshal's office, for coma bill for the relief of Charles McCarthy; which

The resolution, as modified, was agreed to. pensation for services rendered. was read a first and second time, and referred

By Mr. RITTER: The petition of Wm. Hazlip, U. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

VOTES RECORDED.

F. Case, R. Hazlip, Joseph Farley, and sundry others,

citizens of Edmundson county, Kentucky, asking the INDIANS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. Mr. JULIAN. I ask the unanimous con

establishment of a post route from Brownsville, in sent of the House to record my vote on the said county, to Rocky Hill station, on the Louisville Mr. BIDWELL, by unanimous consent,

and Nashville railroad. introduced a bill to provide for the care and passage of the bill in regard to the meetings of

By Mr. SCHENCK: A petition of seamen, coal. maintenance of the Indians in northern CaliCongress.

passers, firemen, and marines, praying to be allowed

The SPEAKER. The chair cannot, under bounty for their services during the war in Army bill fornia; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Indian the rules, ask unanimous consent for that pur

passed for the equalization of bounties.

Also, the petition of Edward Kunekel, late second Affairs. pose. It requires a suspension of the rules.

lieutenant company I, fifty-eighth New York yolunMr. JULIAN. I move, then, to suspend teers, praying for relief. ARMY APPOINTMENTS. the rules to enable me to record my vote.

By Mr. WELKER: The petition of Herman Ely, Mr. ANCONA, by unanimous consent, sub

N. B.Gates, and 22 others, citizens of Lorain county, The question was taken, and two thirds vot

Ohio, asking the passago of a law regulating intermitted the following resolution; which was read, ing in favor thereof the rules were suspended. State insurances of all kinds. considered, and agreed to:

Mr. JULIAN. I vote "ay."
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs Mr. ELIOT. I desire the same privilege,

IN SENATE.
be requested to inquire into the expediency of report-
ing a bill so amending section four of the act to
and move a suspension of the rules for that

TUESDAY, December 11, 1866. increase the military peace establishment of the purpose. United States, approved July 28, 1866, as to permit The question was taken, and two thirds voting Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. E. H. Gray. and authorize the appointment of persons who have

in favor thereof the rules were suspended. The Journal of yesterday was read and served five years or more in the Army, and who have been distinguished for capacity and good conduct in Mr. ELIOT. I vote " ay.'

approved. the field, Mr. HUBBARD, of West Virginia. I de

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. EXCUSED FROM COMMITTEE SERVICE. sire to record my vote on the same bill, and

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair Mr. CAMPBELL. I wish to be excused move to suspend the rules for that purpose.

has received, and will take this opportunity to from serving on the committee appointed to

The question was taken, and two thirds voting visit New Orleans. I have just taken my seat in favor thereof the rules were suspended.

lay before the Senate, the memorial of Henry in this Congress only a few days ago. I repre

Mr. HUBBARD, of West Virginia. I vote

M. Buell, of Hopkins, Alleghany county,

Michigan, late of the forty-first regiment Ohio sent a district that has had no Representative "ay."

volunteers. The memorialist describes himhere for six years. I have a great deal of busi- Nr. NICHOLSON. I desire the same privi

self as having served for a long period during The previous question was taken, and two

the rebellion, and having been discharged on to New Orleans it will be impossible for me to

account of disability contracted in the service. give that attention to the interests of my conthirds voting in favor thereof the rules were

On account of his extreme poverty he has not stituents that I think they require.

suspended. The gentleman was accordingly excused from

Mr. NICHOLSON. I vote “no."

been able to get together the proof necessary

to procure a pension; and he asks Congress to service.

WITHDRAWAL OF PAPERS.

make him a grant of land from the public lands. FEES AND COSTS IN UNITED STATES COURTS. Mr. HUBBARD, of West Virginia. I ask

The memorial will be received if there be no Mr. COOK, by unanimous consent, from the unanimous consent to withdraw from the files objection, and referred to the Committee on

Pensions. Committee on the Judicary, reported a bill

of the House the papers in the case of Edgar to amend an act entitled “ An act to regulate T. Harris. They are simply his discharge

It was so referred. the fees and costs to be allowed clerks, mar- papers. A law has been passed under which Mr. HOWARD presented the petition of shals, and attorneys of the circuit and district they are no longer needed here.

Mary M. Taylor, praying that certain land on courts of the United States, and for other

pur:

No objection was made, and leave was granted the island of St. Helena, in the parish of St.

for the withdrawal of the papers. poses,'' approved February 26, 1853; which

Helena, State of South Carolina, may be dewas read a first and second time, ordered to be And then, on motion of Mr. GRINNELL, livered to her upon payment of the taxes due printed, and recommitted to the committee. (at five minutes past three o'clock p. m.,) the the United States; which was referred to the House adjourned.

Committee on Private Land Claims. WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN RAILROAD.

Mr. WILSON presented two petitions of offiMr. DODGE, by unanimous consent, intro

cers in the United States Army, praying for an duced a bill to amend the charter of the Wash

PETITIONS, ETC.

increase of pay; which were referred to the ington and Georgetown Railroad Company; The following petitions, &c., were presented under which was read a first and second time, and the rule, and referred to the appropriato committees :

Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. By Mr. BOUTWELL: The petition of Jacob Mr. MORGAN presented the petition of the referred to the Committee for the District of Rogers, and others, of Lowell, asking for an amend- marine underwriters in the city of New York, Columbia.

ment of the Constitution of the United States so as
to remove all inequalities among citizens on account

praying for an appropriation of money suffi-
REMOVALS FROM OFFICE,
of race or color.

cient to remove the iron steamship Scotland, Mr. WILLIAMS. I desire now to call up

By Mr. COOK: A petition of the Board of Super- wrecked on the bar outside of Sandy Hook; the special order, being the bill for the regulavisors of Lasalle county, Illinois, praying for an

which was referred to the Committee on Fiamendment to the act approved September 28, 1850, tion of appointments and removals from office. entitled "An act to enable the State of Arkansas and I merely do it for the purpose of saving the other States to reclaim the swamp lands within their He also presented the petition of Harriet G. bill and allowing it to retain its place.

limits."
By Mr. CULLOM: A memorial of Clement fpina Griscom, executors of the estate of the late

Peale, Rosalba P. Underwood, and John H. The SPEAKÉR. It will retain its place on to the Congress of the United States, asking for a the Calendar at any rate, there being no other sufficient appropriation to enable him to publish a Rembrandt Peale, artist, praying for an approspecial orders.

history of the cheap postage system in the United
States.

priation for the purchase of Mr. Peale's paintMr. WILLIAMS. That is all I desire. By Mr. DODGE: Resolutions from the Chamber ing now in the Rotunda entitled “Washington

of Commerce of the State of New York, calling attenCLERK TO A COMMITTEE.

before Yorktown;'! which was referred to the tion of Congress to the importance of a survey by Mr. DARLING. I ask leave to offer the the United States of the bed of the Atlantic ocean,

Committee on the Library. following resolution :

for the laying of lines of telegraphic cable.
Also, a memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of

PAPERS WITHDRAWN AND REFERRED.
Resolved, That the gelect committee appointed to the State of New York, in regard to papers and records On motion of Mr. NESMITH, it was
inquire into frauds on the revenue, &c., be authorized of the district court of the United States for the south-
to employ a clerk for such time as they may deem ern district of Mississippi lost during the war.

Ordered, That the memorial and papers of the beirs necessary, and that all the expenses of said commit- By Mr. ECKLEY: The petition of 152 citizens of

of Benjamin R. Milam, praying for the confirmation tee be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. Marlborough, Stark count, Ohio, alleging charges

of their title to a tract of land granted by the MexiMr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois. I suggest against the President of the United States, and ask

can Government to him, and land scrip for so much ing his impeachment.

of the land as has been disposed of by the United to the gentleman that he had better word his By Mr. ELIOT: The petition of Elizabeth F. Chip

States, be withdrawn froin the files and referred to resolution differently, so as to provide that the man, of Sandwich, Massachusetts, for relief and

the Committee on Private Land Claims. committee be authorized to employ a stenogindeinnity for the loss of property in the public ser

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. vice. rapher as clerk. They will probably need a By Mr. FERRY: A petition from E. F. Grabill, C. Mr. WADE, from the Committee on Terristenographer.

C. Ellsworth, J. W. Fuller, M. Rutan, D. Fargo, and tories, to whom was referred the bill (S. No. Mr. DARLING. We can employ a stenog

41 others, citizens of Greenville, Michigan, praying
for an amendment to tho Constitution conferring

462) to admit the State of Colorado into the rapher under the rules of the House.

impartial suffrage to all citizens of the Republic Union, reported it without amendment.

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race.

Mr. FESSENDEN, from the Committee on

ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED.

one that morality and good order, religion, Finance, to whom was referred the bill (S. No. 459) suspending the payment of moneys

The message also announced that the Speaker charity, and all good works appertain rather from the Treasury as compensation to persons of the House had signed the enrolled bill (S.

more to the feminine than to the masculine claiming the service or labor of colored volun

No. 327) granting a pension to Mrs. Katharine teers or drafted men, and for other purposes, F. Winslow; and it was signed by the President

The argument that women do not want to reported it without amendment. pro tempore.

vote is no argument at all, because if the right

to vote is conferred upon them they can exer

HOUSE BILLS REFERRED. PRINTING OF TARIFF BILL.

cise it or not as they choose. It is not a com: Mr. TESSENDEN. The tariff bill which

The following bills from the Honse of Rep- || pulsory exercise of power on their part. But passed the House at the last session was re

resentatives were severally read twice by their I think that argument is partly disproved by

titles and referred as indicated below: ferred by a vote of the Senate to the Committee

the convention to which the Senator from on Finance with instructions to report on the

A bill (H. R. No. 818) to amend an act en. Pennsylvania referred yesterday, whose argusecond Monday in December, if I recollect

titled “An act to incorporate the National ments he said were worthy of consideration

Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home,:' ap- even in this Chamber. I think they are, and rightly. The committee have as yet been una

proved July 25, 1866—to the Committee on I think it would be very difficult for any one in ble to take up the bill for consideration so as Military Affairs and the Militia.

this Chamber to disprove them. to report on the day named. We intend, however, to report it at as early a day as possible of the Clerk of the House of Representatives the

man represents the woman in the exercise of

A bill (H. R. No. 874) to regulate the duties Noris it a fair statement of the case to say that after we have examined it. In the mean time the bill is pretty much out of print, and I moye

in preparing for the organization of the House, || suffrage, because it is an assumption on the part that five hundred additional copies of the bill

and for other purposes-to the Committee on of the man; it is an involuntary representation be printed for the use of the Senate. the Judiciary.

so far as the woman is concerned. RepresentThe PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair

ation implies a certain delegated power and a

SUFFRAGE IN THE DISTRICT. will entertain the motion by unanimous con

certain responsibility on the part of the repre

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. If there be sentative toward the party represented. : A sent. It is moved that five hundred addi

no further morning business, and no motion is | representation to which the represented party tional copies of the bill (H. R. No. 718) to provide increased revenue from imports, and

interposed, the Chair, although the morning | does not assent is no representation at all, but

hour has not expired, will call up the unfin- is adding insult to injury. When the American for other purposes, be printed for the use of ished business, which is the bill (S. No. 1) to the Senate.

Colonies complained that they ought not to be The motion was agreed to.

regulate the elective franchise in the District | taxed unless they were represented in the Brit

of Columbia, the pending question being on ish Parliament, it would have been rather a REPORT ON PUBLIC LANDS.

the amendment of the Senator from Pennsyl: | singular answer to tell them that they were Mr. RAMSEY. I move that ten thousand

vania, [Mr. Cowan,] to strike out the word represented by Lord North, or even by the Earl extra copies of the report of the Commissioner

"male" before the word " person" in the of Chatham. The gentlemen on the other side of Public Lands be printed for the use of the

second line of the first section of the amend- of the Chamber who say that the States lately Senate.

ment reported by the Committee on the Dis- in rebellion are entitled to immediate repreThe PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair

trict of Columbia as a substitute for the ori- sentation in this Chamber would hardly be satwill entertain the motion by unanimous conginal bill.

isfied if we should tell them that my friend from sent. Under the rule the motion must go to

Mr. ANTHONY. I suppose that the Sena- Massachusetts represented South Carolina and the Committee on Printing.

tor from Pennsylvania introduced this amend- my friend from Michigan represented Alabama. Mr. SUMNER. I presume it will go to the

ment rather as a satire upon the bill itself, or They would hardly be satisfied I think with that Committee on Printing.

if he had any serious intention it was only a kind of representation. Mr. RAMSEY. I imagine it will go to that

mischievous one to injure the bill; but it will Nor have we any more right to assume that committee. not probably have that effect, for I suppose the women are satisfied with the representa

tion of the men. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It will be nobody will vote for it except the Senator him

Where has been the assemreferred to the Committee on Printing.

self, who can hardly avoid it, and I, who shall bly at which this right of representation was

vote for it because it accords with a conclusion conferred? Where was the compact made? BILL INTRODUCED.

to which I have been brought by considerable What were the conditions? It is wholly an Mr. YATES asked, and by unanimous con- study upon the subject of suffrage.

assumption. A woman is a member of a mansent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No.

I do not contend for female suffrage on the lufacturing corporation; she is a stockholder 465) for the relief of Mary Stanley; which was ground that it is a natural right, because I in a bank; she is a share-holder in a railroad read twice by its title, and referred to the Com- believe that suffrage is a right derived from company; she attends all those meetings in mittee on Pensions.

society, and that society is competent to impose person or by proxy, and she votes, and her PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION.

upon the exercise of that right whatever con- vote is received. Suppose a woman offering

ditions it chooses. Mr. ANTHONY submitted the following res

I hold that the suffrage is to vote at a meeting of a railroad corporation olation; which was considered by unanimous

a delegated trust--a trust delegated to certain should be told by one of the men "we repreconsent, and agreed to:

designated classes of society-and that the sent you, you cannot vote,” it would be pre

whole body-politic has the same right to with- cisely the argument that is now used; that men Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire what additional legislation is

draw any part of that trust that we have to with: represent the woman in the exercise of the necessary to provide for the succession of'the Presi- draw any part of the powers or the trusts that elective franchise. A woman pays a large dent's obice in case of the death or disability of all we have imposed upon any executive officer, tax, and the man who drives her coach, the those upon whom it may now devolve by tho Constitution or the laws, and to report by bill or otherwise.

and that it is no more a punishment to restrict man who waits upon her table, goes to the VOLUNTEER BREVETS.

the suffrage and thereby deprive certain persons | polls and decides how much of her property shall

of the exercise of that right who have hereto- go to support the public expenses, and what Mr. TRUMBULL submitted the following fore exercised it, than it is a punishment on the

shall be done with it. She has no voice in the resolution; which was considered by unanimous Secretary of the Treasury if we should take matter whatever; she is taxed without repconsent, and agreed to:

from him the appointment of certain persons resentation. Resolved. That the Committee on Military Affairs

whose appointment is now vested in him. The The exercise of political power by women is and the Militia be instructed to inquire into the expediency of extending to officers in the late vol- power that confers in each case has the right by no means an experiment. There is hardly unteer service who are appointed to positions in the to withdraw.

a country in Europe I do not think there is regular Army the same benefits of brevets conferred, The true basis of suffrage of course is intel- any one-that has not at some time of its hisof length of service, and in all other respects, which are allowed officers of the regular Army who accepted

ligence and virtue; but as we cannot define tory been governed by a woman, and many of positions in the volunteer service in consequence those, as we cannot draw the line that shall them very well governed, too. There have of their services in such volunteer positions.

mark the amount of intelligence and virtue been at least three empresses of Russia since
HOUSE BILL REFERRED.
that any individual possesses, we come as near Peter the Great, and two of them were very

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as we can to it by imperfect conditions. The bill (H. R. No. 830) to fix the times for

wise rulers. Elizabeth raised England to the the regular meetings of Congress was read || certainly will not be contended that the fem

very heighth of greatness, and the reign of

Anne was illustrious in arms and not less illustwice by its title, and referred to the Committee | inine part of mankind are so much below the on the Judiciary.

masculine in point of intelligence as to dis- trious in letters. A female sovereign supplied

qualify them from exercising the right of suf- to Columbus the means of discovering this MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.

frage on that account. If it be asserted and country. He wandered footsore and weary A message from the House of Representa- conceded that the feminine intellect is less vig- || from court to court, from convent to convent, tives, by Mr. CLINTON LLOYD, Chief Clerk, au. orous, it must also be allowed that it is more from one potentate to another, but no man on nounced that the House had passed a bill (H. acute; if it is not so strong to strike, it is a throne listened to him until a female soverR. No. 874) to regulate the duties of the Clerk | quicker to perceive. But at all events it will || eign pledged her jewels to fit out the expediof the House of Representatives in preparing || not be contended that there is such a differ- ||tion which "gave a new world to the kingdoms for the organization of the House, and for ence in the intellectual capacity of the sexes of Castile and Leon." Nor need we cite Anne other purposes; and a bill (H. R. Nó. 848) to as that that alone should be a disqualification || of Austria, who governed France for ten years, anend an act entitled “An act to incorporate from the exercise of the right of suffrage. Still or Marie Theresa, whose reign was so great and the National Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' | less will it be contended that the female part i glorious. We have two modern instances. A Home,'' approved July 25, 1866; in which the of creation is less virtuous than the masculine. woman is now on the throne of Spain, and a concurrence of the Senate was requested. On the eontrary, it will be conceded by every woman sits upon the throne of the mightiest

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