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The resolution was then adopted-yeas 78, nays 39.

1862, June 9-Mr. JULIAN, of Indiana, introduced into the House a resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to report a bill for the purpose of repealing the fugitive slave law; which was tabled-yeas 66, nays 51, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. William J. Allen, Ancona, Baily, Biddle, Francis P. Blair, Jacob B. Blair, George H. Browne, William G. Brown, Burnham, Calvert, Casey, Clements, Cobb, Corning, Crittenden, Delano, Diven, Granger, Grider, Haight, Hale, Harding, Holman, Johnson, William Kellogg, Kerrigan, Knapp, Lazear, Low, Maynard, Menzies, Moorhead, Morris, Noble, Noell, Norton, Odell, Pendleton, John S. Phelps, Timothy G. Phelps, Porter, Richardson, Robinson, James S. Rollins, Sargent, Segar, Sheffield, Shiel, Smith, John B. Steele, William G. Steele, Benjamin F. Thomas, Francis Thomas, Trimble, Vallandigham, Verree, Vibbard, Voorhees, Wadsworth, Webster, Chilton A. White, Wickliffe, Wood, Woodruff, Worcester, Wright-66.

NAYS-Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham, Blake, Buffinton, Chamberlain, Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Davis, Dawes, Edgerton, Edwards, Eliot, Ely, Franchot, Gooch, Goodwin, Hanchett, Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Lansing, Lovejoy, McKnight, McPherson, Mitchell, Anson P. Morrill, Pike, Pomeroy, Potter, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Riddle, Edward H. Rollins, Shellabarger, Sloan, Spaulding, Stevens, Train, Trowbridge, Van Horn, Van Valkenburgh, Wall, Wallace, Washburne, Albert S. White, Windom-51.

Same day Mr. COLFAX, of Indiana, offered this resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report a bill modifying the fugitive slave law so as to require a jury trial in all cases where the person claimed denies under oath that he is a slave, and also requiring any claimant under such act to prove that he has been loyal to the Government during the present rebellion. Which was agreed to-yeas 77, nays 43, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold, Ashley, Babbitt, Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham, Francis P. Blair, Blake, Buffinton, Burnham, Chamberlain, Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Davis, Dawes, Delano, Diven, Edgerton, Edwards, Eliot, Ely, Franchot, Gooch, Goodwin, Granger, Gurley, Haight, Hale, Hanchett, Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, William Kellogg, Lansing, Loomis, Lovejoy, Low, McKnight, McPherson, Mitchell, Anson P. Morrill, Justin S. Morrill, Nixon, Timothy G. Phelps, Pike, Pomeroy, Porter, Potter, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Riddle, Edward H. Rollins, Sargent, Shanks, Sheffield, Shellabarger, Sloan, Spaulding, Stevens, Stratton, Benjamin F. Thomas, Train, Trimble, Trowbridge, Van Valkenburgh, Verree, Wall, Wallace, Washburne, Albert S. White, Wilson, Windom, Wor

cester-77.

NAYS-Messrs. William J. Allen, Ancona, Baily, Biddle,
Jacob B. Blair, William G. Brown, Calvert, Casey, Clements,
Cobb, Corning, Crittenden, Fouke, Grider, Harding, Hol-
man, Johnson, Knapp, Maynard, Menzies, Noble, Noell, Nor-
ton, Pendleton, John S. Phelps, Richardson, Robinson, James
S. Rollins, Segar, Shiel, Smith, John B. Steele, William G.
Steele, Francis Thomas, Vallandigham, Vibbard, Voorhees,
Wadsworth, Webster, Chilion A. White, Wickliffe, Wood,
Wright-13.

Third Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress.
IN SENATE.

1863, February 11-Mr. TEN EYCK, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a bill, introduced by Senator Howe, in second session, December 26, 1861, to repeal the fugitive slave act of 1850, reported it back without amendment, and with a recommendation that it do not pass.

First Session, Thirty-Eighth Congress.
IN HOUSE.

| persons escaping from the service of their masters" approved February 12, 1793, and the act to amend and supplementary to the aforesaid act, approved September 18, 1860.

Mr. HOLMAN moved that the resolution lie upon the table, which was agreed to-yeas 81, nays 73, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. James C. Allen, William J. Allen, Ancona, Anderson, Baily, Augustus C. Baldwin, Jacob B. Blair, Bliss, Brooks, James S. Brown, William G. Brown, Clay, Cobb, Coffroth, Cox, Cravens, Creswell, Dawson, Deming, Denison, Eden, Edgerton, Eldridge, English, Finck, Ganson, Grider, Griswold, Hall, Harding, Harrington, Benjamin G. Harris, Charles M. Harris, Higby, Holman, Hutchins, William John son, Kernan, King, Knapp, Law, Lazear, Le Blond, Long, Mallory, Marcy, Marvin, McBride, McDowell, McKinney, William H. Miller, James R. Morris, Morrison, Nelson, Noble, Odell, John O'Neil, Pendleton, William H. Randall, Robin son, Rogers, James S. Rollins, Ross, Scott, Smith, Smithers, Stebbins, John B. Steele, Stuart, Sweat, Thomas, Voorhees, Wadsworth, Ward, Wheeler, Chilton A. White, Joseph W. White, Williams, Winfield, Fernando Wood, Yeaman-81

NAYS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Arnold, Ashley, John D. Baldwin, Baxter, Beaman, Blaine, Blow, Boutwell, Boyd, Brandegee, Broomall, Ambrose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Cole, Henry Winter Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Dumont, Eckley, Eliot, Farnsworth, Fenton, Frank, Garfield, Gooch, Grinnell, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Hulburd, Jenckes, Julian, Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando Kellogg, Loan, Longyear, Lovejoy, McClurg, McIndoe, Samuel F. Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, Norton, Charles O'Neill, Orth, Patterson, Pike, Pomeroy, Price, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Edward H. Rollins, Schenck, Scofield, Shannon, Spalding, Thayer, Van Valkenburgh, Ellihu B. Washburne, William B. Washburn, Whaley, Wilder, Wilson, Windom, Woodbridge-73.

1864, June 6-Mr. HUBBARD, of Connecticut, offered this resolution :

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report to this House a bill for the repeal of all acts and parts of acts which provide for the rendition of fugitive slaves, and that they have leave to make such report at any time.

Which went over under the rule. May 30, he had made an ineffectual effort to offer it, Mr. HOLMAN objecting.

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1864, April 19-The Senate considered the bill to repeal all acts for the rendition of fugitives from service or labor. The bill was taken upyeas 26, nays 10.

Mr. SHERMAN moved to amend by inserting these words at the end of the bill:

Except the act approved February 12, 1793, entitled "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters."

Which was agreed to-yeas 24, nays 17, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Buckalew, Carlile, Collamer, Cowan, Daris, Dixon, Doolittle, Foster, Harris, Henderson, Hendricks, Howe, Johnson, Lane of Indiana, Me Dougall, Nesmith, Powell, Riddle, Saulsbury, Sherman, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Willey-24.

NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Clark, Conness, Fessenden, Grimes, Hale, Howard, Lane of Kansas, Morgan, Marrill, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sprague, Sumner, Wilkinson, Wil

son-17.

Mr. SAULSBURY moved to add these sections: United States shall be arrested, or imprisoned, or held to And be it further enacted, That no white inhabitant of the answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger, without due process of law.

And be it further enacted, That no person engaged in the executive, legislative, or judicial departments of the Gov ernment of the United States, or holding any office or trust

1863, Dec. 14-Mr. JULIAN, of Indiana, of- recognized in the Constitution of the United States, and no fered this resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report a bill for the repeal of the third and fourth sections of the "act respecting fugitives from justice and

person in military or naval service of the United States, shall, without due process of law, arrest or imprison any white inhabitant of the United States who is not, or has not been, or shall not at the time of such arrest or imprisonment be, engaged in levying war against the United States,

or in adhering to the enemies of the United States, giving them aid and comfort, nor aid, abet, procure, or advise the same, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger. And any person as aforesaid so arresting, or imprisoning, or holding, as aforesaid, as in this and the second section of this act mentioned, or aiding, abetting, or procuring, or advising the same, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and, upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than one nor more than five years, shall pay a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000, and shall be forever incapable of holding any office or public trust under the Governmet of the United Sates.

Mr. HALE moved to strike out the word "white" wherever it occurs; which was agreed

to.

Which was rejected-yeas 9, nays 29, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Buckalew, Carlile, Cowan, Davis, McDougall, Powell, Richardson, Riddle, Saulsbury-9. NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chandler, Clark, Conness, Dixon, Foot, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Harris, Hicks, Howard, Howe, Johnson, Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sprague, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wade, Willey-29.

Mr JOHNSON, of Maryland, moved an amendment to substitute a clause repealing the act of 1850; which was rejected-yeas 17, nays 22, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Buckalew, Carlile, Cowan, Davis, Harris, Hicks, Johnson, Lane of Indiana, McDougall, Powell, RichThe amendment of Mr. SAULSBURY, as amend-ardson, Riddle, Saulsbury, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Willey-17. ed, was then disagreed to-yeas 9, nays 27, as follows:

NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chandler, Clark, Conness, Dixon, Fessenden, Foot, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, HowYEAS-Messrs. Buckalew, Carlile, Cowan, Davis, Hen-ard, Howe, Lane of Kansas, Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sprague, Sumner, Wade, Wilson--22. dricks, McDougall, Powell, Riddle, Saulsbury-9.

NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Clark, Collamer, Conness, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harris, Howard, Howe, Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wilkinson, Willey, Wilson-27. Mr. CONNESS moved to table the bill; which was disagreed to-yeas 9, (Messrs. Buckalew, Carlile, Conness, Davis, Hendricks, Nesmith, Powell, Riddle, Saulsbury,) nays 31.

It was not again acted upon.

1884, June 13-The House passed this bill, introduced by Mr. SPALDING, of Ohio, and reported form the Committee on the Judiciary by Mr. MORRIS, of New York, as follows:

Be it enacted, dc., That sections three and four of an act entitled "An act respecting fugitives from justice and pereons escaping from the service of their masters," passed February 12, 1793, and an act entitled "An act to amend, and supplementary to, the act entitled An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from their masters,' passed February 12, 1793," passed September 18,

1850, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

Yeas 86, nays 60, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Arnold, Ashley, John D. Baldwin, Baxter, Beaman, Blaine, Blair, Blow, Boutwell, Boyd, Brandegee, Broomall, Ambrose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Cobb, Colo, Creswell, Henry Winter Davis, Thomas T. Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eliot, Farnsworth, Fenton, Frank, Garfield, Gooch, Griswold, Higby, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, John H.Hubbard, Hulburd, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Julian, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, O. Kellogg, Littlejohn, Loan, Longyear, Marvin, McClurg, McIndoe, Samuel F. Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Daniel Morris, Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, Norton, Charles O'Neill, Orth, Patterson, Perham, Pike, Price, Alexander II. Rice, John H. Rice, Schenck, Scofield, Shannon, Sloan, Spalding, Starr, Stevens, Thayer, Thomas, Tracy, Upson, Van Valkenburgh, Webster, Whaley, Williams, Wilder, Wilson, Windom, Woodbridge-86.

NAYS-Messrs. James C. Allen, William J. Allen, Ancona, Augustus C. Baldwin, Bliss, Brooks, James S. Brown, Chanler, Coffroth, Cor, Cravens, Dawson, Denison, Eden, Edgerton, Eldridge, English, Finck, Ganson, Grider, Hard ing, Harrington, Charles M. Harris, Herrick, Holman, Hutchins, Kalbfleisch, Kernan, King, Knapp, Law, Lazear, Le Bond, Mallory, Marcy, McDowell, McKinney, Wm. H. Miller, James R. Morris, Morrison, Odell, Pendleton, Pruyn, Radford, Robinson, Jas. S. Rollins, Ross, Smithers, John B. Steele, Wm. G. Steele, Stiles, Strouse, Stuart, Sweat, Wadsworth, Ward, Wheeler, Chilton A. White, Joseph W. White, Fernando Wood-60.

June 22-This bill was taken up in the Senate, when Mr. SAULSBURY moved this substitute: That no person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due; and Congress shall pass all necessary and proper laws for the rendition of all such persons who shall so, as aforesaid, escape.

The bill then passed-yeas 27, nays 12, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chandler, Clark, Conness, Dixon, Fessenden, Foot, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Harris, Hicks, Howard, Howe, Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sprague, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilson-27.

McDougall, Powell, Richardson, Riddle, Saulsbury, Van

NAY8-Messrs. Buckalew, Carlile, Cowan, Davis, Johnson,

Winkle, Willey-12.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President, approved it, June 28, 1864.

ESCAPE OF FUGITIVE SLAVES, FROM 1850 TO 1860.

The census report shows that notwithstanding all the controversies upon the subject of the fugitive slave law and its enforcement, from 1850 down to 1860, there were less per cent. escapes of fugitive slaves than at any former period of the Government. The report

states:

"The number of slaves who escaped from their masters in 1860 is not only much less in proportion than in 1850, but greatly reduced numerically. The greatest increase of escapes appears to have occurred in Mississippi, Missouri, and Virginia, while the decrease is most marked in Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, and Tennessee.

"That the complaint of insecurity to slave property by the escape of this class of persons into the free States, and their recovery impeded, whereby its value has been lessened, is the result of misapprehension, is evident not only from the small number who have been lost to their owners, but from the fact that up to the present time the number of escapes has been gradually diminishing to such an extent that the whole annual loss to the southern States from this cause bears less proportion to the amount of capital involved than the daily variations which in ordinary times occur in the fluctuations of State or Government securities in the city of New York alone.

"From the tables annexed it appears that while there escaped from their masters 1,011 slaves in 1850, or 1 in each 3,165 held in bondage, (being about one thirtieth of one per cent.) during the census year ending June 1, 1860, out of 3,949,557 slaves, there escaped only 803, being 1 to about 5,000, or at the rate of one fiftieth of one per cent.

THE NEW ARTICLE OF WAR-MARCH 13, 1862. Second Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress. IN HOUSE.

ART. 102. All officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor who may have escaped from any persons to whom such service or labor is claimed to be due, and any officer who shall be found guilty by a court-martial of violating this article shall be dismissed from the service.

SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect from and after its passage.

1862, February 25-The article passed the | Francis P. Blair, Samuel S. Blair, Blake, Buffinton, CampHouse-yeas 95, nays 51, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold, Ashley, Babbitt, Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham, Francis P. Blair, Samuel S. Blair, Blake, Buffinton, Campbell, Chamberlain, Clark, Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Conway, Covode, Cutler, Davis, Dawes, Diven, Duell, Edgerton, Edwards, Eliot, Ely, Fessenden, Franchot, Frank, Gooch, Goodwin, Granger, Gurley, Hale, Hanchett, Harrison, Hickman, Hooper, Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, William Kellogg, Lansing, Loomis, Lovejoy, McKnight, McPherson, Mitchell, Moorhead, Anson P. Morrill, Justin 8. Morrill, Nixon, Olin, Patton, Timothy G. Phelps, Pike, Pomeroy, Porter, Potter, Alexander H. Řice, John H. Rice, Riddle, Edward H. Rollins, Sargent, Sedgwick, Shanks, Sheffield, Shellabarger, Sherman, Sloan, Spaulding, Stevens, Stratton, Benjamin F. Thomas, Train, Trimble, Trowbridge, Van Horn, Van Valkenburgh, Van Wyck, Wall, Wallace, Charles W. Walton, E. P. Walton, Washburne, Wheeler, Albert S. White, Wilson, Windom, Worcester-95.

NAYS-Messrs. Ancona, Joseph Baily, Biddle, Jacob B. Blair, Calvert, Clements, Cobb, Corning, Cox, Cravens, Crisfield, Crittenden, Dunlap, English, Grider, Hall, Harding, Holman, Johnson, Knapp, Law, Lazear, Leary, Lehman, Mallory, May, Maynard, Menzies, Morris, Noell, Norton, Nugen, Pendleton, Perry, Price, Robinson, James S. Rollins, Shiel, Smith, John B. Steele, William G. Steele, Francis Thomas, Vallandigham, Vibbard, Voorhees, Ward, Webster, Wickliffe, Wood, Woodruff, Wright-51.

IN SENATE.

March 10-The article was considered. Mr. DAVIS, of Kentucky, moved to amend by inserting after the word "due" the words "and also from detaining, harboring, or concealing any such fugitives;" which was disagreed to yeas 10, nays 29, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Carlile, Davis, Henderson, Latham, McDougall, Powell, Rice, Saulsbury, Wilson of Missouri-10.

NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Browning, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Howe, King, Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, Morrill, Pomeroy, Sherman, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilson of Massachusetts, Wright-29.

Mr. SAULSBURY moved to exempt from the operation of the article, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, and Kentucky, and elsewhere where the Federal authority is recognized or can be enforced; which was lost-yeas 7, (Bayard, Carlile, Latham, McDougall, Powell, Saulsbury, Wilson of Missouri,) nays 30.

Mr. SAULSBURY moved to add after the word "due" the words "or for the purpose of enticing or decoying any person held to service or labor from the service of their loyal masters;" which was lost-yeas 10, nays 29, (same as above.)

The article then passed-yeas 29, nays 9. The affirmative vote was the same as above, except that Mr. Cowan did not vote, and Mr. McDougall voted aye. The negative vote was: Messrs. Bayard, Carlile, Davis, Henderson, Latham, Powell, Rice, Saulsbury, Wilson of Missouri-9.

bell, Chamberlain, Ambrose W. Clark, Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Conway, Covode, Cutler, Davis, Dawes, Delano, Diven, Duell, Dunn, Edgerton, Edwarda, Eliot, Ely, Fessenden, Franchot, Frank, Gooch, Granger, Gurley, Hale, Hickman, Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Killinger, Lansing, Loomis, Lovejoy, McKean, McPherson, Mitchell, Moorhead, Anson P. Morrill, Justin S. Morrill, Olin, Patton, Pike, Pomeroy, Porter, Potter, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Riddle, Edward H. Rollins, Sedgwick, Shanks, Shellabarger, Sherman, Sloan, Spaulding, Stevens, Stratton, Benjamin F. Thomas, Thayer, Train, Trimble, Trowbridgo, Vandever, Van Horn, Van Valkenburgh, Van Wyck, Verree, Wall, Wallace, Charles W. Walton, E. P. Walton, Washburne, Wheeler, Albert 8. White, Windom, Worcester-92.

NAYS-Messrs. Allen, Ancona, Joseph Baily, Burnett, Calvert, Carlile, Cobb, Cooper, Cox, Cravens, Crisfield, Crittenden, Dunlap, English, Fisher, Fouke, Grider, Haight, Harding, Holman, Horton, Jackson, Johnson, William Kellogg, Law, Lazear, Logan, McClernand, Mallory, Menzies, Morris, Nixon, Noble, Noell, Nugen, Odell, George H. Pendleton, Richardson, Robinson, Sheffield, Smith, John B. Steele, Wm. G. Steele, Francis Thomas, Upton, Vallandigham, Wadsworth, Ward, Webster, Whaley, Chilton A. White, Wickliffe, Wood, Woodruff, Wright-55.

Dec. 20-Mr. SHANKS offered this resolution, which was referred, Dec. 23, to the Committee on the Judiciary:

Resolved, That the constitutional power to return fugitive slaves to their masters rests solely with the civil departments of the Government; and that the order of the Secretary of War, under date of December 6, 1861, to General Wool, for the delivery of a slave to Mr. Jessup, of Maryland, as well as all other military orders for the return of slaves, are assumptions of the military power over the civil law and the rights of the slave.

Second Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress. 1861, December 23-Mr. WILSON, of Iows, offered this resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to report to this House a bill for the enactment of an additional article of war for the government of the army, whereby the officers in the military service of the United States shall be prohibited from using any portion of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor; and providing for the punishment of such officers as may violate said article by dismissal from the service.

Which Mr. NOELL moved to lay on the table; lost-yeas 33, nays 70. The yeas were:

YEAS-Messrs. Joseph Baily, Biddle, Jacob B. Blair, George H. Browne, Calvert, Cobb, Cravens, Dunlap, Dunn, Fouke, Grider, Haight, Harding, Knapp, Law, Leary, Odell, Perry, Robinson, Shiel, Smith, John B. Steele, Francis Logan, Maynard, Menzies, Noble, Noell, Norton, Nugen, Thomas, Upton, Vallandigham, Webster-33.

The resolution was then adopted.

ON EMPLOYMENT OF SLAVES IN DOCK-YARDS, ETC. Second Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress. IN SENATE.

1862, June 14-Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, offered this additional section to the naval appropriation bill:

That persons held to service or labor, commonly called slaves, shall not be employed in any capacity whatever in The following action had previously been any navy-yard, dock-yard, arsenal, magazine, fort, or in the taken in the House: Naval Academy.

First Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress. 1861, July 9-Mr. LOVEJOY offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That, in the judgment of this House, it is no part of the duty of the soldiers of the United States to capture and return fugitive slaves.

Which was agreed to-yeas 92, nays 55, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold, Ashley, Babbitt, Goldsmith F. Bailey, Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham,

Which was agreed to in Committee of the Whole.

June 16-It was rejected in open Senateyeas 17, nays 18, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Clark, Collamer, Dixon, Foot, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, King, Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, Mor rill, Pomeroy, Sumner, Trumbull, Wilmot, Wilson of Mas sachusetts, Wright-17.

NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Browning, Chandler, Davis, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foster, Henderson, Howard, Howe, Latham, McDougall, Powell, Saulsbury, Stark, Ten Eyck, Willey, Wilson of Missouri-18.

RECOGNITION OF HAYTI AND LIBERIA.

IN HOUSE.

Second Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress.

May 26-It passed-yeas 121, nays 9.

The bill to authorize the President to appoint (Messrs. Calvert, Dunlap, Harding, Johnson, diplomatic representatives to the republics of Kerrigan, Norton, Shiel, Vallandigham, VoorHayti and Liberia, respectively, each represent-hees.)

ative to be accredited as commissioner and con

sul general, and to receive the pay of commis- TO REMOVE DISQUALIFICATION OF COLOR IN CARsioners, that at Liberia not to exceed $4,000 per annum

1862, April 24-Passed the Senate-yeas 32, nays 7, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Browning, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Henderson, Howard, Howe, King, Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, Latham, McDougall, Morrill, Pomeroy, Sherman, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson of Massachusetts, Wright

-32.

NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Carlile, Davis, Powell, Saulsbury, Stark, Thomson-7.

Previously, an amendment like that offered in the House by Mr. Cox was lost-yeas 8, nays 30.

June 3-It was taken up in the House.

Mr. Cox, of Ohio, offered an amendment providing for the appointment of a consul general to each, with authority to negotiate any treaties of commerce between Hayti and Liberia and this country, and with the compensation of consuls general; which was lost-yeas 40, nays

82.

The bill then passed-yeas 86, nays 37, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Ashley, Babbitt, Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham, Francis P. Blair, Blake, Buffinton, Casey, Chamberlain, Clark, Clements, Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Covode, Davis, Dawes, Delano, Duell, Dunn, Edgerton, Ely, Fessenden, Fisher, Frank, Gooch, Goodwin, Granger, Gurley, Hale, Hickman, Hooper, Horton, Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, William Kellogg, Lan sing, Lehman, Loomis, Lovejoy, Low, McKnight, McPherzon, Maynard, Mitchell, Moorhead, Anson P. Morrill, Justin S. Morrill, Nixon, Timothy G. Phelps, Pike, Pomeroy, Porter, Alexander II. Rice, John H. Rice, Riddle, Edward H. Rollins, Sargent, Sedgwick, Shanks, Sheffield, Shellabarger, Sloan, Spaulding, Stevens, Stratton, Benjamin F. Thomas, Francis Thomas, Train, Trimble, Trowbridge, Van Horn, Van Valkenburgh, Verree, Wallace, Walton, Washburne, Albert S. White, Wilson, Windom, Worcester-86. NAYS-Messrs. W. J. Allen, Ancona, Baily, Biddle, Jacob B. Blair, George H. Browne, Calvert, Cobb, Corning, Cox, Dunlap, Grider, Harding, Holman, Knapp, Law, Lazear, Price, Segar, Smith, John B. Steele, William G. Steele, Stiles, Mallory, May, Menzies, Noell, Norton, Nugen, John S. Phelps, Vibbard, Voorhees, Wadsworth, Ward, Webster, Wickliffe,

Wright-37.

ROBERT SMALL.

Second Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress. IN SENATE.

May 19-Mr. GRIMES brought in a bill for the relief of Robert Small, which passed without a division.

It authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to canse the steam transport boat Planter, recently in the rebel service in the harbor of Charleston, and all the arms, munitions, tackle, and other property on board of her at the time of her delivery to the Federal authorities, to be appraised by a board of competent officers, and, when the value shall be thus ascertained, to cause an equitable apportionment of one half of such value, so ascertained, to be made between Robert Small and his associates who assisted in rescuing her from the enemies of the Government. The Secretary of the Navy may, if he deems it expedient, cause the sum of money allotted to each individual under this bill to be invested in United States securities for his benefit, the interest to be paid to him or to his heirs annually until such time as the Becretary of the Navy may deem it expedient to pay to him or his heirs the principal sum.

RYING THE MAILS.

Second Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress.

IN SENATE.

1862, April 11-The Senate considered a bill "to remove all disqualification of color in carrying the mails of the United States." It directed that after the passage of the act no person, by reason of color, shall be disqualified from employment in carrying the mails, and all acts and parts of acts establishing such disqualification, including especially the seventh section of the act of March 3, 1825,* are hereby repealed.

The vote in the Senate was, yeas 24, nays 11, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Browning, Chandler, Clark, Col

lamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Howard, Howe, King, Lane of Kansas, Morrill, Pomeroy, Sherman, Simmons, Sumner, Wade, Wilkinson, and Wilson of Massachusetts-24.

NAYS-Messrs. Davis, Henderson, Kennedy, Lane of Indiana, Latham, Nesmith, Powell, Stark, Willoy, Wilson of Missouri, Wright—11.

*The section referred to is in these words:

That no other than a free white person shall be employed in conveying the mail, and any contractor who shall employ or permit any other than a free white person to convey the mail shall, for every such offence, incur a penalty of twenty dollars.

The act of 1825 passed the Senate March 1, and the House March 2, without a division. The suggestion of this measure appears to have been first made in 1802 by Gideon Granger, Postmaster General under President Jefferson, in the following letter: GENERAL POST OFFICE, March 23, 1802. SIR: An objection exists against employing negroes, or People of color, in transporting the public mails, of a nature too delicate to ingraft into a report which may become public, yet too important to be omitted or passed over withing to the committee, through you, a private representaout full consideration. I therefore take the liberty of maktion on that subject. After the scenes which St. Domingo has exhibited to the world, we cannot be too cautious in atwhere there are, particularly in the eastern and old settled tempting to prevent similar evils in the four southern States, in Virginia and South Carolina (as I have been informed) parts of them, so great a proportion of blacks as to hazard the tranquillity and happiness of the free citizens. Indeed, plans and conspiracies have already been concerted by them, more than once, to rise in arms, and subjugate their

masters.

Everything which tends to increase their knowledge of natural rights, of men and things, or that affords them an opportunity of associating, acquiring, and communicating sentiments, and of establishing a chain or line of intelligence, must increase your hazard, because it increases their means of effecting their object.

The most active and intelligent are employed as postriders. These are the most ready to learn, and the most able to execute. By traveling from day to day, and hourly mixing with people, they must, they will acquire information. They will learn that a man's rights do not depend on his color. They will, in time, become teachers to their brethren. They become acquainted with each other on the line. Whenever the body, or a portion of them, wish to act, they are an organized corps, circulating our intelligence openly, their own privately.

Their traveling creates no suspicion, excites no alarm. One able man among them, perceiving the value of this ma chine, might lay a plan which would be communicated by your post-riders from town to town, and produce a general and united operation against you. It is easier to prevent the evil than to cure it. The hazard may be small and the prospect remote, but it does not follow that at some day the event would not be certain.

With respect and esteem, GIDEON GRANGER. Hon. JAMES JACKSON, Senator from Georgia.

IN HOUSE.

May 21-It was considered in the House and laid on the table-yeas 83, nays 43, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Allen, Ancona, Babbitt, Baily, Biddle, Fran

cis P. Blair, Jacob B. Blair, William G. Brown, Calvert, Casey, Clements, Colfax, Roscoe Conkling, Corning, Cor, Cravens, Crisfield, Crittenden, Diven, Dunlap, Dunn, Ely, English, Franchot, Granger, Grider, Haight, Hale, Hall, Hanchett, Harding, Harrison, Holman, Horton, Johnson, Kelley, William Kellogg, Kerrigan, Killinger, Law, Lazear, Leary, Lehman, McKnight, McPherson, Mallory, Maynard, Menzies, Nixon, Noell, Nugen, Odell, Patton, Pendleton, Perry, John S. Phelps, Timothy G. Phelps, Porter, Price, Richard son, Robinson, Sargent, Shiel, Smith, William G. Steele, Stratton, Francis Thomas, Trowbridge, Van Valkenburgh, Verree, Vibbard, Voorhees, Wadsworth, Wall, Ward, Webster, Whaley, Albert S. White, Chilton A. White, Wickliffe, Woodruff, Worcester-83.

NAYS-Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Beaman, Bingham, Samuel S. Blair, Blake, Buffinton, Chamberlain, Frederick A. Conkling, Cutler, Davis, Dawes, Delano, Duell, Edgerton, Edwards, Eliot, Fenton, Fessenden, Frank, Gooch, Goodwin, Hooper, Hutchins, Julian, Lansing, Loomis, Pike, Pomeroy, Potter, Alexander H. Rice, Riddle, Edward H. Rollins, Sedgwick, Sheffield, Sloan, Spaulding, Benjamin F. Thomas, Train, Van Horn, Wallace, Charles W. Walton, E. P. Walton, Wilson, Windom-43.

First Session, Thirty-Eighth Congress. 1864, February 26--The Senate considered the bill-the question being on agreeing to a new section proposed by the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads-as follows:

SEC. 2. That in the courts of the United States there shall be no exclusion of any witness on account of color.

Mr. POWELL moved to amend by inserting after the word "States" the words: "in all cases for robbing or violating the mails of the United States."

No further progress was made on the bill.

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in the description of those authorized to vote. which was lost by the casting vote of the Mr. HOLMAN moved that the report be tabled; Speaker-yeas 66, nays 66.

Upon agreeing to the report the yeas were 54, nays 85, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Anderson, Ashley, John D. Baldwin, Baxter, Beaman, Blaine, Boyd, Ambrose W. Clark, Cole, Dawes, Driggs, Dumont, Eckley, Farnsworth, Frank, Garfield, Gooch, Higby, Hooper, Hotchkiss, John H. Hubbard, Jenckes, Julian, Kelley, Orlando Kellogg, Loan, Longyear, Marvin, McClurg, McIndoe, Merrill, Daniel Morris, Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, Charles O'Neill, Patterson, Perham, Pike, Price, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Edward H. Rollins, Shannon, Sloan, Stevens, Upson, Van Valkenburgh, William B. Washburn, Williams, Windom, Woodbridge-54.

NAYS-Messrs. James C. Allen, William J. Allen, Barly, Augustus C. Baldwin, Francis P. Blair, Bliss, Brooks, James S. Brown, Chanler, Clay, Coffroth, Cox, Cravens, Creswell, Henry Winter Davis, Dawson, Deming, Denison, Eden, Eldridge, Finck, Ganson, Grider, Hall, Harding, Benjamin G. Harris, Herrick, Holman, Asahel W. Hubbard, Hutchins, William Johnson, Kalbfleisch, Kasson, Francis W. Kellogg, Kernan, Knapp, Law, Lazcar, Long, Mallory, Marcy, MeBride, McDowell, McKinney, William H. Miller, James R. Morris, Morrison, Nelson, Noble, Odell, Orth, Pendleton, Pomeroy, Pruyn, Radford, Samuel J. Randall, William H. Randall, Robinson, Rogers, James S. Rollins, Ross, Schenck, Scott, Smith, Smithers, Stebbins, John B. Steele, William G. Steele, Strouse, Stuart, Sweat, Thayer, Thomas, Tracy, Foorhees, Ellihu B. Washburne, Webster, Whaley, Wheeler, Chi?ton A. White, Joseph W. White, Wilson, Winfield, Fernando Wood, Yeaman-85.

On a motion to adhere to its amendments, and ask another Committee of Conference, Mr. WEBSTER moved instructions:

And that said committee be instructed to agree to no report that authorizes any other than free white male citizens, and those who have declared their intention to bocome such, to vote.

Which was agreed to-yeas 75, nays 67, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. James C. Allen, Wm. J. Allen, Baily, Augustus C. Baldwin, Francis P. Blair, Bliss, Brooks, James S. Brown, Wm. G. Brown, Chanler, Clay, Coffroth, Coz, Cravens, Creswell, Henry Winter Davis, Dawson, Denison, Eden, Eldridge, Finck, Ganson, Grider, Hall, Harding, Benjamin G. Harris, Herrick, Holman, Hutchins, William Johnson, Kalbfleisch, Kernan, Knapp, Law, Lazear, Long, Mallory, Marcy, McBride, McDowell, McKinney, Wm. H. Miller, James R. Morris, Morrison, Nelson, Noble, Odell, Pendleton, Radford, Samuel J. Randall, Wm. H. Randall Robinson, Rogers, James S. Rollins, Ross, Scott, Smith, Smithers, Stebbins, John B. Steele, Wm. G. Sterle, Strense, Stuart, Sweat, Thomas, Tracy, Voorhees, Webster, Whaley, Wheeler, Chilton A. White, Joseph W. White, Winfield, Fer

March 31--The Senate considered it, when Mr. WILKINSON moved to strike from the second line of the fifth section, (defining the qualifications of voters,) the words "white male inhabitant" and insert the words: "male citizen of the United States, and those who have de-nando Wood, Yeaman-75. clared their intention to become such;" which was agreed to-yeas 22, nays 17, as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Brown, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Conness, Dixon, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Howe, Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy, Sumner, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson-22.

NAYS-Messre, Buckalew, Carlile, Cowan, Davis, Harding, Henderson, Johnson, Lane of Indiana, Nesmith, Powell, Riddle, Saulsbury, Sherman, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Willey-17.

The bill was then passed-yeas 29, nays 8, (Messrs. Buckalew, Davis, Johnson, Powell, Riddle, Saulsbury, Van Winkle, Willey.)

April 15--The Senate adopted the report of the Committee of Conference on the Montana bill, which recommended the Senate to recede from their second amendment, and the House to agree to the first and third amendments of the Senate, (including the above.)

April 15-Mr. BEAMAN presented the report of the Committee of Conference on the Montana bill, a feature of which was that the House should recede from its disagreement to the Senate amendment striking out the word "white"

NAYS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Anderson, Ashley, John D. Baldwin, Baxter, Beaman, Blaine, Boutwell, Boyd, Broomall, Ambrose W. Clark, Cobb, Cole, Dawes, Deming, Driggs, Dumont, Farnsworth, Frank, Gooch, Grinnell, Higby, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asabel W. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Jenckes, Julian, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando Kellogg, Loan, Longyear, Marvin, McClurg, McIndoe, Samuel F. Miller, Morrill, Daniel Morris, Leonard Myers, Norton, Charles O'Neill, Orth, Patterson, Perham, Pike, Pomeroy, Price, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Edward II. Rollins, Schenck, Shannon, Sloan, Stevens, Thayer, Upson, Van Valkenburgh, Ellihu B. Washburne, William B. Washburn, Williams, Wilder, Wilson, Windom, Woodbridge-67.

April 15-The Senate declined the conference upon the terms proposed by the House resolution of that day.

April 18-The House proposed a further free conference, to which, April 25, the Senate acceded.

May 17-In Senate, Mr. MORRILL submitted a report from the Conference Committee who recommend that qualified voters shall be:

declared their intention to become such, and who are other wise described and qualified under the fifth section of the

All citizens of the United States, and those who have

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