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" That in the courts of the United States there shall be no exclusion of any witness on account of color, nor in civil actions, because he is a party to, or interested in, the issue tried. "
The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ... - Page 233
1865
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History of the Antislavery Measures of the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth ...

Henry Wilson - Law - 1864 - 466 pages
...proceeded to its consideration ; the question being on the amendment reported by the committee, to add, "that, in the courts of the United States, there shall...of any witness on account of color." Mr. Collamer said, " The bill is sufficiently explicit in itself; but the committee were of the opinion, that if...
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History of the Antislavery Measures of the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth ...

Henry Wilson - Law - 1864 - 420 pages
...moved to add as a new section, " That, in all the judicial proceedings in the District of Columbia, there shall be no exclusion of any •witness on account of color." Mr. Powell (Dem.) of Kentucky demanded the yeas and nays ; and they were ordered, — yeas 25, nays 11....
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Reports of Committees: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1864 - 1060 pages
...the competency of witnesses" was before the Senate, I perceive that an amendment you proposed, " that there shall be no exclusion of any witness on account of color," was rejected after debate. At the present session, a bill to effect the same object has been offered...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - History - 1865 - 678 pages
...to а new sectiun proposed by the Commutée on Post Offices and 1'ost Roads — as follows : Src. 2. That in the courts of the United States there shall...exclusion of any witness on account of color. Mr. PO\VEI.L moved to amend by inserting after the word "States" the words: "in all cases for rubbing or...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - United States - 1865 - 676 pages
...to a new section proposed by the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads — as follows : Sic. 2. That in the courts of the united States there shall...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...
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The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of ..., Volume 4; Volume 1864

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1865 - 870 pages
...because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried. The entire amendment was as follows : , That in the courts of the United States there shall...be no exclusion of any witness on account of color, nor in civil actions because be is a party to or interested in the issue tried. It was concurred in...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - History - 1865 - 680 pages
...proposed by the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads— as follows : SEO. 2. That in the courte 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...
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The Political History of the United States of America During the Great Rebellion

Edward McPherson - United States - 1865 - 676 pages
...SOMNEU moved these words as an addition to the 14th section : And in all proceedings nndor this act those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be r Which was rejected — yeas 14, nays 25, as follows : YEAS— Messrs. Chandler, Grimes, Harlan, Howard,...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 2

Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 804 pages
...signature on the 2d of July, 1864. Mr. Sumner proposed 97 another Amendment to this bill, providing that "in the Courts of the United States, there shall...exclusion of any witness on account of color." Mr. Buckalew moved to add, " or because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried." This was agreed...
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THE AMERICAN CONFLICT: A HSTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION

HORACE GREELEY - 1866 - 808 pages
...signature on the 2d of July, 1864:. Mr. Sumner proposed 97 another Amendment to this bill, providing that u in the Courts of the United States, there shall be...exclusion of any witness on account of color." Mr. Buckalew moved to add, " or because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried." This was agreed...
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