Georgia when it shall in addition give the assent of said State to the fundamental condition hereinbefore imposed upon the same; and thereupon the officers of each State, duly elected and qualified under the constitution thereof, shall be inaugurated without delay; but no person prohibited from holding office under the United States or under any State by section three of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XIV, shall be deemed eligible to any office in either of said States unless relieved from disability as provided in said amendment; and it is hereby made the duty of the President, within ten days after receiving official information of the ratification of said amendment by the Legislature of either of said States, to issue a proclamation announcing

1868, January 21-The House passed a bill declaring that in the ten rebel States there are no civil State governments republican in form, and that the so-called civil governments in said States shall not be recognized as valid or legal State governments either by the executive or judicial power or authority of the United States. The General of the army was authorized and required to enjoin, by special orders, upon all officers in command within those States the performance of all acts authorized by the reconstruction acts, and authorized to remove from command any or all of said commanders, and detail other officers of the United States army, not below the rank of colonel, to the end that the people of said several States may speedily reorganize civil governments and be restored to political power in the Union. The General of the army was authorized to remove any or all civil officers now acting under the several provisional governments within said several disorganized States, and appoint others, and to do any and all acts which are authorized to be done by the several commanders of the military departments within said States; and the law which authorizes IMPORTANT VOTES DURING THE CONSIDER to said military departments, or to remove any the President to detail the military commanders

that fact.

[This bill passed the House, May 14, yeas 110, nays 35; the Senate, June 9, yeas 31, nays 5-Republicans for, Democrats against it. June 25, it was vetoed by President Johnson, and passed over the veto, same day, in the House, yeas 107, nays 31; and in the Senate, yeas 35, nays 8.]

ATION OF THE ABOVE BILLS.

Votes prior to Passage of Act of March 11, 1868. During the pendency in the Senate of the act of March 11, 1868

February 25-Mr. Doolittle moved to amend by adding to the second section this proviso:

Provided, nevertheless, That upon an election for the ratification of any constitution, or of officers under the same, previous to its adoption in any such State, no person not having the qualifications of an elector under the constitution and laws of such State, previous to the late rebellion, shall be allowed to vote, unless he shall possess one of the following qualifications, viz.:

"1st. He shall have served as a soldier in the Federal army for one year or more; or, 2d. He shall have sufficient education to read the Constitution of the United States, and to subscribe his name to an oath to support the same; or, 3d. He shall be seized in his own right, or in the right of his wife, of a freehold of the value of two hundred and fifty dollars."

Which was not agreed to¬yeas 3, nays 33, as

follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Dixon, Doolittle, Hendricks-3. NAYS-Buckalew, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Corbett, Cragin, Davis, Drake, Ferry, Fowler, Harlan, Henderson, Howe, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Ross, Sherman, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wade, Willey, Williams, Wilson, Yates-33.

1867, December 18-The House passed a bill modifying the fifth section of the act of March 23, 1867, so that a majority of the votes cast at the election shall be sufficient to ratify the constitution, and authorizing an election for members of Congress at the same time with the vote on the constitution, according to the districts as they existed in 1858 and 1859. On this the yeas were 104. nays 37, Republicans and Messrs. Cary and Stewart in the affirmative, and Democrats in the negative.

officers who may be detailed as herein provided,
be unlawful for the President of the United
is hereby repealed. It was provided that it shall
States to order any part of the army or navy of
the United States to assist, by force of arms, the
authority of either of said provisional govern-
ments in said disorganized States to oppose or
obstruct the authority of the United States, as
provided in this act and the acts to which this
is supplementary. Fine and imprisonment were
provided for violation of this act.

The vote was-yeas 124, nays 45, as follow:
YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Ames, Anderson, Arnell, Delos

Pile, Plants, Poland, Polsley, Pomeroy, Price, Raum,

R. Ashley, James M. Ashley, Bailey, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Beaman, Benjamin, Benton, Bingham, Blaine, Blair, Boutwell, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckland, Cake, Churchill, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Cullom, Dawes, Dixon, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eggleston, Ela, Eliot, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry, Fields, Garfield, Gravely, Griswold, Halsey, Chester D. Hubbard, Hulburd, Hunter, Ingersoll, Harding, Higby, Hooper, Hopkins, Asahel W. Hubbard, Jenckes, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kelsey, Ketcham, Kitchen, Koontz, William Lawrence, Lincoln, Logan, Loughridge, Marvin, Maynard, McCarthy, McClurg, Mercur, Miller, Moore, Moorhead, Mullins, Myers, Newcomb, Nunn, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Perham, Peters, Pike, Robertson, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Selye, Shanks, Smith, Spalding, Starkweather, Aaron F. Stevens, Thaddeus Stevens, Taylor, Thomas, Trowbridge, Twichell, Upson, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van Horn, Van Wyck, Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Ellihu B. Washburne, Henry D. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Welker, Thomas Williams, William Williams, James F. Wilson, John T. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, Woodbridge-124.

NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Archer, Axtell, Barnes, Barnum,
Beck, Boyer, Brooks, Burr, Cary, Chanler, Eldridge, Fox,
Getz, Glossbrenner, Golladay, Grover, Haight, Holman,
Hotchkiss, Richard D. Hubbard, Humphrey, Johnson,
Jones, Kerr, Knott, Marshall, McCormick, Morrissey,
Mungen, Niblack, Nicholson, Phelps, Pruyn, Robinson,
Ross, Sitgreaves, Stewart, Stone, Taber, L. S. Trimble,
Van Auken, Van Trump, Wood, Woodward-45.
Pending this bill,

1868, January 21-Mr. Butler offered a substitute that, in order to supply the place of these illegal governments, the constitutional conventions of each of said States, as soon as such conventions, respectively, shall have submitted to

the people a constitution or frame of government for their ratification, shall have power to appoint all civil officers. It shall be the duty of the several district commanders to confirm the appointment of such officers by the convention; to install each officer in his office; to cause to be put into the possession and control of each officer the records and archives and other property of the State pertaining to his office, and to do all other acts which may be necessary to enable such State officers, respectively, to perform the functions of their offices. These governments to continue until each State shall be represented in Congress and other State officers shall have been elected and qualified under the constitution thereof.

Which was disagreed to-yeas 53, nays 112. The yeas were:

Messrs. Allison, Anderson, Arnell, Delos R. Ashley, James M. Ashley, Banks, Broomall, Butler, Cake, Cary, Churchill, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Coburn, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Ela, Ferry, Fields, Gravely, Harding, Higby, Hunter, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kelsey, Kitchen, William Lawrence, Logan, Loughridge, Maynard, McClurg, Mercur, Mullins, Newcomb, Nunn, Perham, Raum, Schenck, Shanks, Thaddeus Stevens, Taylor, Thomas, John Trimble, Robert T. Van Horn, Van Wyck, Ward, William Williams, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom.

This bill was not taken up in the Senate.

| Loan, Loughridge, Maynard, McClurg, Mercur, Moore,
Orth, Poland, Polsley, Pomeroy, Price, Raum, Sawyer,
Moorhead, Morrell, Mullins, Myers, Nunn, O'Neill,
Scofield, Shanks, Smith, Spalding, Thaddeus Stevens,
Taffe, Twichell, Upson, Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van
Horn, Ward, Ellihu B. Washburne, William B. Wash-
burn, Welker, Thomas Williams, James F. Wilson,
John T. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Woodbridge-77.
NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Arnell, Bailey, Beaman, Beck,
Cary, Eldridge, Farnsworth, Fields, Fox, Glossbrenner,
Bingham, Blaine, Boutwell, Brooks, Buckland, Burr,
Golladay, Gravely, Grover, Haight, Holman, Richard D.
Hubbard, Hulburd, Humphrey, Johnson, Jones, Kerr,
Knott, Lincoln, Mallory, Marshall, Miller, Mungen, New-
comb, Niblack, Nicholson, Paine, Perham, Peters, Pile,
Plants, Pruyn, Ross, Sitgreaves, Taber, Taylor, Thomas,
John Trimble, Lawrence S. Trimble, Van Auken, Van
Trump, Van Wyck, Windom, Woodward-55.
The bill then passed-yeas 102, nays
nays all Democrats, including Mr. Cary.
The bill was not taken up in the Senate.

The Arkansas Bill.

29;

the

During the pendency of the bill admitting the State of Arkansas to representation, in the Senate as in Committee of the Whole

1868, June 1-Mr. Henderson moved this as a substitute for Mr. Drake's "fundamental condition," previously noticed (page 337:)

That said State, in fixing the qualifications of electors therein, shall not be authorized to discriminate against any person on account of race, color, or previous condition; and also, on the further condition, that no person on account of race or color shall be excluded from the benefits of education, or be deprived of an equal share of the moneys or other funds created or used by public authority to promote education in said State.

Which was disagreed to-yeas 5, nays 30, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Buckalew, Doolittle, Henderson, Hendricks, Ross-5.

NAYS Messrs. Bayard, Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Corbett, Drake, Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Howe, Johnson, McCreery, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Nye, Patterson of Tennessee, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Stewart, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Vickers, Wade, Willey, Williams, Yates-30.

The amendment of Mr. Drake was then agreed

1868, March 26-The House Committee on Reconstruction reported a bill to admit the State of Alabama to representation in Congress, as soon as the Legislature, then recently elected, shall have duly ratified the XIVth Amendment, for which a substitute was offered by Mr. Spalding, making the constitution recently framed the fundamental law for a provisional government, also providing that the officers elected at the recent election should qualify on the 1st of May, 1868, and enter on their duties; and the Gov-to-yeas 26, nays 14, as follow: ernor was authorized to convene the Legislature recently elected, who were given authority to submit said constitution for ratification, with such amendments as a majority of the Legislature may adopt. It was further provided that, whenever the people, by a majority vote of the electors of Alabama, qualified under the act of Congress of March 23, 1867, to vote for dele--14. gates to frame a constitution, and actually voting upon said ratification, shall have ratified a constitution submitted as aforesaid, and the Legislature of the proposed State organization shall have adopted the amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposed by the Thirty-Ninth Congress, and known as Article XIV, the constitution of Alabama may be presented to Congress for its approval.

YEAS-Messrs. Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Cole,

Conkling, Cragin, Drake, Fessenden, Frelinghuysen,
Morrill of Vermont, Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire,
Harlan, Henderson, Howe, Johnson, Morrill of Maine,
Ramsey, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull,
Wade, Wilson, Yates-26.

This substitute was agreed to-yeas 77, nays 55, as follow:

NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Corbett, Doolittle, Ferry, Fowler, Hendricks, McCreery, Patterson of Tennessee, Ross, Van Winkle, Vickers, Willey, Williams

Mr. Hendricks moved to strike out all of the preamble and bill after the enacting clause, and insert: "That the State of Arkansas is hereby declared restored to her former proper practical relations to the Union, and is again entitled to be represented by Senators and Representatives in Congress."

Which was disagreed to-yeas 15, nays 26, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Corbett, Doolittle, Ferry, Fowler, Hendricks, Johnson, McCreery, Patterson of New Hampshire, Patterson of Tennessee, Ross, Van Winkle, Vickers, Willey-15.

YEAS-Messrs. Ames, Anderson, Delos R.Ashley, James M. Ashley, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Beatty, Benjamin, NAYS-Messrs. Cameron. Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Bromwell, Broomall, Churchill, Sidney Clarke, Coburn, Conkling, Cragin, Drake, Fessenden, Frelinghuysen, Cook, Covode, Cullom, Dawes, Dixon, Dodge, Driggs, Henderson, Howe, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Ver Eckley, Eggleston, Eliot, Ferriss, Ferry, Halsey, Haw-mont, Nye, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Stewart, Sumkins, Hill, Hopkins, Hunter, Ingersoll, Judd, Julian, ner, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Wade, Williams, Wilson, Kelsey, Ketcham, Koontz, Laflin, William Lawrence, Yates-26.

YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Fessenden, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Henderson, Howe, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Ross, Sherman, June 2-The bill was reported with amendStewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Win-ments. As reported it excluded Alabama, and kle, Wade, Willey, Williams, Wilson, Yates-34. NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Doolittle, Hendricks, McCreery, Patterson of Tennessee, Saulsbury, Vickers-8.

In this bill, as originally passed by the House, May 14, this provision was inserted at the close-22. of the first section:

So much of the seventeenth section of the fifth article of the constitution of the State of Georgia as gives authority to Legislatures or courts to repudiate debts contracted prior to the 1st day of June, 1865, and similar provisions in all other of the constitutions mentioned in this bill, shall be null and void as against all men who were loyal during the whole time of the rebellion, and who during that time supported the Union, and they shall have the same rights in the courts and elsewhere as if no rebellion had ever existed.

This section was agreed to-yeas 79, nays 50,

Mr. Williams moved to insert this clause after YEAS-Messrs. Delos R. Ashley, Baker, Baldwin, the word "same" in the third section, and beBeck, Blair, Boyer, Brooks, Burr, Coburn, Driggs, Eldfore what is now the last clause of the bill:

Which was disagreed to-yeas 16, nays 23, asters, Pike, Pile, Plants, Polsley, Pomeroy, Price, Raum, follow:

XXX.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S PROCLAMATIONS AND ORDERS.*

*

Enjoining Obedience to the Constitution and of the command of the President of the United
Laws, September 3, 1867.
States;

Whereas, by the Constitution of the United States, the executive power is vested in a PresiIdent of the United States of America, who is bound by solemn oath faithfully to execute the office of President, and to the best of his ability to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and is by the same instrument made Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy of the United States, and is required to take care that the laws be faithfully executed; And whereas, by the same Constitution, it is provided that the said Constitution and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof shall be the supreme law of the land, and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby;

And whereas in and by the same Constitution the judicial power of the United States is vested in one Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish, and the aforesaid judicial power is declared to extend to all cases in law and equity arising under the Constitution, the laws of the United States, and the treaties which shall be made under their authority;

And whereas reasonable and well-founded apprehensions exist that such ill-advised and unlawful proceedings may be again attempted there or elsewhere:

of the United States, do hereby warn all
Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson, President
persons
against obstructing or hindering in any manner
tution and the laws; and I do solemnly enjoin
whatsoever the faithful execution of the Consti-
and command all officers of the Government,
civil and military, to render due mission and
obedience to said laws, and to the judgments
and decrees of the courts of the United States,
and to give all the aid in their power necessary
to the prompt enforcement and execution of
such laws, decrees, judgments, and processes.

And I do hereby enjoin upon the officers of the army and navy to assist and sustain the courts and other civil authorities of the United States in the faithful administration of the laws thereof, and in the judgments, decrees, mandates, and I call upon all good and well-disposed citiand processes of the courts of the United States; zens of the United States to remember that upon the said Constitution and laws, and upon the made in accordance with the same, depend the judgments, decrees, and processes of the courts protection of the lives, liberty, property, and happiness of the people. And I exhort them everywhere to testify their devotion to their And whereas all officers of the army and navy country, their pride in its prosperity and greatof the United States, in accepting their commis-ness, and their determation to uphold its free insions under the laws of Congress and the rules and articles of war, incur an obligation to observe, obey, and follow such directions as they

And whereas all officers, civil and military; are bound by oath that they will support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;

shall from time to time receive from the President or the General, or other superior officers set over them, according to the rules and discipline

of war;

stitutions by a hearty co-operation in the efforts of the Government to sustain the authority of the law, to maintain the supremacy of the Federal Constitution, and to preserve unimpaired the integrity of the National Union.

of the United States to be affixed to these preIn testimony whereof, I have caused the seal

ANDREW JOHNSON.

WM. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.

And whereas it is provided by law that when-sents, and sign the same with my hand. ever, by reason of unlawful obstructions, combiDone at the city of Washington the 3d day of nations, or assemblages of persons, or rebellion [L. S.] September, in the year 1867. against the authority of the Government of the By the President: United States, it shall become impracticable, in the judgment of the President of the United States, to enforce, by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the laws of the United States within any State or Territory, the Executive in that case is authorized and required to secure their faithful execution by the employment of the land and naval forces;

And whereas impediments and obstructions, serious in their character, have recently been interposed in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina, hindering and preventing for a time a proper enforcement there of the laws of the United States, and of the judgments and decrees of a lawful court thereof, in disregard

Extending Full Pardon to Certain Persons who were Engaged in the late Rebellion, September 7, 1867.

Whereas, in the month of July, anno Domini 1861, the two houses of Congress, with extraordinary unanimity, solemnly declared that the war then existing was not waged on the part of the Government in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of the States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired, and that as soon as of the Manual of 1866, and pages 68-74 of the Manual of these objects should be accomplished the war

*For other proclamations and orders, see pages 7-18

1867 or 194-200 of the ombined Manual.

ought to cease;

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