The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-02-07

4 Passage Of the Amendment Scenes
in the House
ilalfpast three arrived An effort wa.
made on the democrat ide to postpone til,
vote to another day Almost every repub.
lean member jumped to his feet and the cries
q NO. no; vote, vote, rung through the
hall. At length the calling Of the roll COM
meneed. The first motion was to lay Oh the
table The democrats, with enc or two ex-
/ ceptions, voted for this and solid against the
republicans. The republicans being MAJ
jority the motion to table was lost Then
came the question Of reconsidering the vote
Iof last year, by which the vote was lost -
1 On this the democrats voted nearly solid
against Ioconsdering. At this stage there
was no indication by the vote that the amend
ment was really to prs, On the motion to
reconsider the majority lacked some three
votes necessary 10 pass the amendment, or
two-thiras Of all present. her came the
vote On The final passage. Perfect silence
for Jae arst tine reignea me response OF
every member was watched, and as one By
one The democrats changed front there was
an expression Of joy on the republican side
Boldly, and like men fully realizing the i'm
Portant step, did Ganson, Raliord, Nelson.
5 zee, Rollins, Yeaman. English and others
respond 20 their NAMES. II was no faint
whisper, They responded ike men who had
weighed carefully the subject, taken their
position after mature deiiberatiou aud we're
ready to take the consequences. It was an
important step. In taking il and respond
ing in the affirmative, however, they only
did that which many others on the demo-
cratic side wanted to do, but had no, the
courage, the heart, to say aye.
The roll was concluded. The honored
names we're al recorded, hereafter 10 be
handed down in company with those who
first recorded their names FOR that noble in
strument. Long before it was announced
the expression Of the faces Of those on the
republican side showed too plainly the result,
aud that their JOY was only being pent up.
ready to burst forth the moment that tile |
result was announced. The sharp tone Of
the Speakers voice was soon heard announc-
ing the vote In louder, deeper and heay-
Ter tone than usual with him, Speaker Col
fax Having received two
third vote, the amendment has passed.
Then came wild scene on the floor Of the
House. Republican members waved their
iats and cheered, the galleries took up the
ny, hndkerchiefs waved IN the air, cheers
echoed through the halls. and all dignity
i tie occasion seemed 10 be forgotten.
Ieabcs weie dancing, pulling each other
'rcand and performing all manner Of antics
Among .ae most amusing aas the scene be-
weeA Mr. B.audeeac aul iii Spauldng.-
Icy went through shaking Of han ;, hug
.ias EACH other and other Wild deuoustra-
iel aually closing up vbh raptarous kiss
ug il
The demccra's during all this sat in sui
en- silence, evidently Disguised at the lack
4 dignity On the aooE, even those who voted
or he amendment feeling that the republic
ans Ners disgracipg the selves II was
ertainly in bad taste. II was triumph
ieli worth rejoicing over. but let that re-
icing, let the jubilee be postponed and held
j some ether place more betting than the
louise q Representatives,. The booming Ct i
lnron was soon heard In honor fthe event. J
y Cor Herald.