Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-02-03
GL0RY no GOD!


THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PASSED THE HOUSE BY VOTE
OF 1I9 TO SO.
sLA VERY FOREVER AB0LISHBDi
Ten Thousand Cheers for Freedom
ALL HONOR TO THE ssTH CONGRESS.
The proposed amendment to the Constitution
sbclisbiDg slavery, passed the House ON Tuesday
last by vote Of ll9 to Sc. 1t had previously
passed the Senate twill undoubtedly be
ratified by three-fourths of the State Leg
islatures.
The debate ceased at half-psst three O'Clock,
when the pending question was stated TO be on
reconsidering the vote by which, at the last ses-
sion, the constitutional amendment was reject
cd
Mr.. Stiles, of Penn, moved to lay that motion
on the table. Reiected-yeas 81, nays Ill.
The main question was then ordered on the
reconsideration, and the vote by which the con-
stItutional amendment was rejected was recon-
sidered-for lI2 against 81
The Question was then stated ON the adop-
tion of the constitutional amendment and the
vote resulted yeas lis, nays 56.
The vote is as follows:
Yeas: Allison. Ames, Anderson, Arnold, Ash
", J. !,
Baxter Beaman, Blain, Blow, Boutwell,, Boyd,
Brandage, BrOomall, Brown West Va), Am
'brose W Clark, Freeman Clark, Cobb, Ooffroth,
Colfax, Cole Davis Md Davis IN y, Dawes,
Deming, Dixon, Donnelly, briggs, Dumont, Eek
ley, Elliott, English, FarnswOrth, Frank, Gan
son, Garfield Gooch, Grinnel, Griswold, Hale
Herrick, Highly, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Hubbard,
Hubbard Comm, Hurlbut Hutchins, Ingersoll
,Jenckes, Julian, Kssson Kelley, Kellogg { N ",
King Knox, Littlejohn, Loan, Longscre, Marvin,
Mcbride, McClurg, McIndo Miller IN ", A
Myers, Myers, Nelson, Norton, Odell, O'Neil
(Pa), Ortb, Patterson Pickham, Pike, Price,
RadfOrd, Randall (Ky), Rice (Msss) Rice Me-,
Rollins, N h Rollins MOI, Schenck, Scofeld
Shannon, Sloan, Smith, Smithers, Spalding
Starr, Steele On y, Stevens Thomas, Tracy,
Epson, Sen. Van Valkenburg, Washburne, Web
ster, Whaley, Wheeler, Williams Weller, Will
son. Windhsm, Woodbridge, WOrthington, Yea
man.
Nays: Allen, W J Allen, Brooks, Brown
OF Wisconsin, Chandler, Clay, Cox, Gravens,
Dawson, Deennison Eden, Edgerton, Eldredge,
Finck, Gridley, Hall, Hastings, Harrington, Har-
ris of Maryland Harris of Illinois, Holman,
johnson of Pennsylvania, johnson of Ohio,
Kslbheish, Herman, Knapp, Law, Long, Mallory,
Miller of Pennsylvania Morris of Ohio Morri-
son, Noble, O'Neil of Ohio PendletoD, Perry,
Pruyd. Randolph, Robinson, Ross. Scott, Steele
of New Jersey, Stiles, Strouse, Stuart Towns
end, Wadswortb Ward, CA White, @ } White,
Winfield, Ben Wood, F Wood.
Absentees, or those not voting, were Messrs.
Lazear, LeBlonde, Morcia, Mcdonnell, McKin-
ney, Middleton, Rogers and Voorhees,.
The utmost interest was monifested through
out the calling of the roll, ahd there was strict
attention on the part Of the members to their
responses. When the calling of the roll was
completed, the Clerk proceeded to read the
names. The result of the vote was noted on
piece of paper and handed to the Speaker, who
announced the passage of the joint resolution by
q vote oils yeas against Sc nays. Thereupon
rose a shout ofapplause. The members on the
floor huzzaed in chorus with the galleries. The
ladies in the House assemblage waved their
handkerchiefs, and again and again the applause
was repeated. The audience were wildly ex-
cited and the friends of the measure were jubi-
lant