Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-02-01
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81.

| tolloWlng RESOLUTION:
RESOLVED, That it is the duty of the Pres
ident to msintain, in every Constitutions
and legal manner, the integrity of tn
American Union, as formed by the father
of the Republic, and under no circumstan
ees to proffer or accept negotiations whicl
ihan admit, by the remotest implication
the existence OF any other Federal or law
fui Government within the limits of III
United States
Mr.. Fsrnsworth, of Illinois, objected Il
the reception of the resolution.
Mr.. Wood gave notice that he would OF
next Monday move suspension of thu
rules, to introduce the resolution.
The Speaker announced the Committee
to count the votes for President and Vice
President In February next.
The House resumed the consideration oi
the snti-slsvery Constitutional amendment
bill.
Mr. MeAilister said that on q former oe-
casion he voted against the measure, but
satisfied that the southerners will be salts.
fed with nothing short of Independence
he should now vote for it and declare eter-
nal war against the enemies of his coun-
try. 49, o.
Mr.. Cofroth spoke in favor of the amend
ment as -.-
Mr.. Miller CDemocrat) repudiated the
position taken by his colleague, and briefly
expressed himself against the amendment.
Mr.. Brown opposed the proposition and
gave notice OF q substitute, for gradual
emancipation and compensation to Union
men.
NJ uor5;-r- Il o1,,,- 4;t,,t;c,, al v,,-o,
to deprive any State in the Union of its
local selfgovernment.
Mr.. KslbAeisch, of New York, gave
reasons why he could not vote for the
proposition. All our misfortunes are at
tributable, he said, to a disregard of the
Constitution.
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 session, the constitutional
amendment was rejected.
Mr. Stiles, of Penn, moved to lay that
motion on the table. Rejected-yeas 81,
nays Ill.
The main question was then ordered on
the reconsideration, and the vote by which
the constitutional amendment was rejected
was reconsidered-Il2 against 81.
The vote is as follows:
Yeas Allison, ,Ames, Anderson, Arnold.
Ashley, Bailey, Baldwin Mich, Baldwin
Mass) Baxter, Beamsn, Blsm, Blow,
Boutwell,, Boyd, Brandsge, BrOomall,
Brown West Va, Ambrose w Clark.
Freeman CLARK, Cobb, Cofroth, Colfax
Cole, Davis (AId), Davis IN y, Dawes,
Deming Dixon, DOnnelly, briggs, Dument,
Eckley, Elliott, English, ,Farnsworth, Frank,
GsnsoD, Garfield, Goock, Grinnel, Gris-
void, Hale, Herrick, Highly, Hooper, Hotch-
kiss, Hubbard, Hubbard (Conn), Hurlbut,
Hutchins, Ingersoll, Jencks, Julian,
Kssson, Kelley, Kellogg New York;,
King, Knox, Littlejohn, Loan, Longacre,
Marvin, Mcbride, McClurg, Mclndee,
Miller, of New, York, Moorhead, Morrell,
Morris, ofNew York, A. Myers, L. Myers,
Nelson, Norton, Odell, ONeil, of Pa, Orth,
Patterson, Pickhsm, Pike, Price, Radford,
Randall, of Ky, Rice, of Mass, Rice, of Me-,
Rollins, of N. h., Rollins, of Mo, Schenck,
Seofeld, Shannon, Sloan, Smith, Smithers,
Spslding, Starr, Steele, n. Y, Stevens,
Thomas, Tracy, Upson, Sen, Vslduberry,
Washburne, Webster, Whaley, Wheeler,
Weller, Wilson, Windham,
Wooo bridge, Worthington, Yeomsns.
NAYs-J c Allen, W j Allen, Brooks, |
Brown, of Wisconsin, Chandler, Clay, |
Cox, Grsvens, Dawson, Dempson, Edin, |
EdgertOD, Eldredge, Finck, Gridley, Hall,
Hastingf Harrington, Harris, of Mary
and, Harris, of Illinois, Holman, John
IoD, of Pennsylvania, johnson, of Ohio,
Herman, Knapp, Law, Long,
Mallory, Miller, of Pennsylvania, Morris,
If Ohio, Morrison, Noble, ONeil, of Ohio,
Pendleton, Perry, Pruyd, Randolph, Rob-
sson, Ross, Scott, Steele, of New Jersey,
Stiles Strouse, Stuart, wnsend, Wade
worth, Ward, CA White, G J White,
Ben Wood, + Wood.
Absentees, or those not voting we're,
Messrs. Lszesr, LeBlonde, Morcia, McDon-
hell, Mckinney, Middleton, Rogers and |
Vorhees.
So the constitutional amendment was
ldopted. Applause followed the an
The House, by vote l21 against "a |
amid confusion adjourned.
The question was then stated on the |
adoption Of the constitutional amendment, |
md the vote resulted yeas 1l9, nays Sc. |
Ii bnO AOhoO bO-AhJf MAOl llb NlOlh
commenced calling the roll, the Speaker
lsked for his name to be called as member |
If the House. The nsme was accordingly |
called, and when responded to was sp-
Dlsuded. The Speaker checked the ap-
Dlause, and hoped order would be pre-
Ierved.
Some of the Democratic members said
.he Republican side was as noisy as gal
lery.
Mr.. Ganson, who had voted no on the
question to reconsider the vote by which
ne joint resolution was heretofore lost
now voted aye, and Messrs. Rsdford and
Steele, of New York, changed their votes
n the same manner. These changes gave
Use to applause, which was promptly
checked.
The utmost interest was manifested |
throughout the calling of the roll, and |
here was strict attention on the part of
to their responses. The votes of
of Michigan, and the gentlemen
above mentioned, however, gave hopes to
The friends of the measure. 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
ana handed to the Speaker, who snnoune-
ed the passage of the joint resolution by a
vote of 1l9 yeas against Sc nays. There
upon rose q general shout of applause. The
on the floor huzzsed in chorus
with the galleries. The ladies in the House
assemblsge waved their handkerchief, and
again and again the applause was repeat!
ed. The audience were wildly excited and
the friends of the measure jubilant.
SENATE.
Mr.. Wade, notice that tho Secretary
Of War, in replying to communication of
.he Senate about the employment of Cen
erals, has made mistake which 1 wish to
correct. He says, among other things,
hat Generals Banks and Lee are before the
Committee on the Conduct of the War.
This is mistake, and one which l wish to
reetify, because it seems to be a standing
1ne, and think it interferes with the dis