The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1865-02-09
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ARTICLE 49,
SECTION !. NEITHER SLAVERY NOR INvoLUN-
TARY sERvITUDE EXCEPT AS A PUNISHMENT FOR
CRIME, WHEREOF THE PARTY SHALL HAVE BEEN
DULY CONVICTED, SHALL EXIST WITHIN THE
UNITED STATES, OR ANY PLACE SUBJECT TO
THEIR JURISDICTION.
SECTION ii. CONGRESS SHALL HAVE POWER
TO ENFORCE THIS ARTICLE BY APPROPRIATE
LEGISLATION.
There was muck confusion throughout
the proceedings, amid which the Clerk
proceeded to call the roll on the passage
of the joint resolution.
The Speaker said t'Call my name as a
member of this House
The name was accordingly called.
When the Speaker answered to the
name of SCHUYLER CoLFAx, applause
followed his response, and also burst out
at other parts of the proceedings, which,
however, the Speaker checked, and, calling
the House to order, said he hoped better
example would be set to preserve the de-
corum of the House.
Several members on the Democratic side
of the House said those on the other side
were as noisy as the persons in the CALLER
les
Mr.. Ganson, who had voted "no" on the
question Of reconsidering the vote By
which the joint resolution was heretofore
lost, now voted "aye," and Messrs. Radford
and Steele, of New York, changed their
votes IN the same manner. These changes
gave rise to applause, which was promptly
checked
The utmost interest was manifested
throughout the calling of the roll, and
there was strict attention on the part of
the members to their responses, for on the
previous vote to reconsider, two-thirds Of
the members present had not voted in the
Affirmative, but large majority of the
members present had carried that question.
1t was, therefore, somewhat doubtful
whether the pending joint resolution wo'd
be passed. i
The votes of Mr.. Baldwin (Mich,) and
the gentlemen above mentioned, however,
gave additional hopes to the friends of the
measure.
When the calling of the roll was COM
pleted, the Clerk proceeded to read the
names, first of those who voted in the
affirmative, and next Of those who had
voted in the negative. The House was
now comparatively silent. The result of
the vote was noted cn piece Of paper and
handed by the Clerk to the Speaker, who
then announced the passage of the Joint
resolution by vote Of ll9 yeas against
SIS nays.
ThereupQn rose a general shout of ap-
plause. The members on the floor kazzaed
in chorus with deafening and equally en-
phatic cheers of the throrg In the CALLER
'bo Il 1
waved their handkerchiefs, and again and
again the applause was repeated, intermin-
Sled with clapping of hands, and exclama-
tons Of 'IIurrah for Freedom v' "Giory
enough for one day!' &c. The audience
were wildly excited, and the friends of the
measure jubilant. Never was a scene OF
such character before witnessed in the
House of Representatives certafnly not
within the last century.
There was extensive hand-shaking aud
congratulation in every direction. The
proceedings had attracted thousands of
persons of both sexes, and having been
brought to a close, those on the floor, who
had been admitted by the favor of the
members, and the occupants of the CALLER
les, hastily departed.
THE VOTE.
The vote on the passage of the joint
resolution was as follows
Yeas, 119-( Democrats 16, in HaIic.
Alley, Mass. Kmg, Missouri.
Allison, Iowa. Knox, Missouri.
Ames, Mass. Littleiohn, n. Y.
Anderson, Ky. Loan, Missouri. G
Arnold, Illinois Loneyear, Mich. sf
Ashley, Ohio. M-ALister, penna.
BaiLy, Penna. M'Bride, Oregon.
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