New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-10

Cured on Mr.. Summers amendment, which was re-
jeeted, Yeas, e. Nays 80.
Wade, Wilson and Yates
Mr.. YATES offered the following as q substitute for
the Committees proposition:
That State Territory Of the United States shall by any
constitution law or other regulation whatever heretofore la
force or hereafter to be adopted make enforce In any
Of the United States any State Territory
count color or previous condition Of slavery and here
all citizens without distinction color shall be
projected in the full and exercise Of all their civil
MI. CLARK moved to amend the above By adding the
Proridea That whenever the elective franchise shall be
Congress or other officers State National account Of
color descent previous condition or servtude by
ii S aw 1 as condition.
shall be excluded from the basis OF experimentation pre-
cbed in the second section OF the t article Oh the '0n'
Mr.. Clark's amendment was adopted, Yeas, es;
Mr.. Yatess amendment was rejected, Yeas, 2; Nays,
80,
YKAs-Me,,r.. Brown Chandler Pomeroy Sumner, Wade,
Mr. DAVIS offered an amendment TO make the propo-
ston of the Committee be submitted to the legislatures
of the several States next hereafter to be chosen He
explained that bis object was to get the question prop
erly before the people In legislatures elected the
issues presented in the amendment Rejected-Yeas,
IL; Nays, 81.
Mr.. SUMNER moved to amend the Committees prop.
osition by inserting provso that there shall be no de-
NAL OF the elective franchise on account OF color he
jected-Yeas. g. Nays, 80.
Mr.. SUMNER moved to amend the proposition OF the
Committee by inserting that all persons denied repre-.
sentaton shall be exempt from taxation Of all kinds
Rejected.
The question was then taken on the proposition Of the
Committee. Mr.. Clark having withdrawn his amend
ment given above.
The Joint resolution as It came from the House. is as
follows:
Re.ord By the Senate and House OF Representatives Of
the United states Of America in Conge. assembled two
proposed the Of The several States amend
ment to the Constitution Of the United States. which when
part Of said Constitution, viz:
ARTICLE Representatives shall be apportioned the
codns to their respective number counting the whole
Der Of in each State excluding Indians not taxed
abridged in any State on account Of race or color per
therein Of or color shall be excluded from tho
basis Of such representation.
The vote on the above was as follows:
YEAsSle'rs Anthony Chandler Clark Conne", Crsgn,
Cssiws fe,.sndf P0s 9%s hi Martin ks
Ramsey Sherman, sprasue Trumban, Wade, Williams Will
son--25
NAIs-Mesus. Brown, Buckslew Cowan. Davis, Dixon.
Dooite Guthrie, Henderson, Hendrcks Johnson, Lane
k Ns:%h Norton v p0%sO{y R W;sv Sy'ssu
The CHAIR announced that the joint resolution hav.
ing received less than twothrds vote had failed.
Mr.. HENDERSON moved reconsideration Of the
above vote which motion prevailed.
This brought the joint resolution again before the
Senate, and Mr.. Doolittle offered the following amend
ment:
Tha, the following article be proposed TO TIE Legislatures Of
the several states amendment 70 the Of the
United States which when ratified by three ouths Of the
said Legislatures shall be valid part Of said Constitution,
viz the to DO taken in the 1870 aud escn
succeeding shall be spporoned
the several States which may be included within the Union,
according to the number each State male electors oyer2
years and qualified by the laws thereof 10 choose
be Of the branch Of s Legssure and d.
rect shall be sppoioned among the several States
cordng the value Of the and taxable property
situated in each state not belonging the State the United
States"
At O'Clock. on motion Of Mr. FEssRSDESN the fur.
Their consideration OF the question POSTPONED to
Thursday.
The Senate then adjourned till Monday.