of election, shall notify the delegates to assem- been the true intent and meaning of the act of ble in convention, at a time and place to be the 2d day of March, 1867, entitled "An act to mentioned in the notification, and said conven provide for the more efficient government of the tion, when organized, shall proceed to frame a rebel States," and the act supplementary thereto constitution and civil government according to passed the 23d of March, 1867, that the governthe provisions of this act and the act to which ments then existing in the rebel States of Virit is supplementary; and when the same shall ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, have been so framed, said constitution shall be Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, submitted by the convention for ratification to and Arkansas, were not legal State governments, the persons registered under the provisions of and that thereafter said governments, if conthis act at an election to be conducted by the tinued, were to be continued subject in all officers or persons appointed or to be appointed respects to the military commanders of the reby the commanding general, as hereinbefore spective districts, and to the paramount authorprovided, and to be held after the expiration of ity of Congress. 30 days from the date of notice thereof, to be SEC. 2. That the commander of any district given by said convention; and the returns named in said act shall have power, subject to thereof shall be made to the commanding gen- the disapproval of the general of the army of the eral of the district. Sec. 5. That if, according United States, and to have effect until disapto said returns, the constitution shall be ratified proved, whenever, in the opinion of such comby a majority of the votes of the registered elec- mander, the proper administration of said act tors qualified as herein specified, cast at said shall require it, to suspend or remove from ofelection (at least one-half of all the registered fice, or from the performance of official duties, voters voting upon the question of such ratifica- and the exercise of official powers, any officer or tion), the president of the convention shall trans- person holding or exercising, or professing to mit a copy of the same, duly certified, to the hold or. exercise, any civil or military office or President of the United States, who shall forth- duty in such district, under any power, election, with transmit the same to Congress, if then in appointment, or authority derived from, or session, and if not in session, then immediately granted by, or claimed under, any so called upon its next assembling; and if it shall, more State, or the government thereof, or any municover, appear to Congress, that the election was ipal or other division thereof, and upon such susone at which all the registered and qualified elec- pension or removal such commander, subject to tors in the State bad an opportunity to vote the approval of the general as aforesaid, shall freely and without restraint, fear, or the influ- have power to provide from time to time for the ence of fraud, and if the Congress shall be satis- performance of the said duties of such officer or fied that such constitution meets the approval of person so suspended or removed, by the detail of a majority of all the qualified electors in the some competent officer or soldier of the army, or State, and if the said constitution shall be de by the appointment of some other person to clared by Congress to be in conformity with the perform the same, and to fill vacancies occaprovisions of the act to which this is supplemen- sioned by death, resignation, or otherwise. tary, and the other provisions of said act shall SEC. 8. That the general of the army of the have been complied with, and the said constitu- United States shall be invested with all the pow. tion shall be approved by Congress, the State ers of suspension, removal, appointment, and shall be declared entitled to representation, and detaching granted in the preceding section to Benators and Representatives shall be admitted district commanders. therefrom as therein provided. Sec. 6. All elec- SEO. 4. That the acts of the officers of the artions in the States mentioned in the said "Act my, already done in removing in said districts to provide for the more efficient government of persons exercising the functions of civil officers, the rebel States, shall, during the operation of and appointing others in their stead, are hereby said act, be by ballot; and all officers making confirmed; provided that any persons heretothe said registration of voters and conducting fore or hereafter appointed by any district com*Baid elections shall, before entering upon the dis- mander to exercise the functions of any civil charge of their duties, take and subscribe the office may be removed either by the military offioath prescribed by the act approved July 2, 1862, cer in command of the district or by the geneentitled "An act to prescribe an oath of office:" ral of the army, and it shall be the duty of such Provided, That if any person shall knowingly commander to remove from office, as aforesaid, and falsely take and subscribe any oath in this all persons who are disloyal to the government act prescribed, such person so offending and of the United States, or who use their official inbeing thereof duly convicted, shall be subject to fuence in any manner to hinder, delay, prevent the pains, penalties, and disabilities which by or obstruct the due and proper administration of law are provided for the punishment of the crime this act and the acts to which it is supplementof wilful and corrupt perjury.

ary. 3. Supplementary Reconstruction Act of SEC. 6. That the boards of registration providXLth Congress, of July 19, 1867.-A recon- ed for in the act entitled "An act supplementary struction bill, supplementary to the two preced- to an act entitled 'An act to provide for the more ing acts, passed both Houses of Congress, on efficient government of the rebel States,' passed July 18.' It was vetoed by the President on July March 2, 1867, and to facilitate restoration." 19, but on the same day re-passed by both passed March 23, 1867, shall have power, and it Houses over the veto. The vote in the Senate shall be their duty, before allowing the registrastood-yeas 80 (all Repub.), nays 6 (all Democ.); tion of any person, to ascertain, upon such facts

6 in the House-yeas 100 (áll Rep.), nays 22 (áli or information as they can obtain, whether such Dem.). The bill is as follows:

person is entitled to be registered under said act, SACTION 1. That it is hereby declared to bave and the oath required by said act shall not be

conclusive on such question; and no person act shall be construed to authorize the commandshall be registered unless such board shall de- ing general named therein, whenever he shall cide that he is entitled thereto; and such board deem it needful, to remove any member of a shall also have power to examine under oath, to board of registration, and to appoint another in be administered by any member of such board, his stead, and to fill any vacancy in such board, any one touching the qualification of any person SEC. 11. That all the provisions of this act, claiming registration; but in every case of re- and of the acts to which this is supplementary, fusal by the board to register an applicant, and shall be construed liberally, to the end tbat all in every case of striking his name from the list, the intents thereof may be fully and perfectly as hereinafter provided, the board shall make a carried out. note or memorandum, which shall be returned with the registration list to the commanding I11.-PROGRESS OF IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE. general of the district, setting forth the ground

At the beginning of the year 1866, the legislaof such refusal or such striking from the list; tion in the several States of the Federal Union provided that no person shall be disqualified as a concerning the right of suffrage, was as follows: member of any board of registration by reason

Only five States-Maine, Vermont, New Hampof race or color, Sec. 6. That the true intent and meaning of legal' distinction among their citizens on the

shire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island-made no the oath presented in said supplementary act is ground of color. In New York, colored citizens (among other things) that no person who has

to be voters must be owners of a freehold worth been a member of the Legislature of any State, $250. In Ohio, which limits the elective franor who has held any executive or judicial office chise to “every white male citizen ” of the Uniin any State, whether he has taken an oath to ted States, the courts have held that every persupport the Constitution of the United States or

son of one-half white blood is a " white male citnot, and whether he was holding such oftice

at izen " within the Constitution, and that the burthe commencement of the rebellion or had held it before, and who has afterwards engaged in in show that the person is more than half black.

den of proof is with the challenging party, to surrection or rebellion against the United States

All the other States denied the right of suffrage or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof, is

to the negro. entitled to be registered or to vote; and the the New England States, in Michigan, Wiscon

Indians had a right of voting in words "executive or judicial” office in any

sin, California, and Minnesota. Chinamen were State, in said oath mentioned, shall be construed to include all civil offices created by law for the expressly excluded in California, Oregon, and

Nevada. Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minneadministration of any general law of a State or for the administration of justice.

sota, Oregon, Kansas, and Illinois, admitted as Sec. 7. That the time for completing the orig- the right of suffrage to negroes, was taken in

voters those not yet citizens. A vote to extend inal registration provided for in any act may, in the discretion of the commander of any district, Wisconsin (Nov. 7), and Minnesota (Nov. 7).

1865, in Connecticut (Oct. 2), Colorado (Sept. ), be extended to the 1st day of October, 1867; and

All these four States declared against negro sufthe board of registration shall have power, and it shall be their duty, commencing fourteen days

frage.*

On Dec. 18, 1865, a resolution offered by Mr. prior to any election under said act, and upon reasonable public notice of the time and place the elective franchise to persons in the States,

Thornton (Dem., Ill.), that any extension of thereof, to revise for a period of five days the either

by act of the President or of Congress, registration lists, and upon being satisfied that would be an assumption of power which nothing any person not entitled thereto has been regis- in the Constitution of the United States would tered, to strike the name of such person from the list, and such person shall not be allowed to warrant, and that to avoid every danger of convote. And such board shall also, during the flict, the settlement of this question should

be same period, add to each registry the names of referred to the several States," was laid on the cations required by said act, who have not been 1866) by Mr. De frees (Rep., Ind.), “ that it is the all persons who at that time possess the qualifi- table by a vote of-yeas 111, nays

46.

On May 21, 1866, a resolution offered (Feb. 26, already registered, and no person shall at any time be entitled to be registered or to vote by opinion of this House that Congress has no conreason of any executive pardon or amnesty, for stitutional right to fix the qualification of elecany act or thing which, without such pardon or tors in the several States " was referred to the amnesty, would disqualify him from registration Committee on the Judiciary-yeas

86, nays 80.

On Dec. 18, 1866, a bill conferring the elective or voting. Sec. 8. That all members of said boards of franchise in the District of Columbia upon every

male person without any distinction on account registration, and all persons hereafter elected or appointed to of in said military districts un

of color or race, passed the Senate by a vote of der any so-called state or municipal authority, yeas 32, pays 13; on the following day the bill

passed the House-yeas 128, nays 46. On Jan. or by detail or appointment of the district commander, shall be required to take and subscribe 7, 1867, the bill was vetoed.' The Senate, on the to the oath of office prescribed by law for the of

same day, passed the bill over the veto-yeas 29, ficers of the United States,

nays 10; the House passed it on Jan. 8 yeas SEC. 9. That no district commander or mem

118, nays 88. ber of the board of registration, or any officer or

On Jan. 18, 1867, the House passed a bill for appointee acting under them, shall

be bound in the admission of Nebraska Into the Union, upon his action by any opinion of any civil officer of

* A full account of the laws in the several States od the United States,

the right of suffrage is given in the TRIBUNY ALMANAC Sec. 10. That section four of said last-named for 1866, p. 45-47.

the fundamental condition that there shall be, the franchise, at the election for Governor, at within the State of Nebraska, no denial of the which the Republican candidate received a maelective franchise or of any other right, to any jority of more than 50,000 votes. person by reason of race or color, except Indians On April 6, a joint resolution was passed by not taxed, and upon the further fundamental the Legislature of Ohio to propose an amendment condition that the Legislature of Nebraska shall to the State constitution, striking the word declare the assent of the State to the foregoing “white" from the franchise law of the State. A condition, and shall transmit a copy of the act popular vote on this amendment was taken at to the President. The bill was vetoed by the the October election, when it was rejected by a President on Jan. 30. The Senate passed it over majority of 50,629. the veto on Feb. 8-yeas 80, nays 9; the House In November, 1867, a special vote was taken on Feb. 9-yeas 120, nays 44.

in Minnesota and Kansas on proposed amendOn Jan. 29, a bill similar to the preceding for ments to the State constitutions, extending the the admission of Colorado was vetoed, and no elective franchise to persons irrespective of vote was subsequently taken upon it.

color. In both States the amendments were reOn Jan. 10, a bill regulating the elective fran-jected, by 1,248 majority in Minnesota, and chise on the same basis in all Territories was 3,071 majority in Kansas. In Kansas a special adopted.

vote was taken at the same time on an amendOn Feb. 6, 1867, the lower branch of the Ten- ment extending the elective franchise to women. nessee Legislature passed a bill striking the word It was also rejected by 10,658 majority. "white" from the franchise law of the State In Wisconsin, in 1848, an amendment to the yeas 38, nays 25. On Feb 18, the Senate con- State constitution giving colored persons the curred-yeas 14, nays 7. On March 21, the su- right of suffrage was submitted to the people, preme court of the State unanimously sustained and received a majority. The Supreme Court, in the constitutionality of the franchise law. In 1866, decided that that vote was sufficient. NeAugust, the negroes, for the first time, exercised | groes are entitled to vote in that State.

THE IMPEACHMENT QUESTION. On the 7th of January, 1867, Mr. James M. were of course opposed to the whole proceedAshley (Rep.) Member of Congress from Ohio, ing. rising to a question of privilege, submitted the The reports were received and laid over for a following, which was agreed to:

few days. On the 6th of December the House “I do impeach Andrew Johnson, Vice-Presi- took up the report. There was no real debate, dent and acting President of the United States, the opponents of impeachment using up the sesof bigh crimes and misdemeanors. I charge him sion in motions to adjourn, for call of the House, with a usurpation of power and violation of law, &c. The next day the report came up, and after in that he has corruptly used the appointing a little more fillibustering, the House reached the power; in that he has corruptly used the par- main business, and the resolution “that Andrew doning power; in that he has corruptly used the Johnson, President of the United States, be imveto power; in that he has corruptly disposed of peached of high crimes and misdemeanors," was the public property of the United States; in that lost-yeas, 56; nays, 109; absent or not voting, he has corruptly interfered in elections, and 22. Thus closed the impeachment movement. committed acts, and conspired with others to We give the following analysis of the vote. commit acts which, in contemplation of the Con- The figures before the names indicate the Disstitution, are high crimes and misdemeanors.” trict from which the Member comes. (Democrats

Mr. Ashley appended a resolution directing in Italic.) the Judiciary Committee to make a thorough investigation in the matter, and the House, on the THOSE WHO VOTED FOR IMPEACHMENT. same day, adopted the resolution by 107 yeas to

MAINE-1. 39 nays. The Committee began to take testimony 1-John Lynch. on the 6th of February, and continued at inter

NEW HAMPSHIRE-2. vals for several months. On the 25th of No- 1-Jacob H. Ela, 2-Aaron F. Stevens. vember, they sent in an enormous mass of testi

MASSACHUSETTS-2. mony, (printed in 1163 pages,) and submitted 7-George S. Boutwell, 5-Benjamin F. Butler. therewith their report, or rather three reports.

NEW YORK-3. Messrs. Boutwell, Williams, Thomas, Lawrence 22—John C. Churchill, 27—Hamilton Ward. and Churchill agreed in favor of impeachment, 25-William H. Kelsey. and submitted this resolution :

PENNSYLVANIA-9. Resolved, That Andrew Johnson, President John M. Broomall, 2-Charles O'Neill, of the United States, be impeached of high 21-John Covode, 9-Thaddeus Stevens, crimes and misdemeanors.

4-William D. Kelley, 23-Thomas Williams, Messrs. Wilson and Woodbridge were not in 13—Ulysses Mercer, 18-Stephen F. Wilson, favor of impeachment, and reported thus: 8—Leonard Myers. Resolved, That the Committee on the Judi

MARYLAND--1. ciary be discharged from the further considera- 4-Francis Thomas. tion of the proposed impeachment of the Presi

OHI05. dent of the United States, and that the subject 10—James M. Ashley, 4-William Lawrence, be laid upon the table.

6–Reader W. Clarke, 3—Robert C. Schenck, Messrs. Marshall and Eldridge (Democrats) '17--Ephraim R. Eckley.

INDIANA-6.

DELAWARE--1. 6-John Coburn, 8-Godlove S. Orth, 1-John A. Nicholson. 3-Morton C. Hunter, 11-John P. C. Shanks,

MARYLAND-4. 5-George W. Julian, 10—William Williams. 2-Stevenson Archer, 3-Charles E.Phelps, MICHIGAN-1.

1-Hiram McCullough, 5- Frederick Stone. 5 Rowla. E. Trowbridge.

WEST VIRGINIA-2.
ILLINOIS-6.

1-Chester D. Hubbard, 3—Daniel Polsley, 1-H'y P. H. Bromwell, 4-Abner C. Harding,

OH10-13. 8-Shelby M. Cullom, 1-Norman B. Judd, 16—John A. Bingham, 5-William Mungen, 2-Jno. F. Farnsworth, At large-Jno. A. Logan, 9—Ralph P. Buckland, 15—Tobias H. Plants, WISCONSIN-3.

2-Samuel F. Cary, 18—Rufus P. Spalding, 3-Amasa Cobb, %-Benj. F. Hopkins, 1--Benj'n Eggleston, 12--Phil. Van Trump, 1-Halbert E. Paine.

19/James A. Garfield, 14-Martin Welker, MINNESOTA-1.

8-Corn. W. Hamilton, 11-John T. Wilson, 2-Ignatius Donnelly.

13—George W. Morgan. IOWA-2.

INDIANA-4 2-Hiram Price, 4-WilliamLoughridge. 4- Wm. S. Holman, 1- Wm. E. Niblack, MISSOURI—7.

2- Michael C. Kerr, 7-H'y D. Washburn. 9-Geo. W. Anderson, 2-Car'n A. Newcomb,

MICHIGAN-4. 4Joseph J. Gravely, 1–William A. Pile, 1-Fernan. C. Beaman, 4-Thomas W. Ferry, 7-Benjamin F. Loan, 6~Robert T. Van Horn 6-John F. Driggs, 2-Charles Upson. 5-Joseph W McClurg.

KENTUCKY-6.
TENNESSEE-6.

8-George M. Adams, 5— Asa P. Grover, 6-Samuel M. Arnell, 8-David A. Nunn, 7-James R. Beck, 6/Thomas L. Jones, 2-Horace Maynard, 3—William B. Stokes, 3-Jucob S. Golladay, 4-J. Proctor Knott. 4James Mullins, 5-John Trimble.

ILLINOIS—7.
CALIFORNIA-1.

12-Jehu Baker,

11-Sam'l S. Marshall, 2-William by.

10- Albert G. Burr, 9-Lercis W. Ro88, KANSAS-1.

6-Burton C. Cook, 3-ElibuB.Washburne, 1-Sidney Clarke.

5--Ebon C. Ingersoll. Total voting in the aflirmative, 57--all Republi

WISCONSIN-3. cans.

4-Chas. A. Eldridge, 6–Cad. C. Washburne, THOSE VOTING AGAINST IMPEACHMENT. 5-Philetus Sawyer. MAINE-4.

Iowa-4. 2-Sidney Pernam, 4John A. Peters, 3- William B. Allison, 6–Asahel W. Hubbard, 3-James G. Blaine, 5- Frederick A. Pike. 5-Grenville M. Dodge, 1-James F. Wilson. NEW HAMPSHIRE-1.

MISSOURI-1. 3-Jacob Benton.

8-John F. Benjamin. VERMONT-3.

TENNESSEE-1.
2-Luke P. Poland, 1-Fred. E. Woodbridge, 17-Isaac R. Hawkins.
3—Worthington C. Smith.

CALIFORNIA-2.
MASSACHUSETTS-7.

1--Samue B. Axtell, 3—James A. Johnson. 2-Oakes Ames, 1-Thomas D. Eliot,

NEVADA-1. 8—John D. Baldwin, 4-Samuel Hooper, 1-Delos R. Ashley. 6—Nathaniel P. Banks, 9—Wm. B. Washburn, Total voting in the negative, 108, of whom 67 10-Henry L. Dawes.

were Republicans, and 41 were Democrats. RHODE ISLAND-1.

ABSENT OR NOT VOTING. 2-Nathan F. Dixon.

ILLINOIS-13-Green B. Raum.
CONNECTICUT-4.

INDIANA--9-Schuyler Colfax. 4 Wm. H. Barnum, 1-Rich. D. Hubbard, KENTUCKY--2--John Y. Broun; 1--Law2-Julius Hotchkiss, 3—H'yH.Starkweather. rence 8. Trimble; 9—John D. Young. NEW YORK-20.

(These three are not yet in the House.) 21-Alex'r H. Bailey, 26-Wm. S. Lincoln, MASSACHUSETTS-8-Ginery Twitchell. 8-James Brooks, 18-James M. Marvin. MICHIGAN-3--Austin Blair. 7-John W. Chanler, 23-Dennis McCarthy, MINNESOTA-1-William Windom. 16—Orange Ferris, 14-John V. L. Pruyn, MISSOURI—3--James R. McCormick. 19—William C. Fields, 10-Wm. H. Robertson, NEBRASKA-1--John Taffe. 15-John A. Griswold, 3— Wm. E. Robinson, NEW JERSEY--1-William Moore. 17--Calvin T. Hulburd, 6-Thomas E. Stewart, NEW YORK-2-Demar Barnes ; 13-Thomas 30-_JM. Humphrey, 1-Stephen Taber, Cornell; John Fox ; 5 John Morrissey ; 12—John H. Ketcham, 31-Henry Van Aernam, 24—Theodore M. Pomeroy; 28_Lewis Selye; 20-Addison H. Laflin, 11--Chas. H. Van Wyck. 29—Burt Van Horn; 9—Fernando Wood. NEW JERSEY-4.

OH10—7--Samuel Shellabarger. 2-Charles Haight, 4-John Hill,

OREGON--1--Rufus Mallory. 5—George A. Halsey, 3-CharlesSitgreaves. PENNSYLVANIA--10-Henry L. Cake; 20-DarPENNSYLVANIA - 11.

win A. Finney; 17--Daniel J. Morrill ; 19 6-Benjin M. Boyer, 22-James K. Moorhead, Glenni W. Scofield. 8-J. Lawrence Getz, 1-Sam'l J. Randall, RHODE ISLAND--1--Thomas A. Jenckes. 15-A. J. Glossbrenner, 5-Caleb N. Taylor, TENNESSER--1--Robert B. Butler. 16— William H. Koontz, 11-D, M. Van Auken, WEST VIRGINIA--2-Bethuel M. Kitchen. 24-Geo. V. Lawrence, 12-G. W. Woodward, Total absent or not voting, 22; of whom 18 14-George F. Miller.

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