it is unjust to the negro. Why, sir, just imagine all
the gentlemen opposed to this resolution met in caucus together, and
looking around at each other, would there not be a smile on all their
faces to see what company they had fallen into? I think Senators would
be surprised to find themselves there, and, like the countryman
looking at the reel in the bottle, they would consider how the devil
they did get there. [Laughter.] It would be a very strange meeting;
and yet they are all against this proposition."

After a running debate between several Senators, the vote was taken
upon the substitute proposed by Mr. Henderson as a constitutional
amendment, viz.: "No State, in prescribing the qualifications
requisite for electors therein, shall discriminate against any person
on account of color or race." The amendment was lost--yeas, 10; nays,
37. The question was then taken on Mr. Sumner's substitute, which was
simply a joint resolution providing 'there shall be no oligarchy,
aristocracy, caste, or monopoly invested with peculiar privileges, and
no denial of rights, civil or political, on account of color or race,
anywhere within the United States." This resolution was lost--yeas, 8;
nays, 39. The vote was then taken on the amendment proposed by Mr.
Yates, providing that no State shall make or enforce any distinction
between citizens of the United States on account of race or color, and
that all citizens shall hereafter be protected in the exercise of all
civil and political rights, including the right of suffrage. This
amendment was lost--yeas, 7; nays, 38. The vote was then taken upon
the original amendment as reported by the joint Committee of Fifteen.
The following was the result:

YEAS--Messrs. Anthony, Chandler, Clark, Conness, Cragin,
Creswell, Fessenden, Foster, Grimes, Harris, Howe, Kirkwood,
Lane of Indiana, McDougall, Morgan, Morrill, Nye, Poland,
Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Trumbull, Wade, Williams, and
Wilson--25.

NAYS--Messrs. Brown, Buckalew, Cowan, Davis, Dixon,
Doolittle, Guthrie, Henderson, Hendricks, Johnson, Lane of
Kansas, Nesmith, Norton, Pomeroy, Riddle, Saulsbury,
Stewart, Stockton, Sumner, Van Winkle, Willey, and
Yates--22.

ABSENT--Messrs. Foot, Howard, and Wright--3.

Two thirds of the Senators not having voted for the joint resolution,
it was lost. The defeat of the proposed constitutional amendment was
accomplished by the combination of