hall not exercise any of the political power of the State or vote at
elections; and thereby given the American people assurance of her
determination to stand by this great measure of security for the
future of the Republic, Tennessee is as much entitled to be
represented here as any State in the Union."

Mr. Finck, Mr. Eldridge, and other Democrats favored the resolution,
while they protested against and "spit on" the preamble.

The question having been taken, the joint resolution passed the House,
one hundred and twenty-five voting in the affirmative, and twelve in
the negative. These last were the following: Messrs. Alley, Benjamin,
Boutwell, Eliot, Higby, Jenckes, Julian, Kelley, Loan, McClurg, Paine,
and Williams.

The announcement of the passage of the joint resolution was greeted
with demonstrations of applause on the floor and in the galleries.

On the day succeeding this action in the House, the joint resolution
came up for consideration in the Senate. After a considerable
discussion, the resolution as it passed the House was adopted by the
Senate.

In place of the preamble which was passed by the House, Mr. Trumbull
proposed the following substitute:

"_Whereas_, In the year 1861, the government of the State of
Tennessee was seized upon and taken possession of by persons
in hostility to the United States, and the inhabitants of
said State, in pursuance of an act of Congress were declared
to be in a state of insurrection against the United States;
and whereas said State government can only be restored to
its former political relations in the Union by the consent
of the law-making power of the United States; and whereas
the people of said State did on the 22d of February, 1865,
by a large popular vote adopt and ratify a constitution of
government whereby slavery was abolished, and all ordinances
and laws of secession and debts contracted under the same
were declared void; and whereas a State government has been
organized under said constitution which has ratified the
amendment to the Constitution of the United States
abolishing slavery, also the amendment proposed by the
Thirty-ninth Congress, and has done other acts proclaiming
and denoting loyalty: Therefore."

Mr. Sherman opposed the substitution of this preamble. "These
political dogmas," said he, "can not receive the sanction of the
President; and to insert th