American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.Cooper, Thomas V. (Thomas Valentine)
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American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.
Cooper, Thomas V. (Thomas Valentine)
Political parties -- United States; United States -- Politics and government
NAYS—Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham, Blake,
Buffinton, Chamberlain, Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Davis, Dawes,
Edgerton, Edwards, Eliot, Ely, Franchot, Gooch, Goodwin, Hanchett,
Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Lansing, Lovejoy,
McKnight, McPherson, Mitchell, Anson P. Morrill, Pike, Pomeroy, Potter,
Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Riddle, Edward H. Rollins,
Shellabarger, Sloan, Spaulding, Stevens, Train, Trowbridge, Van Horn,
Van Valkenburgh, Wall, Wallace, Washburne, Albert S. White, Windom—51.
Same day—Mr. Colfax, of Indiana, offered this resolution:
_Resolved_, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report
a bill modifying the fugitive slave law so as to require a jury trial in
all cases where the person claimed denies under oath that he is a slave,
and also requiring any claimant under such act to prove that he has been
loyal to the Government during the present rebellion.
Which was agreed to—yeas 77, nays 43, as follows:
YEAS—Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold, Ashley, Babbitt, Baker, Baxter,
Beaman, Bingham, Francis P. Blair, Blake, Buffinton, Burnham,
Chamberlain, Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Davis, Dawes, Delano, Diven,
Edgerton, Edwards, Eliot, Ely, Franchot, Gooch, Goodwin, Granger,
Gurley, Haight, Hale, Hanchett, Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, Francis W.
Kellogg, William Kellogg, Lansing, Loomis, Lovejoy, Lowe, McKnight,
McPherson, Mitchell, Anson P. Morrill, Justin S. Morrill, Nixon, Timothy
G. Phelps, Pike, Pomeroy, Porter, Potter, Alexander H. Rice, John H.
Rice, Riddle, Edward H. Rollins, Sargent, Shanks, _Sheffield_,
Shellabarger, Sloan, Spaulding, Stevens, Stratton, Benjamin F. Thomas,
Train, Trimble, Trowbridge, Van Valkenburgh, Verree, Wall, Wallace,
Washburne, Albert, S. White, Wilson, Windom, Worcester—77.
NAYS—Messrs. _William J. Allen_, _Ancona_, _Baily_, _Biddle_, Jacob B.
Blair, William G. Brown, _Calvert_, Casey, Clements, _Cobb_, _Corning_,
_Crittenden_, _Fouke_, _Grider_, _Harding_, _Holman_, _Johnson_,
_Knapp_, Maynard, _Menzies_, _Noble_, Noell, _Norton_, _Pendleton_,
_John S. Phelps_, _Richardson_, _Robinson_, _James S. Rollins_, Segar,
_Shiel_, _Smith_, _John B. Steele_, _William G. Steele_, Francis Thomas,
_Vallandigham_, _Vibbard_, _Voorhees_, _Wadsworth_, Webster, _Chilton A.
White_, _Wickliffe_, _Wood_, _Wright_—43.
Third Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress.
In Senate, 1863, February 11—Mr. Ten Eyck, from the Committee on the
Judiciary, to whom was referred a bill, introduced by Senator Howe, in
second session, December 26, 1861, to repeal the fugitive slave act of
1850, reported it back without amendment, and with a recommendation that
it do not pass.
First Session, Thirty-Eighth Congress.
In House, 1863, Dec. 14.—Mr. Julian, of Indiana, offered this
resolution:
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