The question being taken on Mr. Sumner’s amendment, it was adopted,--Yeas 19, Nays 17. The House concurred, and the President approved the bill. Thus was another road brought within the sphere of this prohibition. But the exclusion was continued on the main road in Pennsylvania Avenue. * * * * * June 21st, the Senate having under consideration a bill to amend the charter of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, Mr. Sumner moved the following amendment:-- “_And provided, further_, That there shall be no exclusion of any person from any car on account of color.” Debate ensued. Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, thought “the amendment ought not to be adopted.” Mr. Hendricks, of Indiana, thought it tended to depreciate the value of investments made on the faith of former legislation. Mr. Willey, of West Virginia, declared his opposition, saying, “It is a matter to be regulated by the interests of the Company, the convenience of the people, and especially the tastes of the people.” Mr. Powell, of Kentucky, said: “If the Senator from Massachusetts is such a vehement friend of this down-trodden race, as he is a lawyer, why did he not undertake their case, and propose to argue it for them before the courts? That would have indicated that he really felt for the negro.… The Senator shows his devotion to this down-trodden race here, and only in words.… The Senator’s staple is this fanatical idea. He wants this little hobby to ride through Massachusetts on, and to feed a fanatical flame there. He can fool nobody here with this kind of thing. Take the negro out of the Senator’s vocabulary, and, rich as it is, it would be exceedingly barren.” Mr. Trumbull, of Illinois, also opposed the amendment. In the course of the debate, Mr. Sumner spoke as follows, especially in reply to Mr. Trumbull.