Book_l_-.^ NSL K>1 UNION LEAGUE CLUB OF NEW YORK. 3 ^ / — . — '^j REPORT OF SPECIAL COJDIITTEE ox THE PASSAGE BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE Constitutional Amendment FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. JANUARY 31sT, 1865. NEW YOKK, 1865. E46i THE ACTION OF THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB ON THE AMENDMENT. The followiiip; rcf^olution^;, reported l»y the Executive Committee, were miauimoiisly passed at a special meet- iiio- of the ITnion Leap;iie C1lnl), on Friday eveniug, the 27th January, 1805 : WJiercas, Apart from all moral questions connected -witli the system of slavery, or its incongruity with the Declaration of In- dependence, it has constituted, by tlie confession of the reliels themselves, both the motive and the strength of the pending rebellion against the National government, and has, by the wag- ing of a wicked war, wasted the lives and the treasures of the American people, and has thus forfeited all right to further recog- nition and protection : Aiul whereas, For the avoidance of all further controversy on this vexed subject, and for the advisement of the world of the future character of this republic, and that free homes in the South invite foreign emigration, and generally as a guaranty for the peace, unity, stability, prosperity and power of the re])ul)lic, it is expedient that the abolition of slavery by the military and naval arm should l)e conrtrmed and concluded beyond all cavil t>y the constitutional w^ill of the nation at the earliest moment possible; therefore, ResoJml, That this Club a])prove of the ])assage by our pres- ent ConoTess of the Constitutional Amendment forbidding the existence of slavery henceforth, to the end that the same may be promptly submitted to the judgment of the American people. 4 REPORT OF COMMITTEE. aud that a Committee of nine be appointed by the Chair to repre- sent their ^dews to members of the House of Representatives, and to take such further action for the development of public opinion in fovor of such amendment as they may deem expedient. ReHolml, That this Club, impressed with the immediate im- portance of the creation of a Bureau at Washington devoted to the allairs of the Freedmen of the South, appoint a Committee of nine to further the organization of such a Bureau by the pres- ent Congress, with ample provision for the protection of the Freedmen in the rights, and for the estaljlishment of schools for their instruction in reading and writing. Ill llio Union Leai;'ue C'lnb of NoAV York, on Tlinrs- day eveuinii:, I^'el). IHli, the lollowing report was read and accepted, and at an adjourned meetini;- of the Chib liehl on Thiiivday eveninu', the 23d Fehrnary, on motion of EoBKRT II. McCuRDY, Esq., the thanks of the V\wh were unaniinously returned to the Committee for tlieir services. KEPOKT. Th(^ Committee appointed to uru-e the ])assaii'e. hy the ll.»iisc of Kepresenlatives, of the CoiiMitnt ioiial AmciKhiieiit forl.iddino- shivery, respectfully report: TIkiI thcv iuimediately proceeded to AVashinu-tou, ;,,i(l ill umsiiauce (.r the duly enl^ll^^te(l to iheiii, con- ferreil witii a hiru'e niUMhei' of members <»f (■onii'ress, ;ind thai ihev liad tlie ph'asiire of re[»ortinii- to the ( "lub f,-,,iii ihe lloib.e of Kepresenlatives on Tiiexhiy, ihe ;^,l-.t of .laiiuarw the passai^e of the Aiiieiili(- and irrepres>ibh' apphiuse. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 5 That brief telegrnpliie repcti't they knew would be received by the Clnlj Avith an approval that no more elaborate one conld liope to connnantl, ;in(l with that they proposed to be content ; bnt liavinp; received inti- mations from nnmerons members of this body, that in view of the pVofonnd importance and historic si^niih- cance of the Amendment, the Chib Avonld expect a more detailed acconnt of tlie proceedings in which they had openly manifested so deep an interest, yonr Com- mittee, althongh with some hesitancy, beg leave to snbmit a more detailed accMumt of an event which if ratilied, as they believe it is destined to be, by three- tbnrths of the States, will stand as an epoch in the world's histoiy, and to which even now loyal Ameri- cans recnr with pride, as one which, not forgetting the emancipation of West Indian slaves or of Rnssian serfs mnst be regarded in its national signilicance and tar- reaching inflnence as withont a parallel. The amendment proposed by the Joint Resolution of Congress is as follows : Art. Xni. Sec 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punislinient for crime, of which the i)arty shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or any l)lace subject to theii' jurisdiction. Sec. 2. Congress shall have power to enfoice this article by appi'0]>riate legislation. This amendment had been recommended to the States for adoption by the Senate on the Stli of April, 1804, by a*vote of 38 to (>, bnt it had been defeated in the Honse on the 15th of June by a vote of yeas 96, nays 63, wanting ten of the constitutional majority of two-thirds. 6 . REPORT OF COMMITTEE. ^ The lion. J^vjviES M. Ashley of Ohio, before the aiiiioiinceinent of the result, changed his vote from aye to no, to enable him to move a reconsideration, and after a prolonged debate, continued at intervals, Tues- day, the 31st of JUnuary, Ayas fixed for takino- the final y<»te, and the hour named for the purpose was 3 o'clock. Since the vote of the House on the 15th June, had oc- curred the Presidential election of the 8th of Xovem- l)er; tlic })oiiular verdict then i)roiiounccd had been interpreted by the country at large, including many inlluential Democratic leaders and Democratic orii'ans, as a distinct con(kMini:i1ion of slavery as at once the cause and the strength of the rebellion; and upon the ground that in that overwhelming vote the Demo- crats might consistently recognize the authoi-itative voice of the people, which they sometimes declare to l)e as the voice of God, strong hopes were entertained that the more honest and intelligent of their nund^er would ghully embrace this last opportunity to break loose from the ])ro-slavery policy of their party, and to esca])e the handing down of their names to posterity as the champion^ of slaxcry at a nioincnt when ^lawrv was synonymous witli rebellion. ( )tluMs howewi'. who had niai'ked the denioi'alizing and denalionalizini:- iiitliiciice of slavery uin>n its apologists, wliethei' in the liul|.il, nil the hench, in k'gishiti\ c lialls or in the \)v\\\- ocratic rank>. wei'e k'ss sanguine of numerous conxcr- sions, and when the nioniiiig of the 31st of -kaiiiiai'N dawneil >niilingly upon a (•li>ii(ne» skv, dunlits still hung U|Min the issue which \\a> lo ninke that day foi'- ever memoi'able. Hope pi'e(loiiiin;ite(l, :ind with soiui' ahnost amounted to a ccrtaintx'; hut e\ en the most COXSTITUTIOXAL AMEXDMEXT. 7 liopeful were conscious of a deep anxiety, in view of the closely balanced parties and the antecedents of the gentlemen npon whose late adhesion to freedom their trust depended ; well knowing that the most desperate efforts were being made to retain them in the pro- slayery ranks, by those Avho were resolyed to link their political destiny with that of the dark power they had so long served, and of which, though deserted and betrayed by their rebel comrades, they intended to stand alone the last defenders. Up to tlie noon of Tuesday, the pro-slayery party are said t«» have been coniident of defeating the Amendment, and after that time had passed one of the most earnest advocates of the measure said to your Connnittee of the coming yote '' 'tis the toss of a copper/' Chief Justice Chase in a speech at Baltimore, nuide the same evenhig, said that when he left the Hall ot the House of Representatives, a few hom-s before: "Many hoped— some feared— all were uncertain." Prominent among the Democratic advocates of the amendment, was the Hon. Moses F. Odell, of Brook- lyn, to whom the country is largely indebted for its success. The House opened at its stated hour of 12 M., and the mendiers of your Committee admitted to the lloor in company with an unusual number of distinguished strangers, were courteously assigned seats wliich the rebellion has temporarily left vacant, and they Avere thus enabled to observe advantageously a scene neveii to be forgotten. The magnitude of tlie ques drawn to the galleries and the Hoor such an fo Americans as only the Capital of our scene never uestion had \ assemblage I country at 1 8 REPORT OF COynilTTEE. tliiii uiuiiieiit can present, ami the lii&toric grandeur of the occasion was fitly represented and aptlv appre- ciated, Ity tlie thousands whose presence gave dignity to the scene, and whose voices were presently to give the first note of the chorus of ap})roval with which the Work of tlie day has l)('cii hailcil liy tlie American peo- ple, and will he haik'd l»y all hut the advocates of exclusive privilege, throughout the extent of Christ- endom. Among those proniiiK'iit on the floor were -fudges of the Supreme Court, and tlic ucwly-appointed diief- Justice, the head of what Washington declared was " the Key Stone of our political fabric," whose presence on that august bench, nuirks the restoration of its an- cient priiu'iples.- Near them were eminent Senators, attracted tVom their own chand)ei', aUliough the great question of retaliation M'as there being discussed, by the surpassing interest of the issue to l)e decided in tlie House: cx-niend)ers of the Pi'esident's cabinet, heads of bureaus, othcers of the army, and civilians illus- trious in Church and Slate. The men's galleries were crowilcd with citizens and soldiers fresh from their ti'iuniphs with (ikAxi' anly the better spirit of the age, demanded and obtained concessions; and subsequently strengthened unexpectedly by cotton and the cotton gin, it had for the last forty years, on every possible occasion, struggled for the suprenuicy. It was re- membered that in the House of Representatives, in 1819-2(t, occurred the first mcmoraljle conflict which for two vcars disturl)cd the harmony and c\en threat- ened the existence of the liepublic, until with un- deserved confidence in the faith of the Slave Power, it w^as terminated by the Missouri Compromise. They recalled the fact that a little later, in 1S2T, the contest was renewed by a prolonged del)ate in the House on a petition from New York for the abolition of the slave trade in the District of rolmnl)ia, growing out of tlie attempt to sell, nnder an act of Congress, ({il1)er1 lloi-ton, a free negro IVom Westchester Countv, who had liecn arrestc;ence of the people : a strugg-le ilhnnin- ated l)y the lieroism (jf Jonx Quincy Apams, calndy defying for weeks the attempt to expel him f »r asking if a petiti(jn from slaves could he received : of Gid- DiNGS appealing to his constituents from the censure of the House for nttering axioms of constitutional hnv : and of their brave colleagues whose names, reviled Avhile they lived, are grooving brighter and brighter on the page of history. The annexation of Texas, the war with Mexico, the Fugitive Sla^•e act, the repeal of the Missouri (com- promise, an there to assist in giving the rr'^cy> ^/c' grace to the great Shive Po\yer that but yesterday wieldeii'ate, its 1 )fed Scott di'cisiou, extra judicial and (•!' no hinding foi'ce, but defvinii' the truth of hi>1oi'y an now to he condeinnecl and extinuiiished hy the Anu'ricau people if two-thirds ot' the House of lie[»resentatives could be fouiul with vir- tue enough to reconmiend the sentence. i CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 15 Amid Bucli an assenil>]aii;e and such memories, did the popular branch of the Congress of 1865, composed of the representatives of twenty-six States, proceed in the manner designated l)y the Constitution itself to amend the organic law adopted in 1789 hy the repre- sentatives of the old thirteen. The del)ate was opened by Mr. McAllister (Dem- ocrat), of Pennsylvania, in a speech explaining his rea- sons for changing his former vote, declaring that he had been in favor of exhausting the means of concilia- tion, but that he was now satisiied that notliing short of independence would satisfy the Southern Confede- racy, and that therefore it must be destroyed, and he must cast his vote against its corner-stone, and declare eternal war with the enemies of the country. Mr. CoFFKoTu (Democrat), of Pennsylvania, fol- lowed, urging the power of C^ongress to submit the amendment to the Legislatures of the States, and giv- ing his vote for the measure as a Democrat. Next came the champions of slavery against this wholesale act of abolition. Mr, Miller (Democrat), of Pennsylvania, spoke strongly against the amend- ment. Mr. IIerrick (Democrat), of New York, warmly in its favor, insisting upon the power to make the amend- ment, and declaring that the time had arrived to exer- cise it. The people, in the Presidential election, had endorsed the anti-slavery issue — it was settled by their verdict, and the adoption of the amendment would re- store the prosperity of the country. The friends of slavery renewed their attack upon the measure. IG REPORT OF COMMITTEE. Mr. Brown (Deinocrut), of Wisconsin, s})oke of tlie dangerous aljuse of tlie i)Ower of the amendment. Mr. Harding (DeiiKK-rat), of Kentucky, followed on the same side. Mr. Kalbfleiscu, of Xew York, iu a long written speech against the amendment, closed the debate which had Ijeen impatiently suhmitted to, with hardly a pre- tence of attention to tlie speakers, wdio were evidently speaking, not for tlie enlightenment of the House, but simply for effect upon their constituents, and Mr. Ash- ley moved the (piestion of reconsideration. IMr. Stiles (Democrat), of Pennsylvania, moved that this motion be laid n]»on the table. This motion assumed the character of a test vote, and tlie casting of the ayes and noes connnanded the most earnest attention ; wlu'ii the count was aniionnced, 57 ayes. 111 noes, it a}>L»eared that altliougli the motion was not tal)led, the vote against the tabling was less than the two-thirds recpiired to pass the amendment. The (piestion was then taken on the motion to recon- sider the vote of the last session, by which the amend- ment was rejected, and the vote Avas announced, ayes 112, nays 57, a result that showed the re(jiiisite two- thirds on the last (piestion to be still lacking. Mr. Malloky (Democrat), of Kentucky, r.-iisd the question lliat a vote ol* two-thirds was re(piisite to re- consider, hut the Speaker promptly and decisively overruled the jioint of order on the ground th;it all motions of this kind weiv govenie(l hy the rule, and not hy the Constitutionai provision recpiiring a two- third vote on an amendment to the Constitution. Mr. Mallokv and othei' Democrats then suggesteost- CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 17 ponement of the vote until the next day, and demanded that a time be tixed for Irlie v(jte and fair warning o;iven. Mr. Ashley declined, remindiiii;- the House that lie had consented to the extension of the debate even against the protest of his friends, and that every courtesy had been shown, and the fairest notice given. Xew ground for anxiety in regard to the result w^as atforded hj a telegraphic rumor, which w^as cpiickly spread over the floor, that peace commissioners w^ere on tlieir Avay fntiii Kichmond, and one version of the rumor amiouiiced that they were then arrived at Wash- ington. Tlie taking of the tiiial ^•t>te l)egaii, amid jtrofound silence. Division lists were in the Lands of mendiers, and others on the floor, and gron]is watched the checking of the ayes and noes. As JouN E. ExGLisn (Democrat), ol' Connecticut, voted aye, a l)urst of applause greeted the unexpected vote, and the Speaker's liannner restored silence. As Jonx Gaxson (Democrat), of Xew York, voted aye, another burst w^as repressed by the Speaker, and angry calls from the Democratic side of the House indicated their displeasure and disappointment. Ayes from Wells H. Hutchings (Democrat), of Ohio, WiLLiAJvi Radfoed (Democrat), of New York, and Jonx B. Steele (Democrat), of New York, were greeted with a sensation of pleasure and surprise, and suppressed exultation was apparent on the Republican side, and among the spectators on the floor who knew that those votes secured the victory for freedom. The roll call completed, the Speaker said : " Call 18 REPORT OF COMMITTEE. mj name as a member of tliis House"; and tlie Clerk called " ScHUYLEK Colfax," responded to by a sonorous "Ave"; and niiaiii a burst of ai)p]ause Avas promptly rebuked l)v Lis a})peal to tlie meud)ers to preserve order. The Clerk handed a paper witli the result to the Speaker; and the Speaker in clear tones declared the result — aves 110, nays 56 — and announced that the Joint Resohition reconnnendino; the ^Vmendmcnt had been passed by tlie Cojistirntional majority of two- thirds.* A moment of silence sncceeded, and then, from floor and li'alleries, burst a simultaneous shout of joy and triumph, spontaneous, ii-repres>ible and unconti'ollal)le, swelliui;- and prolono-ed in <>ne vast volume of rever- berating thunder, as thoui>;h the pent-u}) emotions of that great assend)lage, released by the projected Con- stitutional Abolition of Slavery, Avere inexhaustible and Avithout end. The men and women In the gal- leries had i-iscn by a common ini})ulsc, and the swing- ing of hats, the waving of handkerchiefs, and tlic con- gratulations exchanged on the fltior, Avith grasped hands, and warm end»races and deci> emotion, jireseuted in all its aspects a scene of moral grandcui-. wliicli at- tested the completeness of the final triumph of freedom and hmnanity in the IIou>c where tlu'y had been so often >]iamefully lietrayed and disgracefully \an- quislie(h The sugi;estion that u})on that scene looked down api>i'o\ingly from heaven the signers of the Dec- laration ol iiide]iendeiife. wliost opening truili. after eiii'htv-nine \ears, was about to be embodied in the or- ganic law of the mighty Republic, whose indepeiulence * Tlie aves ami noes arc i^-ivcii in \W Aiipiiulix, page 21. COXSTITUTIONAL AMEXDMEKT. 19 tliey liad leased upon tliat deep foundation, and that with them were the I'raniers of the Constitution wliose anti- shxveiT vicM'S were at last to bo made a part of their o-reat work, brought as it were face to face, the past and the present, and recalled the oft-repeated wish of the " father of his country," that slavery might be abolished bv laAV, and his pro})lietic remark that '' if such a course could be adopted it might prevent much mischief." The 38th Congress, in the midst of the second war for national independence, had not forgotten the sol- emn injuuctiou of theX\»ntinental Congress at the close of the Eevolution : " Let it ever be remembered that the rights for which we have contended were the eights OF HUMAN NATURE. " When the applause began to subside, a motion to adjourn was promptly made. Before it was carried, a telegram was dispatched to the Club, advising them of the passage of the Joint Resolution, and another signed by eight members of the Committee, was, the same evening, dispatched to Gov. Fenton, expressing the hope that, tor the honour of our State, New York miffht l)e the hrst to ratifv the Amendment. The Governor promptly acceded to this suggestion l)y a message to the Legislature, in advance, it is believed, of the action of any other State Executive. All which is respectfully STd)mitted. Charles IL Marshall, ELLiorr C. C\:)wdln^, George W. Blunt, George W. Lane, }- ( Vmimittee. LIenry E. Claek, HiRAjvi Barney, John Jay, New York, February 9, 1865. r \] APPENDIX. The vote on the passage of the joint resolution is as follows : YEAS (DEMOCRATS jNIessrs. Alison, Iowa. Ames, Massachusetts. Anderson, Kentucky. Arnold, Illinois, Ashley, Ohio. Bailey, Pennsylvania. Bahlwin, Michigan. Baldwin, Massachusetts. Baxter, Vermont. Beaman, Michigan. Blaine, Maine. Blair, West Virginia. Blow, Missouri. Boutwell, Massachusetts. Boyd, Missouri. Brandagee, Connecticut. Broomall, Pennsylvania. Brown, West Virginia. Ambrose W. Clark, New York. Freeman Clark, New York. Cobb, Wisconsin. Coffroth, Pennsylvania. Colfax, Indiana. Cole, California. Creswell, Maryland. Davis, Indiana. Davis, New York. Dawes, Massachusetts. Deming, Connecticut. Dixon, Rhode Island. Donnelly, Minnesota. Driggs, Michigan. Dumont, Indiana. Eckley, Ohio. Eliot, Massachusetts. English, Connecticut. Farnsworth, Illinois. Frank, New York. Ganson, New York. Garfield, Ohio. Gooch, Massachusetts. Grinnell, Iowa. Griswold, New York. Hale, Pennsylvania. Herrick, New York. Higby, California, m ITALICS). Hooper, Massachusetts. Hotchkiss, New York. Hubbard, Iowa. Hubbard, t^onnecticut. Hubbard, New York. Hutchinx, Ohio. Ingersoll, Illinois. Jenckcs, Rhode Island. Julian, Indiana. Kasson, Iowa. Kelley, Pennsj^lvania. Kellogg, Michigan. Kellogg, New York. King, Alissouri. Knox, Missouri. Littlejohn, New York. Loan, Missouri. Longyeai', Michigan. Marvin, New York. McAllister, Pennsylvania. McBride, Oregon. McClui-g, Missouri. Mclndoe, Wisconsin. Miller, New York. Moorhead, Pennsylvania. Morrill, Vermont. Morris, New York. A. Mj-ers, Pennsylvania. L. Myers, Pennsylvania. Nehon, New York. Norton, Illinois. Odell, New York. O'Neill, Pcnnsj'lvania. Orth, Indiana. Patterson, New York. Perham, Maine. Pike, Maine, Pomeroy, New York. Price, Iowa. Radford, New York. Randall, Kentucky. Rice, Massachusetts. Rice, Maine. Rollins, New Hampshire, Rollins, Missouri. Schenck, Ohio, 22 APPENDIX. Scofield, remisylvania. Sliannon, California. Sloan, "\Visconf:in. Smith, Kentucky. Sniithers, Dclawai-e. SjialdinG^, Ohio. Starr, New Jersey. Steele, New York. Stearns, Pennsylvania. Thayer, Penn syl vania. Thomas, Maryland. Tracy, Pennsylvania. Upson, Michigan. NAYS (ALL DEMOC Messrs. J. C. Allen, Illinois. W. J. Allen, Illinois. Ancona, Pennsvlvania. Bliss, Oliio. Brooks, New York. Brown, AYiseonsin. Chanler, New York. Clay, Kentucky. Cox, Ohio. Cravens, Indiana. Dawson, Pennsylvania. Dennison, Pennsylvania. Eden, Illinois. Edg-erton, Indiana. Eldrido-e, Wisconsin. Finck. Ohio, (h'idcr, Kentucky. Hale, ^Missouri, llardinsi', Kentucky. 1 larriui^ton, Indiana. Harris, Maryland. Ifarri;-;, Illinois. 11 oh nan, Indiana, .lohnson, Pennsylvania, .liihnson, Ohio. Kallilleisch, New York. Ivcinnn, New York. Knajip, Illinois. Van Yalkenbui'g'h, New York. AVashburne, Illinois. Washbnrne, Massachusetts. Webster, ]\Iaryland. Whaley, West Virginia. ^MlecJer, Wisconsin. Williams, Pennsylvania. A^'ilder, Kansas. Wilson, Iowa. Windham, Minnesota. Woodbridge, Vermf)nt. Worthingion, Nevada. Ycaman, Kentucky. — 110. RATS EXCEPT CLAY). Law, Indiana. Long, Ohio. Mallory, Kentucky. Miller, Pennsylvania. Morris, Ohio.' Morrison, Illinois. Noble, Ohio. O'Neill, Ohio. Pendleton, Ohio. Perry, New Jersey. Pruyn, New York. Uandall, Pennsylvania, llol/inson, Illinois, lioss, Illinois. Scott. Missouri. Steele, New Jersey. Stiles, Pennsylvania. Slrouse, Pennsylvania. Stuart, Illinois. Sweat, Maine. Townsend, New York. Wadsworth, Kentucky. Ward, New York. White, J. W., Ohio. White, C. A., Oliio. Wintield, New York. r>enj. Wood, New York. F. Wood, New York. — ")('). ABSENT, OR NOT YOTIXO Tue absentees, or those not voting, wci-c ; .Messrs. Lazear, Pennsylvania Le Blond, Ohio. Marcy, New Ihimpsbir.', McDowell, Indiana All Democrats. .McKinncy, Ohio. .Middleton, New Jersey, llogers. New Jersey, N'oorhces, Indiana. — 8. teccrs 0f tlic ftni0n tcunuc (^Uxh, > '-' ML' '-'6-' '^ X FOR 18 6 5, CHARLES H. MARSHALL. ©itc-'|1r£sibcuts. JOHN C. GREEN, HENRY W. BELLOWS, AVILLARD PARKER, ALEXANDER T. STEWART, JAMES AV. BEEKMAN, GEORGE BANCROFT, SAMUEL B. RUGGLES, WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, CHARLES BUTLER, AVILLIAM E. PODGE, ROBERT LENOX KENNEDY, AVILLIAM K. STRONG. gctrcturn. OTIS D. SAVAN. nxamnn. WILLIAM J. II OP PIN. CL'vctutifac ii''ommittcc. 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