Mr. JOHNSON. I could not agree in committee with the substitute proposed by the honorable chairman of the committee and adopted by a majority of the committee, for several reasons which it is unnecessary now to assign; it is too late in the day to argue the question which that substitute presents. Nor shall I be able to agree to vote for the preamble to the resolution passed by the House yesterday, and if no one else moves to strike out the preamble, I shall make that motion and vote ae cordmgly; but as I am very anxious to have the State of Tennessee admitted to representation, I shall vote for the resolution whether the reamble is retained or not. the objection that I have to the particular preamble is one of fact as well as of aw. The fact which it alleges is by no means clearly established, in my judgment. It states that “the State of Tennessee has in good faith ratified the article of amendment to the Constitution of the U.S. proposed by the 39th Congress.” I have seen no evidence of the ratification of that amendment t all, upon which I could judicially rely or norall rely. I have seen nothing or heard f noting except a telegraphic dispatch purporting to have been sent by Governor Brown ow. New, whether he sent it we cannot Piuow judicially. But another thing operates upon my judg ment. I am by no means satisfied, relying upon the facts stated in that dispatch, that the amendment has been properly ratified. What is the Legislature of Tennessee 'I How many it takes to constitute a quorum of that Legislature, whether there was that number present in the hull, how they were brought within the hall, we know nothing about. I have under stood whether it is true or not of course I can have no knowledge that the 2 or 3 members who were brought in by force were kept in the room of the sergeant at arms of that body, and that was supposed to be a presence in the room in which the HoRep of that State was assembled. But, notwithstanding that, as I think the State is entitled to be represented, and never have doubted upon that question, and that it was the duty of the Senate to have admitted those who were chosen to represent her in this body, I shall vote for the resolution whether the fact stated in the preamble was true or not. Its truth gives no force, as I think, to the oblition of the Senate to admit the members; its falsehood cannot take from the State the right to be represented by Senators.