Mr. DIXON. Individuals in the rebel States have been fighting as there may have been fighting in the case I at. Now, sir, I never could see any great difficulty in this subject, but for the question of slavery and the question of ne prosuffrage. If these States were now inhab ited by citizens of Connecticut and citizens of Maine and citizens of WestVirginia. who would raise a question that they needed read mission? You would admit their representatives, in my judgment, at once. I think the Senfrom Massachusetts would today re ceive them if they would allow negro suffrage. Universal suffrage, I think, would satisfy him; and if that were allowed, he would not demaud their readmission as States before allownig them representation. But, sir, let us come back to the point. the Senfrom Maine says that those of us who take this ground are in some way remiss; that we pro ose in some manner to diminish and lessen the force of safeguards in this body. It is not for us to say where the jurisdiction shall be. It is established by the Constitution. If the Senate is made the body to decide, how can we help it? The Senator says that be de sires to preserve the independence of the Sen ate. He wishes to keep it in the power of the Senate; and what does he do? I be leave to call attention to what the remedy of the SenfromMaine is. How is it that he proposes to preserve the independence of the Senate upon this question? He has here a Jtresolution, or rather a concurrent resolution, pro viding that no member shall be admitted into either body withoutan act of Congress. The object of this is to preserve the independence of the Senate! How does he do it? By pro viding that we shall not admit a member into this body until the lawmaking power—and, in a certain contingency, until the lawmaking power by a 2/3rds vote—shall consent to it. Does that reserve the independence of the Senate? I e proposes to place this possibly in the power of the President of the U.S. by a veto. It is not very likely that the POTUS would veto an act of Congress allowing representation here or in the other House; but I do not know that he might not veto a bill readmitting those States. Perhaps he might feel that it was against settled principles. I do not know how that is; but suppose he does. The Senator says the independence of the Senate is to be preserved, an he places it in the power of a single man by a veto, at any time and at all times, to exclude a member from this bod l I cannot see how the independence of the Senate is to be preserved in that way. Sir, what is this resolution?