Mr. EDM UNDS. It a pears to me that there is no necessity for eitter of these amendments. The resolution only declares a rule of action, and that rule of action is that Teu nessee, being entitled a aiu to representation, her Representatives an Senators are to be admitted when they come here duly elected and duly qualified and take the proper oaths. It leaves the constitutional tribuua s of this government the ultimate power of deciding who are elected. who are qualified, and who do take the necessary oaths; and therefore when a Senfrom that State appears here, it is for us, as in every other case, to decide whether he personally is qualified to represent that State; and into that question of qualification there enters necessarily the personal element of hostility or friendship to the Government which makes it lit that he should associate with Senators from other States and have a voice with Senators from other States in the deliberations of this body. The resolution does not declare that any particular Senator or Representative is to be received; it only declares that that State is again practically entitled to be represented by Senators and by Representatives. What Senators and what Representatives, and how qualified, the resolution leaves to each House of Congress to decide, under the Constitution, for itself. Therefore it appears to me to be perfectly plain that there is no danger whatever in the resolution as it stands. It is true, I think, as the Senfrom Illinois says, that the legal effect of this resolution would be the same if we simply said that she was restored to her former practical relations; but the people of this country, after; this great length of time, want to see some g thing a little more practical themselves. They; want to see in blue and white that the Sens&Reps from this State are to he received, and they want to know practh cally and in words that we mean that. Then do not let us stop on the mere legal effect of the thing, but state in good round English, as the House has done, that her Sens&Reps, when it appears on proper investigation that they are loyal and fit to be received shall be.