Mr. BROMWELL. I suppose any gentle man can see that without muc trouble. adies are a part of the family with most of us. The head of the family does the voting for the family. But inasmuch as the negro is not even of the white family is of a different race and so treated, as you refuse him the benefit of the principle which you accord to the family, you have no right to strip him of every attribute of manhood, and then ask the country to give ou the benefit of his presence in your State when you come to make out your basis of representation. You do not associate with him; you do no! affiliate with him; you do not go with him in counsel; you do not sympathize with him, and why should he be a part of your basis of representation? None oft ese causes operate in regard to the family, or any part of the white population. Gentlemen say they oppose this amendment on principle, and not in etail. Why is it opposed here? Who is benefited by their opposition to it? Is it not the very States who by having too much and an unue influence in this very Hall precipitated the terrible convulsion of civilWar upon this country? They get the benefit of every arment made here against the power and the right of the Government to pass this amendment to the constitution. Now, the objection which I have to the amendment offered by the Gentfrom Ohio who last offered an amendment, is that I fear it will meet in the Legislatures of the particular States an amount of opposition which it will not meet here. It is one thing for this whole Congress, assembled from many States, numbering many that may be indifferent on that question, to pass the JtResolution for an amendment of the constitution; but it is quite another thin when the resolution comes to be subjected to the test of discussion in the Legislature of a State that has a particular interest to serve. such States invariably protect their own interests and vote for that which gives them strength in the national councils. That is all the objection I have to it. Mr. Speaker, when I arose I intended merel to state my objections to the several amendments which have been offered. I do hope, however, that this House will not, by a hasty and improper course, ush any amendment through until it has been ully deliberated upon. When this amendment was introduced, on last Monday morning, the differences of opinion which have been developed in reference to the principles of the amendment were not anticipated. at today we see that it has, so far, not an advocate upon this floor. such may be the result with every amendment which may be presented. My opinion is, that in matters of this kind, where this Congress sits, for all practical purposes, as a convention revising the Constitution, it is better to approach the determination of particulars by 1st agreeing on the general principles to be embodie in the whole. I won (1 today prefer that the ComReconstruction should be required to report the whole body of amendments which are deemed necessary by an considerable number of members of this House, that they might all come up together and be discussed, for they would in that way consume no more time thanasingle amendment will take in the manner in which the discussion is being conducted. Mr. Speaker, I now yield the floorto my colleague [Rim Cool] for 20 minutes.