Mr. SHERMAN. I ask him, turning the same argument upon him, why reassert for the 3rd time a proposition which the President dissents from, merely to form the pretext of a veto? Sir, we have happily so far progressed with our business on this difficult question of the admission of the southern States, that we can agree that the State of Tennessee is now re stored to her old relations to the Union, that she has now placed her institutions in harmony with the General Government. The President and Congress, I hope, can agree on that simple proposition. The HoRep by an almost unanimous vote have agreed upon this formula declaring the fact that Tennessee is entitled to representation here, that Tennessee again is placed in harmony with the general Government. The steps by which this state of affairs has been brought about it is not necessary to recite in the resolution. It is only necessary for us to declare the fact, without going into the controverted propositions thron h which we have traveled during this whole ong session. The fact occurs that the State of Tennessee now stands in a position where by the common consent of all parties she is entitled to representation upon this floor. Her people have voted in favor of the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery; they have adopted a State constitution in harmony with our General Government. They are entitled to representation here. We know that some of her representatives are thoroughly loyal men by any test to which we can subject them; that they are waiting to take the oath prescribed by law; that the State has adopted the constitutional amendment; that she has complied with all the conditions you have imposed on her. The fact exists, the simple and palpable fact, that the State of Tennessee is entitled to be represented here by Sens&Reps. The HoRep by an almost unanimous vote as do clared that in this formula. There is not a word in this formula to which every Senator cannot agree. I will read it: Whereas the State of Tennesseehas in good faith ratified the article of amendment to the constitution of the U.S. proposed by the 39th Congressto the Legislatures of the several States