Mr. MARSHALL. I certainly intended no discourtesy to the Gentfrom NewYork [Mr. RAYMOND] when l interrupted him afew moments since. A short time before that he had intimated that he had reason to believe that members on this side of the House were in favor of admitting rebels to seats on this floor as members of the House; and he said that he would permit any gentleman on this " side to make his own statement upon that point. It, was only in reply to that that I wished to call his attention, and that of the House, to the fact that some time ago, in a colloquy between one of my colleagues [Mr. juvxrzxnALL] and myself, I said that I would not under any circumstances vote to admit any man toa seat on this floor whom I knew to be disloyal to the Government and to the Constitution; that I would not, for instance, vote to admit such men as JeffersonDavis, John C. Breckinridgc or any man who had deliber ately aided in precipitating our country into all the horrors of civilWar. I do not think that such men have rightfully any place here. I do not think that there is any gentleman on this side of the House who thinks or has been disposed to urge that anyone should be admitte here at this time except those who can come here and conscientiously take the oath prescribed by the law as it now stands. We expect, of course, all to be governed by that as long as it remains on the statute book as part oft e law of the land. ehave held it to be an outrage to exclude men who were loyal to the Government, have risked their lives and all that is dear to them in the cause of the Union, and can take the oath prescribed by law, from seats upon this floor when they come here with evidence that they are elected as full and complete as that of any gentleman who has a sent here. Now, in regard to the other point presented by the gentleman, I wish to say this: I do think, whether this test oath is held to be unconstitutional or not, that at some future time, and I hope at an early day, it will be proper, if not, entirely to repeal, at least to modify that oath in such manner that if men who have been drawn into the rebellion, as 1000s have been, but are now clearl shown to be true and honest men, faithful to teUnion, loyal to the Constitution, and desiring and working for its preservation and perpetuity, when such men come here representing constituencies which are loyal, whatever may have been their errors in the past. if they come now with clean hands and loyal hearts, that they may be admitted to seats upon this floor. And I do not think that we should commit ourselves to the eternal disfrauchisement ofsuch men. It would be violative of every principle of sound statesman ship to do so. That, sir, is my position. I give it for no one else. I do not insist, nor do I think any member on this side of the House insists at this time that anyone has the right to come here and demand admission asa member of this House who does not come according to the law as it stands upon the statute book. When they do so come, with all the qualifications prescribed by law, I say that it is an outrage upon their rights and a violation of every principle of justice and of the Constitution we have sworn to support to exclude them from seats upon this floor, to which, as I believe, they are as much entitled as the Gentfrom NewYork or myself.