Mr. LAWRENCE, of Ohio. Mr. Chair man, it may be, as the Gentfrom Michigan has stated, that in his particular district this question was directly submitted to the people; and if so, he stands all right with his constituents. In that case I can only say that the opinion entertained by his constituents is not the opinion of a majority of the people of the loyal States. After this long digression I will now resume the course of remark, which I was pursuing when interrupted by the question of the Gentfrom Pennsylvania, [Mr. o The provision now sought to be repealed originated in the Senate by way of amendment to the miscellaneous appropriation bill, (Part W, Globe, pages 4074, 4076, 4143,) where it was agreed to by a vote of 23 to 13, with 14 senators absent. (Globe, page 4145.) It was disagreed to in the House by a vote of 3 yeas to 114 nays, with 79 members absent. (Globe, 4258.) A committee of conference was appointed, (Globe, 4223, 4261,) who reported in favor of agreeing to it, (Globe, 4237, 4280,) which was rejected in the House by a vote of yeas 14 to nays 101, with 71 absent. (Globe, 4280.) Another committee of conference was appointed, (Globe, 4245,) who for a time disa greed, (Globe, 4246, 4247.) but finally reported in favor of it, (Globe, 4286, 4288,) which was agreed to in the House by a vote of 51 to 50, with 85 members absent, (Globe, 4288,) and in the Senate without any recorded vote, (Globe, 4247, 4248.) It was thus finally carried through, as every member knows, not upon or by virtue of its own merits, but because it was embraced in the report of the committee of conference, and coupled with a proposition to give bounties to the Union soldiers, for which in a more enlarged and liberal form every member of the . party in the House had again and again. (Globe, 2827, 4193, 4259,) but which had been rejected as often by the senate, (Globe, 3960, 4223, 4245.) Upon the report of the committee of conference we could not reject or vote against the increase of salary without also voting against the provision as to bounties, for The SPEAKer decided, and correctly, that a report of a committee of conference was not divisible. (Globe, 4287.)