Mr. LeBLOND. I do not wish to give my friend any more privileges than were granted to us. I would have been very glad to have given my reason for the vote I desired to give but was not permitted to do so. I must object. Subsequently Mr. LeBLoND withdrew his o, Mr. RANDALL, of Pennsylvania, renewed the objection. Subsequently Mr. RANDALL, of Pennsylvania, withdrew his objection. No further objection being made, Mr. IAWRENCE, of Ohio, accordingly obtained leave to have printed in the Globe the following: provided Tuesday, January 14th, the Senate bill for the admission of the new State of Nebraska into the Union, came before this House and was passed. I. was unavoidably detained from my seat in the House during the 1st 3 days of the week, and so did not vote on the bill or amendments thereto. I wish to say merely that if I could have been in the House I would have voted for the final passage of the bill. I would have voted for the amendment offered by the Gentfrom Massachusetts, [Mr. Boutwell] The bill as it came from the Senate, and the amendment offered by the Gentfrom Massachusetts, both provide for the same thing; that is both make it a fundamental condition that there shall be no denial of the right of suffrage on account of race or color. The Senate inserted a provision in the bill to that effect, known as the “Edmunds amendment, ” being section 3 of the bill in these words: Abife:, That this act shall take effectwith the fundamental and perpetual condition that within said State of Nebraska there shall be no abridgment or denial of the exercise of the elective franchise, or of any other right, to any person by reason of race orcolor, (excepting Indians not to The “Boutwell amendment” is in these words: Strike out the 3rd section of the Senate bill and insert in lieu thereof: Abife: That this act shall take effect with the fundamental o: condition tahbartidwgmitheinnt said State of Nebraska there shall be no or denial of the exercise of the elective franchise or of any other right to any person by reason of race or color, excepting Indians not taxed; and upon the further fundamental condition that the Legislature of said State, by, a solemn, public act, shall declare the assentof said State to the saidfundamental condition, and shall transmit to the presiadcetn, tup of the U.S. an authentic copy of said whereof the President, by proclamation, shall forthwith announce the fact, where upo said fundamental condition shall be held as.a of the organic law of the State; and thereupon, an without any further proceeding on the part of gress, the admission conof said State into the Union shall be considered as complete. Said State Legislature shall be convened by the territorial government within 30 days after the passage of this act, to act upon the condition submitted herein. The only difference is that the latter amendment requires the assent of the Legislature of the new State. I regard it as eminently proper that the people of this new State, speaking through their Legislature, should decide for themselves this whole question of suffrage; and this is authorized by the amendment of the Gentfrom Massachusetts, [Mr. Bour well] If it shall receive their sanction that settles the question. And I understand the Senators from this new State desire this course to be taken. There is one other reason for this. Many of us desire the speedy admission of this new State, and it is perfectly well understood that the bill cannot pass over a veto unless the amendment is agreed to. The bill for the admission of Colorado was passed, and I should have voted for that bill also if I had been present. It will be seen the bills for the admission of these 2 new States came to us from the Senate. It is not necessary to say what might or would have been the vote of this House if the “Edmunds amendment” had not been inserted in the Senate, and if no provision had been inserted on the subject of suffrage. But however much some members of this House might, feel dis. fo to vote for or against these bills if they ad contained no provision as to suffrage, yet it is perfectly well understood that a bill in that shape could not have passed. RECONSTRUCTION.