Mr. TRUMBULL. In Arkansas also, Iam reminded by the Senfrom Kansas. Sir, the object of this provision is to place these rebellious States in the hands ofloyal men. Is the Senfrom Wisconsin opposed to it? Does he want to put the control of those States in the hands of disloyal men? If he does not, then vote for this provision. That is all there is to it, and if the time even comes, as I trust it will, when these leaders shall be cured of th 'r malignity toward the Union, when they shgl be willing to treat loyal men and Union men fairly and justly, it will be in the power ofCongress to remove the disability; am if the people of these localities are then willing to trust the repentant rebels they can elect them to office. Sir, it is intended to put some sort of stigma, some sort of odium upon the leaders of this rebellion, and no other way is left to do it but by some prbvision of this kind. The Senator wants it in a law. Sir, what would it be good for in a law? So far as the members of this body and of the other House are concerned, the Constitution of the U.S. has provided the qualifications for a Senator and for a Representative, and it has been held more than once that it is incompetent to add to those qualifications by law. You may do it by a change of the Constitution, and hence the propriety of putting it here. The test oath is a different thing. the oath does not go to the qualification, but to the discharge of the duties subsequently, and the requirement of the oath may be constitutional when a direct disqualification imposed by law would not be constitutional. That is a proposition, however, which I do not repose to argue at this time. I rose merely to repel the idea that it was imposing pains and penalties to deprive a man from hold " office. I rose to repel the idea that the 0 cos of this count belonged to the President, and that men who held them were living upon his bounty; to show that the oath was not a sufficient protection; and that to have the proper protection against leading rebels being elevated to office, not by Union men but by the rebels, it was necessary to insert a clause of this kind. We find that over southern State which is in the hands of loya men, although it may have been formerly engaged in this rebellion, has not only excluded from office, but from the right of suffrage also, all the leading traitors; and, sir, I apprehend that this prop position will be a popular provision with loyal men, and how the disloya regard it is not a matter of so much consequence.