The joint resolution passed both Houses without a division, and was approved by the President.[91]
FURTHER GUARANTIES IN RECONSTRUCTION.
LOYALTY, EDUCATION, AND A HOMESTEAD FOR FREEDMEN; MEASURES OF RECONSTRUCTION NOT A BURDEN OR PENALTY.
Resolutions and Speeches in the Senate, March 7 and 11, 1867.
March 7th, the following resolutions were introduced by Mr. Sumner, and on his motion ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
“Resolutions declaring certain further guaranties required in the Reconstruction of the Rebel States.
“Resolved, That Congress, in declaring by positive legislation that it possesses paramount authority over the Rebel States, and in prescribing that no person therein shall be excluded from the elective franchise by reason of race, color, or previous condition, has begun the work of Reconstruction, and has set an example to itself.
“Resolved, That other things remain to be done, as clearly within the power of Congress as the elective franchise, and it is the duty of Congress to see that these things are not left undone.