“And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a second Assistant Secretary of State in the Department of State, at an annual salary of $3,500, to commence on the first day of July, 1866; and the amount necessary to pay the same is hereby appropriated.”
Mr. Sumner then said:—
A Senator near me says he will not vote for this amendment, unless I put in the name. It is perfectly well known that it is intended as an opportunity to appoint Mr. Hunter, and the authorities, I presume, will take notice. There is no need of inserting his name; and the remark of the Senator is simply a criticism for an excuse. I hope the Senate will adopt the amendment without a division.
There was a division, and the amendment was adopted,—Yeas 18, Nays 17.
DELAY IN THE REMOVAL OF DISABILITIES.
Letter to an Applicant, May, 1866.
This letter was originally published in a Southern paper, but without the date.