A motion to postpone the bill to the first Monday of the next December was lost—yeas 17, nays 23.
In House, July 16—The bill was postponed until the second Tuesday of the next December—yeas 63, nays 33.
THIRD SESSION, THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
1863, Dec. 10, the House passed the bill—yeas 96, nays 57.
1863, April 20, the President issued a proclamation announcing the compliance, by West Virginia, of the conditions of admission.
COLOR IN WAR POLITICS.
Emancipation and its attendant agitations brought to the front a new class of political questions, which can best be grouped under the above caption. The following is a summary of the legislation:
Second Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress.
To Remove Disqualification of Color in Carrying the Mails.
In Senate, 1862, April 11—The Senate considered a bill “to remove all disqualification of color in carrying the mails of the United States.” It directed that after the passage of the act no person, by reason of color, shall be disqualified from employment in carrying the mails, and all acts and parts of acts establishing such disqualification, including especially the seventh section of the act of March 3, 1825, are hereby repealed.