"Has it come to this," said Mr.Stevens, "that Congress is a mere automaton, to register the decrees of another power, and that we have nothing to do but to find men and money?
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This is the doctrine of despotism, better becoming that empire which they are attempting to establish in the South." The resolution offered by Mr.Conkling was adopted by a vote of 79 to 54, on a call of the yeas and nays.

The affirmative vote was wholly Republican.