Today the
credentials of Mr. Maynard and other claimants to seats from Tennessee were
referred on motion of Mr. Raymond to the Joint Committee of Fifteen, proposed
by the Stevens resolutions. Several attempts were made which by implication
gave them some official recognition. These the Union men with a few exceptions
voted against, and [they] were all defeated. A motion was then carried by the
vote of all except thirty-five Union men to admit these gentlemen under a
resolution containing no allusion to their official character, making it purely
a courtesy on the part of the House. For this I voted. Seeing there was
division among the Ohio and other Union members, I voted to lay it on the
table, thinking a little delay and consultation would lead to entire unanimity.
The first thing is to keep together, united and harmonious. I am glad to see
that this duty is generally recognized.
SOURCE: Charles
Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard
Hayes, Volume 3, p. 11
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