25th Congress > House > Vote 385
Sponsor: ADAMS, John Quincy (W-MA)
Description: TO RECEIVE THE PETITION TO APPOINT A "COMMITTEE ON COLOR" TO WHOM SHOULD BE REFERRED ALL OFFICE HOLDERS AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PEDIGREES; IF THE COMMITTEE SHALL FIND THE LEAST DROP OF COLORED BLOOD IN THEIR VEINS, THEY SHALL BE EXPELLED FROM OFFICE AND THEIR PLACES FILLED BY PERSONS OF PURE ANGLO-SAXON BLOOD. AND THAT THE NOTORIOUSLY FALSE ASSERTION CONTAINED IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THAT "ALL MEN ARE CREATED FREE AND EQUAL" BE ERASED FROM THAT DOCUMENT, AND BURNT BY THE HANDS OF THE COMMON HANGMAN.
Original source documents: Congresional Globe vol. 6, p. 106; House Journal vol. 33, p. 238;
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