Editing Corwin Amendment (section)

==Attempted withdrawal of amendment==
[[File:Corwin Amendment.jpg|thumb|upright=.80|The Corwin Amendment as approved by the [[36th U.S. Congress]], March 1861]]
On February 8, 1864, during the 38th Congress, with the prospects for a Union victory improving, Republican Senator [[Henry B. Anthony]] of Rhode Island introduced [https://www.congress.gov/bill/38th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/25/text Senate (Joint) Resolution No. 25]<ref>''Congressional Globe'', pp. 522-523</ref> to withdraw the Corwin Amendment from further consideration by the state legislatures and to halt the ratification process. That same day, Anthony's joint resolution was referred to the Senate's Committee on the Judiciary. On May 11, 1864, Illinois Senator [[Lyman Trumbull]], Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, received the Senate's permission to discharge Senate (Joint) Resolution No. 25 from the committee, but no further action was taken on Anthony's joint resolution.<ref>''Congressional Globe'', p. 2218; Mac Veagh, 282-3; Caplan, 128</ref>