, 1865-12-28
FROM WASHINGTON.

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PROGRESS OF CONGRESSIONAL RecoSs1h6c-
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1he votes iast week IN DOTH Houses, upon
questions relating 10 reconstruction, tended
to bring ont decided differences Of optuloa
among tho members constituting the Union
majoritics, In regard to the admission Of re-
n,rsen1at;res of The rabe1 States md tbr
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m4'e =. .AS IS, s.uFuso . p.-,u Va 'eevns"
tloA' bul t4e temper VI SonSless IAus IT,
yeloped was mainly OF a negative character
The sense Of the majority manifested Itself
more in stamping issues. presented 10 them
'or 1c'toh, WIN uisspp.oes11'on, 'nao ~
aMsn1ng rseeeneelsco views o. eae5 own.
The resolution creating the Joint Committee
of Fifteen, for instance. was not SO much an
erurcselnn or onfuiou as to the proner Nne
oud mode NJ adm;ttinc Southern mem,,er:
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MeeA Inc reconstruction process IN Conereas
has advanced 10 = nav and more positive
phEse. Instead Of no definitions Of what will
,,ot be done by the majority In reference to
rccnm,trnc,1on some views and n,ans- bo,1eser
80 ~ ~ s.1,et st,n,d ,,e d1no hsS. hss,
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Inc epeocn OF 1naaacuh SteEens was lne
f1rFt step in tlis direction. Those OF your
readers TINT nse able to recall the tenor o:
,be famnns Lancaster sneecs of th;e noet
.ad;..1 ~ ..5,..1e nj, - a,sao.os
Aaale1t y. Aese' ",i nass ss1'cteu
Close laenle1lE OF the sie"s ana doctrines EN-
bodied IN that pronncianento with those
cSpounded tn the House on the day before
yesterday. His theory of the status in which
1he insurreciionaE; States haye plaeed them,
selves by this rebellion against tue general
Government aud the mode Of restoring them
to the Union be proposes, has. certainly, If
no other, the merit Of certain degree OF
Originality Of thoronghness and boldness,
loE1cal, cleArness and cohe1cnce- 1t Will
naturally MAKE .. strong impression upon
those that believe in The necessity Of
thorW gh purihcahon Of our political system,
and complete eradication OF the evils that
hare cntatled such dire c1lamfties upon the
| nation TINT have no fRitb In the sincerity
md permanacy q the !qyailzataea the people
oftAe Tebcll0us states have undergone under
the auspices Of the President, and desire tha
most absolute guarantees on their part for the
future before restoring TO them forfeited
haluDal privileges.
| The speech Was Intended more Tor the
! country at 1nrEe than Its immediate nndi-
! ence, and II will, think, produce more effect
! outside than inside Of Congress- While there
are, on the ono hand, very many radical 1ne1n-
bcrs who arc ready to indorsc, privately aud
publicly, all or most of Mr. Stevens PROPOSE
! lions, there arc on the other hand NIT 4
| few, entirely sound nnd rc1iah bic men, who con-
slider them too extreme and in measure i'm
practicable. To style Mr. Stcvens' effort the
programme Of the radical majority would be
ior This reason incorrect. Ncr did The veteran
antl+laveTy champion presume to express any
but his own tndiyid1al views.
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When conrTess met a be1icf ras nrara1ens
tint vnr,nreer 1ncn Won1a snnn1nnt lin hx n h;s
n,are .as leader Isut h. IL he,d his - n,rn
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