Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-07-10
RICHMOND WING.
MONDAY MoRNING..,...JULY 10, 1865
The Twenty Thousaad DOlls, Excsp-
tion-Ths r ehmcnd D'putaIion to
Wa,hngtoa-rheic Interv ew with
,h,Pies .dent-Hs OpDlon.


The Washington Chronicles" OF yesterday Sun
dsyl morning gives the folio sing account Of The
interview uetween the President and the DePuts
too from this eity appointed 10 urge mOdidea
ton OF his Amnesty Proclamation, 50 far as Il
relates to those who own more than $4,000 worth
Of taxlbe properly. The Deput1tion was coz
posed Of dessr.. James Alfred Jones, R. A. Ian
caster Wm. d. HaIal, and J. L. Apperson. Il
Il dsep 10 be lamented that their mission
meets 50 little encouragement The Chronicle
says
The President was waited on yesterday by Q
depulation OF Virginia gentlemen EhO wished
lim O. ..s the amnesty Proclamation By strik
u on. The lStn exec .tlOn (the S2OOO clause.
They represented tnat this clause interiered Will
the dsyeiOpm snJ OF Industry y binding up CAPT
tai and 50 opp. essed tne poor They sad tnal
wheo tney endeAyOred 70 01rroW money IN the
Northern or Miduls states, they were met a. enct
wLh 10 objection that Per-aps they mad over
5000 AID 1 they had tney could not Iend II %
tusn. - Juey we've unable assist to work The
poor men tia. called upon them.
rus President reminded them that the Amnesty
PrJelAm ..IOu did not cause this distrust- IL was
lie .Umni sion II treason an the vi Iation Of
La that die II. The Amnesty PToelanation lei'
the e lnsu iuss where they were before . did
uut add an Disability 10 them; u they had com.
lLl.Isd TIE lsOn th=y were auenaole 10 the coins
c.Llsu law SLIch Congress had passed and
wren Ne as PRESIDENT could not alter moi
aueud.
lite Amnesty Proclamation he had offered
pardon 70 some persons, but n u did not IpJure
-, DINER psrsOus Would they Ike ~ have The
Amnesty Proclamation remSyed altogether -
MUu.d hey isel any easier IN tnat Case
one VI me depuJ .tlOn No. But u would S.
sstu. very Inuca n you would extend the bene-
ala HHaHHH HHaH. NrHaW
s. ~
me Preaideut replied that Ia making that sx
.eut.yu lie D al .CtsI On tle Natural slplSslLOn
tast asa La aided toe rebellion seeo. dig ~
ths ext=Rl Il Their peculiarly means DID they
NJ. -uOw Ibis
on OF Tue daputstion.-No, e didn't know IT,
qle Pres.Ge-I ~ by, yes you do you KNOW
psrfcu; well il ~as ths wealthy en- OF the
sout 10 oragOoued the peOile lato secession
j lvel IA ii south anI 1 know no : the INN &
was dJue Your state was OverS hslmingly oP-
,.oss 10 sscessIJa, but y-u rich men used the
u esq and DULLES ana Jour h1le army " force
Re tat, into ctssiJn. T4Ae the so 600
o.a-ss. suppose a nah IS worth more than
Ia; Low the var is over a-d the chances are
In - ne tina. lie MADE u out Of the rebsl'
hor By cOutracts, &c We might as we'll talk
r,l..u ABOUT this matter. l cont think that
iou are 50 very ANXIOUS about relieving the
iour. You wALt tbs clause removed so as 70
enable YOU 10 make money. doRt you II you
are vsr, eager to aslp the poos Why don't you
ta.e Ice gu, p Us over me S2UCOJ you own and
give j. % JLrm In that way you'll help them,
an brlnx yourselves within the benefits OF the
n oeiauatiUn. ain FREQ % say 20 you that
tilk some OF you ought to be taxed on ! over
s2JOyt. y cglp JRe poor. When / was Military
Gy.ernor VI Iepnesses 4 assessed such taxes on
Ito : who b q oeea wealthy lie .cers Of the re-
le..on and IL had good eject.
ttng OF the depUtaIiOn..--ls so happens that
NON, Of "a were leaders We stati out a. long
"a We could a d we're the last 70 go 10.
7. e .res!denL-sIequently those who went in
lat wee amOug the wOsst alter they got in. But
S.th.tas may. Understand me- gentlemen, /
"a no, say this personally. l am just speaking OF
d. general working OF the matter know
t5s-s has teen among 50 an EFFORT 70 persuade
80 n oDle that the Amnesty Proclamation was
tanning them, by shutting up capital and keeping
,rork from the poor. IL does no such thing. II
tbat b do. { AZ al, IL Is done in consequence Of
re violation Of law and the commission Of trea'
sou.
would look 10 the papers they presented, but so
fsr. be h4d seen no reason for removing the 18th
exception. "