The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-05
aGashrille 4lniua.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1865.
The southern Representatives 10
Congress.

AHE ENMAMEAM
Congress-
Dispatches from Washington aequaint rs
with The fsct that e csucus OF EepuDiean
members Of Congress vas held il Washing
ton a tbs % inst. Mr.. Morrill,, Cd Name
presided uad Mr.. Donnelly Of Minnesota,
acted as Secretary.
On motion. q COMMITTEES was appointed,
CONSISTING Of AR. Stevens, Of Pa, Mr. Ray
mond. Of Nsv York, Mr.. sPRulding, Of
Ohio. Mr.. Washburne, ofIllinois, Er. Payne,
Of wissopsip, Mr.. Boutwell,, Of Massaehu-
setts and Mr.. Blane, Of Maine, which re-
portei the following resolution;
ResolBsE D. fss Senate and House q Rep
raseafafiuCs Of ne Caiied .siates - Soegless
assembled, Thai JONI CON l'.e9 =. -lse1-
-.,.,,l,srr snail be appointed, nine Of whom
-t.Ii - rneuabsrs Of the House and SIX Of
-, S.rete Who shall inquire into The condi-
-. - he States which formed the so
,.II.s Confederate State Of America, aud
-, ,gbether they y any Of them are en-
.,tt-l 4, - reurssenled IN either house Of
G,nT-es.- with leave 70 report al any time
~ IN or otherwise, AID until such report
s6al have been made and acted ON BY Con
- No member shall be received int
ether house from any Of the so-caile Cen
tegerste States, and all papers relating TO
fbe REPRESENTATIVES OF said States shall De
referred O. said committee without epbate-
This resolution was adopted unanimously
and viii be offered in the House Of Repre-
senta.iyes BY Mr.. Stevens, chairman Of tbs
special committee who prepared it.
lis stated that there were l24 member
present.
The adoption Of the foregoing resolution
puts an extinguisher upon all hopes Of th'
admission Of members from any Of the latl
insarrectionary States, until after long auS
sesrehing investigation. Even then thel
may be rejected. Tennessee is shut out will
the others, a. might have been expected
II she Is KEPT orf with them, il will be oaini
u The blindness Of her radical Legislature
which is sWif 20 hold others 10 their duties
but GLOW 70 discharge lie own.
All OF the late rebellious States nigh
probably have secured she prompt adnlis
sioB Of their members bad they sdopte'
the Prszideuts reorganization policy As va
expected Of them. This is admitted by Ia
New York Evening Post, lradical) which il
iss issue Of the S0th ult., commenting upoi
an article copied from the Nashville UNos
saws. "Had 'the advice of the Presiden
been seted upon with slacFity, no on
doubts thst every snathern States would b
now undera regular civil government, viii
the usual Institutions Of civil life in ful
operation. No one doubts that the repre-
scntaiiyes OF those States would have bee
az once received into Congress, and all thei
relations with therest Of the nation resumed
Nor can il be doubted, any the less, tba
prosperity. animation, thrift, sdyaneemeu
would have followed in the footsteps o forde
Congress could not have failed TO approx
and ratiiy what the President had don't
and the reconstruction Of the Union Woul
have been complete
OF the consequences OF this failure n
Post hdass
Bat with the turn that things have takel
final and satisfactory fcdiutcgralion ma
be postponed, no man knows how lon
The President, prompted by his best b
Huucls aa q man and democrat hayir
done his bet b. present the Union fully hu
lnonized add united 20 Congress, must no
present 81 asit Is. He must describe wh
H. has done and what the South has fsils
% DO, aud commit the responsibility Their
fore 10 the National Legislature. In q
conflicting, uncertain, extreme opinions
thar liodv il the South likely 20 obta