Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-19

% his own plan of reconstruction. Du-
ring this meeting the Senate was cam
vassed and they come to the conclusion
that a majority Of that bodywas inclined
to be conservative this year, or, rs it was
termed in radical syntSx, "inclined to
play the sycOphant to Mr.. johnson.
Fears were manifested than the Senate
would admit some Of the Southern Sena-
tors, and thus defeat their the Radical
programme. IN order 10 prevent that
they came 30 the conclusion that they
must secure the appointment Of a JOINT
committee on reconstruction, TO Wnom
everything relating TO the Hinli7-
sion of tile Southern Representa-
tivcs, and the treatment OF me
Southern States, should be referred. rae
resolution appointing tins colAiilis,gt ,S Z
should haVesum provisions when Wollio
Drevent one house from admitting
Southern Representatives until the other
had come To the same decision. I'm this
way il was Thought hat q check could De
/ held over the Senate, and the ADMISSION
of Southern Senators prevented. some
/ doubt was expressed 10y one or Two pres
emit aEsUt getting q resolution Of that
! kind through the Senate but
! Stevens replied hat it was the only
mode that he could see to accomplish
( thar object 1and if they failed, circm-
I stances ligllE present some other mode.
/ But il was thought that If the party in
the House presented an undivided front
the senate would not dare to reject It,.
They would be afraid toarray themselves
against the House, for fear that some
measures which they were Interested i'm
might be rejected in the latter body. 10
was agreed that this plan should he
adopted. and Stevens was requested to
present Is to The Congressional caucus %
be held on the floor of the House on sat
Ur3ay evening.
But this was not the only point settled
then. All agreed that it would not an
swer to allow the credentials Of the
Southern members 10 be referred I'M the
usual way tD the Committee on Elec-
r0ns. Tor the reason that if the matter
took that direction some Of the men
elected from the South would get around
the members and iBgraliate themselves
into their favor, and the first they would
know. one clever fellow would be admit
ted from this locality, and another from
that. and thus i'm effect defeat their PLANS
and carry out the policy Of the Presi-
dent It was therefore agreed
that the credentials should not be
allowed to 20 20 the Committee on Elec-
rions: f referred at all 10 must DE TO the
4 Joint cammitthe on reconstruction. In
order that the proposition for joint COM
mittee might be successful, the impOr-
tanee 0fiUs being appointed at the very
opening Of Congress was impressed upon
an present. fit were delayed FOR q few
davs they would probably fail. What
were done. said Stevens. must he done at
the very outset. They must enoeavOr 10
commit both Houses 10 their programme
at the outset or they would be unable 20
carry it through. Having once secured
the passage Of the resolution i'm both
Houses. then, in order 70 pre-
vent any change Of policy it
was agreed that q resolution should
be put through declaring that there were
no Southern states to be represented OF
in other words. that there were no such
states as North Carolina, Alabama,
Georuia. Texas and Florida, or Tennessee.
The latter State unexpectedly mentioned
TO be treated the same as ali others.
This. in their opinion would dispose Of
the question of credentials, and remove
all further coutrov--g on that point.
The joint committee would then be left
without anv embarrassment Co mature
its plan 0f reconstruction, of the govern
ment Of the Southern Territories, which
the President claims as States, and flN
the period Of their probation before they
are admitted t. the Union, as well as
tae conditions of their resum-
ing their relations.
THE SECOND Caucus.
The foregoing statement emboljes The
substance O4 the proceedings OF the first
radical caucus Another caucus of the
radicals was held on the following day
al The rooms Of Senator POmerOy, of
Kansas. In the meantime, however, the
programme marked out at the first gath
ering was submitted to Chief Justice
Chase, and IT met his approval The
whole thing was gone over at Pom
crows rooms, and Reimbursed there,
This meeting is said to have been
exceedingly enthusiastic and larger
than tine first They became SO wild in
their radical doctrines that some Of those
present thought the majority would 20
crazy. One expression used by person
there was that ne began 10 think they
would 20 through the roof of the house.
At this meeting every person was ap-
pointed a committee Of one to go around
and see that every radical member Of the
House was M the caucus, i'm order
that there might not be- amy
failure in thssir securing the ind0rse-
menJ of the programme by the general
caucus Of the Republicans, and thus get
every Republican member bound 20 its
supuDEt IS a party measure when it came
before the House Oh Monday. That wing
Of the party were.all there. fine pr0po-
sitI0n was presented by Stevens, and re-
faFred to a committee consisting Of
Stevens, of Pennsylvania; Raymond, Of
New York; Blaine, of Maine; Spaldlng,
of Ohio, W3shburne, Of Illinois
Payne, of Wisconsin, and Boutwell,, Of
Massachusetts,.
This furnished Raymond an opportu-
niCy 20 administer a severe blow, if not
To defeat Stevens programme; bat in
stead Of that be united i'm the report in
favor of it, and it was unanimously re-
ported back to the caucus, and adopted
without debate, as a party measure.
Thus Stevens not only carried his point,
but the radical programme adopted
at their private caucus was pat
through with the pretended sup
uorters of the President advocating IT,
Raymond was used as a tool to advance
III. Stephens was Immediately, by resO-
luton, directed 30 present it 20 the House
on the following Monday as seon as that
body organized which was done, and u
received the entire vote OF the Republic
cans i'm that body. The facts leave no
doubt Of the intention ST the movers
Of the resolution, or Of Stevens object in
offering it. 1t places the entire Bepub-
lean strength in the House,of Represent
atives In an autagonistie position go the
President, and is a direct and UnequivO-
cal attack upon the reorganization policy
as announced to the public ia his pr0cla-
nation and speeches and message to
Congress. Of1his there can De no doubt
Those Congressmen in the recent cleo
ti0ns who announced their approval of
the Presidents policy have, therefore,
gone back upon thsirpromiscsa placed
themselves on record in opposition TO the
President.
THE SENATE.
The resolution still hangs hue in the
senate. What viii be its fate in chat
body remains 70 be seen. The extreme
Radicals declare that it viii pass. Other
Senators say that il VIII not. Another
class state that Tennessee viii be excepted
from its operation and pass ia
thar shape; while others state That
it viii bg modified 80 as TO remove the
check uDOn the action II the Senate by
the House, and then pass. With these
conflicting views Of prominent Senators,
ID is hard tOpredicG the result One thing
Is certain, the longer it is delayed the
poorer its chances for Endorsement by
that body. In-the mean time, Stevens is
holding back bis resolution, declaring
that there are 10 Southern States % be
represented awaiting the action Of The
Senate on the proposition cf joint COM
migee. in order that his real plans may
not be discovered Until lnaJ part, 0l least,
Is accomplished,
REACTION IN THE House.
A reaction has cOmmencedt IN the
House. ,The Presidents message has
opened the eyes Of many OF the members
who voted for the joint Committee on
Reconstruction, and they begin 70 see
their real position. Hence their effort 10
evulain TIE vote on that resolution and
the qualling exhibited 10 many quarters
Mr.. Farnswofth, Of Illinois, on Nednes-
day. offered a resolution, which IN effect
declared that the negro soldiers should
have the privilege Of suffrage. 1t Deinga
Joint resolution It required a suspension
Of the rules % introduce it. lnasmuch as
Mr.. stevens secured a suspension al the
rules without any trouble 10 introduce
his resolution on the first day oi the ses-
sion, 1ir F8usworth imagined that he
would have no trouble in accomplishing
the same thing on his proposition. Iha
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