The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-15
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LATEST FROM WASHINGTON BY MAIL.
SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION.
| WASHINGTON, December l3-The House to.
day accepted, without debate the Senate mo.
dification Of the House resolution for the an
| pontment Of n joint committee Of fifteen on
construction Mr. Stevens. after due con-
| snltaticn with several Senators this morning,
determined to accede to the position assumed
| by the Senate. 1t was, therefore, on his own
motion that the House took it from the Speak
! ers table and passed il mem CON in the form
committee therein authorized will probably
not be announced before Monday next.
Horace Greeley still talks on for reconstruc-
tion, but it is of that kind which NAV be prac.
ticable without peril TO the Republican as.
cendancy. Consideration of party are the
! misfortune Of this whole matter. A distin-
x"ished Republican, OF the rank of maj jor-
general. recently said to me that If the thing
were left to soldiers Of the Union and rebel
armies, who fraternizc everywhere, thoy
would settle it at short order.
Caucussing In quiet is the leading business
now OF Congressman and other politicians.
lhaddeus Stevens Stirs around among the
! members, which fact indicates that he is not
having things all his own way.
for the Senatorship in Ohio is understood to
, be close. 1t may be affected by the reconstruc-
tion question.
1t is understood that on to morrow both
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Monday, and from that day until after Christ
mas. 1t is also understood in Republican
/ party circles that the credentials and other
! papers of Southern Senat tors and Representa-
tives are to be referred to the joint select COM
mittec, to sleep until the end of the session.
Mr.. Forney sticks to his text on the ques.
tion of taking the oath. His last letter to his
| paper dwells upon this point much that, if
+, he Is to be accepted ae authority, we may as
sumo that those members who can take it will
be admitted. But we incline to the opinion
that this Is n sort Of middle ground that he is
occupying between the President and the ma
jority in Congress, and from which he can
hereafter go over to either side. He says:
Now that it is clear that no party can
stand up against the irresis tible doctrine that
the States are all in the Union, the admission
of Senators and Representatives will be Il per-
sonal question whether the individual appli-
cant has borne arms against the Union, or
whether he can take the above print ted Con =
gressional oath Thus, q State like Alabama
may send six applicants for admission into
the House Of Representatives, three Of whom
can, and three OF whom cannot, take
the oath. The first three will be received,
the last three returned to their consti-
! tuents, who, if they choose, can perform the
farce of John Wilkes to their own satisfaction
, MS often rs they please"
The New York Ece"ing Post, always n radi-
cal paper, advocates the Presidents policy
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some Of its party friends
The whole subject Of reconstruction would
have been, we have no doubt, wisely disposed
of by the standing committees but unless the
special committee is constituted with more
discretion than the movers of 1t have yet dis
played, we fear the question will be treated
in spirit of extreme partisanship rather than
of statcemansflp. There are unfortunately a
few men in Congress who would like to see
+ the present abnormal condition of things pro-
traptp6 N1h IN -of hn
late Confederate States as conquered and sub
air of the Austrian bureaux: and the, me very
press Willingness to hold them in vassalage
for an indefinite period of time. The in
nuence OF such On the committee could only be
deltteriOus."
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA..
WASHINGTON, Dece.nbpr l3.-Considerable
surpriseis manifested here at the receipt of a
letter from ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, of Virginia.
addressed to the President of the Senate and the
Speaker OF the House, enclosing 4 copy of an
act passed by the General Assembly of Vir-
ginia repeating the assent heretofore given to
the division of the State by the formation Of
I, the State of West Virginia. The letter was
printed and laid upon the desks of members,
and attracted much comment
1t seems that the question first came up In
the Virginia Legislature on q bill TO settle the
status status OF the two counties Of Jefferson and
Berkeley, i'll the Shenandoah Valley, which
have been in disputed jurisdiction. This act
was 50 amended as to repeal the assent given
In 1868 TO the formation Of West Virginia In
order to be effective, the assent of the latter
State must be had, as it has been recognized
by all the departments of the Government,
legislative, executive and judicial
VIRGINIA SENATOR on THE FLOOR.
MI Segar, of Virginia, Senator elect, has
unlimited privilege TO a seat on the floor of the
Senate, and of course the same Seuld be con-
ceded to the Tennessec Senators should they
wish 10 avail themselves of it. ,~
GENERAL cLINGMAN
Ex-senator Clingman, of North Carolina,
appeared on the floor of the Senate this morn
ing, and received the congratulations of
friends. He is rapidly recovering from the
severe wound which he received during the
war.
PRESIDENTIAL vIsIToRs-GESERAL BUTLER.
Quite a number Of gentlemen called and had
a conference to-day with the President. Sena-
tors Conness Sprague and others spent a short
| time in consultation with him. Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher was also present at an inter-
| yieV, which was quite protrac1ed. General
Butler was awaiting to communicate with the
President. 1t is stated that the General, be-
! ing now out of the army. and not liable to the
charge of insubordinatiOn, intends TO launch a
violent philippe at General Grant for his
structures upon his military career. When the
doors closed, at three +. NJ, there were about
one hundred and fifty persons, including q
good many ladies, who had not obtained ad-
mission,
THE sENATE FrLL-ALMOar.
Inc arrival OF senator CfARln, O1 NEW
Hampshire, makes the attendance now COM
, plete of the Senators from all of the States at
present represented. There is a vacancy from
Iowa, caused by the appointment of Mr.. Har-
Ian TO the Cabinet Senator McDougal, of Ca
lifornia, is in the city, but he has not yet ap.
peared in his seat.
THE TENNESSEE MEMBERS on THE FLOOR.
The members elect TO Congress from Ten.
nessee, so far rs they are present, to-day
ayailed themselves Of the privilege yesterday
accorded to them in the House Of occupying
seats Oh the floor.
UNIVERSAL (SEGRo) SUFFRAGE IN THR DISTRICT.
A large number of memorials in favor OF