The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-12-20
RIA COUNTY PA WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1865
The Representatives from Tennessee.

The Representatives, from Tennessee.
The proceedings of the House OF Repre-
sentaiives, on yesterday, eyince, though
very feetIy, a disposition on the part of the
Conservative Republicans TO deprecate the
extreme policy OF the more violent Radicals
! Mr. Ray rose to present he certificates
7 Of election OF the Tennessee members, bnt
MIR. Stevens inteiposed a point Of order
/ ''that the Stnie OF Tennessee is not known
/ to The House, II is curious circumstance
that a member OF Congress should call pp-
On branch Of the National Legislature 10
! ignore the existence of State, one o.
whose citizens occupies the Presidential
chair. Perhaps the Radicals propose 10
dispute The claim of Mr. Johnson TO he ex
ecurise Office, for, if the Stale of Tennessee
is unknown 10 the House, it must follow
ihal,no one of her people possesses, in The
estimation OF The House, the qualifications
for lhe Presidency required by the Consti
tuition MIR. Johnson was nominated 10 The
| Vice Presidency as Tennessean, was elect
] ed as q TeDnessean, succeeded 10 the Chief
Magistracy as Tennesseaa, and, as Ten
nessean fuIfills to-day the functions of the
Executive position. II the Radicals deny
| the State existence Of Tennessee, they de-
ny the right OF Mr. Johnson to the Office o:
President of the United States. Perhaps
some such theory is in contemplation as
part of the Radical programme Of opposi-
ton 10 The Executive policy of reconstruc-
[ q, t. drr,hk hat a nj
Radicals are conscious of an iHepressibe
conflict between themselves and Mr.. john
son, and if they thought ;hat his authority
could be weakened by making qOestion
of its legitimacy, they are reckless enough
10 attempt even thai desperate vancouver.
1t is true that Mr Stevens point was over
ruled by The speaker, but the fact that il was
interposed 5y the leader of the Radicals in
Congress beIrays the design of that faction
10 cut OF The Southern States from their po.
titlcal inheritance, and TO confirm them in
The position of territorial dependencies.
Against This bold aud lraitorons policy the
Conservatives we have said, seem disposed
10 make some feeble resistance but they
lack courage and concentration to combs,
the energetic ianalicism of The indomtablc
Pennsylvania demsgogue. The Credentials
OF the Teunesses members "were referred
10 the select committee on The so-calied
CoRfederale States, By vote o: one hon.
dred and twenty-six yeas against ioTty-one
nsys;n and MIR. Raymond. in originating
The motion 10 that effect, abandoned his op-
oorInuiiy of entering the lists As the cham.
piou of the Conservatives Of his party. The
leadership was within his grasp, aud, If be
had displayed the frmness and spirit that
the occasion called for, his Congressional
noviiiale might have been graced wi:h the
honors OF Conservative triumph The vote
of ninety against sixty three that tabled a
resolution to admit the Tennesseans to the
privileges of the floor, pending ihe decision
OF their case, demonstrates division among
the Republicans upon that issue; and lit
tie more exertion and earnestness on The
part of The Conservatives might have saved
the House from the injustice aud absurdily
Of refusing TO the accredited representatives
af State tie privileges accorded to ter
rtorial delegates. Tha. the Stevens faction
are not invinclble is apparent from The pas
sage, subsequently. OF a resolution, yeas
one hundred and lhiriy-ihree, nays thirty
five, ''thal, rutil otherwise ordered, Mr..
Maynard and the oiher representatives from
Tennessee, be invited to take seats in the
Hall Of the House OF Representatives" So
Tennessee receives, as favor ;he privilege
OF remaining, silent and humble, beneath
the roof OF the National Capitol where il is
her inalienable prerogatiye 10 sit in council
, with her sister States with The at;ribntes OF
sovereignty, the peer Of any of them in po-
I;iical essence. Th1s far has the Union
aduanced toward restoration. To Ibis extent
has Republicanism been vindicaied by the
war that The vic:ors claim was waged in its
behalf. Peace has come upon The land. but
has come with a frown upon her brow, a
rod in her hand, and the scow o: hatred in
her eyes. The Union sentiment that The
Black Republicans professed as their inspi-
ration 10 an appeal 10 arms, seems to have
perisheJ in the Struggle. Defeat has chang
ed the Secessionists OF the South into Un-
ionists victory has changed the Radicals
of the North into Disunionisis. The effect
upon the President is not so evident; the
country waits patiently for him 10 make il
known.-N. Y Daily NerUs.
AsTIcIPATEB TROUBLE IN VIRGISIA.-There
are said TO be spprshensions OF demon