The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-24
From Washington.

From Washington.
We extract the following from the New
York Herald, of the Goth:
The veto message has created great ex-
cltement in official circles in Washington.
Inc conclusion OF its reading in the Senate
was followed by great cheering and kissing
IN II, one ne OF the gal!aries, which, by order Of
ed Of spectators. After considerable debate
over motions in reference to it's dispos ton,
and proposition to again take I'D the
bill vetoed by it, further action on the
whole subject was postponed till to-day.
In Cabinet meeting, held yesterday, pro-
y1ous to the submission Of the veto mes
sage to Congress, it is said to have received
the approval ofSecretaries Seward, McCul-
loch and Welles, and Postmaster-General
Denison; and the opposition of Secretaries
Stanton and Harlan, and Attorney General
Speed, and it was rumored last night that
stanton and Harlan had resigned. The
bill will come up in the Senate again at l
o'clock to-day, and an impression prevails
in the capital that it cannot now get the
vote in that body required to pass it ever
the Presidents veto.
1t has been secret boast among the ra-
dical head centres of Congress, during the
time that the Freedmen's Bureau bill has
been in the hands Of the President, that if
he would only sign that measure they could
afford to snap their fingers at his policy
ana wage their warfare unmasked. In
order to oVerrule the objections Of Mr.
johnson to the bill, ex-Gen. B. F. Butler
was delegated, on Saturday night last, to
visit the White House, for the purpose Of
making certain overtures that involved
stipulation, that if the Presidents signa-
ture was not withheld from the bill, Con-
gress would exert a pretence of deferring
to his Judgment, and in q measure conform
with the details of his policy. Butler occu-
pied something like an hour and half in
proffering the bribe of radical fraterniza-
ton, and was inclined to whisper some
thing ofa Of confidential import pointing to-
checked him very decidedly, and entered
into an argment upon the injustice and
illegalities Of the bill. Butler finally left,
without receiving an assurance as to
whether the President would exercise the
veto power or not.
Senator Wilson's bill, introduced this
morning, for the disbanding of militia
forces in the Southern States. will un-
doubtedly call out q very sharp debate, as
1T is not asserted that there is .cy..!1ing
beyond the apprehension of trouble that
warrants the passage Of the bill. The
mover, in presenting the measure, sup
ports it with communications from officers
OF the Freedmen's Bureau in the South who
severally represent that the young women
| still defantly persist in vocahzing the
Bonnie Blue Flag" while the organiza-
tlon OF State forces continues to be per-
fected. During the reading Of these au-
thorities, Senator Salisbury wanted to
know of Mr.. Wilson whether he believed
Congress had power to disarm the militia
OF Massachusetts,. In response, the gen.
tleman from the Hub, cited the fact that
jeff. Davis used to hold that the militia of
q State was part of the forces of the
United States, and therefore subject to
such restrictions as the Federal army
despatch to the Richmond Dispatch
! says:
There was intense excitement prevailing
in Congress to-day. The attack Of Mr.
Wade on the President was highly personal
| and strongly vindictive. He denounced
the President and his restoration policy in
violent language, declaring that he had
appointed traitors to the highest offices in
his gift, and had pursued a course which
was pleasing to every enemy of the coun-
try. No speech of the session can compare
with it for violence.
highly revolutionary. Thad. Stevens rode
the tempest and controlled the members in
the interest Of radicalism.
The Washington Constitutional Union
halls the veto as follows:
God be praisedl The radical bill known
as the @'Freedmens Bureau Bill which
was submitted to the President a few days
since, has been returned, We understand,
vetoed in every section. This is but the
consistent action of the Presidents policy,
and is the Inauguration Of q new era in the
history Of the Republic! 1t dooms radical
ism to a speedy, ignominious death, and
marks the Immediate return Of the country
to prosperity, harmony, peace and happi-
ness. 1t will be hailed with delight by the
people throughout the country, and the
masses will rally as one man to the support
of the policy. Over seven-eighths of the
entire nation are a unit in endorsing the
course Of the President. God be praised!
The age Of radical intolerance is over, and
the Republic is saved. God bless Andrew
Johnson, the great restorer Of the country
| and the Union!