Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-06

General Grant in money, houses, &C., amount
TO nearly two hundred thousand dollars. 1t is
not altogether after the Washingtonian model
to be the recipient of such valuable gifts, but
it is not for us TO make comments. Washington
lived in another and different age, and, we
may be excused for adding was born and reared
in another and different State. The following
note from General Grant to the party who have
put his future under mortgage to the extent of
one hundred thousand dollars, shows the emo
tionS excited by the transaction:
"HEADo'Rs ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,
Washington, d. c., Feb. 18th, 1866.
"DEAR GENERAL-YOur letter of the 18th
instant, enclosing me the very handsome testi-
monal of the citizens Of New York, with names
of all the too generous contributors to it, is re-
ceived. feel at loss to know how to express my
appreciation of this substantial token of friend
ship of the citizens named in your letter, and
for the generosity of the citizens of New York
generally, especially towards those whom they
conceive have rendered service in maintaining
the integrity of the whole Union. Suffice 1t to
say that | shall always appreciate their gene
roSty towards me, and endeavor to pursue
course through life, and to make such use of
the means thus Unexpectedly placed in my pos
session, as will meet with their approval.
Through you l wish to thank the gentlemen
whose names YOU have enclosed to me, mdi-
vidually and collectively.
"I have the honor to be, your obedient ser
want,
gu. S. GRANT, Lieutenant General"
ASHAMED OF HIS POsITIoN.-Major II. C.
Lawrence, agent of the Freedmen's Bureau at
Fayetteville, North Carolina writes to friend
in Washington city a strong letter opposing the
continuance of his bureau, against which he
arrays a list ofpowerful objections. His letter
closes thus:
81 felt ashamed of myself as an American,
and for my Government, when, few days
ago, Judge Buxton, of the Supreme Court of
this State, called at my office to enquire as to
the extent of the jurisdiction he would be per-
mitted to exercise in term he was about to
hold"
Major Lawrence is plainly a friend to free
government. Here is another hard hit. He
says:
"Ifa State should establish such judicial
system, l think the Federal Government might
well be called upon to enforce its guaranty Of
Republican Government to the people Of that
State"
No language could better describe the in
compatibility of such bureau with our form
of Government.
The TEST OATH AND THE PREsIDENT.-The
Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger writes:
The telegraph left the little word not"
from my despatch last evening, making the
President to say that he " was" in favor of the
Congressional test oath, when he is not it is,
of course, important that this correction should
be made. The President looks upon the test
oath at the present time, when peace reignS
through the land, as unconstitutional, and he is
therefore, opposed TO it, though perfectly will
ing that Congress should decide the matter
when admitting the Southern members for
themselves. Ii it chooses to exact both the
test and the constitutional oaths, so be il,
though the President regards the latter as the
only proper one that should be offered
He adds, on another subject:
"The poStponement by the House until the
second Tuesday of April of the proposed Con
StitutiOnal amendment in relation to the pro-
lection of life. liberty and property, is regarded
by many members of Congress as a defeat of
the measure, at least in the present form
While the majority admit that the principles
should be enforced, they are not all agreed as
to the means recommended by the Committee
on Reconstruction to that end"