The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-31

Correspondence of the Richmond pispa'eh.l

ICorrcspondence Of the Richmond nisrateh.I
THE PRESIDENTS DECLARATION IN FAN'k VI
TRUE roilCY-THB MisREPRESkNTAIloHs
THE RAnICAls-THH JOINT c"AAillhn IN
nv c,IIpnox To REroRT-THE PRESIDENT Az"
THE Observation-Disclosures ''"
RAJ SHERMAN IL THF HOUSE NJ
WASHINGTON. January %.
To.day nshcrs in n week when wiz y.
rep,ete with great events III 'ile ann', y.
marion nj legislation. The very I'M ~ $50
,mnnt of a conversation between the fFeSiueh'
and n distinguished senator, Wh,'h i pun
Iished far and wide throughout tue county
This morning. has created intense sensa'loh
and SETS n rest Ill idle speculation as 10 what
is 10 be the future relations between the Ike
cutiye and the Radical element in Congress
The emancipation proclamation oil the
late President Lincoln was not more i'm
portant, in shaping policy for the fn
ture, than is this semi official announce
ment of the jTst and statcsmanlike views
OF Andrew johnson. The breach was
bound 10 be made, and forced upon the
President BY the memorable condition vi
events and now II has come oe'He."
extremes and conservatism, h;tllohai no
mony and sectional animoSity, statcsnaashil
and partisan rancor, there II 4 dcCluca i arG
inevitable issue. The SWORDS are eio>S'" .'''
the tocs!n for warfare has been ruhE. Ever
since Congress met the Radicals nave beeh
aSsiduous in declaring their endorsement OF
the Presidents policy, ana nave asserted
declarations, rs coming IRON him when never
entered the sane nina OF Andre" Johii>oh'
One member from Pennsylvania even Went
so far rs 10 declare, from his seat in the House,
that the President h;td committed himsei IL
favor Of the wholesale question OF negro SUI
frage. when, in point of truth, nothing IN Inc
past or present life of Mr.. Johnson ever GaN'
authority for any such statement. Ihus inc
people Of the country have been LED M"
wrong impressions concerning the fTe>iaeht
position. Ii could not be expected that, WIN
no denial of these radical assertions, they
should have ilnbibed any other but Ideas In
accordance with what their representatives
told them. All this Is now At an END broad
and distinct issue has been joined between the
President and his gtoHdGm radical cndorser>,
out of which much good Is to come, LOT tht
people of the country viii sustain the head OF
the nation, and the indictments must go 10
the wall.
The Senate has not been i'll any very great
hurry III pressing 10 difference Inc Greal
topics upon which IL was certain mat there
would be 4 disagreement, and now the proDa.
billy is that the negro suffrage question Will
be STAYED off u while longer. 1t is impossible,
however, TO hatch up peace, If even truce
for if the bark OF harmony had not 1onhderea
on the suffrage Scylla, the CharybdiS of recon
structiOn was certain 10 make IL wreck. lhe
howl Of negro, negro, negro, must give place 10
questions of national importance, ana tnr
Freedmen 5 Bureau must come 10 erle1. IL i
n sin and Il shame, that While 50 many claf-
coal specimens of COntraband humanity, under
the fostering care Of 4 new ana uncalled-lor
DEPARTMENT of the Government, are Sl'endlhS
their uaNS III lultlltsS aliu 'lt' 'NN'
ton of the time passed i'll wisely observing the
proceedings of Congress, which courtesy com
pcls one 10 call Il profitable cmploFnehl'
whilst 80 many white soldiers, VINO are deserN-
inc Of consideration, which they DO not fecelNe,
however, are wandering about the country,
forlorn and uncarcd for, with all the gratitude
which they had been assured was 10 have been
their portion inundated At the shrine OF the
Freedmen $ Aid Commission.
There i IN evident disposition on the part
Of very many Of the Republican members OF
Congress who voted in the flrsl hours OF the
session 10 create the Thad. Stevens Joint re
construction committee 10 know something
about what is going on behind the closed doors
Of lis committee room and unless they very
soon walk up TO the captain : Office ana set
tie" they will be called upon TO dlsSorge some
of their hidden secrets. The reference of the
credentials of members OF Congress elect 10 lis
consideration, which Is altogether without
precedent, and should always 90 TO the Com
lnittce on Elections, where, time out OF mind,
they have properly belonged, is looked upon as
= great evil even by a number OF those VINO
endorsed the appoln tment OF the committee.
When the documents ana evidences OF newly
elected members, through the machinery OF
Radical manmuyrlng, are once planted III the
Stevens grorep,Td, their chances of resurrec-
ton, without the aid of q resolution OF Con
gresS, seem small by degrees: and for this rea-
son IL is contemplated by some OF the wiser
adherents of the Republican party 10 call for
It report from this select-c"H Sel"ct-1oint com
lnittce of fifteen, ut an early date.
The published report that IL was the pur-
pose OF the President 10 place Virginia under
a Provisional Government creates comment
here rs well as within the borders of the Old
Dominion but ii is not Ill the least probable
that any such intention really exists. That
the President regrets certain proceedings OF
the State Legislature Is most aSSuredly true,
but that he Will work i'll opposition 10 his
own policy of preparing the States for repre-
scntation is not at all plausible theory. 1t
is the desire of the President that everything
should be harmonious, and he deprecates
very much any appearance OF dlsposltloh 10
delay matters connected with the great
scheme of reconstruction, either by state
Legislatures, which could, ii thcy Woud,
postpone their separate interests, or by Con"
grcsS which has been doing all in its power
10 prevent the restoration OF those States.
Hon. Henry J. Raymond, Of New YORK,
delivered a powerful and cogent argument
this morning i'll opposition 10 constitutional
amendments generally, and fully sustaining
the EXPRESSED views of President Johnson on
the question. Pending its delivery, Major
General sherman, i'll fun uniform. appeared
on the floor, and, upon motion of Mr.. Farms
worth Il recess was taken TO enable the
Speaker 10 invite the distinguished visitor TO
the Speaker desk, where he could be intro
duced 10 the members. His appearance was
greeted with clapping of hands by the mem
bcrs on the floor and the mixed community In
the galleries, and nj the conclusion OF lew
remarks by the General, acknowledging the
Compliment on motion Of Mr.. Washburne OF
Illinois, three vociferous cheers and n decidedly
fierce tiqer" were given by the enthusiastic
representatives,, which was participated in by
the spectators in the galleries.