The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-02-07
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Especial Correspondence ofthe Charlton Courier. ]
WAsH1NGroN, January 26, 1865.

Especial Correspondence ofthe Charlton Courier.
WAsHNGroN, January 26, 1865.
It is much regretted by conservative members
here that the Freedmen's Bureau Bill was allowed
to pass the Senate by so large maj ority. Under
the cover Of present e&pedieRcies it looks to the
establishment Of a permanent policy, by which
the negroes are to be held as, ,"wards of the Gov
erument." Lands are to be bought for them or
assigned to them from the public domain or from
territory abandoned iuriRg the war, or assigned
by military orders for their occupation. The
military support which the Bureau is to have will
render necessary q large standing army. -, =
The statements made to the Senate as to cruel
conduct of returned Confederate soldiers to ne
eroes, even in MAJ Wand, was the chiet cause of
the large majority for this Bill. It's to be hoped
that. witt the removal OF, the cause, theAct will
he re1ealed Possibly, the. House may strike out
the fifth section, if they listen to the letter from
Governor Orr. =. g.. ~,
TIE Reconstruction Joint Committee will, no
doubt, proceed to carry oat the Radical policy by
proposed legislation, as well asby amendments to
the Constitution. FheyswHEreport Bill to en-
force the. constitutional amendment lphlbltlng
slavery, by extending suffrage to the 1esroes. =
The President will veto that if it pass, for be
declared, not feng ago, that the Bill known as
Astliey's, which is for the same object, was sub
vessive- of the Constitution, and was equivalent
to the dissolution ofthe Uui0n. --'.szy - : ~ =
Out 9; ffty-two Senator'S, the present number,
we cannot count upon more than a dozen cenSer
yative men. There are several others who are
well disposed to sustain the President, but they
owe allegiance, primarily as they think, to their
party.
The oaestion has been made, in New York
journal, who is the President Mr. Stevens or Mr..
johnson? Mr.. Stevens, it is much feared, will
find himself in power, over the President, upon
the first occasional any veto upon any pet Re-
publican measure His friends have not refraiped
fram throwing out hints that they have the power
OF impeachment and removal.
Congress will not rely mach upon the proposed
CONSTITUTIONS amendment now under consider -
tion. excluding negroes from the basis of repre-
sentation, unless they are endowed with suffrage
like the whites. They can counts a dozen States
against it..
It will never be ratified by the requisite num-
Der of three-fourths Of the States if the pen
atty of refusal be exclusions from the Union. For
this reason they win try the effect oflaw and mlll-
tary force to support the law.
Congress seems quite indifferent to the subj ect
of the promotion of Southern industry and pro.
duction, although so requisite to the general pros
perity OF the country. ~... . ..
1t is already apparent that the longer restora-
ton be deferred, the less will be the chance for
maintaining the pubHe5eredit and resuming specie
payments. =. -, r. =
Private accounts from Mexico, just received
| here, show that,eVerE respectable Mexican, and
every foreigner of any substance or character IN
the central portion Of the country favors and sup.
! ports the Government of Maximilian, and that
Meuico may, in few years, be enabled to pursue
career ofnational prosperity, under ttlepresent
Government, if the United States and our flkbps
ters will let her alone. The United States Gov
eminent manifests disposition to maintain our
present neutrality, but thousands Of our people
are ready to engage in anything that promises
| excitement or profit. -. ..-..,- LEU.
The Joint Committee on Reconstruction have
frequent meetings, aDd have examined a number
| of persons as to the condition Of the South: i