, 1866-03-28

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| RECONSTRUCTION.
Tc+ttmony Of Gen. Lee, Judge Under.
wood. John Minor Rott4. Lewis Nc
Acuzies John Il. Baldwin, and o1heta.
WASHINGTON. March s7.-Thc testimony taken
15 thu Reeons.ructlon Committee in Virginia and
she two Carnnas was Today reported in the Honsc
delay tn Exporting It was caused tS the abscae. Of
Senator howard. before whom all of IL was taken.
Them We5c more than sixty Witnesses examined by
tafEs in the saes Of Virginia, NORTH Carolina and
south Carolina. some few Witnesses were exam.
med 5y him in reiatlnn to other Southern States,
states TO Which It applied.
Among The mort Emportant Of the witnesses e.
am,ned M ln relation to yrginin weso Judge Under
from t!,nt State hnt has not ret been admitted to
scat 1r Lewis Mckenzie, In the same position in
resaI 70 tic House q Representatives; Gen. Tpr-
Orlando Brown, Assistant Commissioner at the
kfeedn,eps Bureau, stationed at R,chmond. 1lalf
Il dozen Virginia losalls.r. including John Minor
+; IeHia,.o .oi buckingham county, md his bsothcr,
Eli bieGs; Ges n@h tas 'as Sssep Of e. Common
i;ng Gen. y. D. case. ol the same five memhers Of
NE EiEelnta Legislature, namely: juo. s. Bald
F, Jayucs Chairman IT ne .1udie4se: Ncn,,1,tan m
and i, b. Gt9tian. w,th usIe Gsiter snd =
heen. nsneer q ihc statc Senate, the lattcr Eoz.
McAurdy. rector Of Christ ChiIrctt. A!4xand,it
Va; Rev. Jas r. IIunufcu.t. Of FTedcFcksbute:
tcvcn eo1o1cd nen, including mlnistcr. doctor,
aoe q arnt,st, "ho is e.ao Ba2tl.t Missionary,
The witness wbose testimony will be pcrtap,
graphed IN iusl. Ie rsp,esepts 1hat nothn y ifte
sentiment OF hos tiliy to 1le United states Goyrrn
ncnt eItste In Virginia that there afc no coubl-
that the people, ihonsh dissppotated and eaddsnei
by the resu]t Of the war accept mat result eubms
svely, and are only looking now to their 1ratcr1al
Ct rcconc1ltnc Tic pcoplc TO tie Gdflr1,rnrpf and
making thcrn ia rrIai srnnnrfers T. ~ n1a;,S ~ =,
them enual roli1icai tiehts wiz thn
people Of the nfher Sts,c. r.
10 tic negroes, be . cxnrcssed thc he,;sT
which be savs lie bss aiwny. enie1t,insd ,hst IL
State would be much better Without them: md he
repudlatcs the idea tta, crucitles were nnrnoseiy
timony Of the members ii the virginia LccisIntaFe.
who bad come as a delegation to President John.
concur IN the opinion a. 10 the coo,pietc absence or
anG feeling looking 10 renewal Of the Contest with
the Government. The question Of COERCION they
content to abide b5 tue dccis1on, and 10 I've keace-
fo1h fnfell1u1 citizcna Of the Renuhuc They ten-
tSsent IT, fecEg Of ue people at large, and Of
eq,nn.,jr g 9naeSoy opposed to the tdca OF
islatu'c vas engacsd fn reuGvtne most Il not aEl
~ y. she 9n.oatnns o1ee11n1na1ons IN Law between
tns ~ wnate* III taa9 a4a 1set oaeSs:
ans would take IN tase OF war bet rcen the UuIt-
su States ana any loteisn power which might af-
nnde1c, that nse o! es.an!isalng Ihrn tnae~
t'as &C. OF ,,t losa!ty: H..
re C GheF haa1s nc United STATES oasers7
mnsf Il nnt 4. nu ,a.ifgs aIa CoI. bsoWn-ano
1st ~ ~ ~ -. ~ nu'on men, tfsnheq IN
70 % 1Ge sentiment OF me people Of Virginia
,uss ne enE n.a,9epa az nnpfo yea, and hsy~
Th.v a. a; ,at ;tne H. nsnne s1 G9 ,
VEL longing G pesee On any tsrme ard ready to
nd sr,,si ~ ayx ~ ~ i1!'s ~, ne
Gill; nn thcr h. 5 ~ r4ac,nS ~. az &c aae
@ an H.; ~ ,ha ae Witnesses .! III es e1nes The
oHd ,he F,resns Rrn,, " t Inc fenef &c tsoop
M o rqna 1e ioSd
ID RsoRes dhe ehango i s: 4 esen generally
eFal po!icy;
:in!a = Teple:snted Is r s!of q .s fspada,ien
Tie Witnesses who Fave been conncctsd Win the
con!edesacy deny this and represent the people as
IN" Hing to psE thefc share Of the Federal debt On
asr willing to pay both, and opposed 10 1epndia>
t'on Of either:
nnte!d- q. III. matter, ,berc ia mn hI,torir,,
md lie outiIssk Of tbe rebeon ot ny 1tf9i%a ,Ess,
the Testimony Of three witnesses ws. tstrn
This was conference sought f2r and he'd bT Mrs
convention, delegated b. he Union men n5sa; ~
ibe opcninr Of Tia rrhe{ n1t1rr7ies ~ ~ !t ~
The drst siate,nen. on tbc subject came tto .Tn6n
thronch H. war and who b,d hsen hiass,1 nan au
her ~ M crrrsn,:nn ~ IL T 1sstSsaa IT, msi
evening ot Inc 1Sth of April. 1s5l, be vsited Jno
H. tne,n an1 !ea.nsa iton nm tnat
n;eryex w,l i'm sdn, n 'ha1 ha ne na4 aaa az
tbs n9e:a s. IT, af !. 's a3ot o.
hcsn,1 .cn, ~ R,.hItar y ,pe9ia! ~ "essences
wi,I rcoaeet int JadHe simmer n so,s ";Ge,
HsNe cnnfe-snr ,ith II, Go"n ,, - " 70
a,dwtn1 i,ene cent md acromnsn1,,s " ~ hs 1
scncer 10 W ashtn.tou the tame nght: s af ,ning
iutroduced t5 Nj Seward to NJ. Lipcolo: " of : Mr.
they tasai not BE- internnsed IL srsye hin na1.
tsts,un Of tne conressatior TnIch nSened ~ ~ IT,
ttncnfn re1ms,ffnrs - " H.idW1r ~ .f-,fa ~.
bsyc come loo iats ttToo inte ;n1 ~ sshst +; 5aI
an aiiati Son haye come too lite" eaid hc ~
w'sh yon could have been here three Or fonr u days
low me 10 eav. III. Prestdcnf1 fh.f d.
not urdefxfand ron. remsrEs. Yon s.nt a
special messenger 10 Richmond; be ai1ised there
ina bv lie most exnel,i1nns tnan3er ' np,s .eqaGT
.sWy do you no, na{ouro he Vir"n. t.onren,
tjonf' Adjourn iii how, DO YOU 1 mean utaa az
nc, which cmbarrasses me yery mueh saIa III c
Prretdent. II am refJ much su,psised.r said Mr.
baldwin. to hesr vou exnrsss tf,st nnin,on ~
virginia Couyeniio is IN The hsnis NJ finion ,rs1
We hsvn IN i, ci~.r er5 cnr, rniii. Iai. LII. IL.
me consr,iins il for ronsrrr.tjye Is.nifs IL rsG
do It viii prfisc, sne,T. ccraInix r rna iii "a,
bold our bands bv a SnnsrryaiiS. n3iieY w II ~ ~
nn-e.ffed II ,vorfd nf.re fhc ii13cr 49, -
V1isinia In lie altitude Of confsss,nT an
liability to meet lie occn.iou. The result Woud
be thai another convention would be called. WHICH
would he nader the ercin.ivn contynI ~ c"r.sHinn
ISIS, and an ordnance Of sece.sioa wnal, bc nsase
ID iess than six weeks. Our une policy Is to hold
our t,anda by a conservative n1tinn,} rnnrae The
Union men in Yfrctnia wonld pot be- wflIine ia Nd.
io11rn thst untji ~ ritsrr tfaI ~ ]
tetement oi he at;cr O, Ind tSai IT csnnot Soq be
toue,' - ''N A' - ~4D1''' 0e
Mf. Balda In then vert IN to sketch mt n,sn NJ