The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1866-02-08

and who delight inst tthe designation, Of !
rHnrd-pan :Resosstr6etio have pre-!
.parsd the following specifications % on
sepitome Of their couatactiou Of the Consti.
tption, and bad the ssips pfinted Tor eircu.
lation among Congtesnen: n ,z,a;E : !
Z 1.-The exclusive power Of Congress over
thesubject, Of ,citizen.bip and nataraliza-
ton. - - 10y p -. a.,
& ?, The;po~er Of Congress To- give effect,
by. the enactment and Enforcement Of laws,
10 allithe protective Provisions Of the Con.
stitutiop, and to make the prineipls oi pro.
lection practically oo;extensive witheitiren-
ship? ,.5 .,.-4,.g-,I0 N
81 The positive eanstitutional iuterdict
upon the power Of Congress, aud upon the
Legislatures Of The different States, to sub
vert or impair the aat.ai or, psrsonul rights
enumerated or implied in the Constitution.
q. The power OF Uongress to compel the
enforcement and u,aintenance Of republican,
government in every State, making the
enumeration Of pefscpal and Ratual rights
and'the protective features of the Constitu-
hon the definition and test OF what lie re =
publiean'govefn and further, in order
70 establish and maintain such local re pub.
7lican government 10 every State. to pre-.
scribe, iHease of necessity, the rule of suffrage
or qualification Of voters - ~. : .sls,-2'.
The applications hled for olerkships at
the Treasury pepariipent have now reache ell
1900, aud every day augments the number.
1t is q singular eombssntary upon this strife
for ofice that no clhss of persons in this
country are 70 notoSiously put toit to live,
on tlsir.incomes as the clerks in Washing
ton. cougresp Is hcessantly importuned
for their relief; .msuy resign from sheer IN.
ability TO I've herr land y yet the pressure far,
clerkships is pppraedented. [',s'
\ sode 6f tae ncSs ssiAs,efa,ieshle workers
against reconstruction are to be found
among the subordinate officers Of the Freed.
mems Bureau in the South. They a. yet
only supply membersof Congress with data
for speeches. and. do not eonfne themselves
tothe channels prescribed by the regulations
in their, transmission. This procedure
fanks General Howard, whose innate hon.
esty would prompt him, TO suppress many
of the exaggerated yarns il they came
througlithe office ofthe bureau. In sever
al districts, they control newspaper or
two, and they manufacture public senti.
mont which comes to congressional
dead head subscribers through the mails as
the expression Of free and Independent
press, is dore.tailed into speeches. and Of
course has its weight with the uninitiated.
The New Orleans Tribune, paper of this
class, bound hand and foot to the Conway
clique, is regularly furnished to radical
members Of Congress for the above named
the Louisiana district, and his core elton Of
| corruptions there, there has been consider
able discussion aud some i'll feeling among
the officers Of the Bureau in that district
especially, and many Of their little secrets
have come out. Itis evident that, notwita-
standing Gen Howard's efforts TO prevent
it, the Bureau has come to be quite polit-
ical machiRe. Unofficial news from officers
of the Bureau and Southern newspaper ex.
tracts quoted In congressional speeches
should be taken with a grain Of salt.
| THE NEoGo BnI.--The New York Times,
edited by Henry J, Raymond leading Re-
publican member of the House Of Represen.
taures. thus speaks Of one Of Summsr's ne
gro bills: .-a- st. ..
This is the shadow Of coming events
1t indicates the character of future legisla
ton. shonld the power reside in such hauds.
Returning moment to the qnestion OF col
ored suffrage in the District Of Columbia, IL
is proposed to cay. that it's real purpose is to