The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-22
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WASHINGTON, February 20.
ro.aav inaugurated season OF excitement
..s.,,ce the first speech Of Thaddeus stevens,
a, which he likened the President 10 q Learned
nr.hmtn. there has been nothing which can
30 comparesf to the violence OF the different
haraneues passionately detained In Con.
gress this morning. The President has been
assatIed to-day in speech by leading Radicals,
and directly by the House in its objection to
allow Mr. Orders minority report from the
Reconstruction Committee to DO made, declar-
ing Tennessee entitled to representation.
Proof conclusive Of this Is contained in the
fact that Stevens asserted there was a DISPOSE
ton yesterday to inquire into the condition
of Tennessee and see whether she could De
admitted to representation; but since then the
nature Of things has changed. If that State
was in At status for representation yester-
Siay il is impossible to see wherein she is def.
Gent ia. day but Stevens has decided, in his
wrath, that all men occupying official positions
Of power In this Government Mailing from
thence are usurpers, and the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes, used to the thongs Of his whip,
have endorsed the vindictive overseer and
Joined in A crusade against the President. The
representatives from Tennessee are now rs
nnch debarred from the privileges which
belong TO them under the Constitution as the
representatives from Virginia, and the people
of the country must, and without doubt will,
sustain the President and accord TO them
these rights. But little, if anything, can be
expected from Congress in the line OF justice
until the signs Of the next elections are mani
fest. remorseless warfare upon the Presl-
dent and his policy has commenced, and 1t VIII
continue to the bitter end.
1t is impossible to depict the rage OF the
Radicals, both in and out of Congress, at their
failure to-day to- secure two-thirds vote on
the Freedmen's bill, and thus pass 1t over the
yeto-four votes were lacking, and these can
not be obtained. new bill, which is limited
at, will have no better success, as those Sena-
tors who have placed themselves squarely on
the record in the support Of the Administra-
ton will continue to stands solid phalanx In
the noble position they maintain. The dis
guise of friendship has been efectually re-
moved, and many Of the sycophants who have
hung around the White House since the
opening of the session have revealed their
true character, and can hope for no further
consideration.
The feeling with regard 10 what DISPOSE
ton the President would make of the bill he
has just vetoed before that veto was definitely
known is somewhat akin to that now enter
tanned relative to Cabinet changes. 1t is i'm
possible that the present one can continue
together The views Of certain members and
the President are too Numerically opposite to
admit of it, Certainly those who are hand
in-gloye with Stevens and Wade are moi
friends of the President, either politically or
otherwise. The question seems to be, will
the disaffected Cabinet officials resign volun-
tarily, or wait until requested by the Chief
Magistrate to do so?
The intrigue to enlist General Grant in the
cause Of those who would, If they dared
impeach the President, is a failure, as has been
every other Jacobin scheme set on foot by the
revisers and amenders of the Constitution.
Not only is General Grant in the most direct
accord with the Chief Magistrate; but 1t is a
significant fact that, with but one or two
exceptions, all the regular army officers doing
duty here entertain like views. 1t is the
same way with officers Of the navy the COM
mander in chief of the land and naval forces
has the respect, confidence, and loyalty, Of all
his distinguished subordinates.
II has been stated that the President would
order the restoration of General Lees Airing
ton estate to that distinguished soldier. 1t is
impossible to say what might be done in the
course of some time. At present there is no
foundation whatever for the statement.
The Reconstruction Committee have not yet
concluded Matching amendments to the Con-
stitution. The process is beneficial only in the
respect that it gives an opportunity to sore
headed Radicals to get rid Of superfiuous
wrath by Incorporate TRADES against the
President and his policy. They afford food
for Buncombe speeches and that is all they
will amount to.
1t was designed to take up the loan bill in
the House to day, hut Stevens killed ii by his
Joint resolution from the committee of fifteen
to debar the South forever from the right
of representation, which gave the House
employment in eight hours fihbustering
TIMoN.