The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-27
From Washington. .

"oAS, VIZ SouSCO VIC uIOSt liupOTttuC
assembly of the people ever held in
the District of Columbia. This is no
call to the crowd by demagogucs for
the ordinary eXaggerations of despi-
cable party clap trap, or the manu-
facture of vulgar enthusiasm in sup
port of nominees for Office The pre-
sent occasion cannot be exaggerated
Upon the action of the people now de-
pends the terrible contingency of re-
volution. The movement this day in
augurated in different parts of the
country is to save the Union. That
Union is sought to be subverted by q
desperate and unconscionable few
who have never sympathized with any
great party, and who now, about to
be detached from the clutch of power,
desperately resolve to protract the
tumult and distress of war months
after the last sword has been sheathed
and the last wound healed.
This great meeting is to be here at
the political centre of the republic,
in the midst of its statesmen, it's
gathered visitors from every State,
and the masses of that people who
are American to the core. from the
Aroostook to the Rio Grande But,
above all, the declarations which it
will proclaim to the world will be
heard by the preserver, protector and
defender of the imperilled Constitu-
ton; and before the sun goes down,
by his response, the President will
strike hands with the people, and the
covenant will be on its way to every
fireside in the land for the sovereign
confirmation of the people.
National hateVigcnce,', 22d
GEN. GRANT AND THE PRESIDENT.
We take pleasure in contradicting,
rs we feel warranted in doing, the
representations which are extensively
published that some alienation of
feeling between the President and the
Lieutenant-General was involved as
consequence of the matter of the
suppression and revival of a Rich
mond newspaper. If it be considered
by the public that the revocation of
the order, authorized in the first in
stance by Gen. Grant for certain rea-
sons, was accompanied by the publ
cation of an order, founded upon
those reasons, of general application
in the several military departments of
the country, it will be seen that the
substance Of Gen. Grants action was
affirmed by the President in a way
which properly involved rescission
of the particular order which had
been thus superseded. These circum-
stances, therefore, do not afford that
occasion for the uneasiness which
certain parties are SO desirous to pro-
mote, which a difference Of opinion
could in any case supply.
National Inte2igence,, (oGiciGl ]
WASHINGTON, February 21.-The
more moderate Republicans are un-
willing to consider that rupture be-
tween Congress and the Executive is
necessary on account of the veto of
the freedmen's bill, inasmuch as the
veto has been sustained. If the bill
had been passed over the President,
then conflict would exist, but there
can be no conflict on the part of the
President. He is no party to con-
hict, because his views are sustained.
If a rupture take place, it must be
made by the other party, whose policy
has been frustrated.
1t is explained by Mr.. Fessenden
that the joint resolution shutting out
eleven States from the Union is in
tended simply for the purpose of as
certaining whether Congress has any
power over the subject of re-organi-
zation of the Union, or whether
their power in the matter is confined
to the mere examination of the Gre
dentials of Senators and Representa-
tives who may be chosen to Congress.
This resolution is considered much
more important than anything else
before Congress. The constitutional
amendment, even could it pass the
Senate by a two-thirds vote, sinks
into insigniticance in the comparison.
Perhaps six or eight Representa-
tives and Senators who have been
elected from the seeded States would
take the test OATH The others would
be excluded, and it would remain
with the States and people concerned
to choose, in good faith, men of un-
questionable loyalty as their Repre-
sentatives.
AS none are in arms against the
Government now, or expect or desire
to be, it would be difficult to find any
others than loyal men; and the fact
that they would not take a test-oath
as to the past would be no proof that
they are not loyal. .-Editors Baltimore
San.
The Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial writes on
the 10Th inst:
Hon. Ben. Eggleston, on old friend
of Gen. Grant and his famiiy. called