The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-06
From WASHINGTON.

was supposed that the Reconstruction
Committee would soon be discharged from
the further consideration of the condition
OF the Southern States, and, to-day, re-
ports to that effect are again in circulation
1t is believed that a majority Of the men,
berS OF both Houses are in favor of re-
Stunning the powers which they abdicated
when this committee was created, and the
committee themselves are disgusted with
the i'll success Of the measures they have
concocted and presented to Congress.
1t may not be generally known that regu-
lar daily supplies Of food, clothing and
fuel are distributed daily to the negroes of
this district by the Freedmen's Bureau, at
raj Howard now issues an order stating
that this will cease after the 10th inst. The
sick, aged and infirm negroes will then be
provided with permanent homes, and the
able-bodied negroes, some 10000 in num-
Der, will be required to go to work at last
after having been supported all winter in
idleness.
The latest advices from Trenton indi-
cate that Mr.. Scovel will stand firm in de
fence of the Presidents policy against the
radicals, and there is no probability, there
fore, that a radical Senator will be returned
from New Jersey.
The veto will certainly be sustained by
the Senate. Even the radicals are con-
vlnced OF this fact now, and hence they
will be in no hurry to call up the civil
rights bill, which they know to be killed
beyond recovery.
The President has directed the War De-
partment to muster out twenty thousand
negro troops, in addition to those recently
discharged, and orders for that purpose
will accordingly be issued.
When the two Houses are thus stpurged, -
and when radical shall have been elected
in the place of MIR. Stockton, the radicals
will be ready to go on with their plots
against the Government. 1t is their de-
sign not only to pass the civil rights bill
over the Presidents veto, but also to pass
again the Freedmen's Bureau bill, with.
perhaps, few trifling alterations. A few
days will show whether or not they are
strong enough to succeed in this. II they
are, will they stop there? There is no
reason to believe SO. The President will
stand like lion in their path. They have
already spoken of him as IAN obstacle to
be removed and they will endeavor to re-
move him either by impeachment or in
some other manner. mean exactly what
say. The men who brought Charles The
First to the scaffoiu, the men who brought
the head OF Louis the Sixteenth to the
block, were not more determined in their
purpose than the radicals to depose Presi-
dent Johnson from his Office
The Latin Senator from Massachusetts,
has entered the list of candidates for the
Presidency. The strong demonstrations
of his colored brethren in his favor, and
their manifestations of admiration for
Massa Sumner, have, it is reported. in
duced him to become candidate for that
high office. He now claims to be the
leader OF the party, and is indignant when
ever any other person is given that honor
Ii persons desire to witness an expression
on Summers countenance Indicating the
most extreme satisfaction with himself and
everybody around him, let them salute him
as the great leader of the party, and will
nave the opportunity. A peacock with his
tail spread, will not strut around with a
prouder air than the Latin Senator from
Massachusetts on occasions like that.
Cor. Neao York Ne,cs.
being, the leader of the party and candi-
date for the Presidency? He is certainly
the leader of the radicals in the Senate.
Such men as Fessenden and Sherman have
lost their identity. and, instead of taking
the high position for which their talents
tit them, have sunk into insigniicance by
the side of the Massachusetts peacock.
There was at one time great rivalry be-
tween Fessenden and Sumner for the
leadership of the Senate, but ever since
the former accepted the radical and negro
worshlpplng policy of Sumner he has been
cares what Fessenden says upon questions
relating to the South. All know that he is
no longer the oracle of the party. His
speeches are neither listened to nor read
now, IOr the simple reason that it cannot
be told until Sumner has made his speech
whether his arguments represent the opin-
ion OF the party or not. l.ow different
from the speeches of the Latin gentleman
from the Old Bay State. When he is an
nounced to speak, the galleries are crowded,
especially that portion set apart for his
colored hearers. Every word that he
utters is listened to with attention; his
speeches are read, and all the newspapers
OF the country devote columns to their
criticism But who has heard one of Fes-
senden's speeches commented upon out
side OF his own State since he has accept
ed Sumner as his political leader? All
admit that the Senator from Maine is by
far the ablest man of the two, and it seems
a mystery that, with his talent, he should
allow himself to be SO completely over
shadowed by Sumner as he has of late.
But however unpleasant the position may
be to him, or how much he may be goaded
by the fact that he stands in that attitude
before the country to-day, he cannot help |
himself as long as he consents to do the |
bidding of Sumner and give his influence
to sustain the radical policy against the
President.-CO Ne,o York Herald.
TENNESSEE ELECTIONS. s.-Despatches |
from Nashville and Mano,b;o b,;no.