Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-03-22

shall be excluded from the right of suffrage or OF
holding office namely: Whoever, as Il citizen or
officer, member of the Legislature or Convention
of any State, has voted for signed advocated the
passage of any ordinance of secession who ever
has sought or held any office of the so-cled Con-
federate Government other than ministerial or
below the grade of captain whoever has yolunta-
rily loaned OF donated any money property to
the said pretended Government, invested in its
bonds whoever, while officer of the United
States, has aided, counseled or encouraged amy
secession from war against the United States,
or left the service of the United States to take
part Ill the rebellion.
Fourth, The provisions of the joint resolution
shall take effect us either of said States,
by its Legislature OF by convention, shall, by
solemn act or ordinance, declare the assent of the
said State to tie fundamental conditions herein
prescribed which conditions shall be i'll the said
act ordinance declared forever irrepealable
under any circumstances whatever
Mr. McClurg proposes to refer the above to the
Committee on reconstruction.
OBJECT OF THE NIGHT sEssIoN-No IMPORTANT NoMI-
NATIONS TO BE CONFIRMED.
Especial dispatch to the Baltimore SUM-
WASHINGTON, March II.
It is stated in Radical quarters that there ore to
be night sessions all this week. The object is APP
parent. 1t is thought by the Radicals that, by
pushing legislation, they will prevent sober second
thought among any members In the nature Of re-
turning reason against Radicalism. They feel,
mind, and obstruct rising Conservatism among
the people. It is now understood that the Radi-
cal Senators have determined not to confirm the
nominations of the President of important
character.
PECT OF REPUBLICAN AND RADICAL UNITY IMPRoV-
ING, ETC.
Correspondence of the Baltimore SUM-
WASHINGTON, March H.
The Senate will be disappointed in the hope
they entertained OF speedy opportunity of rejec-
ting President JohnsOn's nominations. He has
signifed to some of them that he will make no
removals at present. He would probably crafty
them very much by dismissing two Il rec mem
bers of the Cabinet and nominating political
friends for their places. They would attempt to
test the question made in 1929 and $780, but
never decided whether the President has right
to remove an officer without the assent of the
Senate.
The President will, perhaps, wait for further
developments of the political plans of the Radi-
Gals before he proceeds to make removals. At
present the prospect of continued Republican and
Radical unity in Congress is improving.
The New Hampshire and Connecticut elections
are important, the earliest that will occur in
which the issues made by Congress with the Presi-
dent will be submitted to the people The Repub-
hcan organization in the first named State is too
strong to be overcome so early in the conflict.
Time is wanted to effect any change unfayOrable
to Radicalism. In Connecticut commercial influ-
ences sometimes prevail over Radical dictation.
1t would not be surprising if the State should take
q conservative stand.
Clerks from all the Government offices in this
city, and even some heads of bureaus and assist
ant secretaries, have generally been allowed leave
of absence to go home to vote. No distinctions
will be offered, it is said, to the usual course
They will vote as they please, without the danger
prescription threatens them.
STEVENS AS y POLITICAL CLOWN-HIS INFLUENCE
= GoNE-THE COMMITTEE FIFTEEN A FAILURE
CONGRESS AND NEGRO sUFFRAGE-THE RADICALS
DIVIDED THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS --ANoTHER
HEAVY TASK.
Correspondence of the Richmond Exanliner.)
WASHINGTON, March IL.
There was good deal of stage trick in Mr. Ste
vens speech. Without seeming to assail the Pre-
sident, he contrived with member to be inter-
rupted IN his discourse, by question touching
the Presidents notice of him the address of the
22d of February, and affected to treat the Pres-
dents remarks as democratic fable. SO he brought
in and caused to be read paragraph from the n
York World, exceedingly abusive of the President
III reference to the Inauguration drama all of
which he pretended to treat as u SANDER
By way of retaliation, it is said that member
will read paragraph from Forney, written some
years ago, in the Lancaster Intelhgencer, denoun-
eng Stevens as :, a villain at heart" Radicalism
make strange bed-fellows The power of Mr.. Ste
vens over Congress is broken, and it is said that
he himself is willing to retire from his position of
leadership
The committee ON reconstruction, which was
intended to usurp the whole power of the govern
ment, is failure, and both Houses have lost con-
hdence III it, as well as in him.
Congress has proved their incapacity for the
work OF reconstruction. They cannot agree upon
any practicable plan, and must in the end, weld
to the Presidents policy
1t is probable that the Senate will endeayor to
patch up all amendment basng representation on
voters, to take effect after the next census But
some OF the eastern and western States are opposed
to this and it will fail, and SO will every scheme
for forcing negro suffrage upon the lately slave
holding States.
The radicals say that they cannot succeed in
carrying another presidential election unless they
have the negro vote In order to give effect to
that vote, they will propose an amendment to the
constitution providing that the President shall be
chosen by qualified voters of the States, voting
directly for their candidate, and without the in
tervention of an electoral college. They say that
IN population of thirty-one millions, they can
not calculate upon majority unless they can secure
the suffrage of four five millions of the black
population.
Congress will wrangle and founder over these
topics till the people or the cholera drive them
home; but that they will devise and agree upon
any practical plan of reconstruction is not to be
believed.
The republican majority has already Witnessed
the loss OF the unity and strength with which thew