The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-03-10
and political equality of the American people, ir-
respective OF color, was passed in the House but
rejected in the Senate.
FENHAN CONGRESS-.

P1TTsBrRcH. Pennsyiyania, Feb. 2r.--The Fe.
man Congress was permanently organized yester-
lday by the election OF Col Mathew Murphy, Spea-
ker of the House; P.S. Pottsford, OF Philadelphia,
Secretary, and Captain Mallon, of PittSburs. Ser.
geant- ut Arms. The two houses then went into
joint session, James Gibbon, President, in tho
Chair.
The Message of President Roberts and the rev
port OF Secretary Sweeny are to be transmitted to-
day.
Massachusetts Assembly voted d Dwn resOlu
ton of thanks to the President for his veto'by y
vote of 80 to Is.
The Union State Convention of Indiana nomi,
mated Gen. Nathan Kimba for Treasurer and
Co.. Trusler for Secretary of State, and adopted
Resolutions blowing both hot and cold in regard
to the President. but declared that is the pros
vince of the legislative branch of the Government
to determine the question of reconstruction.
AlaFge meeting was held az Go0pers knstituteS
N. Y, to endorse the Presdent-T. b. Cutting III
the Char; David D. Field offered resolutions.
Seward made speech. He said: : am not
here as an alarmist am not here to say that the
nation is in peril or that it would be in peril If
you adopt or reject the views OF the majority Ill
Congress- The country is not in peril in any
way, nor do think the progress Of ameli0ratlon
or civilization in peril, whether you adopt one
set of political opinions or another. The only
difference is that one pilot says we may steer di-
rectly through the difficulties OF reconstruction,
without delaying the progress of the OLD ship OF
ings, proceed cautiously and go around these diff
fculties. We should not practice the usual chars
| ity, if we did not think them both honest.
| CHICAGO. Feb. Ply yesterday the. legislature
of Iowa aud Missouri adopted RESP utioDs SUSTAIN
| ing Congress, and denOuacng the President.
Democratic meetings to ratify the President arg
being very generally held. The Republican, edl~i
tors OF Illinois, in the annual Convention at Peo-
Ella, Yesterday. voted unanimously to sustain Con-
gress ss
a sEeRETARY SCENARIOS OPINIONS, fs!3l
New York Feb. 30 The following are adj
ditional remarks made by Mr.. Seward at the
Cooper Institute last evening: lie said Com
gress agonized over the question Of recon
structon, not because the war has not come
out right, but because they have not individ-
ually had hand in bringing it to happy
termination. | hoped no serious difficulty,
from the conviction that there never was nor
never can be any successful process for res
toring union and harmony among the States
except the one with which the President has
ayoweti be himself is satisfied. The Presi-
dent is in harArony with all the States that
were in the rebellion, ami the Executive and
Judicial Departments are resuming their
functions. loyal representatives, more or
esE from these States, are now standing at
the door Of Congress, and have been stands
ing there for three months asking to be adj
mitted as States, which, against their earnest
desire, are left unrepresented.
shy what You will, the States are already
orgGnized in harmony with our amended
c. ms tuition, and are in earnest co-opera-
ton with the Federal Government.
It is impossible to reduce States to Ter.
ritoraI condition. Congress has had re-
construction committee of fifteen members,
who have stopped the wheels of Legislation
for three months to enable them to submit a
plan different from that which is now on the
eve ofa happy contamination, and what have
they given Us, or proposed? Au amendment
to the Constitution to compel the excluded
States to equalize suffrage on penelty of an
abrdgment of their representation. This
was no plan of reconstruction but an obstruc-
ton conflict in opinion between Com
gress and the President in reference to the
Freedmen's BureaV is IN its consequences
comparatively unimportant 1t would excite
little interest If it Stood alone: Both fully
agree that this Bureau was created for the
transition period between war and peace and
should cease at the end Of that period. The
President thinks that period nearly passed,
and that the original provision is sufficient,
while Congress th;nks the original provision
needs enl2rging. agree with the President
is not necessary. Ought the President to be
denounce in the house of his enemies? Much
more ought he to be denounced in the house
of his friends for refusing, in the absence Of
any necessity, to occupy or retain the exer-
else of powers greater than those exercised
by any imperial magistrate in the world
Judge ye, trust, this fault of declining i'm
periaI power too harShly, rendered by too
confding Congress, may be forgiven by
generous people.
1t will be sad hour for the republic when
the refusal of unnecessary powers and pat
ronage by the President shall be held as
crime. When it shall be go considered the
time will have arrived for setting up at the
White House an Imperial throne, surround
ing the Executive with Imperial legions.
WAsHINGroN, Feb. 23.-While the crowd
were surging to and from the front of the
White House yesterday, guards were placed
around the entrance and none but Democrats
were allowed to pass. The meeting was also
addressed by Postmaster Dennison, Henry J..
Raymond, Francis B. Cutting, Daniels, Dick.
inson and Geo. Opdyke, and dispersed at
late hour. Mr.. John Wentworth, who was
in front and near the guard, was pressed back
by soldiers. He demonstrated, when the po-
liceman said he would arrest him If he did
not keep still. Wentworth dared him to try
it, with loud voice, and then said: "You
have murdered Lincoln and now you want
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