The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-26
How the Work Gets On.

Congress continues Its daily devotion 10 the
idol installed I'm the marble halls OF 'hs ."p
toll. Yesterday, In the Senate, the OH eh''' se
the powers Of the Freedmens burea" W.
passed. This extends its operations o'e' "
whole uuion so that the cases OF harash'p ",''
snffer,nps of the unfortunate blacks In the
great Northern cities such rs the ifee""e "
: ,~nor h,.cr hoy. from Petersburg, in the
.,raa,s 81 Nawport, the other day, from
nss,ec,l , NAV receive the proper attention OF
this phiIanthropic body.
The House took 4 step towards diminishing
the influence of the white population in the
District, as n sort Of counterpart to the negro
suffrage bill, by ordering bill to be reported
by the Committee of the District TO exclude
from the right of suffrage all persons VINO
have voluntarily borne arms against tue
United States in the military or naSai ser
vice The House then resumed the cohsioei"
ton Of the constitutional amendment reg
ting the basis Of representation. pui ns -"
aos.,a "a we are informed, Mr.. Bingham,
- Ohio stated that the Committee ON Recon
.,r,o,ion had under consideration an amend
ivan, IN the Constitution for the purpose Oh
nrotec,ing the rights of all persons (blacK)
whose rights had not yet been enforced, owing
to the want of power in Congress TINS power
the committee proposed to give by the con-
templated amendment.
What sort of amendment this il we may wei
conjecture 1t is a foreshadowed attempt nv
doubt, to consolidate all power IN the hahos VI
Congress and reproduce the Long Parliament
of England on this continent.
As tn Mr.. SrEvYNss amendment. according
10 the telegraph, there does not appear 10 nave
been perfect harmony even in his own party
for we are told that various RepuDNcahs
favored some amendment apportioning repre-
sentation but were not agreed on the one
pending The debate of the day was animated,
and the subject seems to have been spun along
through the days sitting.
How long Is this agitation to continuef ana
how much of the time of Congress Is IL 10
occupyY Certainly it is doing no Sood 10 the
moor African, and can bit end in multipiica-
ton of the troubles and miseries OF the race
Is it not enough for the present that ne Is
rree-that he is amongst people VINO kho"
him. and have always been kind TO hlln ana
can better provide for his wants IN ms NE"
relation than those who are now dea1enlng the
ears of the country with their clamor ABOUT
hims Their ancestors tore him from ms
native land n sayage-a cannibal-and, In
state of slavery for q generation or tWo'
we have civilized him-not TO that degree
that he should DO considered gifted for
all the immunities and responsibilities Oh
citizen yet the agitators, paying to slavery
the highest compliment ever paid to any
system, education, contend that through IT, In
that brief time, he is thoroughly civilized
being, and entitled to the highest rights as
such. They believe no such thing. 1t Is all
hypocrisy. Were the negro contemplate III
numbers he would be contemplate every
way, and might have continued slave
till doomsday But he counts up his millions
and may be used rs political capital why
has the Indian never attracted the sympathles
of the philanlhropists ? He was the owner OF
the land we occupy. He is in no way inferior
TO the negro in any of the qualities OF man
hood, but has generally been considered supe'
rior, as he was more like the white man. Inc
difference is merely as to the value OF the one
In voting and the uselessness OF the other lor
any such purpose The negro would pay the
Indian promised no profit, no dividend. The
red man was too independent, too perverse'
too much devoted to the chase, too fond OF
hunting grounds, to be subjugated to the vile
uses Of partisanry. The case Is simple enough !;
but the game is yet not played out by great