New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-03
correspondence of the Crescent
LETTERS FROM WASHINGTON.

LETTERS EXON "AshAN@AoN.
WASHINGTON, D. G., January %, 1866
The passage by the House of Representatives of
the bill giving the negroes of this District the right
to vote, is regarded as bringing matters to an in
teresting point. The President, it is now under |
stood, will certainly veto the bill in its present
form. IT, therefore, the Senate should adopt the
bill without modification, the issue between the
President and the Republican party in Congress
will be distinctly made up. 1t would SEEM there
fore, that we may be upon the eve of most impor-
tant developments. The great party which has
governed the country for the last five years may
soon be shiyered to pieces. Two occurrences may
prevent this consummation devoutly to be
wished for. First the Senate seeing the precipice
which their party is rapidly approaching, may
amend the suffrage bill to make it acceptable
to the President--for the President, most unfor-
tunately, has committed himself to the proposition
of giving the negroes here limited right of suf-
frage, And on this point would remark that the
President has pyeu so,,s Of the Senators the
STRONGEST assurances of his desire to 90 with Con-
press on this subject as far as he possjbly can.
Or second}v if the hill nasses the Senate without
| amendment. and ia vetoed vet Conpress. through
| no,;cv NAV nocket their INDIGNATION and a hollow
| truce he Matched nm between the bellioerents.
The hest thing that could bappen now, is for the
| President tn break with tbe radicals and boldly
nursue his own po,icv, Then the conservative
marty of the country would 20 into the next cleo
tion with the mower and natronaoe Of the Execu
tive to aid them Tn this wav there robt he
brouoht ahopt an artire revo1nt;on in the notifies
of tho country Rnt an MANY adverse tbincs are
constantly occurring that we cannot venture to
he very bonefu, abont ANYTHING
| u;sa mechanically fact tn the nronertv holders
If this ctr that tbs mora so;tation of the negro
sufraee Question is inuriouslv affecting the value
Of real estate here already. MANY persons saw
thew will, sell out and move away from here. /
bora baord tbo on;,io, exnr.sseI bv canita,;sts
that if the negroes are allowed to vote here real
ota+ will fol, in vo,ne fftv nor cant Tho paqroes
are verv pncb cherished here, They ride in the
city cars and tbe galleries of CONGRESS- often have
r,ora b,acl, than xb;ta neon,a in them The
co,orsd women aarnt into tho ladies', galleries of
| Conerpss very mucb tn the annoyance Of the
1ybito ,sa;os Won ,v;,, even find co1ored women
assisting at tbe ARGUMENTS in the sunreme Court.
81 20 II would he amnsnc If it did mot ;nd;.
cato madness in the ,nh,ic mind. The extent to
which tbia neoro mania has taken nossession Of
the minds If the Marty in mower here is wonderful.
Thew will never rest until the negroes are mt on a
Il
incndinr tba domestic relation IF the Northern
naone are NOT vet readv to accent these doctrines
in their entirety the leaders will 90 to work and
educate Tho r;sing reneration +o raceiva tho now
f.itb
Tha oo+;or of +bo House in ,,ass;nr +be nerro
s,erooa h;ll tbo;r doterrirotion to nes+
20 - ~ oo,,a;t;ona 80 rooan,issio, of tbo
co,,thorr c+otos -, +ho ooooo,aion of ,,o.rro s,f
fro 90 Of +ba south II ID donhtf,1 # +hsre evor
vos mora radca, boav of mon assamb,ed in q
1or;s,,t;,, oonooit +bo, ;s tho pan,blioor roiori
80; a., 1Jno - pouoao4a+;o T. s.; ooI
, hodv +oo Tbera are varv faw sunarior mon in #
An,o,r o+bor +ronb,os IF tho S,,+b not;t;ons
Io;r ro,,+ houo ,,,,u,or+;,, r. aor,o fron, +ho
,o,o1 r,an of A1ob.rn, and Tennassoo ool,inr "a,
,rotoo.;a, oe,o;,at .I r,.o,or;t;onz ~ +o sooos
| radicals great handle. They insist that the pet
tons show the untness of the Southern States fo1
self.government.
The Committee on Freedmen's Affairs of the
House of Representatives are going on a Southern
! excursion. to see matters for themselves, They
g will see things only from their own stand-po point
and return confirmed in all their prejudices.
i Col Osborne, Assistant Commissioner of Freed
$ mems Bureau in Florida, has made report tc
Gen, Howard, urging that large slice of Florida
be set apart for the colonization of the negroes
This is an acknowledgment of the difficulties Of
of the free negro question. Experiment after ex
: pertinent will be tried, and all to end in failure
But the radicals will never admit that there was
anything wrong in their theories of free negro
labor They will prefer to lay the blame on every
, body and everything but themselves.
There seems to be very little doubt but that the
House will pass Mr.. Trumhulls bill, which has
passed the Senate, giving the negroes in posses
sion of lands on the sea coast of South Carolina
and Georgia, the said lands for three years. I
cannot think the President will approve such a
: monstrous proposition. Many of the owners of
+ these lands are reduced to absolute want They
have nothing but these lands left and it is grayely
proposed to take these away. OBSERVER.
7
w.svuc1os Tan o, 1884
: Yesterday letter of the CORRESPONDENT of one
of the Cincinnati papers was yery conspicuousy
published in the editorial columns of the Inte
rencer of this city, This letter ia yery carefully
prepared aud sets forth various facts to show the
Presidents conse rvatiye tendencies. Amono othe,