The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-05-09
ReconStruetion-

Inc hcpuOlcan members oil the Recon
stTuctiOn Committee a few days since got
aplan off DEMONSTRATION which they thought,
and telegraphcd all over the country to that
effect, that it was just what wasneeded, and
that it would unite their Heterogeneous par
ty. Bat the following FROM the Washing
ION correspondent of the Pittsburgh Con,
merciaL a republican paper, shows that the
following members OF the Cabinet are OPP.
p sed to the bantling: Seward, McCulloch,
Stanton, Welles and Dennison; which the
President not only agrees with the above
named gentlemen, the majority Of his cabi-
net, but is earnestly opposed to the disunion
plan Of reconstruction proposed by Thad.
Stevens aud company:
WASHINGTON CRY, May /.
II is understood that in the cabinet meet
ing to-day, the President invited an express
sion Of opinion from the Ilca Is of Depart
mentS respecting the propositions reporte |
on Monday last by the Committee on Re
construction. An interesting and animated
Discussion ensued. Secretary Seward de-
clared himself is very decided and emphatic
terms against the plan of the Committee.
and IN favor Of the immediate admissions of
the loyal representatives from lately rebel
liouS States.
Secretary McCulloeh was as positive as
the Secretary of State in his opposition to
the plan recommended by the Committee,
and EXPIRE Sed himself as strongly in favor
81 the immediate contamination of the Pres
identS restoration policy by the admission
lnto Congress OF men from the Southern
Sta 'es.
Secretary Stanton was equally decided in
his opposition To the Committees propose
tion. He was for adhearing to the policy
which had been agreed upon and consistent
Is pu sued by the Almjnistrat on. and b.
wa gratiied that the President had brought
The subject to the consideration OF the Cab
net.
Secretary Wells was unequivocally against
the committees scheme. and wa elrn st
in his support of the Presidents policy,
cOnlprehcndlnE instant admission iato Con
greSs Of loyal Representatives from the
States lately in rebellion,
Secretary Harlan was rather %reticent, and
EXPIRE scd no opinion.
Postmaster General Denrison was in IA
yor of the Presidents policy, but expressed
doubts as t. the precise time at which loyal
Representative should be admitted.
Attorney General Speed was not present.
The President was earnest in his Oppnsi.
ton to the report of the Committee, and
declared himself against all measures prcce'
dent to admission oil loyal Representatives
from Southern States in shape Of amend
ments to the Constitution or by passage Of
law. lie insisted that un Ter the Constitu-
ton no State could be deprived Of its equal
suffrage in the Senate, and that Senators
and Representatives ought to he at once ad
mirted into the respective Houses as pre-
scribed by law and the Constitution. He
was for Il rigid adherence to the Cunstitu-
ton as it is, and remarked, that having Sns-
II ned IN Ives und II a. terrible rel in,
he thought the Government could be re,tOr-
ed without resort to amendments. H. re-
marked in general terms that if the organic
law is to be changed at all, it should be at a
time when all the States and all the people
can participate in the alteration.
Senator Poland, of Vermont, is no incon-
siderable man, though in some respects he
Is far less conspicuous than Senators Of less
real ability. As Il lawyer Of learning and
solidity, he is much respected, and for in
tegrity and personal purity he stands high.
He has however, found it necessary to ex-
plain his vote against removing Mr.. Stock
ton, Of New jersey, from his seat in the
Senate: and, in doing so, he has advanced
some ideas which are worth repeating, as
applicable to question Other than the partic
MA: one to which the Senator was referring.
He saws:
"Whether Mr. Stockton was legally elect.