The Richmond palladium., 1866-05-24

1nIHT0 fonsrsssio'aI Proceedings. =
The President on the 10th. returned
the Colorado Bill to the Senate, with bis
HEIk6snso Eessdoes not consider the
establishment of State Government
.gssH Hsl rste q t sre sent necessary fory,s.e
ws1arf Of 4sps2Pls tnsis a.m..a The b p poP pm
rs 25000-while the advocates of the
bill reckon tire number at from 80 900 to-
40, 600. He says it is not satisfactorily
s61tst.tsasdettat majority 1of-the cti-
..ks .rsilsrap p'epassa Gorernen les 'paPfs Hs
final objeetioai r.. that the admission of
Colorado ~ this time as State in the
Union, appeef-ato' him to be inc6mpati-
bic with thssinterests of the cointry-
.s.,ss 1assss,a d Sasss,as Spsiea Colorado has di-
In the Senatege On the l7th, the bill to
prohibit tn. transportation of nitro
Flyeerne ohspassenger railroads or yes
sells waa spnssed nThe resolution to
s.,,s,.sa salpPoint AZ commissioners to examine the
site for fresh water basin for the iron
clad navy at Portland, Maine, was passed
nssUsFneD Dipioma atic Appropriation bill was
4AlsstlSM up and cbnsidersd at length and
t1ss@ sffrfalS passed. The West Point Acade
snts s was "r passed. asi r 'RS Wade sn sbm.ed ase
a proposed amendment to the Constltu-
stioi1a In the House, Mr. Dawes gave
notice that he Should call up to day the
contested election OF FolIett
.------ASetano.~dr.Ka hi 7. Kasson, from tire Com
mittee on Collage, Weights and Meas
ures, submitted report, which was read
three times sAad passed. Tile House
tHen " ssit INTO Com rnittee of the Whole
on the tax bill, and considerable pro
gress made.
~ y1eXs ssRAss -yxexs TIE rAssAdk or AN
I lHJl lAlsnr PILL -
The President day sent a brief
message to the House. inclosing tie
following letter from Gen. Grant:
HLADQ RS. ARMIES OF THs UNITED STATES,
WAsHINGToN, d. c.. May 16 1866.
10. Ren;7E-r4k. Stanton, Secretary of Var:
In view of the long delay in the lower
House of Congress in agreeing upon o
plan of reorganization Of the army suit
.--assab blesa to eur present requirements and
tile urgent necessity for early action,
le-s am induced to present the matter to you
s1ah officially, and to ask the attention. of
Congress to it, believing that when they
have the matter fairly before them they
win do whsteholId be done speedily
sS At tlrea present time settlements are
5.ais. .springing up with unusual rapilty IN
the district of country between the Mis-
souri, river and the Pacific ocean, where
heretofore the Indian was left in unds
Il klrted Possession. Emigrants push
ing to those settlements and to the gold
*'"s' feldssof the Rocky Mountains hy every
TO those regions, are citizens of the
United States, and are entitled to the
sSrtotection OF the Government They
are developing the resources of the
country to its great advantage, thus
making it our interest well as duty to
give them military protection. This
so& o&@inakesa a much greater force west OF the
~ ksadississippi than was ever heretofore
quired.a "A small military force is re-
quired in all the States heretofore in re-
a#.N# z halinYy md IL q y 10 IN tbaf ,jc
,ahat force will not be required for some time
TO come. 1t is to be hoped that this
force will not be necessary to enforce
the laws, either State National bur
the difference of sentiment engendered
by the great war which has waged for
four years, will make the presence of .
military force necessary to give feel
- ing of security to the people All classes
H. disposed to obey the laws of the country
will feel this alike To maintain order
the Government, has been compelled to
ss retain volunteers. All the white voun,
ht4l tee~s have become dissatisfied, and claim
ss.s that the contract with them has been
n7Ato Violated by retaining them after the war
was over. BY reason of this dissatisfsc-
tiop,s they are no longer of use and
might As well discharge at once every
one now remaining in service. The
colored volunteer has equal rights TO
~ claim his discharge but yet he has
not done so How long will the exist
ing laws suthorize the retention of this
force, even if they are content to remain?
The u. s. Senate passed promptly bill
Tor the reorganization OF the army.
wl,ich, in my opinion, is free from
objection rs any great measure could
re possibly be, and which would supply the
minimum requisite force. Is gives but
a lew Thousand additional men the
present Organization, but gives 4 large
number of additional battalions ana
companies. The public service, guard
ing routes of travel over the plains, and
giving protection in the Southern States
demands the occupation of great many
posts. For many of them small com
many is Just as efficient one with more
men in il would be.
rhe bill before sCongress-or the one
that has passed the Senate-gives i'll
creased numbers Of companies by di-
rninishing the number of rank and file of
each company It is an exceedingly
appropriate measure in this particular,
for it provides for the increase when
occasion requires more men The-com
pany is the smallest unit of organization
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