The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-07-17


ted by the Convention and ordered to be
submitted to them at the polls.
We the Senior returned from Washing
ton on Saturday evening last, after pleasant
and agreeable visit of some eight or ten
days
We had the pleasure of seeing the Presi-
dent several times, and of conversing with
members of the Cabinet, members of Con-
gress, and many other public men.
We did not find as much bitterness be-
tween the President and the so called radicals
as we expected There is more of this Bit
terness in the newspapers than elsewhere
There is marked difference, it is true, be-
tween the President and the majority of Con-
gress; and no one regrets this difference more
than we do. We are satisfied that both sides
are honest and patriotic in their views and
purposes, and we are not without hope that
some common ground will be found on which
both can stand.
The Congress, which has been in session
since December last, is expected to adjourn
about the first of next month The appro-
priation bills have all been passed. which is
an Indication of an early adjournment. The
tariff bill, some of the provisions of which
have excited very decided opposition, has
been postponed until the next session. And
we take pleasure in stating that it was under
stood on all hands that the collection of the
land tax in the recently insurgent States
would be, or had been postponed until 1868.
The President is firm in his determin alton
to maintain his policy. But he is equally
firm in the opinion that his policy ought to
be carried out by loyal men; and we know
that he feels embarrassed and grieved at the
change which has taken place in the so-called
Southern States since May last. He feels
that those who control affairs in those States
should so act as to sustain and strengthen
him. and not to say and do things which are
calculated, whether SO intended or not to
aid those with whom he is contending for
the admission of the States on loyal basis,
without any further amendments of the Con-
stitution. He still holds that if there be but
five thousand loyal men in State, to them
should be specially contided the work of
restoration; that these loyal men should con-
sttute nucleus around whom others should
y.
can the whole lump be leavened, and the
States be placed in condition, when pre-
scented to Congress for admission, to make
their claims on that body irresistible. While
he would prosecute no one, and while he
would be glad to see all who engaged de-
liberatcly in the war acknowledge their mis-
take, and pledge themselves for the future
! ~ fhnIr ontS tn No
tionally submissive to the national authority,
yet his sympathies arc chiefly and warmly
with the Union men, and he looks to them
as leading actors in the work of restoration
If the writer of this is loyal, the President is
much more so. He has no sympathy with
those who revile the flag, or who give hest
tating or doubtful support to the govern
ment, Or who declare that the States should
remain OFT of the Union indefinitely before
they should elect members of Congress who
can take the oath, or who in any way, or for
any cause, prescribe or prosecute Union
men.
The general impression in Washington
seems to be that Tennessee will be admitted
before the close of the present session, and
that concurrent resolution will be adopted,
declaring that other States following the ex-
ample of Tennessee, will also be at once adj
mitted.
There is no present purpose on the part of
the Congress, so far as we could learn. to re-
duce the States to the condition of Terri
tories. or to foIcc negro suffrage upon them
We heard nothing harsh or unkind said
by any one against or about the so-called
Southern States; but on the contrary, the
difficulties that prevented the restoration of
the States were regretted, and the wish
seemed to be that sooner or later good feel
ing and harmony would prevail
We may dwell more at length in future
issues on what we saw and heard in WISH
ington.