New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-12
FROM WASHINGTON,


Special Correspondence of the New Orleans Crosetat1
WASHINGTON, July 8, 1866.
Every effort is used to make the National Union
Convention success, 1t is Thought here by the
Presidents friends to be the turning point of the
game. If the convention succeed they think
they have the future in swing, The disposition
Of some portion Of the Northwestern Republicans
to kick up against the protection -run-mad policy
Of the majority in Congress is a circumstance from
which encourageme' st is taken by the Presidents
friends The radi' sal party, generally, stick so
close together tina any dissenson is hailed as the
harbinger of good.
There IS no dc ,ubt that the President will veto the
tarlH bill II 1t Jass in its present form It is re-
garded by obs ervers here as the most outrageous
effort at this 6ind of legislation ever proposed in
this country, This whole business is managed
like great job. Delegations come on here and
manage an pay their way, so that the duties are
raised on certain articles to SUIT their interests
1t is anu ing, however, to see how the committee
try to grange opposite interests. To suit one
class nj Sh duties are proposed on coal and iron,
and the to suit another set 1t Is found necessary
to nave low duties on coal from Nova Scotia. The
government is fast becoming stupendOus swinde
in the present immaculate hands of its pOssessors.
Inc publication of FOrney's letter to the Presi-
dent is considered of the richest jokes of the
season. Everybody, even Forney's political al
lies, are laughing at him. The anxious COunsels
ForEey gave the President, as late as January,
1866, az to the necessity of putting in Office those
only who supported his policy is quite refreshing,
see inE how much Forney is now down upon my
policy" 1t is curious that an old stager like For
ncy should have such tendency for letter writing
| This is one of his weak points.
Some opposition is manifested to Congress ak
| ing in hand the work of restoring the levees on
the Mississippi; but the impression is it will be
| done. Certainly no work could be Of a more gen
eral character and especially is this restoration
/ incumbent on the United States, as much of the
injury to the leyees was done by the armies of the
! United States.
The impression has Cotton out that when Con
| gress retres from the stage here, the President
4 will initiate a Wholesale system of removals I
think there is something in this idea. To counter
act this, Congress, which is almost compelled to
retire on account of the election proposes to leave
committee in session, to watch and give the
alarm. They hope to alarm the President and
keep the country authoritauyely informed of the
course of events. The way things are going, il
looks like we were leading to a GOnvusiOn of some
sort or other. The President holds that The South
ern members have right to their seats; the rad
icais refuse Surprising the constitutional amend.
ment does not pass then, in a new Congress Of
the next presidential election, very troublesome
questions viii arise, and who is to decide them
The greatest possible anxiety is felt to hear from
the South as to the success OF free negro labor and
the prospects of cotton this hot weather. Ac,
counts received here are not encouraging. It is
said the crops are backward and grassy, and the
may expect great rise in the price of cotton
Some people here rest under the delusion that
there will still be large cotton crop But this is
impossible the only question is how small the
cotton crop will be- Every effort should be made
South to gather information on this point