Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
INTERVIEWS WITH THE PRESIDENT


BALTIMORE March S-The committee of the Ma
ryland Legislature, headed by Speaker Frazier, had
an interview with President Johnson to-day. to pre-.
sent the resolutions adopted endorsing his recon-
struction policy.
The delegation was received with courtesy by the
President, who expressed himself pleased with the
action of Maryland. He was quite frank and unre.
served in his remarks TO the delegation expressing
firm conviction that the whole people of the country
wond ultimately support his veto OF the freedmen 5
bill, and all other measures interfering with the Con-
stitution He declared with warmth that it was his
sole ambition to restore the country il was before
the war.
The kentucky delegation, in their interview and
address to the President to-day expressed admiration
and confidence touching his general policy, but com
planned oil the suspension of the writ of hdbeas
corpus, the continuation of the Freedmen's Bureau
and the garisoning of the State by the military
The President in reply, did not touch upon these
points but stated simply that he should take step
backward in his policy.
RECONSTRUCTION, $50 CALLED"
Representative Boutwell,, to-day, made report
from the Committee Reconstruction, signed by
himself and Representative Washburne of illinois,
in which they state that the colored people are I'M
doubleday loyal and One-half of the white people
dislOyal East Tennessee is strongly LOYAL and
Middle and Western Tennessee dsloyal. There are
about l2OOOO white males of the voting age and
$4,000 colored men of the voting age-in all
2UU,UUU lHc proposition OF the committee, hereto
fore reported places the State Governments in the
hands of about $1,000 men, or three-tenths of .he
adult population TO the exclusion of seven-tenths
Representatives Boutwell, and Washburne think it
better to give the elective franchise to all loyal men
in order that the Government may be permanently
maintained; and, therefore, they propose an amend.
ment to the proposition by afiiXing another cOndi-
ton for the admission Of Tennessee namely; That
in comforting the elective franchise no distinction
shall be made as to race or color.
BINGHAN's AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Bmghams amendment TO the civil rights bill
(Which bill has already passed the Senate) will come
up to morrow for discussion in the House of Repre-.
sentatives IL proposes to strike out that clause in
the first section which prohibits all discrimination in
civil rights account of race or color so that the
section shall read " there shall be no discrimination
on account OF race OF race or color in the right to
contract sue testify, acquire and transmit property
the same as is allowed to white citizens and fur
ther to strike out all the penal provisions and sub
stitnte section giving civil remedy TO the
party whose rights are infringed in the United
States courts, and securing nj certain cases the writ
of habeas corpus.
AFRAID OF BEING CIRCULATED"
The Freedmen's Bureau is informed that gang of
Southern regulators have threatened the life of one
of the teachers of the bureau, engaged in prOsecu.
ting his duties at AppomattoX Court Hoose, Vir-
ginia II is presumed that the only reason assigned
for this threat is the fact that he is Northern Abo.
litonist.
THE TENNESSEE RESOLUTION.
The IntelHgencer to-day speaks by authority, and
confirms what have already telegraphed you, that
The President will not sign the joint resolution with
reference to the admission of Tennessee.
THE SOUTHERN MEMBERS.
Mr.. Stevens final acceptance of the Georgia Sena-
torshp was " consequence of assurance from
high officials in this city that he would be admitted
to his seat and the President is determined to do his
best to secure that admission, His case is not an
isolated one.
ANOTHER AMENDMENT.
Senator Poland, of Vermont offered, to-day, a
proposed amendment to the Constitution, as fol-
lows:
Article -. No person who has been or shall be
willingly engaged in rebellion against the United
States shall exercise the elective franchise hold
any Office under the authority of the United States
Article -. Congress shall have power to pass all
laws necessary to enforce the foregoing article,
THE TREASURY AGENTS.
1t is seriously under contemplation to abandon al
suits against the Treasury agents who have behaved
so dsreputaby in connection with their cotton deal
ings at the South The reason of this is because of
the tremendous extent of the dishonesty that has
been discovered and the utter hopelessness of ever
being able to save even shred from the general
wreck. But, even granting this, should not the
criminals be Dunislel =