The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-13
From Washington.

by committee OF the Maryland LIE
gislature, consisting of Hon. J. M.
Frazier, Speaker of the House; Sena-
tors Earle, of Queen Anne, and w.
P. Eaton, of Baltimore city; Messrs.
q. Potett and Slothower, of Baltimore
County; G. B. Calvert, jr., of Prince
Georges County, and Joseph Harris,
Henry Hazen and Thomas Fl. Mules,
Esqs., of Baltimore city, members of
the House, appointed at the late ses-
sion to present resolutions adopted
prior to adjournment, approving the
policy of the Executive. A number
of other gentlemen of prominence,
Mr.. Robert Fowler, State
Treasurer, accompanied the commit
tee, and were present ut the inter
view. The resolutions Of the Legis-
lature were delivered to President
Johnson by Mr.. Frazier, who, at the
same time, made few pertinent re-
marks, assuring the President that
his policy met with almost universal
approval in Maryland. The delega-
ton was received with courtesy by
the President, who expressed himself
pleased with the action Of Maryland.
He was quite frank and unreserved in
his remarks to the delegation, ex-
pressing a firm conviction that the
whole people of the country would
ultimately support his veto of the
freedmen's bill, and all other mea-
sures interfering with the Constitu-
ton. He declared with warmth that
it was his sole ambition to restore the
country as it was before the war
The President thanked them for
the encouragement vouchsafed to him
by this expression of confidence in
him and his acts, and said he would
endeavor, in the future, to justify
this confidence. There could be no
mistake in the position that he occu-
pied-he acted on principle. Ever
since his first entrance into public
life, he had entertained one idea re-
garding the nature of the Union.
He had never changed it; and it
pleased him to say that, after the
terrible ordeal to which we have been
subjected, and the present unsettled
state of the public mind, he still held
this idea, that there were, and always
would be, enough men, good and
true, to sustain the integrity Of the
Union.
Speaking of his own course, he
said that for the sincerity Of his mo-
tives and security for the future, the
only guaranty he could give was the
record of his past life. If that was not
deemed sufficient, it was useless for
him to say more. The Constitution
had been his guide; the public good
his sole aim; and, sink or swim,
live or die, he should stand by that
Constitution. It is impossible to go
wrong if we act Oh great and true
principles. There may be gloom ga
thering on our hearth stones, and
though we may not see our way clear,
yet he felt that if We follow the right
path, triumphant conclusion will be
reached; but we must follow it stead
ly Aa f2E lad dhss bssh rthheheP" tbs sP" ana of his his
cherished and only desire now was
to see, before he departed, the Union
restored, and the country entering
upon new era and grander career.
The committee retired much
pleased with their interview, each
one taking personal leave: of the Pre-
sident.
A few days ago, the House of Rep
resentatlvcs passeda resolution call
ing upon the President to communi-
cate, if in his opinion not inconsistent
with the public interests, any cores
pondence or other information in
possession Of the Government, in re-
gard to the term of Office of Presi-
dent Benlto JuareZ of tie Republic
of Mexico, as to the period when,
under the Constitution, q popular
election in that country shall take
place, when free from foreign inva-
sion, and as to anyvote of confidence
and extraordinary powers given to
President Juarez by the Congress of
the Mexican Republic The Presi-
dent, through Secretary Seward, in
forms the House that it would be in
to furnish the information
called for.
Cor. Ne,o York Ne,rs, SUI.
The bill before the Senate, report
ed with an amendment from the FL
nance Committee, to-day, provides,
among other things, for the taxation
of income from all United States pro-
perty held by foreigners with refer
ence to its necessity. Commissioner
Rollins, in note to the Hon. John
Sherman, of that committee, writes
as follows:
The income acquired under the pro-
lection of our laws should pay it's
appropriate distributive share for
that protection, whether the persons
to whom it accrues are citizens or