The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-11
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WAsnlxGfos, Dies. 4, 1856.

DEAR Carr: Since my last, the second
session Of the Thirty Niash Congress ~ re
sumed its labors, and the first act effAs Sen.
ate was the offering Of bill BY Ssaatox
Sumner to eseahhsa negro salfagsin this
District, and the frst act of the House WAS
the introduction Of resolution BY IL. Eli,
OFT, Of Mass providing for the appoinsment
Of standing Committees 10 b called tAs Con.
mitree on Freedom. These two acts are A.
sribased 70 the effects Of my pofcy''-thsy
speak for themselves Uhcle -"Tha1.n came
in with . stopper On the occidental power Of
making appointments, ed Mr.. Eaii6sA Aiked
leave 10 oder bill during the session, stop
ping the indiscriminste pardonine If retsls-
which was stasssd by vote Of llfso 70.
To-day the SsnA>s By . lin We (2l 70 q, J
refused - consider it. Il will pass however.
A bill was introduced 10 the Houss TO- day
that in visw Of he many rshsllinassets hat
have tnuspirsd in the late rebel Stat6s and
the general wish Of the people . expressed in
the lste elections since the last session Of
Congress. additional rigor il demanded be-
fore they be admitted to Congressional rep
resentatiou.
The Presidents message 10 before he pso-
pie, and from its reading, stranger would
never suspect that . mighty rebellion had
lately been crushed, not word i spoken in
regard TO the aslaos sf our losai bssss asd
hands thai have given rs the peace vs nov
enjoy-but South Carolina is placed beside
Massacssssszs fas io11isy, end fsssamended
rs such n alessI O. Aeidssk nank God,
We will I've sss<hef Prsssdest;sl election b.
fore many years. Our city is rapidly filing
up, and the hotels are al crowded. Ristori,
is holding forth y to Nat;osal Thsslre to
large audiences st So seat. Al Walls
New OPEN House, Griffith Gsuns," draws
. crowd.
Nearly all the Iowa memebers have Or.
rived, and quite . number Of HAw ksyas not n.
C's-, among them Hon. d. W. Cooley, late
Commissioner Of fudizn Affairs, Judge Sam.
Miller, of Ksokuk, who looks - genial -
ever. and Gen. e. ". Rics, Who has lately
returned from the far Southwest whittier he
has beea - President efa Con miss;on to IN.
vestigsie certain clsims Of LOYAL Indiana. By
che way, scue portion Of the Iowa press gave
the General the reputation Of being . John
son mann justice to . brave soldier and
man, desire to contradict this, and to say
that Iowa .as every reason 70 b. proud Of
him ~ . soldier, . Union man, and .
Radical.
The weather i 6ne. Quite rain storm
passed over our city last night, bat to day
the skies vsrs beautiful end clear.
In company with several member 81 the
House yesterday, the remark vas made on
The Radicslism Of Thad. Stevens, when one
ofths members from Iowa aid, i've inssad TO
follow Thad. on that score" "He tThad. }
sAid be had been accussd Of Conservatism
dnring the last session, and, would b. RAD
eal this one, snd 'them's our ssntiments'n
Oas thing 10 certain, tAess IL no friendship
for traitors in the ssssead ssssioa d IL Thir-
ty-Ninth Congress.
LAas night .h- loyal men q waahington
sspdered as-sfcsot basque1 70 the Con-
sress. Abou, f.. haadrsd partook Of The
collation., and nl.absr were present vho
had not seats AZ he sableA The inmeass ~
ssnbAss wussdd-s $500, = hAesse1 h4seA
eioved with the f-rvor q pasr;osisn, 81 Hoa.
Speaker ColAx, Gov. Dick. Yates, Hon. D.
w. Kelly, Gen. Walbrides, Hoo. Thad.
csevens' Senator Howe. Col. Blow, Hon. J.
J. Stewart, Senator Wilson, Senator Lane.
aoo, 7. Kiag Csl,~, Hes. Jeaa Govpdesul
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