The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-01-30
correspondence of the I'hTnix.

correspondence of the I'hTnix.
WAsnINcroN, January -, ls6G:-rhc
question which absorbs public attention
Il ere now is the bill to confer free suffrage
on the negroes in this District The bill
having passed the House, giving the nc
grocS suffrage without any limitations or
qualifications. the public expectation is>on
iiptoc To see what the Senate will do
Great political results depend on this nc
ton OF the Senate. 1t is asccrtaincd, he.
yond doubt, that the President will veto the
bill IL its present form. If, therefore. the
Senate sustains the action OF the House
the President and Congress .arc NJ once
placed in direct antagonism. The Pr2ai-.
dent andthc Republican party, in Congress
will be ut daggcgs point with each other.
and the President will have 10 throw him
self in the arms OF the conservatives OF the
country. This brcach.wili undoubtedly in.
VDlvc reconstruction o: the Cabinet. III
tho INTERESTS OF conservatism. The c1nscr-
vaiives are watching the crisis with deep
interest. The only apprehension they have
IL, that the Senate will modify the bill in nsuch
u way as to avoid the Presidential veto. \
few days will develop the action of tho
Senate, and it is to he hoped that they Will
have back.bone enough to follow the doc
clusion The House has
think it likely that the Government will
not attempt to Try Captain Scmmes. The
case agalst him is very feeble one
am sorry TO say, that an Amendment to
frumhulIs bill has passed The Senate, con
tirminS to The negroes the tislc, for three
years 10 the lands they are in possession
OF OH the Sea- Islands of South Carolina
AS the House is much more radical tham
the Senate, il is almost certain this rrovis
ION witl Become the law, unlcsS the Press
dent vct0cs the bill The President. have
rcaSos Ia know, does not favor this mon
sro0s minsticc to the Sea Island planters.
Eut 1t is not known whether he. will veto
the bill or not
There seems to be no doubt but that Con.
grcss will repeal the test oath required Of
lawyers practicing in the United States
Courts. This hberality of Congrcss'ariscs
ttom the fact that the majority of the Su-
prcmc Court hold the law TO be uncons;itu-
iionnl, Such is the opinion of the Court
though their decision has not been annouuc.
ed. Such n decision will, of course, very
much shake the legality of the test oath
now required OF public officers, and smooth,
TO some extent, the obstacles to the admIs.
sion of the members OF the Congress from
the South. AS the matter now stands, |
think the Congress are determined not TO
admit any members from the South, except
/ those WHO can take the test oath
AS regards Mexico. from what learn il
is the policy of our Executive TO preserve
the peace with Maximilian unul harmony
is restored at the South. When restoration
Is oomplcIc-say two or three years from
now--in time to operate on'the next Presi-
dcniia! election, very emphatic notice 10
leave the premises will be served on uNIaxi-
| milan.
In talking with leading Democrats one
! meets here from the North, surprise is con-
| stantly expressed by them thai ihe Confed-
crate States did not hold out 10 the North
the possibility Of n pacific re adjustment in
the event of McClellau's election TO the
Presidency With that TO 60 on, they say,
they would have beat the Republicans to
death.
The passage Of your negro code is con.
sidcrod great misfortune here 1t is made
a great handle Of by the radicals.
II is no longer secret, says tho Jackson
(MiSs.) CLARION, that ''our able Senators arc
remaining in Washington City at the ear
nest solicitation of the President. who is
dcsirOus of seeing the Southern States once
more represented. in the halls of Congress =
Judge Sharkey would have returned home
long since but for tho assurance of the
President that he would be admitted, and
his earnest desire to have his assistance in
his efforts to do justice to the Southern peo.
pie"
GEM.-Cut this out and paste ii in
your scrap book; or better commit its sim.
Pile words to memory and take its sweet
lesson to heart:
1T is not much the gold can give
With oil its subtle art,
And gold alone is not tho thing
- To satisfy the heart;
But OH, it those who cluster round
The altar and the hearth,
Have gentle words and loving wsys,
How beautiful is earthl"