The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-02-08
CoFrespondence.of The Phenix. :
w WAsHMGToN, Jam 80 1866

Inc great question of the hour is t
Presidents conversation with a Sennat,
reported in the. morning .papars. m
conversation has fallen Ikea bomb. sb,
in the Republican camp. In this q,
versatlon;. the President states hls,opp
sltIon to further 'amehameuts Of Il
Constitution and the negro, suffrage S
tor the District of Columbia. The p
pnbllcans are furious : but they sbn,
der at a rupture with the President b.
cause they hate to give up their hold o
the spo'ls. 1t would seem that y
President and the Republican ny
mu8 come to blows. But both spPpo.'
merits are playing-the President the
advantage OF the issue, and the .Rpublf.
cans to save the patronage. TDPfesi;
'aSnt cannot count securely on Ine.third
'ot either House The Repu}Icans can
not agree on the proposed amendment
TO the Constitution, changilE the basis
OF ofreprcscn'ation. 1t is itended to re.
Ter 1t back to the commaee. Some of
the Republicans object TO the amend
ment. because it is to favorable to the
South. They say tL.South will gladly
give up eighteen orDwenty votes in the
House to prevent ,rgro suffrage, espe.
cially as tho Souti would lose nothing
in the Senate; and by dividing Texas
into four States, With very little aid from
the Northern States, could control the
Senate. Hence this amendment does
not go far.cnough to suit some of the
radicals, who are bent on making Ger.
tanty of negro suffrage
The negro Suffrage bill for this Dis,
trlct fingers in the senate. 1t is to be
hoped that it will pass: so that the Presi.
dent may get chance to vcioit
The Presidents position Is vc,y pecu.
liar. He cannot rely upon his Cabinet
for active sympathy IN his policy. Nc.
Cnlloch is.a mere tinancier of the bal.
ance, Mr.. Seward is the only conserva.
tive in the Cabinet. lIarlan's speech,
made few nights ago, in which he says
he prefers to trust negroes tha. are ig
norant, hnt loyal, with the right of sulf.
rage, than to trust wise rebels, show.
how radical he is; and Harlan is spcci.
men brick Of the Cabinet.
A letter from Mr.. Barringer, of North
Carolina, is very prominently paradcd
by the Republicans, as justilying their
action in reference to reconstruction.
Barringcr advises delay and says the
Southern people have not made sufli.
cieht proof oftheir loyalty. Governor
Brownlow is also out IN letter in the
same strain, only little more so.
| have just seen an intelligent gentle.
man from the new State Of West Vir.
ginia He says the laws there are ex.
trcmely oppressive on former Confedcr.
ates. Almost the only privilege q
Confederate has there, is the privilege
of being sued arl yet the Governor of
that. State is calling. for more repressive
laws. No importance is attached to the
rumor that the present Virginia State
Government is to be set aside, and
ProvisionalGo appointed. This
rumor is set on foot to scare the Legisla.
tnre which does not entirely agree with
Governor Pierpont in the distribution 4
the State patronage. The Governor
wants to take care of his particular
friends and the Legislature, too, has its
priends to be taken care of.
Mr.. Wilson has introduced a bill in.
creasing the number of cadets at West
Point, and confines the appointment of
them to States represented in Congress.
The object is doubtless to fill up fhe
cadet appointments before the Southern
States are readmitted.
It's to be feared that Trumbull's bill,
which gives the island lands in South
Carolina to the negroes, will pass the
House. IL is thought that the Presi.
dent may veto it. Gen. Sherman says
he never intended to give the lands to
the negroes, by his, order, beyond the,
period of the war. Sherman is very
conservative now. .
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