The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-01-10
From Washington.
WAsuINGToN, De-. 9

The proceedings in the House Of Re
presen.atives oa yesterday, and in the
Senate to day, have damaged the Radi
Gals prodigiouSly. Thai. Steven, their
leader and dictator, delivered on Monday
a speech SO detestable IN sentiment. hide
Gus in temper, and at,rocious in doctrine,
that some o! his most oLedient followers
fled from his support when Mokauna un
Seiled his horrid visage.
The prevailing sentiment among the
Radicals now is, that they mus. get rid
ny some means Of this woliish old man OF
the sea, or that he will throttle their.
At the hotels, in the reading rooms,
and wherever the Republican members
OF Congress congregated, after the ad
Journlnspt OF the Louise, the violence and
fury Of ;he old savage was deprecated.
30 strong was this manifestation Of
disapproval, that even that thoroughly
lubricated political wea,hercock, Fornev,
yeered suddenl y round to the point on
the compass marked Conservative" "and
declares in the Chronicle that no par,y
can support the opinions of Stevens and
1--WE. This declaration Is valuable as
showing the present temper Of the Rad,
Gals, Tor bad the speech Of Stevens met
their approval, the Clropicie would have
praised it to the skies. Raymond, the
editor. of the New York Times, who is n
member OF the House. was exceedingly
anxious 10 'ock horns with S evens, and
sprung to his feet when the latter con.
cluded his speech; but the polite Colfax,
who is very cunning, failed to recogn u
him, and thus prevented an exhibition of
the fact that there was discorl in tue
ranks OF his party.
The message Of The Presiden, and the
report Of General Grant were read in the
Senate this morning, and their bold, clear
and emphatic comm euda,on of tie pre-.
sent spirit, temper and loyalty of the
people Of the South, carried dismav into
the ranks of Summers cohorts. The Pre-
sident Of the United States and the poou.
lar and victorious Lieutenant. G General
both playing away at the same tim into
the black, p,rstical craft of Stevens and
Sumner. made it reel and culver. They
bore the reading Of the Presid ent's mes
sage with comnendable fortitude; but
when the report Of General Gran. was
read, applauding toe present spiri. of the
Southern people, and "corking up" the
freedman's Bureau almost as tightly AZ
he did the hero Of 10000 spoons, it was
diveiting in the extreme to watch the
countenances Of Sumner, Wade, Fester,
tc. The report Of General Grant plants
him firmly BY the side Of the President,
aud the utter futilty OF such creatures as
Stevens and Sumner contending success.
fully with the official influence of the
President. ard the colossal popularity Of
Grant, filled them with impotent rage
TWAS when Grants report had been read
that Sumner sprang up, white with anger,
AMI denounced the esssge OF The Presi.
dent as a "sbite washing message" For
this offensive language lie was at once
ssbuked BY two Radical Senators.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2l.
In the Senate, Ioward's resolution.
asking the President to inform the Sens,e
upon wh at charges Jefferson Davis was
con fined. and why he has no. been
brought to trial, was referred to the fol.
lowing committee: Messrs. Fe.senden,
Grims', Harris, Howard, johnson and
Williams. -
sumher presented petition from the
colored citizens Of Tennessee, protesting
against the reception Of the Tenn essee
delegation until the rights Of the colored
people Of Tennessee wore recognized
Also, petition from the white citizen,
OF the District Of Columbia, asking the
extension Of the right Of suffrage 10 the
colored citizehs. "
10 the House Of Representatives, Hub
bard, Of Connecticut, offered resolution
that the United State, will never ecog-
n'ze any government imposed on apv