Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-04-08

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tnding It impossible 70 pass the blu with la
Senate as it now Is, viii endeavor to ADM
Colorado before taking the vote. 1t is SOM
consolation, however, to know that this mus
be done by an act to be submitted to tn,
President for his approval, and that he viii
find such good and loyal authority as Sum
ner and Fessenden for sending in third
veto. Before the Colorado Senators elect
had given the Radicals a first mortgage on
their votes, Sumner and Eessenden spoke
bitterly against the proposition to admit the
new State. Matters have changed since
then, however. A political necessity has
occurred, and it is probable that all the loyal
fellows will waite for the admission of Colo
RADIO when the proposition comes up again.
If the Radicals find themselves in eondi-
ton to override vetoes, they will immedi-
ately re-enact the Freedmen's Bureau bill in
a new draft, and make desperate effort to
pass it.
THE RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.
am sorry 10 observe disposition on the
part Of the Reconstruction Committee to
suppress, in the pretended publication of
General Lees testimony, the most impor-
tant portion of that distinguished officers
examination. | violate no confidence in
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giving it, as follows:
Q. What kind of shirts did you wear
during the war?
A. Calico, sometimes, and sometimes
wooden.
Q. You are married, are you not,
A. Yes, am.
@. Well state.to the committee what kind
of under-clothing your wife wore during the
unholy strife.
A. was not at home much of the time
and can't say.
@. What color was it?
4. don't know.
Q. Wasn't it gray!
A. never took notice.
@. Don't you know that the ladies of the
South formed a secret cabal for the wearing
of gray petticoats during the war?
A. | do not.
Q. Don't you think they wore more gray
than blue in the article of clothing to which
we refer?
A. do not know. Never investigated
that subject.
Q. Is it true that the women of the
South wear jeff. Davis's picture in their
bosoms?
A. never took notice Should not be
surprised if some of them did.
Q. Do you think a Freedmen's Bureau
agent would be allowed to marry into a first
family of Virginia?
A. If young lady belonging to a first
family were willing, 1 suppose he could.
q. How long will it be before pumpkin
pies become favorite dish in the lately re-
bellious districts,
A. do not know. Some people like
them now
q. Is there not great aversion to Goldfish,
as Yankee staple of diet?
A. | do not know that there is.
Q. Do they like pork and beans in Vir-
ginia?
A. Some people do.
Q. What's your opinion of the Fenians?
A. l have not given the subject much
attention.
Q. How are you on Schleswig- Holstein
A. have not made up my mind on that
subject either
Q. Which side do you sleep on7
A. The right side, generally.
q. Do Southern men generally continue
to sleep in arms, notwithstanding the cessa-
ton of the rebellion7
A. Those who are married do, l believe.
q. Do those that are not married abstain
from doing so?
A. can't say that they all do.
There areother important parts ofGeneral
Lees testimony not yet published by the
Committee on Reconstruction. | trust |
have given enough to show, when contrasted
with what has heretofore been given to the
public, that the most significant portions of
hee1amination-thos bearing most directly
on the great problem of reconstruction-are
wilfully suppressed. MACK.