The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-23


business or no business in the way of legisla-
t,on-that, with q few members on guard at
Wa hington, enough to adjourn the two houses
over from day TO day, the session may be con-
tinued till next December.
The implaceble radicals are evidently resolved
to tie up the President during the recess, If
there is 20 be one, or to remain on the ground
and watch him, resting on their arms, with
their pickets duly posted, front, flanks, and
rear. That Temorseless fanatic, "old Thad Ste
vens," has compared Andrew Johnson to the
English Charles the First; and the two Houses,
upon TINS idea, are following the example OF
the revolutionary Parliament against the King.
1t Is highly probable, however, that the parallel
which does not apply in the beginning will not
holu good in the ending. Nous Ue1T OBs.
On Wednesday morning last in the Senate,
MIR. Hendricks (Democrat). OF Indiana, moved
TO take up the House resolution providing for
the adjournment sine de of the present session
in the middle of the next month. Mr.. Fessen
den, who is Chairman of the Committees on
Finance and Reconstruction, was opposed TO
the consideration OF the subject at present, as
there we're several important bills still to be
acted upon in addition to the Tax bill, The
Char explained that the resolution in question
was not before the Senate, but i'm the hands of
the Finance Committee. Mr.. Hendricks tnen
moved that the Committee be discharged from
the further consideration of the subject, in
order that the Senate might proceed to some
action upon II. The yeas and nays were called
and the result was yeas 6, nays 25, the yeas all
Democrats and the nays all Repubhcans-a
very significant division, ald of some import.
ance too, though upon mere incidental and
preliminary question. The vote shows that it
the Democrats have gwen up ali hopes OF
making anything out OF this Congress, and are
anxious to get II out OF the way, the Republi-
cans hold on to il as if there were nothing else
between them and great political revolution
in public opinion.
A special Washington despatch informs us
that "the radicals have agreed to delay the ad-
iouInment OF Congress until Governor BroWnlow W
fhn Iacr Clatt1 and
have 1t ratiiy the Constitutional amendment Just
issued from Congress; that "they are anxious
thus to admit one State, and claim that the
work OF reconstruction has been actually COM
menced on their own plan, before the opening
of the iall electons.n There may be something
mole than conjecture in this theory Governor
Brownlow is radical fanatic, and under his
management the reconstructed Legislature oi
Tennessee, with the wedding out OF the secesh b
element, is pretty well adapted TO the purpose
contemplated. Moreover, if Tennessee, candy
Johnsons own SLate," and as reconstructed by
him when Provisional Governor under the la.
mented Lincoln, can be brought to lead off In
behalf OF this Constitutional amendment it will
be trump card Tor the radicals. 1t will be a
hard nut to crack by the straight out Johnson
Republicans OF the stripe OF Senators Cowan
and Doollttle, TO say nothing OF those halfway
! and ready-tohat disciples OF the school and
1 firm OF Seward, Weed * Raymond.
1t is quite likely, therefore, that something OF
this sort may be on foot to head of Senator
Cowan, and to give "0ld Thad." and D. ID. For
ney good lit in the Pennsylvania October
election. At all events, we can hardly expect q
conclusion of this session of Congress this side
of August, considering the number of important
bills still lying upon the table of the Senate,
and considering the party tactics required to
hold the Republicans together, and to keep
President johnson and ms policy in the back
ground. The radical leaders in Congress have
their twe-thirds majorities over the Executive,
and we may be sure that they will not omit
some exercise of this power, in view of the
approaching State elections. We may thus
have some very curious and important devel
opments at Washington before the close of the
present session, and we guess it is possible that
the radical managers may find in the sequel that
they have been reckoning without their host.