The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-05-29

WHAT OLD rnAp. sArp ON SATURDAY.

WHAT OLD THAD. sAID ON shIthDhis
Mr.. Stevens moved to amend the sixty
fifth section by striking out the words,
"The Secretary of the Treasury is here
by authorized to appoint an officer in
his department who shall be styled spe-
cial commissioner" &c., and inserting in
lieu of them Congress, by concurrent
action. shall elect special commissioner"
He said | am done with giving patronage
to the Secretary Of the Treasury where IL
can he avoided He has already said that
he will appoint nobody to office who does
not sustain the Presidents policy. He
has this morning distinctly so informed a
member of the House who called upon
him for an appointment. lie asked him
whether the applicants "antecedcnts were
in favor of the Presidents policy and
when he declined to answer him, he said :
al can appoint, and will appoint, no man
who does not support the Presidents poll
cv." He referred them to an apostate Sc
nator from that region, and said: 81 will
consult him when make the appointment,
and will appoint nobody not recommended
by him." .........
1t is time for this House to let the people
of the country know whether officers are
to be sacrificed to this determination Of
the subordnatcS of the President. If we
do not stand by them, they will not stand
by us, and they ought not. Ii is time that
we build up wall. This is malfcasancc
in office. have already ascertained that
four of the suhordinatcs of the President
have made the same declaration. IL
were little younger--and / shall be
in week, | think,-I would let those
officers know that this is grand inquest
of the nation, before which men who are
guilty of malpractice in office shall be
brought, and their cases presented to an
other tribunal which is to try them. lex
element.
A voice." Good
Sir, we are recreant to our own interests;
we are rccrcant to our own dignity; we
are rccreant to the interests of the c0un-
try, if we do not stand by those who stand
BY us. We must take care that no more
patronage shall be put into the hands of
any man to he abuSed-avowcdly abused.
II is time that we speak aloud and let our
friends abroad know that they are in no
danger: that they shall not be sacrificed
because they stand by Congress; because
they are not the tools of rccreant Prcsi-
dent. EXCITEMENT
have authentic information that this
very day that course has been taken by the
Secretary OF the Treasury, and that nc has
declared distinctly that III that State he
will consult nobody but Il rccrcant apos-
tate Senator who has betrayed his party
and his country.
(Mr. Stevens was understood as reierring
or \
Mr.. Spalding, OF Ohio, inquired whether
the gentleman from PennNylvania was
going 10 urge his amendment seriously.
Mr.. Stevens declared that he was.
Mr.. Spauldng replied that he would Sc
riouSly oppose 1t.
Several other members stated their oh
irctionS. Finally Mr.. Stevens ascertain
ing that there was no quorum present, and
that there was II majority against INN,
withdrew his amendment.
ROUTE AGENT APPOINTED.
On the line from Washington To Lynch
burg, Va, John +. Langley is appointed
route agent, vice +. II. Bruce, resigned:
salary, eight hundred dollars per annum.
THE TAX BILL.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, from the Conn
mittcc on WAYS and Means, reported, on
Saturday, a new paragraph for that amend
inc section 1913 of the existing law, and
which had been reserved some days since.
1t imposes Il tax of two and a half per
cent. on gross receipts from passengers and
mails on railroad, canal, steamboat, and
stage companies; all vessels carrying pas
scngcrs between the United States and
foreign ports being exempted from tins
tax. \ tax of three per cent. IS levied on
the gross receipts of all ferries, bridges,
and toll-roadS, excepting in cases where
the gross annual receipts do not exceed
one thousand dollars, or where the receipts
are not more than sufficient to keep the
road i'll repair.
THE CAUCrS RECONSTRUCTToN SCHEME.
The new scheme will base representation
on voters, omit the third section, which
dcpriveS citizens of the right OF voting for
four years, and provides that cX-rcbelS shall
not be eligible to State or Federal office.
1t will defeat the committees plan.