Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-12-29

n bill repeating the 18th section Of
the contiscation act, which gave
power to the President to grant am.
nesty to rebels. Chandler tried to
rush it through the Senate, but Mr..
Fessenden preferred delay and the
action OF the Judiciary Committee
Mr.. Trumbull favored this mode of
action, but pre.iudgcd the case, He
means to vote for it, as he says, in
whatever shape it comes up He is
chairman of the committee and
wants the measure to undergo ju.
dicial scrutiny; but, being IL candi-
date for re- election, with Logan try
ing to head him off, he means to be
rs radical as the best of the crew.
Sumner has introduced his prop
osition to degrade the States into
Territories, and declares that Con-
gress alone has jurisdiction of the
whole subject--he repudiates the
co coordinate branches Of the Govern
ment, declares the existing govern
mcnts in the late rebel States to be
illegal, and that they must not only
be excluded from representation in
Congress, but from voting on con-
stitutional amendments. He wants
the bulk of the white people exc IL.
ded, and the negroes brought into
the great political family. 1t must
have provoked a smile, even upon
the most radical face, to hear him
declare that there is no chance for
peace in the rebel States until Con-
gress assumes jurisdiction over that
whole region! No peace in commu-
mites quietly submitting to all the
requirements of a Congress in which
they have no voice! What non
sense is this for grave Senator to
utter. Surely he has been dreaming
Of the ghost of Bro ks, and in his
perturbation tancies that legions of
devils have been unloosed in the
South.
Mr.. Wilson has given notice ofhis
intention to call up his joint resolu
ton to dishand and prohibit militia
organizations in the rebel States.
1t matters not to this distinguished
warrior that though the Constitution
Of the United States gives to Con
gress the right to provide for or
ganizing, arming, and disciplining
the militia, and for governing such
part Of them as may be employed in
the service of tho United States" yet
it reserves to the States respective
ly the appointment of the officers,
and the authority of training the
militia according to the discipline
prescribed by Congress, Mr.. w.
means to abolish altogether the mi
litia ofthe late rebel States.
We do not wonder at this: On q
bright Sabbath day, at the first bat
tie of Bull Run, where himself and
other amateur Congressional war
riors went TO witness q "pass at
arms" while common people were
at church, Mr.. Wilson saw some ug-
ly and uncouth specimens Of rebel
militia They made an unpleasant
impression upon his memory, hav-
ing given him hint to go and mot
to stand upon the order of his go
ing" He returned straightway to
Massachusetts,, and gave a graphic
account of the unmannerly militia
beyond the Potomac Forthwith a
regiment rallied to the banner of the
gallant General who had shown such
consummate skill in bringing off
safely his command. and to the mu-
sic of John Browns body lies moul-
dering in the ground" passed othe
front. 1t is due TO the truth Of his
tory here to state that the Massa-
chusetts men at that time had lost
the scruples entertained by the pat
riots OF 1912 about crossing State
lines, when the British invested the
Northern frontier. The audacio US
rebels were Haunting their saucy
banner in sight of the Capitol. Gen.
Wilson brought his fine regiment rs
far as Washington, and then, with
modesty, turned over
the command to Col. Cove, his own
powers being needed in
the Senatorial forum, to rebuke trea-
son wherever and whenever it should
rear its ugly head, and to impress
upon the law -givers of the nation the
necessity of sending. not leading,
patriots to the fields Of glory. Some
of the Bull Run militia doubtless
have survived in the rebel States,
and tits these pestiierous organiza-
tions that Gen. Wilson means toex-
tirpate by law.
Mr.. Wilson is pious now, and has
a horror of blood and carnage
Hence his desire 10 put guns and
sabres out of the reach Of vengeful
rebels.
Mr.. Sumner ventilated his accus-
toned affection for bis brethren Of
the African persuasion by inviting
Congress. ON the first day of thes ses-
sion to pass the bill FOR enfraHehis-
ing the black man in this District.
A scholar and an exclusive who
holds himself proudly alOOf from the
rays Of common men, be has been
for years for his devo-
tion to an idea Of theOretica equali-
iv that Is as foreign to bis daily life
IS 90 the manners Of a MOntmOrend
sr 3 Nesselrode. With Yankee con
sistenry. be Is ever ready 70 compel
bis neighbOrs 10 q practice which be
Dnlv prcaebes, and in this shows
hat wonderful virtBe which enables