, 1866-01-06
FROM WASHINGTON.

It is dllhcuit Tor one who has accurate and
fun information concerning the state Of 60
ciety at the South-such Information a. ought
10 be lodged At The White Housc-to read
with calmncss and just Difference the Presi:
DENTAL declarations II tha President Is not
informed Of the truth, IL Is g1ievous calam-
ity 10 ths country, md En- inealculable mis-
fortune 10 the President personally. II he ia
fully informed, az he surely might be, then II
is more difficult than one cares to own, TO
conjecture The logical process by which the
Executive mind, starting from certain pre-
miscs, does at length arrive at certain conclu-
sious- The "way Of fish In the sea, of bird
in the air, Of a serpent upon rock, or of a
man with maid" Is, either Of them, more
easily traced. For, to pretend, as the advo-
Gates Of immediate restoration do, that there
is in the South any such condition Of society,
fn the Northern States be termed orderly, is
simply ridiculous.
! Ills true that if the Proclamation OF Emau-
cipation had never been issued, nor the Con-
stitutional Amendment agreed to, nor any
deliberate ntterupt at reconstruction on the
ernmeut with the approval Of the people; Il,
in one word, VIC were about to reconstruct
the Union as It was; with slavery as it was.
and Congress rs It was, and The. Presidential
Office as 1t was, and the Southern temper Is It
wns, and the fugitive slave law as it was,
We now deliberately proposed to concede all
The principles that VIC have fought for, asking
only general perjury that should be under
stood from the hesstning to be perjury, and
should be accepted as Unnecessary formula -
only ito change the conditional mood to
the better fndicatiye-this il what Nc want to
do, to hare done, and to see established, then
1t is ouly necessary to accept the Presfdent'a
message and throw away Gen. Grants report,
and Gen. Hnward's report and Gen. shnrz's
report for no man 10 Congress or out can &C
cept the message unless lie rejects these &C.
Gen. Craft declares that a esril ord order Is not
restored, and not likely soon 70 be; he has
mustered ont million Of soldiers, but de-
c1nrcs thai military authority must be iudcl-
nite1y continued In the insurrcctiouarJ States.
Gen. Howard rccites ten eogeat reasons why
in his Judgment MS soldter-and MI his an
tcccdcnts arc IS conservative IS Gen. Grants;
| lie Is anything In the world but IN enthusiast
the military administration Of the Freed
| mems Bureau must be continued for
1t lsast another year, and probably
for three years and General schurz In
cites the facts Of Southern society IS he saw
| them On hie official Inspecting tour. II be-
comes the duty OF the President to commu-
nlcate these documents to Congress, and he
sends them 10 the Senate In single batch,
! 1,1rn IN Wnrtfnn Tc1i mn; ali Is onjet m fhn
Fntomaci 19'
| NJ. Sumner is patient bluadczer, to be
sure hut n very useful one, nevertheless. A
H., tt,n,s 3e,S,nst \. +" atona aslaJ T., ha
~ e1as aat1.a. f.sI. o ~. 1+s,at ~ II, ~
n4nSsns ~ "' ros,natna SO ancu W. h;r, MW- ~
rosiden+ IN i5ai n,3 9 oa1.on.t VIZ 4 h.. ,o,d ~ :.
/ f,.se n'thor~h Ar, sn+rr h. called the cen.
eruble head of the nation 4 Wbitcwagheri''
| GcufIctucn Of The most 1narked conserya-
t1yc tendencies arc nstonlshed at the presl-
DENTS rcrtiuacttv, although they only con
fesS IL Il, n whisper. One nf them said Ia me.
three davs ago: "suulner Is the most cour-
aceous man in either House, Every word
): TINT be said Is true; Il Is mAite,ca1atpg, and
abcminablc whitcwashln~ at that: We all
know Tint the condition Of Southern society
il simply atrtul.''
= But tnc President must maintain his posi-
ton, and 50 TO prove Mr. Sumner in error,
he straiehtway relieves every Provisional
: ecmblages Of rampant treason. convened at
Tie command Of defiant rebels. to be the true
md loyai State authorlties OF Aabama,
Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and
Mississippi respectively.
y Thus he decides the long mooted question,
whether the President Or The Congress shall
deal with constitutions, laws and auch organ
~ ASAA eAAA ~ o>AVhA " A.sS PLA +~AAS'N~'
{. Tie Congress Of AZ responsihinhcs graver
than the auditing Of election returns.
Tins the Issue is made up. The temper OF
congress VIII 30 soon oe ready ior onselsa.
tton That need not employ inc atten1ion ol
onr 1Gaae1H ;a mpGp e. een}ec.a oesGnq ,ne
cioUs, the .onSrrss Is not lacking 70 sel'-re-
sPect; and u the frcsldcnt wants TO snoW,
he las only to "ttJ 1t o."
AFFAIRS IN TEAS
Not much cornes to tho public car from Tex
~; so little, that the Inference OF most seems
to be that the current Of events 1hereaway
must be flowing quietly.
1he tfntn IS quite otherwise; IN no por
lion Of tne SCUM Is tEe eonalt1on OF soeae15
moro lAmcntaole. AuEoas, c1ael CutsaEes t,a
WNd laHIessness, arc sweeping oscf lae say
nEe sa1fhnons stofns 11oM me oottomie1
Pr, Iae eoaanloa mol o. t9e tseed Peopte can 10. o.
, : bet.ef 1naaFlnea tnan aescnDea. iaey ar'
hke ihinbs m tne nlast o. raven ons~oiFes g
tnc1r COT pes 'aht ~ tne aM anu u Gnoke IL
st'eahs. tnu !" :no Ateto W l hou'7iaua nel..
n 1.h, muu ~ tue ,ituet5an Is .tts- s.
Assa ~. s't en- ~. Mtsb h"1er
sa.aa,sa on,.as nnu an Inc IA nofrof
" 's. 49," ur wv, nny: .-,ny; ~ ~,ac ,o'
Luckily, some Of the "reenlatots" OF re
, | constructed society, tired OF waiting ionge
+ foE the hoped Tor tnsutrectSons, deter
Igned TO have sone lun anyhow, and 50 g
. Cu11stAas NoIl4uH, +ute1 A4uol LIZ ny NGA!
. dressed themselves In gray uniforms and sal
lied into The streets 70 help the Presidcn!
Every negro was knocked down upou sighi
I ! every negro assenblnEe dispersed, until Ger
: ANaur heard Of II and sent un-reconstructe
=. troops to lay military hands upon the -
. Villains " md "coerca !" another peace Ih
: Tanton and deliberate Outrage was perpetria
8 Cd within ssght OF the White Aonse, and VII
t The ardent approval o. all me "avI aatno
a !nes'" rs occurrence @as loftnnate oecaus
the stene was laia 90 near 70 Cong1es6, an
= rEiesnea memne5s VIA ne e Suggestion TEES I. D..
~ oa,,t4 W.. r.,ntaa Stn{s ~ A'n@ ~ W.
s-,ps rnnornu TYP cr,nns
,.t.,a s -.su,'a,. .A ~.
Mcan" hue, neteI1ueless, 1ne llce9 PeoP
er aye Panenuy oeasing an tnings ana 3,p a1pla a
g. az tn4nEs WIN ~ enon.ahce WHICH w. ~
T. M! mem 70 tne enc ana afc-&9ose Wno q
- ielt anEe|maNng a3lgeht use OF every hol
ior me1t0i aha moral improvement Alfeae
IT, inc 1fults OF thelf elementary education 9
% pear IN the ul,sprnshg OF NUMBER o. neH ss
papers owned, cd1tcd and patronizcd eth
wholly or IN part by negroes. The latest
these Is the AMie4dlls9, the first number
st ; whith, dated "Mobile1 Dec. "A /" came to 4
II sna wen prin.eo " WeeS,y owned ,s ana fsad a.
Of tne ifeea psopie o. Mob1ic, ann eoMeo ~ tos
u was sent ont nv and ia stiu in tlla service