The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-07-24

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Fair Ruilaings Washington CITY. on
Thuna.y uighs,5or the par6bse o.
|deno,uacing he forth ,eonihg National
Conventios and the policy Of tire
Pressiideptof the United States. -
i ti~u ko'',r, G. Sclenck, ON being
ch.ssn to presid,, "onu,eaeea hist
r.s,'ssfas!.y saysng that he Appreciated
the E"ner 'irie him all th. mo,e
.becan>. he we'll understood that the,
honor was conferred upon him,
ssecsiise the saiiiers ana- sailors sud,
! tfellow- citizeps who haa- fought for
and stood by the Government, Ia its
time Of peril recognized in him one
who'syinpafhizeds@ieh them in every
feeling connected with the discharge
of It's duties. IT was because it
had been his fortune to 20 With them
through ~spmething Of the peri1s II
the past five years; because, standing
there, he mouFned with them for
those whs were lost il he endeavor
to establish. MS wa. s. successfully
done, the canse of human liberty aad
constitutional rights in this county,
and because he stood there, also. TO
rejoice With the survivors, who were
equally determiucd that they would,
Ivy, their voice ald with their hearts
and with their. hands,, if eecessarv.
maintain aNr the fruits Of their VIE
tory, Cheers.
.HetAen introduced Governor Hau-
lton. Of Texas. who, after q few in
troductofy remarks, went on to say,
that the character of the question
was eminently political, and he would
ask, where was the great power OF
the country? It certainly was not
the, Executive. He Was but the ser
want of the law-making power. He
had no more right to say what should
be done outside the law of the land
than-an other citizen, and he (AIr.
HamiltOn) characterized the line Of
policy fthe President Of the United
States us the foolish ebullition Of =.
private citizen who could hurt no
one. BE continued at great length
i'll the same strain, euloHized th,.
-blhck race, and thanked God that the
bib of rights passed in Congress IN
spite of the Executive resistance. He
was loudly condemnatory OF all tr:1i-
tors, especially Jeff Davis, and all t}.,.
rebels of the South. The public
mind was falniiiarized with revolt
ton, and it would be we'll that Con
gress should still remain iu session
and protect the interests of the ma
ton against Il dangerous minority.
The chairman, In announcing Gru.
Logan, made a few introductory re-
| marks, in the course of.which he nl-
luded to the President as the gentle
man who presided ut the White House
| of Southern affairs. At the close Of
! the war, the rebels asked what they
| should get, but now it WAS what they
shall have. and it would not be long
until it would be. what shall we al
low the - Yankees to have?" The
amendment to the Constitution scc,rl-
ing liberty and "qunl rights TO all.
and most Of all, equal rights of repre-
sentation according to votes, to the
people Of all the States throughout
the land, had been submitted for ra-
| tification to the Legislatures of tll..
States. Tennessee had been at work
on that amendment. and her Senate.
some days since, by large majority.
! give their concurrence to it, to h&.
incorporated forever hereafter, rs an
| other portion of tho charter Of ibcr-
ty, in the great organic law of the
land. But there werediificaltiesi in the
House Of Representatives. of the Ten
nesste Legislature. He conld not
say how these difficulties might have
been increased, if not originated, by
the mauipulaiions of small politicians
here at Washington. That difficulty
had now ceased.
J He here rea Brownlow's : telegram,
and predicted that Congress would
admit Tennessee the next day (ycs-
terday.l He then introduced Gen.
Logan, who was received with loud
applause.
He said the questions that w..rv in
discussion before the country now
We're certainly of such a character ~
would require great thought and care
on the part Of the people It seemed
| strange that they assembled together
now, since the war had closed, for
the purpose Of discussing the ones
ton as to what was the proper mode
"r manner of restoring the political
relations tina. formerly existed be-
tween the people of the States aud
the General Government II they
! would only go back some three or
+ four years, he believed thev conld
find m man liz the land, who claimed
! to be q lOyal man. while the way ra..,l;