The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-12

| Secretary Seward states in his report
answering the inquiry of the Senate for
the documents i'll relation to rcconstruc-
ton, that the report was prepared by
his Assistant Secretary, Mr.. Hunt, on
the sd of January, but it was held for
revision by. himself, and neither the re-
port nor the resolution to which it was
nm answer were known TO him (A1r.
Seward) until after the passage of the
second resolution of the Senate. Mr..
| Stewards absence OH his West India
trip accounts for portion of the delay.
The official correspondence does not
cover much that is new, most matters
connected with the organization OF the
Southern governments having. been
| made public Mt the time. Now that the
President is charged with intending to
restore rebels to power-nobody says
he has actually done 1.-THE letter he
sent to Provisional Governor Holden,
of North Carolina, on the 22d of August
last, duplicates of which were nlso sent
to all the other Provisional Governors,
becomes interesting. In it the Presi-
says: -a
Conformation comes to me that re-
ports are freely circulating in intiuen-
tiul quarters, and where, without CON
trndiction; they are calculated TO do
harm, to the effect that in the appoint
ment to office, and in the herecommenda-
ton for appointments, the true Union
men are totally ignored, and the pro-
visionNl governors are giving II declu-
ed preference to those who have partici-
pnted in the rebellion. The object or
such representations is to embarrass
the government in its reconstruction
policy, and while place no reliance i'll
such statements, 1 feel it due to advise
you of the extended circulation they
have gained, and to impress upon you
the Importance of encouraging ana
strengthening to the fullest extent the
men of your state who have never fall
tered in their allegiance TO the govern
ment. Every opportunity should be
made available to have this Known and
understood us your policy and determ-
ination."
To this Gov. Holden replies that he
has been careful to prefer and appoint
original Union men and persons in fu-
vor of restoring the federal authority.
He saws there were 1000 appointments
of officers to be made, and it is proba-
BILE TINT in some of the cases misrepre-
scntntioris as to the loyalty of appoin-
tees may have been made; but, so far as
he was informed, tho officers appointed
were loyal men.
On the 18th of November, 1865, the
provisional governor of Florida tele-
graphed to the President that if certain
Southern States adopt unconstitutional
amendment, Florida would adopt it,
but otherwise there would be trouble.
Mr.. Seward replied on the goth of the
same month, MS follows: 'While you
inform us of several good things done
in Florfdn, you atthe same time inform
| us that if Alabama, GeOrgin and other
southern StaIes, whose Legislatures are
| to meet before the Florida Legislature,
accent the congressional amendment to
| the constitution of the United States,
abolisIIing slavery, in that case the
Florida Legislature will accept it, but
otherwise there will be difficulty on the
subject. Tho President hopes you are
| mistaken in regard to this evidence of
| n disposition on the part of Floridn TO
make her resumption of loyal relations
| to the Union depend upon condition
| which seems to him to be improper and
| inndmissable. He trusts that she will
promptly accept the constitutional
amendment"