The New York herald., 1866-01-29

rights of the negro, all other subjects OF Con-
gressonal Legislation may be superseded for
month or two to come.
TROUBLE IN OLD VRaINIA.--We published a
despatch yesterday from our Richmond cor
respondent announcing that ga member from
Virginia, now awaiting admission into Con-
gress, telcgraphed here last night Qhe 24th)
that it was the purpose of the Presid mt to
place Virginia under a provisional govern
ment," that "various surmises are ahoat as
to the cause" of this movement, but that it
seems to be most generally attributed to the
persistent policy pursued by the State Legisla-
ture of choosing notorious rebels as State
officers, and systematically ostracizing other
men distinguished for their loyal sentiments
during the war, and whose election would be
gratifying to the government at Washington
Our correspondent remarks that "whateyer
may be said regarding the peculiar political
predictions Of the present General Assembly
of Virginia, q more selfish and less patriotic
body never disgraced the State;" that, with
the exception of two or three members,
scarcely q shred Of compromising spirit is
visible;" that the two houses legislate with
peculiar reference to their domestic interests,
utterly regardless of what the State may suffer
from their indiscretions," and that "lhe ad-
monition Of lapse into state of provisional
dependency may awaken these worthless into
an scquiescence in some measures looking to
the good Of the State"
We presume thattAe 'sadmonitionn indicated
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purpose In tho premises, and that his object is,
not only to remind the Virginia Legislature
and State authorities that there are at least
two sides TO every bargain, but that magma
nmty and confidence on the one side must be
met by q corresponding exhibition Of honesty
and good faith on the other. Empty profess
sions Of admiration by Southern politicians and
newspapers of President Johnson's liberal
policy of restoration will not suffice. The
acts of Southern Governors, Legislatures and
State officers must correspond with their fine
professions, otherwise their promises are worth
no more than those Of our republican members
of Congress, who speak for the Presidents
policy and vote for that Of Thaddeus Stevens
The local authorities Of the Southern, States
inust prVvo tucH pT"ieSsionS vi Hi'u w suoh
works. Unless they assist the President in his
efforts to establish their fitness for immediate
readmission into Congress they must expect to
be called 70 account. As before the war, the
pernicious Southern fre-eaters are making
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'"P'"i 'o' w.
BILE and patriotic men, North and South, in sup
porting the Presidents plans, are laboring to
cast out both those disorpanizing factions
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Obituary.
c0LosEL c. A. MORGAN, OF GENERAL POPE srAfr.
Colonel c. Morgan the Inspector General OF General
p,o,s r,oo.,,,n.,, NJ x,..o,,i aei vary su,rnv I'm
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,h .pspcc,ed mat ANYTHING had gone wrong
ia, I,, until IN he roorning woen h,s nnuspal afa. nee
,.,a ,ha h,..rfa., ,ahie vas r.m,rked ana Geocy,l
p .r, 40 n,s roam ana ge,lny M resropse an o,cn
49,, ~. ass co.nS ~ his u,ter as,on,s'mert ana dIs
nav ,bat the Colonel was dead asnhyYiated by the
Srn cc.i 80 ahvsirIan was isnmediateI. sen, FOR
ana on III arrival pronounced thai death must have
cnsucd nt least two hours previously s body
20 Cincinnati, where biz Relatives reside
ggioAprEw GENERAL THOMAS o. OSBORN, or ILLr-
Sois.
General Thomas o. Osborn, formerly Colonel Of the
Thirty ninth Illinois Volunteers was Killed by number
of citizens on q plantation which lac had purchaSed
-. cr..nv,u. Ma. or ,,o e,b ,ns, ue had
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of citizens that no bad twenty Tour hours 70 cave m ana
" found there auer thaf tmc nc would DC klilcl ne