The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-03-10

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the head of the senate thus constituted, should |
march up the Avenue to the Capitol, there
would b no further question as to the sdmis
sion Of the southern states. There can be no |
question as to the constitutional right Of the
president to recognize such . body a. the
United States senate. And would not be
surprised. if all other measures for the ad-
mission of the southern members fail, TO see
the president adopt this one. That the bod
les OF men at present sitting in the Capitol
are not such a senate and house OF represen-
tatlves % is provided for by the constitution
is a fact that needs no demonstration. They
are not only illegal and unconstitutional bod
les, but all their acts and pretended laws are
illegal. Senator Trumbull himself was cor
nered into an admission of this fact few
DAYS ago. The consultation provides that
the number of representatives from each
state shall depend upon population; and 1t
says, s'but each state shall have at least one
representative"
1t has become a very interesting question,
"Wh does the present freedmen's bureau
expire 2" am aware that the general i'm
preston is that it will continue at least a
year from the present time. But this Is man
ifestly an error. The bill which recently
passed both houses of congress. and was We
toed by the president was formed aud rush
by oil the officers, agents and hangers-on of
the bureau tina. their bureau had very near
ly reached the end of its rope. The act Of
congress establishing it reads thus: There is
hereby established, IN The toGr department, to
continue during the present war of rebellion.
and for one year thereafter" bureau Tor
freed men, refugees, &c. Now the war of the
rebellion came to an end in the month
of May, 1865, when the retel armies
| had surrendered aud laid down their
arms and WHEN the southern armies
| W ere disbsnded because there was NO use for
| their services in the field. That is PROPOSE
| ton VIII ich cannot be denied. If the presi.
| dent of the United States has not yet issued
his proclamation declaring that the war is
| over, aud that it terminated at the time
| have mentioned, that circumstance does
| alter the fact in the least. The war did ter
inmate in May, 1865. There has been no war
since that time. The neglect of the presi-
| dent to state the fact formally and officially
| does not change the fact. That was the time
| that the war Of rebellion ended. The freed
mems bureau, therefore, will expire by limit
| alton of law in May, 1866, or in less than
| months from now.
| am aware that Gen. Howard has address
| ed circular letter to the assistant c0mmiss
| toner's of the bureau, dated Feo'y 23d, il
1
me that he regards the law as continuing th'
| existence OF the freedmen's bureau at least
| wear from this time" But | am strongly in
clIned TO doubt the accuracy of the statenen
thus made by General Howard. In the frs
4 place, the president has always maintain 81
| the ground that the var terminated when tn
| rebel armies surrendered, aud from the mo
| ment when there was no longer any armed
and organized resistance to the authority O
the government that IS to say, from III
month of May 1865. President johnson i
not the man to assume authority to exten'
the existence of this bureau beyond the tim
specified in the act Of congress creating it
and | have every reason to believe that til
president regards this time as expiring mex
May. / think, therefore, that General How
| ard entirely misunderstood what the presi
dent said.
One of the radical members of congress
| has written resolution, which, it IS said
will be presented in the house tomorrow, b,
himself or some other republican mem Der
| piedging the government Endorsement of tn
bonds of the Republic of Mexico to tn
| amount of $50 600, 900 The republics
generally, are said to be in favor of the pas
} | sage of this resolution.
Mr.. Raymond and one or two other
are opposed IL it. If is passes bot
houses of congress, ie will probably be vetoe
by the president; but it is not likely that
will pass the senate for the same reason tina
has induced that body to withhold it's confir
alton from the appointment of Mr.. Camp
bell as minister to Mexico. Such resolU
ton, if it becomes a law, would delay IN
evacuation Of Mexico by the French troop
for many months; if, indeed, it did not pre-
vent that evacuation altogether. II the cour
try desires war with France on the Mexica
question, there is no surer way to bring
about than to encourage the hopes of Mexics
liberals by the prospect of financial aid iror