The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-04-25

Inc SUBURBS ere fedolent With the sweets
OF roses and orange blossoms, and N,tur
smiles with all the beauty and ltsuri.ne.
Of lusty youth. sMELFuNous.
Letter from Washingtta.
Especial Correspondence Of d. tfxfcssuoe.,
WASHINGTON, April 3. 1866.
The passage BY the Senate, Oh Ii. s.h
last, Of the civil rights bill. over tho pre
ldents veto, was the result Of the, detection
Of Nj. Morgan and Mr.. Harris. The Ssns.
tors from New York. It had beer, nnds,.
stood, up to that morning, that thy would
both vote to sustain the Presidents pol;ry.
They knew that Nj. RAYMOND, IF thst
State, intended to vote against the bill and
Mr.. Raymond was in the Senate chamhe,
md in conversation with then, for an Nor.
or two before the vote was taken. WHY
they voted as they did, is inexpllcable but
it was known, when the names began 10
be called, that their votes would decide
whether or not the veto was to be susfa;n.
ed. No demonstration followed the r..
sponse Of MI. Harris. But when Mr.. Nor.
gan Voted aye many Of the Republican
Senators sprung to their feet, crowded
around him, and gave way to the most q.
manifestations Of iov and deliohf.
Mr. Sumner, Mr.. Wade. and Mr. Chandler
were particularly demonstrative. At. the
same instant, too, the galleries, which werv
with mixed assembIarc az hlacks
and whites, burst forth in the widest ches,,
and huttahs.. women clapping their hands
md waving their handkerchief, and nSeiun
cheering, stamping and roaring. This. sse.
member, was only when the name 81 n.
Morgan had been called. ind after he hsd
voted AYE" It was evidently IN under.
stood thing, not oHly among the Rennbji.
lican leaders, but also among the rank ana
file Of that party, that II tie New, York
Senators should succumb to the influences
that had been brought to bear upon them.
that the Victory would be theirs !; that the
great battle which had been fought 90 lone
and so stubbornly. between the Radicals
and the President. would be decided ID their
favor. 1t was evidently an understood
thing that the victory, thus gained. would
enable the Radicals in Congress Is cam
any of their measures. all Of item indeed.
in spite Of the Presidents interpositioa.
That was the significance Of the rcioicine
over MI. Morgan's vote. If he and m.
Harris had voted as il was, expected .thes
would vote, against the bili, Il would have
been defeated. There would then have
BEEN seventeen votes to sustain The veto,
which would have been sufficient i,,l
Wien the bill came up in the House.
yesterday, the Radical leaders succeeded il
rushing it through without any dil6cuiy,
by considerably more than the required
two-thirds. Mr.. Raymonds vote against
the bill would hare done more eood,IH he
had not pursued such ,doublefaced course
IN his paper, for a week or two besose.
During The whole Of the canvass Ii Con.
necticut. the Times was filed with shuse
Of the Connscticut Demdcfa3s, under 10
designation Of /" Copperhcaas," and with
covert attacks on the President aud his
policy. Aiter the ayes and nays had bsea
called pn the passage ofthe bill, Nj. SpsSk.
er Colfax rose, and proclaimed, that the
civil rights bill vas nov i law. - Il, had
beIri fGssed by.i tH6-tfirds vote oftcth
Houses, over the Presidents veto. This
announcement was greeted in real pot.hoSss
style. The Republican members JUMPED 70
their feet, waved their hats, called tof three
cheers, and then for three more and the
cheers were Justify given BY the blacks snd
whitts; who Hlled tie SAllafies, tie biacks
greatly prepqnderating. What. ! scene hr
= grave legislative assembly | Sir IFted,e.
ick Bruce, the English Minister, who M
present on the floor Of the House, appsas.
ed petrided With establishment. -
The expulsion. by the House, Of Hon.
James Brooks, s member from New Yoik
was as great an outrage as the expulsion oe
MI. Stockton BY the senate. The iaw and
the facts were both 10 favor at Of Ne.
Brooks. It was clearly proved that he had
been fairly and honestly elected. and that
Dodge, the contestant. had violated both
the election laws Of New York and tho
laws Of God, BY spending immense sums os
money in hiring bnllies and bfuisefs 70 d.
feat Mr.. BROOKS. The House, however.
welcomed Dodge with open arms. and thus
sanctioned these shameful proceedings. .
Will the President execute tho civil
rights law? Those who know him best ny
that he will not, for two reasons: Flint.
because of its Unconstitutional prosisions ;
and second. because II has not heen passsd
BY such : Congress as the constitution pro.
vides for, bat BY . body 81 men from thu
Northern States alone, who violate t's
constitution every day that they excluds
the members from the eleven SoutAetn
States.
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r. The Presidents Proclamation. n.y.