The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-02-09
CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON. FEB. s, 1866,

s;on. anil the yo,es rec, r,lsd in both houses du.
ring the week just past show no dim,nu'ion %,
the overwhelming msiOrities win winch 'hey WIZ
adopt even the most radical measures now under
consideration.
Senator Trumbull's Bill, INTRODUCED for the pur-
pose of comforting civil rights Ia the negroes pas
scl the Senate hy the handsome majority OF 70, to
~ This bill does not confer political Suffrage Ia
the negro. hut raises him another, and Yer, IN.
portsnt gradation between his former status aud
the rights and privileges VI u citizen which he is
destined Mt no distant day to attain. Mr. Sauls'
bury, In his argument against its passage declar.
cd that Republican courts would construe the law
to enfranchisc the negroes; AMI stated that he
could not differ with judge who 50 decided.
In the House many speeches OF more VI less
note have been made ON the Frcedmen's Bureau,
and other Bills, aud great is the desire OF mem
bcrs to ventilate their eoquence on this bill that
evening sessions are now being held. This ar
rangement gives honorable gentlemen the priv.
lege of addressing empty benches for the space Vt
an hour each, and OF having their speeches print.
ell for circulation among their constituents.
Mr. Stevens Of Penn, the leader OF the Radicals
and in fact Of the House, On Wednesday made
ono Of the best speeches Of the session in support
ofthe Constitutional Amendment apportOning
Representatives in Congress according to the mum
Der Of persons who enjoy the rights Of citizens IN
the States The main features Of this amendment
which will soon be u part of the organic law OF
Congress by the Hon. James q. Blaine VI Maine.
a RELic OF TIIE OLDEN TINE.
Since the exit OF the Southern members in 1861 !,
the halls OF National legislation have been compa-
ratiyely free from those disgraccful scenes which
were formerly ofso frequent occurrence. But
some yestiges Of the reign OF chiyalry still remain,
and are displayed on sufficient proyocation. OF
that class Of men who once represented the boast
ell Chivalry Of the South, domineering over the
MI lin sla NJ hat n-
dy, salisbury. of Delaware is perhaps the best
remaining type. Always an ardent advocate Of
the most intense Southern principles, he is now,
in the absence of such men as Davis, Benjamin,
wigfal and their confcderates, the self eonstitu-
tel champion OF the EXTREMIST Southern views.
During the consideration Of the Freedmens Bu-
reau Bill a few days ago that Senator. laboring
under horrible apprehensons that some of his
constituents might, in the natural course OF things
be arrested under the operations of the Freed
mems Bureau upon complaint OF "nigger,
made speech which must have reminded all who
heard II Of the time when Southern slave holders,
in their palmest days. sat in judgment upon the
"anatcs" who now control the destinies of the
nation. In this speech, replete with the charac-
terstic Darbarism which once ruled the Senate,
the Senator from Delaware, in the year 1866, in
the presence Of dignifed Senators from the North
sitting in the greatest legislative assembly Of the
world, had the shameless etfrontry to openly adj
vocate the whipping post which," said he,
"thank God, still exists In my own State; and Is
the most ettcctual means for the prevention OF
msleneanors among these pets
Of Congressional legislation" On another occa-
sion this Senator, unInindful OF the present, and
regardless OF the past 1--WE years OF terrible war
with slavery for the preservation Of the Govern
ment had the hartlih ,Od To " Thank God that
he was citizen of the last slave state Of this Uni
on. and the last stakeholder in that State" IL Is
ft that the man who once disgraced tho Senate
and the country By a scene OF drunkenness and
profanity in which he was removed from the
Senate. chamber should now. in the closing act Of
the drama of American slavery, seek 10 distin.
gush himself by q superfuous exhibition OF the
spirit which still aimates the champions Of this
departed Barbarisni.
riIE rRsrpSSr.
The pcrsistency with which all classes and
shsles of opinion, here and elsewhere, claim the
President as the exponent Of their own peculiar
principles, seems to create doubt in the minds OF
some as to the exact position which he occupies
with respect TO questions now before Congress
When politicians, fools and kna,cs, honest men
AMI editors all unite in agreeing on subject, il is
we'll tn investigate its character and pccu!iaritcs
Much interest Is felt with regard 10 the Suffrage
Bill when il reaches the President, rs the fate Of
that measure will define more clearly his position,
which by some is considered ambiguous. Prcsi-
dent johnson Is claimed by the scccssiOnis,s here
rs the Moses Of that great class Of martyrs known
rs eA-rcbcs. In the neighbOring city Of FREEZER
icksburgh, which boasts of hut two Union tam-
lies, and where the Confederate grey is now worn
by nearly every citizen, a collision recently &C.
CURED between the troops and sccessionsts which
hal its origin in disputc,-the soldiers claiming
Andy johnson as Republican. and the rebels as
sorting that he now belonged to them. Nor Is
this an isolated instance. Notwithstanding "Rc-
ports" made for the information Of Congress by
parties who have no practical knowledge of the
state Of popular feeling in the "rcconstructed''
South, IL is unquestonsbly true that the most un-
compromising hostility 10 the Government still
exists. The tendish maligniiy which murdered
Union prisoners and mutilated the bodies Of our
soldiers, was not all obliterated when the rebel
soldier laid down his musset and returned To his
home-a rebel disarmed, but still rebel. with the
same spirit which animated and sustained him be-
hind musket in the field. His power may be
broken, but the spirit Of the Confederacy Is still
his.
"ke the vase in which roses have once been distilled
You may br,ak, yOu may ruin, the vase u you win,
But the scent q the rses will cling round still"
MRS. COBB VS.. oEN. BAKER.
In the trial Of Gen. Baker. concluded last week,
the jury some Of whom had made the acquain
lance OF Gen. Baker in his official capacity. and
one Of whom he had on former occasion brought
to grief for stealing Government horses, brought
in verdict Of guilty of false imprisonment. The
sentence has not been pronounced, Gen. Baker
having been engaged in important Government
business which rendered his attendance at court
impossible, but IL has been intimated that the fine
viii not exceed SIR cents. This prosecution,
brought by woman OF VIGOROUSLY bad charac
ter. who within the last three years has passed in
this city under as many different names. has been
an unmitgated farce. When IL Is necessary TO in
terpose Cabinet influence to suppress testimony
which would disgracefully compromise the pri-
yate character of public man, and subject the
nation to scandal which would disgrace the licen
tious courts Of Europe, IL Is time an inves,iga.
III +. l..
which will involve Congressional investigation
Of the pardon brokerage in general and the case
Of Mrs. Cobb in particular; in which case rich
developments may be expected. Ii may then be
explained hor Mrs. Cobb was enabled to conduct
the pardon business on so successful scale, and
rhdt were the influences BY which she could pro
cure pardon in four hours, which. in the ordin-
AIRY course OF official business. II required trssks
to procure. The public will then understand
whether or not che had grounds for publicly
Boosting " her personal influence with those who
controlled the issue ot parlOns and we shall
then be enlightened rs 10 what secret influence
with the door keeper she is indebted for admission
To the White House ut any hour Of the day or
night even after the inmates If that establish
men had been officially advised OF the notorious
character she bore on the streets OF Washington,
We shall then have the Report Of Gen. Baker to
the President, . document which IL was consider.
ell BY the court as prudent IL suppress. The mat
ter is now under adyisemcnt OF certain Senators
and Representatives. and viii probably DC brought
10 focus within few days; In which case hope
TO present. some facts which have thus TAR been
withheld. FAIRrAN.
[0ur first impulse wis to suppress n portion
OF the above letter; hut TN considering that
the subject matter was among the on dts Of
Washington, giving news actually brought out
ON trial, and iorcshadowins future legal pro-
ronIinns We concluded In mart N nrnnessinn