The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-05-04

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opposition % TIC Committee's ueopoeif;oo.
81 - fsEsi1,e b the.psldf ti6xk had
~ - Nv aefSsd mon, and co.s;sesssly psrned
By tn Administrations, and heswa6a gratifed
that Cd fs1iaent III br0os e hs iubjsct 81
the consideration Of the Cabinet 6sefsea3
Mellee Vas uneqpiv6cally aSainA IT,. Chm
nsttoetS uchesi,e, and Was earnest II his sup
port of the President's policy, comprehend.
ing inseaat ndmi6sion iato Congress Of loyal
Representatives from the States lately in re-
billion. Secretary Harlan was rather reticent
and expressed no opinion. Postmaster Gen
cral Dennison was Ii hvof Of the President's
policy. but expressed doubts q to the precise
time 1t which loyal Representatives should be
admitted to seats in CongEesa. Attorney
General Speed was not present. The Presi-
dent was earnest in his opposition to the
report Of the Committee, and declared him
self against all conditions Of precedent to the
admission of loyal Representatives from
Southern States, in the shape Of amendments
to the Constitution or BY the passage of laws.
he insisted that under the Constitution no
State could be deprived Of its equal outrage
ia the Senate; and that Senators and Repre-
sentatives ought to be at once admitted into
the respective Houses, represented BY the law
and. the Constitution. He was for rigid ad.
herence to the Constitution as it is, and re-
marked that having sustained ourselves under
It during terrible rebellion, he thought the
Government could be sustained without . re-
sort to amendments. He remarked, in gene
raj terms, that if the organic law is TO be
changed ct all, it should be at time when
all the States and eli the people can part;ci-
pate in the alteration.
BOUNTY TO sEAxES.
Orders have been received ct the Treasury
to pay the bounty recently awarded the officers
and men Of the steamers Benton. Cairo, Car
ondelet, st. Louis. Louisville, Monarch and
Queen of the West, for the destruction of the
rebel feet on the It'll of June, 1882, and
which resulted in the capture Of Memphis.
THE REBEL corToy BONDS.
The President sent message to the House
to-day, inclosing q letter from Secretary
Seward, giving the result of his examination
Of various propositions from British holders
of the rebel debt or cotton loan for an adj
justment to the satisfaction of the United
States. The Secretary says that none Of
them are entitled to confederation. =
NOW THE RECONSTRUCTION REPORT IS RECEIVED
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Letters received from prominent radical
EOtlticlAuS IN pennsylvania STATE tQAl the re-
port of the Reconstruction Committee is
received with great favor by the Republicans
Of that State, who feel confident that they will
be able TO carry their ticket It the October
election, dispite the Presidential effort to de-
feat it.
MATRIMONIAL RUxoR.
1t is rumored in fashionable circles here
that Hon. Edward Cooper, member of Con-
gress elect from Tennessee. and Private Sec
rotary to the President will, before long, wed
Mrs. Slower, the widowed daughter Of the
President.
DISBURSEMENTS
The disbursements of the Treasury during
the month of April were as follows: War
Department, So, 1874; Navy Department,
S8,716, 282; Interior Department, 1924 ,483 !;
total, Sic, 687 ,493.
Especial despatch TO The Chiease Rvssiag Jo1rnail
WASHINGTON, May
CABINET NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
An Associated Press dispatch last night and
the pretended semi-oficial editorial in the
Republican, regarding yesterdays Cabinet
meeting, are exaggerated. Members of the
Cabinet object to some of the features Of the
Reconstruction Committees report, but ap-
prove it in the main.