The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-03-27
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Correspondence of The PhGnix.
WAsIIISoToN, March 10. I

Inc clVil rBhts OIL having passed both
Honscs if is now before the President for
his signature. This is very important bill
IL provides, in substance, that the freed
people shall have the same rights before the
law that any person else has, except that il
excludes the right of suffrage, which is left
with each State. Any person infringing
any of their legal rights, is liable to five
and two years imprisonment. A final III.
peal in all cases arising under this bill lids
to the Supreme Court at Washington.
Opinions differ MS to what the President
will do with this bill. Some say he will
veto il on the ground that he will sign no
bill affecting the South until the Southern
members are admitted TO their seats. 9th
crs say he will sign the BILL because he has
all along wished their rights to be secured
to the freed people-the only point he has
made being III the right of saifrage,
The most Injurious tales arc constantly
written from the, South and published in
Northern papers, in order TO convince the
North thnt tho Southern people cnnnot be
trusted with political powers. 70 give Won
sample of the letters written from the
South, take the following, in one of the
morning papers Of this city. of to.,iay:
"REC"SsTRUCTIoN. Official advices were
yesterday received from South Carolina, to
the effect that band of outlaws; led by
an ex.rebel major, has been committing
depredations, and numbering Union men
and negroes, on account. Of Their deyot cd
loyalty. The guerilla leader exhibits MS
trophies of his prowess eight ears, cut from
colored persons" lHI
The scene of the above is laid in Edge
field District. Itis surely impossible that
this can be true. Yet it is by these horrid
tales the public opinion of the North is be.
i"g formed.
The question is frequently asked. whether
the people of the States now having repre-.
sentation in Congress will support the Pres
ident, On this point, ] heard public man
of great experience say be could always
tell, in advance, what the people were going
to do. by simply asking himself. what ii WI
wise and proper that they should do, and
then, by taking it for granted that they
would do the opposite, and judging from
this rule, lie said he felt satisfied the North
ern people would "go it blind for tie radi-
Gals against the President"
1t was determined at the opening of the
session, by the House of representatives,
that they would support the Secretary of
the Treasury in the policy he had nnnouuo-
ed OF gradual reduction of the amount of
the paper currency, with the view of reduo.
ing slowly to the specie basis. But recent
ly, this policy has been changed by the
radical leaders. They are now unwilling for
any essential reduction of the yolupe of pa
per money. II isthought the main reason
is this: They fear the chief argument
against them will come from their policy
being nnfriendly to the material interest of
the country, by keeping up the agitation;
hence. to weaken this argument as much as
possible, they desire to have ns much paper
money In circulation as possible, 80 rs to
kaep business matters moving along easily.
Several of the Southern Senators ore here
now. They had q sort Of indefinite notion
That something gooi was going 10 turn up
for them by the month of March But
March has come, and their prospects are no
better than in December. Indeed thcre Is
not the slightest possibility of any one be-
ing. allowed TO take a seat in either House,
without taking the test oath, while this Con-
grens lasts. ''
M ~ IS nsderstood that the, Committee of
mays anu Ms.ns win report a.. bill making
many altcrationsi~ the internal revenns
system. One thingi is lusisy for Tho sontb
In the political condition osslthe .dav: thev
are escaping the payment Of large sums of
internal tnxes Certainly this is not 10 Ia 1
regretted, If the Goyerpmont consent to il
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