The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-03-01

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the political education of the American
people the idea is inherent and ineradi.
cable :has The consem. e the majority of
the whole people is necessary to secure
willing acquiescence in legislation. The
bill ander consideration refers to certain
OF the States as though they had not
"been fully vested in all their constitu.
tional relations to the United States"
1t they have not, let lis at once act to.
gether to secure that desirable end at the
earliest possible moment.
1t is hardly necessary for me to inform
Congress that, in my own Judgment,
most OF those States, so far at least as
depenos upon their own action, have al.
ready been fully restored, and,ars 10 be
deemed as entitled to enjoy their Con.
stltutlonal rights as members of the
Uuion.. Reasoning from the Constitu
tion ITSELF and from the actual situation
OF the country, feel not only entitled,
but bound to assume, that w;ththe Fede.
raj Courts restored, and those of the
severalStates in the full exercise of their
functions, the rights and interests of all
classes OF the people will, with the aid of
the military in cases Of resistance to the
law, be essentially protected against
Constitutional Infringement and viola:
ton.
Should this eSpecta ton unhappily fail,
which do not anticipate, then the Ex.
ecutive is already fully armed with the
power conferred by the act of March,
1865, establishing the Freedmen's Blu
reau, and hereafter, as heretofore, he
can employ the land and naval forces
OF the country to suppress insurrectionl
or to overcome obstructons to the laws
In accordance with the Constitution,
| return the bill to the Senate. in the
earnest hope that measure involving
questions and interests so. important to
the country, will not become law un..
less mron deliberate consideration by the
people it shall receive the sanction Of an
enlightened public Judgment.
- stStSs ? -. Asfsa.xS 4 u .ys W
Washington, D. c., Feb. 10, 1865.
EXTRAoRDINARY SCENE IN LroNs,
DEN.-The Galiinani says: A strange
incident connected with the wild beasts
now'being exhibited at the CIRQUE Ma.
poleon took place the evening before
last Just as the men were. about to
push forward the huge cage from the
stable into the circle they perceived that
one Of the lionesses had given birth to
cub Batty was finishing his toilette,
and the public had become impatient.
but the essential was to save the Young
one, for the lions were preparing. as is
their habit when in confinement. to sieza
on her young one and devour it. The
lloness on her side was evidently ready
to defend her progeny, and in fact. |
combat was commencing, when Mr.. Lu.
cas-. Batty's assistant, entered the cage,
and with great difficulty succeeded in
resculng the thing just born. which he
brought out and give to a large bitch,
which had been delivered in the morn.
ing, and which had been provided to
suckle whatever the lioness might give.
The cage was then pushed into the cir.
Gle, and Batty entered among the ami.
mails Some slight exercises had been
gone through, when the poor lioness
was again taken i'll, and gave birth to
another little one. u
The male lions, as before, proceeding
to spring on it. Terrible roars were
heard, and the spectators became great.
~ alarmed, and yet attracted by the
scene. Cries from the crowd to cease
the Performance arose on all sides, and
M Dejean, the director, in order to pre-.
vent the possibility of danger, ordered
Batty to withdraw from the cage, This
he did, after having managed to save
the little animal that had just seen the
light. One OF the men belonging to the
circus held it up by the skin of the neck
70 The public; it was about as large full
grown cat, and seemed quite at its ease,
never struggling opu,tteringany cry. It
was, like its predecessor, placed close to I
he dog already spoken Of, and both could
'e seen the moment after sucking away
With great apparent pusto The snec. {