Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-01-19
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described NJ somewhat frosty. Mr.
Stevens asked many questions anC
cnQuircd of the visitors II they hat
seen his Enabling Act, lie furnish
cd Il copy aud advised them TO stu
dy it, rs IL would be the policy o
Congress at least he said it would
be the policy lie should support
The interview closed with an inyi
! tation to call tomorrow,
The delegation found little Il
comfort them in Stevens words or
manner.
Mr.. Rice, of Maine, was also Wis
tied, lie received them very po
litely.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Tho Texas
members of Congress will publish
! in to. morrow morning s MteliigcRcer
five columns of address TO the peo-
pie OF. the United Stni cs, setting
| forth the condition ofafiairs in Tex
as, loyalty of its population, and
the reasons for her admission.
Notwithstanding the action o.
the caucus last night, many Repub'
| licans urge the presentation Of Ash
ley's resolution, and its pressure to
vote tomorrow. 1
Prominent Southern Union men
returned to night from n tour Of
inspection through Tennessee, Gcor.
gia, and North Carolina, represent
the antipathy TO the constitutional
! Amendment as almost universal
and general disposition to abandon
politics, and not even send Senators
or Representatives to Congress, but
devote themselves to material pros
perity.
4 A petition to the President in be-
half of Edmond Spanglcr, confined
at Dry Tortugas as an assassin con
spirator, sets forth the evidence
against him before the Commission
as false and contradictory, and that
many witnesses were deferred from
testifying in his behalf from pre-.
vail!mg terror. t.
The Grand Lodge of Virginia re-
cognizes the Union Lodge of Alex
andria, heretofore working under
dispensation from the Grand Lodge
of the District of Columbia, and
heretofore held to be clandestine.
/ Thad Stevens leaves, tomorrow
night for Harrisburg, to be present
at the Senatorial election, the result
of which is considered doubtful.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE Veto
Message meets with the hearty APP
proval of the Cabinet, except Stan.
ton, who does not believe in its con
stitutionality. rh no
The address Of the Texas Con-
gressional delegation to the Ameri-
can people, sketches the formation
'of the Republic.of Texas, its incor-
Iporation into the Union subse
quent secession due to conflicting
Interpretation of the Constitution
and class legislation, claims that the
weaker party sought to withdraw
from the Union, not to prevent the
Northern States from retaining their
Government over themselves with
their own Constitution, but to en-
sure its preservation as to the South
/ ern States as they understood it.
In the warlilto struggle which en-
sued, the South was overcome.
The address gives the history Of
the Presidents efforts at reconstruc.
ton, and says the laws of the Uni
ted States are being executed with.
in the limits of Texas without hin.
dranco or resistance from the peo.
pie or the State authorities. The
Federal army is on our frontier fol
protection; the Federal judiciary
are performing their functions, the
| United States mails are being car.
lrcd all over the State the navy is
protecting our commerce; the Off
GERS of customs and internal reve.
nue. are doing their duty, and the
people are paying their duties and
taxes as in other States. What
ma ore could be had of tho people Of
| New York and Ohio except that
they have their Senators and Rep
resentatives in Congress to speal,
for and represent the rights, inter
ests and necessities Of their States
If reasons for the exclusion are to be
gathered from the debates ant
measures proposed in Congress ant
the public discussions elsewhere
the injustice is apparent, 1t leaves
the people of Texas in the dark as
to what is really asked of them
The adoption of the proposed con
stitutional amendment is pronounc
cd by some. sufficient to ensure re
admission, though this is contro
verted by many in leading posi-
tons. Though Texas may submit
to the Constitutional amendment
she will never become party L
her own humiliation. If exclusion
be justified on the ground that it il
authorized by the clause respecting
each House Judging of the qualfica
ton of its members, a Compression
al majority might override the viii
of the people of State. To thu
intimation that Texas was thus
treated in consequence of her par
ticipation in the war, it is replied
that the assumption establishes th'
precedent that Congressional major
ity might charge rebellious temper
on the people of State, as a reason
for dispossessing them Of represen
tation. The voice Of Texas is moi
heard in her own defence and nc
greater wrong can be done a com
munity than to Judge its character
by isolated expressions or acts
Such statements come not from the
President, the General-in- Chief, OF
authorized agents of the Govern.
ment. but from small disseminated
factions, and searching inquiry as