The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-31
Tri-M1eeklp Standard.
RALEIGH. N. g.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 81, 1867.
Mr.. Stevens Bill.

Mr.. Stevens bill to enable the insurgent
States to organize governments on loyal
basis. has been referred by the House, after
full discussion, to the committee on recon
struction. The vote to refer was 50 to 3d.
Of the SO who voted to refer II are Repub-
licans. and 10 of these, members of the pres
ent Congress, have been defeated by the 10y
al people of their Districts, on account of
their dubious positions. Thirty-six cop
perheads voted to refer. Add the ~ new mem
bers of the 4Oth Congress to the 65 who vo-
ted against the reference, and we have "
thoroughly Radical members, to say nothing
of a number of Republicans like General
Banks, who voted to refer because the bill
under consideration was not regarded by
them as sufficiently stringent. There will be
not less than 100 Radical members of the
next House, who will be prepared to adopt
any measure necessary to reorganization on
loyal basis, while the copperhead vote In
that body will be smaller than it is now.
The Congress is certainly dilatory in this
business, but we are not at all disheartened
tions first, that the Howard amendment
should be adopted. That will soon be done
by three-fourths of the States that have
never lost their constitutional relations to
the government, without asking the South
any odds. AS the Southern States will not
be consulted in the adoption of the amend
ment, so it will not apply to them until they
shall have been restored to their former rela-
tions. The adoption ofthe amendment will,
therefore, render reorganization indispensa-
BILE. We are satisfied the next Congress will
at once proceed to this work, and we shall
| have not only the Howard amendment, but
such suffrage as will ensure the presentation
of Republican Constitutions" by the in
surgent States similar to those of Colorado
and Nebraska On no other basis will these
States ever be admitted to their former priv
ileges as members of the Union.
1t must be rocollected also that the House
of Representatives is engaged in steps look
ing to the impeachment and removal of the
President. We do not know what progress
has been made in this matter, if any. 1t may
be that the purpose of members in this re-
spect had controlling influence in referring
the bill
We do not credit the secession telegram,
that the committee on reconstruction is
"hopelessly inharmonious." The next Con-
gress will act promptly, through this or some
other committee; and no important step will
be taken save in caucus No caucus action
has yet been determined on in relation TO re-
construction Caucus action was had in re-
lation to impeachment and with reference
to the Supreme Court, and the result was
that the House put through by more than
a two-thirds vote every proposition in
volved in those questions.
We therefore assure our Union friends that
there is no reason why they should despond.
Let them continue to hold their meetings, to
organize and compact their forces, and to
petition Congress for redress of grievances
That body will act in due time Treason
Will be made odious, loyal men only will
govern. the Union will be restored and we
shall enter again at no very distant day on a
new career of prosperity