The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-20

ties OF EnecTing AN Agreement.
WAsHNeTUS, Feb. Is, '67.
The House was to-day the centre OF
| immense attraction. One of the largest
| crowds of the session assembled to wit
ness the anticipated struggle on the So
called Senate Reconstruction Compro-
mise Dill, which passed that body on
yesterday morning. Hundreds were
| unable to get into the galleries, and
were obliged to remain in the rotanda
| and corridors. On the floor of the House
the gathering of distinguished specta-
tors was also large. Sir Frederick
Bruce, the British Minister, Count Ber-
| theny, the French Minister, Gen. Grant,
Governor Fenton, OF New York, Ex-
Postmaster General Dennison, and a
dozen Senators were present.
When the bill came from the Senate
| in the shape of an amendment to the
House military bill, Mr.. Stevens moved
to non concur in 1t. A general debate
then opened. Messrs. Boutwell, and
Stevens denounced the Senate plan,
while Messrs. Blaine, Bingham, VIII
son, Farnsworth, and Baker favored it.
The Democrats did not participate in
the debate, but voted with Stevens and
twenty-five other Republicans against
ordering the previous question.
Mr.. Bingham was severe on Messrs.
Stevens and Boutwell,, and declared
that their opposition to the measure led
reconstruction on behalf of the Repub-
lican party in the House "Good God,
save us from ourselves :" The debate
continued until recess took place for
dinner.
At the evening session of the House,
it was agreed, after an informal con-
sultation, that the debate should be
continued tonight, and that a vote on
the bill should be taken tomorrow at
eleven o'clock. 1t is believed that it
can be passed by about fifteen majority.
't4--- ANOTHER DISPATCH.
Ifthere was little more real patriot
ism and common sense here in all quar-
tiers, there is reason TO believe that the
present Congress might yet complete a
plan of reorganization which would
have the approval of the country and
the consent of the President. 1t is pos
sible that this may yet be done, but
there are some formidable difficulties
| inathe way.
n.the first place, the Repu blicans are
by no means united. A part of them,
in both Houses, do not really desire TO
complete any practical measure of re-
construction. They mean to keep the
| Southern States out as long as they can,
| to treat them as harsh1y as possible, to
| force through Congress measures which
shall increase instead of diminishing
the divergence between the President
and Congress. These men oppose the
! Blaine amendment to the Military Bill, +,
and insist on the passage of the Military
Bill alone.
Their course would be less important
for they are not very numerous-were
it not that in measure like this the
| Democrats vote with them. On We'd
nesday, for instance, the House would
! have adopted the Blaine amendment
had it not been that the extremists
among the Republicans and all the
1 n l-f1 &C., 70,
as they were able the Democrats thus
helped to fix upon the Southern States
measure which is repugnant to the
mass of the Republicans here, and
| which cannot, unless accompanied with
some amendment, like Mr.. Blaine's or
! Mr.. Bingham's, properly be called a
! measure of reconstruction. ~
The violent and extreme Republi-
cans in both Houses exercise an inf1u-
ence disproportioned to their numbers,
by reason of their virulence and intol-
erance. They denounce as copperhead.
every Republican who offers 10 differ
| from them, and exercise really system
1 of terrorism which has broken down
the eindependen Judgment ofverymany,
| and makes some OF the ablest men in
| the House and Senate so anxious to
avoid their prescription that they are
silent, or acquiescent in measures
/ which their Judgment condemns
/ Moreover, the lack of confidence in
| the President helps the extremists
Men fear that he does not mean to agree
I with any practical scheme; they sus-
pect that he is only fostering breach
in the Republican ranks. Moreover,
there is really no good reason yet to be
certain that Mr.. johnson will give his
support to a bill of the nature Of the
Blaine amendment. The impression
gained from men who are believed to
have spoken freely with him-is that
he hesitates about general suffrage, and
still entertains the idea of limited suf.
frage; an educational or property quail
lifications, which would substantially
disfranchiSe the blacks. There was q
time when this would have been GLADLY
accepted by Congress and the country
but that time has gone by, for the pres
ent. --r
in both Houses now is that 1t would be
wise to pass the Military Bill with the
4 Blaine amendment, and put upon the
i President the responsih ihility of yetoine
or opposing il, There is no doubt thai
If this is done, and If the President
should veto the bill thus passed, this
would greatly increase the strength o.
Z the Impeachment party, which, for ths
i present, is not really strong. Some o
: 1.-The ablest men in both Houses who
, fnow resist theimpeachment movement
: faaI that If Mr.. Johnson should proyE