The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-13

srN.rE-DryERsE OPINIONS GENERAL GRANTS
couRsE-ANorHER EXPECTED vETo-MIscELLANE.
GUS NEWS ETC.
The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun writes, under date of the 10th instant:
Mr.. Ashley and other impeachers, having done
ol in their bower to make friends for Mr.. Johnson
an having exhausted themselves IN the eftort
Senator Drake has come to their aid to complete
the work. and to that end toaay let on at eee pen
is that the President should be censured for daring
to express the opinion that law passed by two
thirds vote in Congress is, nevertheless, unconsl
tutionaL
From present appearances the tenure project
will meet with similar fate in tho Senate to that
which befell impeachment in the House.
Within twelve days the President must send to
tho Senate communication setting forth the sus-
pension of Secretary Stanton. 1t ls probable tnat
this notification may be given the Senate this
week accompanied with the further notice that
the Executive has also removed Mr.. stanton.
There is much speculation as to what may be the
action of the Senate on the subject.
Some who should know the sentiments OF sen
ings of the President, on the ground that the ten
ure of Office law is unconstitutional so far as 1t
restricts the Executive in tie removal ana selec-
ton of cabinet officers and for the additional rea.
son that good has come out OF the suspenslo9 OF
tion in the expenses Of the War Department
through the retrenchments directed by General
Grant. ,
Others, we'll informed, are of the opinion that
the Senate will decide that Mr. Stanton is the legal
Secretary of War, and that upon official notlt1ca-
ton of such decision, Mr.. Stanton will demand
possession of the papers, etc.. in the War Depart
ment, the demand first being made upon the Pre-
sident and in case of his refusal, then that the
late Secretary will make formal demand upon
rant for
the archives and department. Whether General
Grant will surrender, of course cannot now be de-
termined, but, if he shall refuse, MIR. Stanton
must seek his remedy in the courts. 1t Is uncer-
tain whether the President will nominate new
Secretary Of War until after all these questions
are disposed Of
RECORDING VOTES ON IMPEACHMENT.
Tn the House to-day all effort was made to sus-
mend the rules so as to allow those members who
were not present Saturday 70 record their votes
The movement was made by the opponents OF I'M
parchment, but was likewise voted down by the
same side. with the avowed intention Of rebuking
absenteeism or, in other words, Of not permitting
a member out of his seat as many privileges as one
in his seat
ANOTHER VETO EXPECTED.
Another veto may soon be expected from the
President. The House to-day passed for the Sc
cond time the bill to strike out the word white
from the laws of this District regulating the seec-
eligible with white. This bill passed both branches
of Congress in July last but was subjected to q
pocket veto BY the President. Should Congress
take it's usual holiday recess 1t Will again share
like fate.
GENERAL HANcoCK's ADMINISTRATION IN LOUISIANA
THE PRESIDENCY.
This course which General Hancock is pursuing
in his government Of the Fifth Military DISTRICT,
is exciting the veliest interest here both in Radi-
cal and Conservative circles 1t Is needless to say
that in the former he is looked upon with dstrust,
and has already been denounced as compliant
tool of the Executive. With the latter, however,
he has suddenly become prodigious favorite, and
Democratic members of Congress from Pennsyl-
vania talk Of his fitness as a candidate for the
Presidency. The exuberance of regard for Gene
raj Hancock is confined to the delegation from the
keystone State, the Democrats from other sections
of the Union being divided to an amazing extent
upon the choice for next President. General Grant
of course would unite them all il he consented to
stand upon conservative platform; but his posi-
tion is so provoklngy underlined as they consider,
that it becomes every day more perplexing ques-
ton as to who will bear the Democratic standard.
OLD THAD ON HIS HOBBY.
When Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens bill providing q
system of public education for children in the dis
tr1ct IRRESPECTIVE Of class or color was introduced
it was referred without reading, but that it is
printed, attention is awakened in Congress to
some of its financial features, which are quito
"humorsome." One section, for instance, pro-
vidcs that the 'school controllers shall cause to
be inscribed in large capitals over the main en-
trance of every schoolhouse and in some con-
spicuous place in every schoolroom, the lines
"All men are created equal, they arc endowed by
their Creator with certain inaienable rights, that
among these are life, liberty and the pursuit OF
happiness ;" and the teacner shall cause those
lines to be recited at least once day, with the
other recitations, by the students who have taken
up reading and writing. The supervising archi-
ect shall take care that this inscription is IN 'un-
fading material" Another section enacts that
6sif the controllers should deem it proper to have
n separate cemetary tor the inmates of the public
schools, it is directed that the same inscription
shall be placed over it's main entrance together
with the immortal words ''PaRida nlors dequo
pulsdl pede pauperuna tdoernds Re9unque tw-
ras."
WHY GENERAL SIBERIAN Is IN WASHINGTON.