The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-07
RECONSTRUCTION,
settlement OF the Question The Con-
SIessionaI Plan-SenRtOr Williams
Bill AdOpted-Features OF the sehen1g.

Settlement OF the QuestIOn-The Con-
SittI SeIsshiSnei hS Plsn-senatOr WnIiams'
From The ~. Y. Times.
| MAsHINGToN, February 6.-When the House
assem- mbled to-day, it was whispered around that
| the Reconstruction COMMITTEES had agreed upon
bill to be submitted TO the House but thnt
| secrecy mad been enjoined, and II would not be
! made public until Announced i'm regular oTder
! II soon transpired, however, that the COMMITTEES
nsu agreed upon tho bill introduced into the
SehIaue tIIr on on Monday by Senator Williams, pro.
| WONG 1or the establishment of q Supervisory
Military government in the Southern States,
me DlII divides the ten States into i've dis
| llicts each TO be commanded by an officer not
less in rank than Brigadier-tienerai in the
! Regular Army. The other details of the bill.
authority control over nearly ali matferys
! OF Government in the Southern States
aJour%nment S % beoTe sSa bG G eSGt e9SIS
/ presented but failed to do So aud at G30 p. NJ
! Mr. stevens sent 1t to the Clerk S desk Mr. lie
Blond OF Ohio, fearing that it was the Intention
/ of the majority to push the bill through To-
night offered an earnest protest against
manding at least an hour for its debate bv
| the Democrats. He claimed that the House
should act win due regard for the will of the
American people; and Mr. Stevens replied thai
he would consult the American people to. night
and press the bill through tomorrow, when II
would come up as a matter having precedence
over everything else Mr.. Bingham of Ohio
striking out the preamble, and inserting as fol.
| Jows;-"W hereaS IL is necessary that eace and
good order should be enforced in the several
shall have been fully restored TO their constitu-
tional relations to the Government of the
United states; therefore, resolved, etc. "Mr.
bingham also sought to amend the fourth sec
tion as follows.-"rhat the Courts and judicial
officers Of the United States shall not issue wrlts
OF habeas corpus except in cases in which such
person or persons are held exclusively for q
CRIME CRIME, or crimes (which, by law of the United
states, are ndictable by The Courts of the United
states within such military district"
The bill is looked upon as the entering wedge
IN the destruction OF the present Governments
of the Southern States, and as an indication
that nothing definite will be ACCOMPLISHED in
their reorganization until the Fortieth Congress
meets Prominent Southern loyalsts now
here, express themselves satisfied with its pro-
visions as a matter of temporary relief and
are particularly gratifed that it has been
presented just at this time, when the John
son men OF the South are urging their com
The New Plan.
From the NclC York Herald.
WASHINGTON, February 0.-From q quarter
not TO be doubted, have Information that the
reported propositions about to emanate from
the Southern States in reference to reconstruc-
ton are well founded, 1t is now well known
In political circles that such propositions are
under consideration, and that the Southern
Legislatures now in session are acting in con-
@ 9Sh s be- hs SUBMITTED h9 orm @ the inf essy ssy
lature of North Carolina is doubtless un-
They will come in general appeal from the
whole South, and will be of such nature as
may be acceptable to the Republican party and
the leaders IN Congress- The greatest interest
is evlnced in the matter, and the anxiety eX.
hiDlled Dy prominent southern politicians
shows conclusively that such movement has
beer agreed upon. The Virginia Legislature
now have the subject under consideration pr-
Xately, and in few days, If intelligence reaches
them from the South, IL will be publicly dis
ccussed. The people are tired OF political mac.
tion, and have determined to push matters for
ward as far as may bein their power
The amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, offered by Senator Dixon to-day
is nearly the same as the Southern project re-,
Gently published, and the bill from the Com
ii mlttee on Reconstruction, reported by Repre-
Stevens.
Oregon.
military Governments for the Southern
States.
Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens, from the Joint Conn
mlttee TO inquire into the condition of the
States walch formed the so-caled Confederate
States OF America, has reported a bill for the
more efhcient government OF those States. 1T
max makes "a a military district of each of The $50
caled states, and subjects them to the military |
authority OF the United States.
II makes 1t the duty of the General of the /
districts an officer of the army not below the !
rank OF Brigadier.General, and to furnish such |
olncer win military force sufficient to- ena. |
lie hun TO perform his duties and to enforce his
authority. 1t makes 1t the duty of each officer ,
assigned as aforesaid to protect all peaceable ]
ana Iaw-abding citizens in their rights |
% nsppI%ac,inr pgIS1n aad property TO suppress
to punish, or cause to be punished all disturbers
OF the public peace and criminals and /
lie shall have power to organize military com
sttution and laws of the so.called States 10 the !
contrary Notwithstanding; and all Legislative |
or judicial proceedings or processes to prevent /
or control the proceedings of said military tr- |
bunas, and all interference by said pretended |
State Governments with the exercise of mill |
t9iy authority under this act, shall be void and
of no effect.
In short, it places each of the so-oaIIed Soutb
cTn States under martial law, and subjects each |
and all of its citizens to the arbitrary will of .
the commanding officer of the district and of
the military commissions appointed by MIN
for 1t is Well known that martial law is the
absence of all law and the action of the mIlitary
commission is but TO ascertain the facts unon
which the will ofthe commanding officer makes
the law and executes It,. or course this bill will
be vetoed by the President II 1t is passed bv
Congress, and then comes the tug OF war -