Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-23


titlGd to- representation in Congress, and Sen.
ators and Representative shall be admitted
thcrofrom on thcir taking the oath prescribed
by law and then and thereafter the preced-
ing sections of this bill shall be inopcrativcin
said State.
It's profaced by preamble providing for
the. di,ision Of the lhtcl " seeded Suites into
Military Districts similar to those proposed in
Stevens bill, but gives the appointment of
tho officers who are to control them to the
President instead Of to the General command.
ing. ltfurthcr requires that all death SEN
tenccs shall be approved by the President
before they can be executed that the writ of
habeas corpus shall not be suspended, and
that 10 interference by the military with tho
State government shall occur.
:: WAsmiNGfoN, Feb. 18.-Wentworth' Cor.
ruptipD Committee creates more amusement
than apprehension developments 90 to show
that two enterprising newspaper men cngi-
nccred the thing. The primary object is a
big item. congressman were approached and
cncouMgpd to visit the President, to whom
the Presidents views seemed moderate, and
showed intense anxiety to harmonize the coun-
ctSy. atd nuthing' more. The interviews were
social p8d free, officially binding neither party.
The President is represented as utterly op-
posed to. Congressional interference with State
electors
In the, Senate, Sumner prcscntcd memo,
rial Of tic'Ptnnsylvahia Peace Society urg.
ing the establishment OF an international tri-
bunnl, to which the national differences should
6c referred
The bill extending the time for appeal in
"A writ of error, from the excluded States,
passed.
Sum .cr made an incffcctu.l effort to disn-
ter E!liott's bill, when, after an executive scs-
sion, the Senate took recess.
Shcrman's substitute was considered Ste
vens moved to nome concur, and asked for u
Committee of Conference. Boutwell, spoke
in opposition to Shcr;nan's substitute, and
complained that the bill gave more power tn
the President and functions of reconstruction
to the rebels. We ought to remove from the
reconstruction business in South Carolina tho
Crrs, Fichcns aud Magraths. The bill leaves
the work open tn ny one who may CHOOSE 10
engage II. it. We trust rebels with the work
of reconstruction, Of which wc arc afraid or
incapable.
Stokes opposed it, because he s,w in it uni.
vcrsal amnesty and universal suffrage lie
did not understand l,ngu,gc if it did not en-.
franchise. every rebel in the South lie pre-.
! .Arrcd the dcfe't of the congressional recon
Struction measures to this bill.
Stevens took the g"ound that the bill usurp-
cd the power of n future Congress, and after
wards ventilated his usual bitterness against
the President and the Southern people.
Baine favored the bill, contendng that it
gave m moro rights than Congress gave Ten
ncssce rebels
Bingham made bitter hit at Stevens,
showing there was not single feature in the
bill which WAS not ut one time Or other favor
| ed by the Reconstruction Committee.
Schcnck, Of Ohio, favored the bill as the
only thing possible. After further argument,
Blaine demanded the previous question, which
was seconded the vote stood 9S to G4. A
motion that the whole subj ct be tabled, was
ncgatived 40 t. Is. III, House then took
Il recess.