Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-02-16
What the Arkansas Delegation TO
Washington say..COngreSs. the
President and General Grant.

Tho gentlemen from Arkansas,
who spent some weeks in Washing
ton, By instruction of their Lcgisla-
,rre, TOR the purpose Of comforting
with The heads OF the Government
and the leaders of parties, arrived
in Louisville last Friday on their
way home. The editor of the Lou
i-viie Journal had Il conversation
with these gentlemen, who were un.
reserved on all questions, and gives
10 his readers the following sum
ming up Of what they said:
They do not wholly give up
Congress MS lost to all sense, justice,
patriotism and decency, and believe
that the impeachment scheme will
ultimately be abandoned or over.
whelmingly defeated. They dis
covered that Stovens-rcpublcanism
was malady confined to a minori-
~ OF tho Northern representation,
and that letters and circumstances
by the thousand were pouring in
daily upon members, from all parts
ri the North, protesting against the
impeachment as unwise, revolution
airy, and calculated, if carried out,
20 produce civil discord and inter
necinc strife"
They found the President firm in
his determination to see that equal
and exact justice be melted out to
each and every State Of the Union
the adamantine resolution of a
grand and granite man-whilo his
constitutional advisers are equally
firm in the position they have taken
az to the true meaning Of their obi
cations under that great chart of
human liberty and human rights.
"rhe delegation also met, ut the
dinner table of Secretary Seward,
with General Grant, who, rs usual,
was very reticent in political mat
tiers, frankly stating to them that he
know nothing of political affairs,
and was wholly ignorant of the So
phistrics, twistings, and turnings of
politicians. Regarding the consti-
tutional amendment, the General de-
clined to express any opinion as to
it's justice, constitutionality, or eX-
pediency, but said he would like for
ut least one Southern State to adopt
it, as an experiment, to sec if their
Senators and Representatives. would
be admitted to their seats in
Congress-at the same time express
sing the opinion that they would be
admitted. He also stated that, at
the commencement OF Congress, he
urged upon prominent members, if
they intended to make the adoption
upon the part Of the Southern States
Of the amendment the condition pre-
cedent to re admission, they ought
to pass a resolution to that effect,
aolemn!y pledging Congress to re,
caive the Senators and Representa-
tivcs into that body. If they did
not take some such step, they could
not except the Southern people to
take step th"t might be prellnl-
nary to others that would lead
them they knew not where. On the
negro suffrage question he was more
decided, stating that he believed
that was question that should be
lett wholly aud entirely to the peo-
pie Of the several States I; that Con-
gross, in his opinion, had no rightto
interfere in that matter; and en-.
phatically declared that if the ques-
ion came up in Illinois and he were
there to vote, he would certainly
vote against it, But, he said, smil-
ing at the time, if he were in one Of
the Southern States he believed he
would vote far it, for lie was salts
fled h. could march the negroes up
10 the polls and vote them as he
pleased, and would thus be gaining
Instead Of losing political power.