The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-09

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o.sr,vs OF the Debate on the Military Despe.
,,su Biu-A Connecticut Representative Bios
Far denomination Anxiety OF the Radicals
sor an Early vote-CousdtntIcnaI views OF
~. u,rvnam n Chance fog the Measure In
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WASHINGTON, February Z, 1867.
The galleries Of the House Of Represen.
tatives were crowded to-day by those n
ious to see the infamous bill presented yes
terday by Stevens passed through that
body. II was called up very early In the
day, and discussion commenced on 1t al
most Immediately. Its father. the dictator
OF tho House, was opposed to any post.
pouement whatever, and acknowledged
the difficulties Of passing such q measure
through the Senate. He wanted the
debate proceeded with right through
to the end, and gave notice to his friend:
not to interfere with it, but let the
House come to q vote as o o as possible
and tho proposition was made that to-day
and tonight the debate should 90 or And
the vote be taken tomorrow. The Repub
licans are rather in q quandary in thi'
affair, and some Of them are not in the
least pleased that Stevens is ruling it oyel
them again. Judging from the temper dis
PLAYED to-day, the bill will 60 through the
House. but its chances are dead IN tht
Senate already. 1t Is intended as q strong
bid for General Grants favor, as the kadi
calls hope TO win him entirely to their EN-
braces by clothing him with power superior
to that ever enjoyed by any President from
Washington down and Farnswortn To-Day
IN the House asserted his belief that the
measurc wssjpaccordance with the views OF
Tho general commanding the army; but al
tba same TIME did not claim any personal
knowledge on the subject. The course
which Bingham has taken in ~ontradictng
the theory of Stevens that the South is
conquered territory is a thorn in the side
of the advocates of this last resort OF Jaco-
binism: for they see in Bingham the ability
10 hurt their cause very much. The De-
mocrats express approval of his course and
opinions. When the debate was opened
TO-DAY. Braudegee, q furious Radical
from Connecticut, made a revolutionary
speech in its support, which was also
a bid for denomination at the Repub-
lican Convention of his State, which
meets in a few days. He declared that
the "sword of the Republic should be
unsheathed again and placed in the hands
of the greatest captain of the age (another
bid for Grant,, and shall be held by him
suspended once more over the heads OF
rebels, with the awful memory of the re-
verberation of the cannon which opened
Richmond to the Federal arms" These are
crea. words from a small Individual and
Gran, will probably not take the pains to
ihauk him for his ~sycophancy. OthenRadi-
Gals made speeches in support of the bill.
The vote on its passage will be a firm test
OF the power Stevens has yet in that body.
The true theory Of the opposition was well
expressed by representative Rogers, OF
New Jersey, who, in an hours speech, de-
clared that rather than have military des-
potism into the Government he, for one,
would use the power which was given him
by the Almighty in resisting it and further
said that if Andrew johnson would sub
nit, his name would descend to poSterity
as a living libel, a coward, and a traitor.
This bill can never become a law on the
statute books. II passed over the Presi-
dents veto, it is the signal for revolution
in the North. The Radicals intend to re-
ward Grant with the presidency in 1868 If
he will join hands with them now in their
crusade against the South and liberty. We
have only his record in the past to judge
from but from that there is certainly no
evidence that he would allow himself to
be made their tool. TIMoN.