The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-12
FROM WASHINGTON.

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Especial Correspondence Of the Baltimore Gazette
TIE CONGRESSIONAL 1IUDDLE-TnE NEW SESSION
OF CoSaREsS-ITs EMBARRASSING EFFECTS ON
TIE pARTMENTs-AN ABSURD DDILENMA-ABoUF
THE PRESIDENTS NlEssAaE-.THE MILITARY SA-
TRAP BrLL-RAYNoND's SPEEcH-A FLANK MOVE
mENTN BE BANEs-Exc1TEMENT IN TIE HOUSE
THE BILL PosTPoNED-A CRISIS CuLa1INATN6.
WAsu1SGTCN February S.-The disastrous effects
of tho revolutionary action OF Congress- even uPo
tho ordinary public business, are beginning taps nus
carly to be developed. The only law passed aS !no
present session having as yet any praetcai DearlhS
has already created CONSERVATION III tne DepstIe
ments With view to a perpetual harraSsniGnI u
the Executive tho Legislative branch latey teiSo I
Forticth Congress 1T to assemble OIL tiie
4th of March. Tho charlatans were not aware, or
were unmindful of tho fact, that ny law Gno heaos
of DEPARTMENTS particularly TINT OF inc IieasuHS,
renuired to mako thor annual reports at the be
Ginning of each session." OF course this peremp-
fory REQUIREMENT cannot be complied with under
the new order of things, as the Departments Will
not possess the first inking of data upon which to
predicate thoir calculations or estimates. none OF
the bills upon Which they are to be based having
vet become laws, nor are they likely to be finally
acted upon before the very day preceding the com
meucement OF the next Congress. When 1t IS con-
sidered thai the information contained ID these re-
ports tornS tle DaSlS OF Ill useful icSloL11.io' w
aabsurdity of tho change referred to will become
still more patent. The intel "ut reader Will easl-
lypercevs the confusion whi.. This departure from
q ling established practice must necessarily pro-
duce. ~
With respect to the course of tue President t the
case will present less difficulty. The ConstltuT:on
simply imposes upon him the duty OF giving Con-
gress stfrorl time to time'' information OF the
State of the Union, and recommend to their consl-
deration such measures as he shall judge necessary
and expedient." It is not at al legally o6igatory
upon him to send Congress a message = at = the 1e
opening Of the session next March, and it IS TO
be hoped that, unless he has something par
ticular to say which may possibly be needed, ne
will permit tho new body to speg away al taeI
bunging Revolutionary schemes = With4uS Pv "nS snS
h1rrying the nation into bloodshcd and RUN: Inc
pratace Of addressing Congress at tho beglnnnS g.n
Of each session grew out of that pursued
by British sovereigns in opening Iarhamens
speech from tho throne Genei dia he e
der Adams. Mr. Jefferson 80 far devlatcd IRON from
their example as to substitute tho present
mode of communicating by writing, whlc1 mas
since been called message. Ihls was done,
confessedly as savorings less Of royal preroga-
tive and dictation, butts nevertheless oboctlona-
Bile in the scoro Of aping royalty-and aNhougn, :, II
has been practiced by every President as IN tne
case of removals from Office, the presenG mcull-
bent has had proof enough that such plea upon
impeachment would not DO available. 90 leI Inni
ponder upon the propriety and safety OF ventulng
another address to Congress, especially on this oc-
cason, md if it is intended to be mere relte1a-
tion Of whaS he has often enough SAID IN very on
cellent English, but which has not boen foloWeu
up by equally emphatic action,
sTGe discnssion of the bill proposing to subject
the Southern States to military rule was COLI
tinued this morning. The few Democratic and
Conservative gentlemen who were .pernilttcd 10
speak did remarkably well; but the eloquence OF
Henry or Webster would have been Wholly ~
adequate to such on occasion. total slenG9
on the Constitutional side Of the Chamber would
have boon a far moro effective and sublime warn =
ing against this enormous crime aSaans! PupI ~
liberty. 1t is regretted by o decided ml]orlHy ol
the Conservative members tnas .hs nJ
ness with which tho measure was sprung
mon them precluded concert OF action. As
things tend, the people of the North, lt ls to DO
hoped, will be made to appreciate that tnls 'lolelC
overthrow Of the constitutional Liberty OF pcopigi
shey now regard as enemies will ultimately 1ecoll
on their own heads. In tho short space OF T ten
years the South will BE- III condition iar DcgEer
fitted for the proposed fundamental change IN the
form of the Government than tho North >: N Inc
nature of things comparatively rev n to ever I'M
forms of government will be of vital persona! con-
sequence. The North is filed with q population
who, when they shall have lost their polltlcal
rights, will have lost their all: The soutn9rn peo-
pie may be made present sufferers put VIII naahy h
profit by the insane revolution lnauS Surateoz ny
their .infuriated adversaries.
AS the hour approached appointed Tor taking tne
vote the interest became intense TO ascertain 10
what extent the Radicals had become weakened by
the refusal of sc-called ssmoderates" to take inc
perilous lean row required, and at this polnt ~
RAYMOND nude q most effective aud unansWefaple
8 peech against the Bill. As much as thls genCle-
man has been damaged by his many vac1tlatlons 1t
is but sheer justice to say that he on thus occasion
did much to make Conservatives charitable to nus
occasional failings His speech was unquestlona-
bly able and vastly Disconnected the extremists
At half.past three o'clock Alr. Stevens rose TO
close debate by demanding the previous quest'on
when Mr. Banks requested postponeIent o. iIle
vote for o day OF. two. He announced ainM, In,
paralled excitement, every member r1slng from MS
seat. TINT a measure was now maturang winch
would receive tho sanction OF tho sena5e and pro
badly that of the President, and no desired the @
suspension of proceedings upon tho present Dill
until that could be brought to tho OF
Congress- He accompanied the announcoment ny
holding out tho threat that il the PrcSldent
to, that then it would become necessary TO deal e
promptly with another matter, and accomplish the
purposes Of Congress by other and more dlrect
means. This of course referred to the impeach-
ment nna immediate election Of the Executive.
inst before closing this letter the House took
vote (Idr Stevens peremptorily rcf:sing to with,
draw his demand for tho previous queston 81 ana
62. The refusal or Stevens to Withdraw ms mo-
ton, coupled with his defeat, is locked upon as o
favorable indication of tho character OF lie meas
ure alluded to by Mr.. Banks.
This has been tho most exciting day in the
House ! ever witnessed. Matters are evidently
culmnating. II would be folly to predict results.
Great ones are in the immediate future. x.
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