The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-10
WASHINGTON.
The Cabinet.


WAsHNeFON, January 9.-It is known that
Secretary stanton did not agree with the Presi-
dent and the other members of the Cabinet as
TO the District Suffrage bill. The President is
determined TO have a harmonic az Cabinet; but
the probabilities are that he whl 90 on without
change until March, and after that time any
refractory member who shall not have resigned
Will be tnrned out.
At the Cabinet meeting Yesterday all the
members were present. Tlbe time OF the meet
ing was mainly cOnsum ed in discussing the
schemes nov pending ia Congress for the re-
duction OF the Souther States to a territorial
condition. On this po' Nt the Cabinet was uRani-
nous stanton lncluc cd, that the administra-
uon: having asslstefI in the creation of the
exlstlng goyernmer rs in these States, since
having steadily Iecf tgnized them, could not now
Win any consls' 6eaRcy accept a proposition
.N ahat ignored INC ms moreover, 1t beiug the
1s'aDushSu pOhc of the administration that,
ae legal propc Jsation, State cannot commit
Ieason or par' icipate in rebellion, and cannot
vlseoiVe Is @ annection with the Union, and
tnht tne Hene raj Government has no power to
! put state on of the Union, these States are
NOV as much members of the UGion and as in
naependent ed sovereign States as New York,
" fassacnuse It's, or Pennsylvania, and can no
more be re ,duced to Territories than they. The
opinions expressed on these points by the
various Iembers of the Cabinet are understood
70 TO oe yer y emphatic and positive, equally so by
As II e best of relations are known to exist
Detwef n the President and his financial Secre-
tary. and as the President places the fullest
cont dence in the wisdom of his management,
the rumors telegraphed hence of want of
con fdence on the part of the President are sim
al most entirely to Mr.. McOulloch upon the
q aeetion of the finances, and the two are
.nown to be in the most perfect accord on the
subject.
The Impeachment Resolutions.
It is not true, as stated, that the Judiciary
Oommittee of the Honse has commenced Its in
.Vestigation OF the charges against the President
-Mr. Ashley was invited to come before the cem-
hfo ornOr info ooI in
a conversational way stated to them his
grounds Tor the charges he had made, and the
nature OF the proofs he had to sustain
them. Neither his own testimony, nor that of
any oneselee, was taken on the subject, nor is
the committee yet prepared to proceed with
the investigation. 1t is delicate ques-
they Will proceed with ii or not-they are au-
thorized, but not compelled or requested to do
So. They are fully aware OF the responsibilities
OF the case, and will be cautious in their move
ments, and not proceed unless they are assured
OF reasonable grounds on which to make out a
case. II Is proper TO state that strong influences
are being brought to bear upon the committee
from Republican sources to induce them to
leave the subject Alone and the tone of the New
York papers, especially the Herald, has caused
them to reflect seriously upon the matter.
General Grant and the Veto Message.
1t having been denied by some parties that
General Grant approved of the Presidents veto
message, the statement is reiterated upon the
highest authority. The question of disfranchise-
ment Of Rebels was not discussed in the mes
sage, and therefore its reading neither called
n forth an opinion on that point from General
n Grant nor the members of the Cabinet. The
question of unqualified negro suffrage was dis
cussed, as well as the relations of the Executive
to the legislative departments of the Govern
ment, and the duty of legislators to respect the
wishes of the people for whom they legslate;
and on these points General Grants voice was
as earnest in support of the positions taken as
that of any member of the Cabinet He even
went further, and condemned the conduct oi
Congressman in foisting upon community that
had no representative negro suffrage, while they
refrained from giving the negroes like pry
2ege in their own communities.-N Y. Herald.