The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-19
Things In Washington.

| ing several, some fatally.
Things In Washington.
THE LUsK CAsE-sTATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT
COMPLIMENT TO PRESIDENT JoHNsoN-REMovAL
OF GENERAL POPE URGED-coTToN TAX REPEAL
BOUNTY MoNEY-THE FINANCIAL PROBLEM.
| The Washington correspondent Of the Baltimore
| Sun writes under date of Sunday:
1t is expected that the President will send to the
Senate tomorrow statement OF facts and the
record in the Of Lusk, called for by resolution
| of Congress. Lusk was tried by military COM
mission for the murder of u negro, on a boat on
| the Mississippi river, and sentenced to be hung.
The defendant took exception to the Jurlsdlctlop
! of the commission, DENYING its legality under the
decision of the United States Supreme Court IN tne
| NIulligan case, and claimed that he should have
| been tried by civil court which was open within
the 5th military district. On this exception and
under the reconstruction law The case was present
ed to the President, and is now under Amusement
| upon the points above named. General Grant en-
dorses on the papers his approval OF the sentence
of Lusk upon the ground that it is one OF the hrst
cases of the kind arising under the reconstruction
acts
| At o vote taken recently at the Carroll Hall
Catholic Fair, in this city, for the next President,
votes to be presented with a gold-headed cane,
| Mr. johnson received the highest number. The
cane is to be presented to the President to-nor-
row by Mr. Robinson, member of Congress from
tbe Third District of New York, who has been
selected by the lady managers Of the fair for that
purpose.
Some of the friends of the administration urge
the President to relieve General Pope, and appoint
General Meade to the command OF his Military
District. The grounds upon which the removal Is
aske are, that General Pope has recklessly re-
moved judicial and other civil officers elected by
the people, that no acts are proved or attempted
| to be shown against the deposed officers which
can be construed as distractions to the execution
of the Reconstruction acts, ,'and that the officers
we're removed merely to subserve political party
ends.
It is understood that the Senate will tomorrow
pass the House bill to repeal the tax cotton,
With but five or six dissenting votes. struggle
| is expected upon the proposition to make the law
apply to this years CROP but it will fail upon the
belief of Senators that very little if any OF that
crop is now owned by the growers.
Further legislation upon bountles Is deprecated
/ by members OF Congress, and it is not likely that
any bill can pass which makes further appropria-
tions for that purpose. Already thirty-tive mil
| lions OF dollars have been paid out under the late
| extra-bounty law and the Paymaster-General esti-
mates forty-ive millions of dollars as the amount
required to ply the balance under that act. Over
one-half of this goes to claim agents and attor-
neys.
| Leading Republican Congressman say the finan-
cial problem will not divide the Radicals nor nec
essarily enter into the platform of the Republican
party in the coming Presidential election, because
they expect to pass act during the present ses-
sion of Congress which shall be acceptable to all,
| and cement the Republicans so as to produce
unanimity of action in the convention.
SENATOR SUMMERS VIEWS on DIsFRANcHIsEMENT-
| IMPEACHMENT AND GENERAL GRANT.
| The Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald writes under date of Saturday last
Three dele gates to the late council of the Loyal
/ T ManEav PIlQhnrv-
called on Senator Sumner to-day to learn his views
about matters pertaining to the government OF the
South In reply to the question whether it would
be better to adhere to the Congressional plan OF
| disfranchisement or so further and disfranchise
still more, the Senator replied that the safest
policy and the one calculated to secure loyal inter-
| ests and loyal governments, woud be more ex-
| tensive scheme of disfranchisement, embracing,
| besides those who nerly held offices in the fed
era service all who ook an active part IN further
| ing the secession movement and all who were IL
| any sphere leaders of the people and carried the
crowd with them. He felt outraged in reading
| a few days ago, the proceedings OF the Con-
| servative Convention assembled III Rlchmond
| in which men like Hunter, Rives. Letcher and
others of that class appeared and dared to dictate
| policy to the American people. Such men should
never again obtrude themselves ON pubic notice,
and should especially refrain from attempting to
offer advice or deliver opinions on the affairs OF tho
nation He felt particularly lncensed against the
obstructionists in Congress-the so-called Conse1
vatve Repubicans-whose timid tme-serving ac
ton had already proved the bane or the party DC
| and Ben Wade had done their utmost to carry out
the true principles of the party but they lnvaria
bly found themselves thwarted by the progressive
| and less sincere men on their own side. The tw(
| great mistakes of the Republican party were
| the failure to impeach the President and the
| failure to pass political rights bill. In avoid
| ing the execution of these two measures, the!
PLACED the spoon III the hands OF the De
| mocracy with which TO stir up the pre]u-
dices of the masses and mlsrePresenC tiG G
| of republicanism. He contended that when Con
eress passed the civil rights bill, the same atgu
ments used to enforce it could have been Just a:
we'll employed in the passage OF pohtical rIgntS
bill. which would have given suffrage to all tht
| colored people throughout the country he DC
| Iieved that the constitutional amendment abolish
| ing slavery gives Congress the right TO pass tni
political rights bill, and had they done SO tint
colored people could have voted III the recent eiec
ons thereby taking away from nnb 'ee ec IN T
ent States of the North by Holding up the 6ugpea
of negro supremacy. Speaking OF General Grant
he said he considered him good soldier, ana no
thing more. There was no record OF ms ever nay
ing expressed political axiom or an loea WllicL
| could afford the people an insight OF his capacit
for craftsmanship, or OF the course he would D.
| likely to pursue if he we're elected President. II
was therefore opposed to endorsing him as can
didate for the highest Office IN the gilt OF inc pco
nle Referring TO impeachment, he expressed
himself sanguine that il the House had passet
| the bill the Senate would have done Its duty Il
supporting them. One OF the deputatlon sad tHe
felt apprehensiYe in South Carolina that II the
framed too radical q constitution 1t might De re
iected bv Congress-. to which Mr.. Sumner replie
that they should entertain no fears on that head
| os Congress- was aware that the members OF tn
Convention living in the State knew what WA
needed better than they did, and would not, there
fore reject any constitution on account OF II
being too radical.