Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-23
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RECONSTRUCTION.
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There is a great deal Of anxiety TO know |
what the President will do with the recon
struction bill which has iust been passed
bv Congress. The bill was finally passed |
AFTER ten O o'clock at night on the 10Th inst,
and the time within which bill could be-
come a law without the approval Of the
President expired at noon that day. If
the President should not return the bill 10
Congress approved or vetoed, it fails to
become law. The Washington CORES
pendent Of the Cincinnati Enquirer specu-
Iates la regard to the course he will pursue
a. follows:
WAsHTNGroE, Feb. 2O.-Now that Con
gress has determined upon what the ma
ioritv Of its members regard as a plan for
reconstruction, by the passage Of Stevens
Military Government Bill, yaCCunated win
the Blaine amendment speculation Is rife
as 10 the course that shall be pursued by
the President. VIII he pocket the bill, or
will he veto the measure? II SO, how soon,
etc. are questions asked. ] feel warranted
in saving that he will not dodge the issue
In any event, nor take shelter behind
pocket veto; and can assert, with equal
confidence that he will not indulge in the
hybrid approval under protest A veto
Of the bill will most assuredly come from
the President, and any one at all familiar
with Mr.. Johnson's history and sentiments
must bee prepared for tEis result Nor will
it be difficult for persons thus familiar 10
determine that this veto will be sent 10
Congress at the earliest day possible and
consistent with the vast importance Of the
subject which the prospective veto and the
bill are intended to affect.
Whatever Mr.. johnson does in the mat
ter will be done with the view Of squarely,
fairly and courageously meeting the issue,
and his action will doubtless be commune
Gated to Congress within a week, so as TO
give ample time for action in both Houses
upon his message.
1t is generally supposed that the remarks
Of the Hon. Reverdy johnson, in the Sem
ate this afternoon, are but the reflex Of
opinions Of the President upon the bill in
question. Senator johnson gave as a rea-
son why he would vote for the measure,
that it proposed means whereby, at some
time, OF somehow, Southern Representa-
tives may be admitted 10 their seats that
any state Of affairs would be better than
the present condition Of the Southern
people.
Il is believed the President does not re-
gard the bill in question as remedy for the
evil dcplored by Senator johnson, and he
cannot discover in its provisions any mode
for working the South ont of liz difficulties,
az it is not fnality, but leaves the whole
question open for the bufletting and cuffs
Of a future Congress. But outside of these
questions and paramount 10 them, in the
opinion of the President as is alleged, i.
the military feature or Brigadier General
dictatorship Of the bill An impression
has been obtained that the incorporation Of
the Blaine amendment with the military bill
b. a result Of compromise attempted last
week between certain members Of Congress
and friends Of the President. This impress
sion is erroneous
The proposition for concession or com
promise was based solely upon the proposed
amendment TO the Constitution, and i'm
partial or qualified suffrage, and in the hope
that this being effected, the Military Bill
Of the House would fail The virtual de-
feat Of the latter bill in the Senate and lis
return 10 the House in the nature Of a sub
stitute, would present an opportunity for the
contamination Of the proposed compromise
but the adoption by the House of the Sher-
man bill, which includes the Military Gov
eminent Bill, has for the present, at least
destroyed all hope of a compromise he.
tween the President and the Conservatives
on the basis proposed.
Il he should veto the bill, what then
The Washington correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Gazette furnishes the following ii
his dispatch Of the Goth inst
Mr.. Delano, Of Ohio, in answer to an inn
putation that there had been a combination
10 defeat recoAstructive legislation, made q
most radical speech on reconstruction, aRC
the following point upon Impeachment
Whoever stands in the way Of the soyer
eign will of the nation, while she is work
ing out, through toll, trial and blood, he
regeneration, her emancipation, her free
dom; whoever stands boldly and persist
emily in her way, that will defying, and re
fusing it obedience, subjects himself to tn
constitutional. lawful and rightful punish
ment which all such offenders deserve, an,
which they shall receive, and no decision
Of courts that violate this well established
will as no action of man or men that deie
il, can fail 10 reap the righteous retributiol
which may be authorized by the legal an'
constitutional provisions Of the country"
This is regarded "a a defiant intimatiol
10 the President If he vetoes the bill he vii
be Immediately impcached and hurle'
from office.