Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-12-06
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WASHINGTON, -. o., NOV. 30, 1867.
TO the Journ0t Saturday and tie close
of an exciting work. Congress has as
sembled, and national affairs arc in a greater
muddle than ever. Had the impeachment
scheme received it's death blow, matters
would wear much moro ftlroToh{c aspect
to day. Instead Of that, all is uncertainty
IN regard to the usefulness Of Congress du-
ring the present session. If the impeach-
ment report is sustained, as very many, the
majority OF well informed men think it will
be, it will become the aIi-absorbingand all
engrossing subject. 1t will exclude and
prohibit the attention which other subjects
demand. Proceeded with in the mildest
possible manner, it will carry us into April
and June, and result in nothing but calam-
ity and confusion to the country. On the
other hand, il the prerogatives of the Exc
cutive are intertered with before trial aud
conviction, Il disturbance Will eusue, to
which the &" late unpleasantness will
hardly compare It is undoubtedly true
that the Radicals have been much disap-
| pointed by President Johnsons faithful
execution of the laws. Some of them are,
no doubt, passed on purpose to have them
| time, the Interior purpose Of framing an
Indictment The Saracen5 once undertook
to gain victory over the ChriStrians by q
miserable trick. The fable runs as fol-
lows:
Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, in
the twelfth century, and during the Cru
sades, challenged Richard /. to meet him
in single combat aud decide their respective
claims to the Holy Land With his def
ance, he sent Ceur de Lion present of q
war horse, which he supposed the monarch
would ride in the duel. This horse was the
foal Of o mare which Saladin himself in
tended to ride ; both animals, 10y means Of
COMPUTATIONS, were possessed of devils,
which devils were to insure the Saracen the
victory for the mare was instructed to
neigh, and the foal at the neighing was
taught to kneel and suck her. However,
the devils were outwitted. An angel warned
Richard IN d dream of the plot devised for
his destruction, and not only so, but drove
the devil out of his horse and to make
everything sure, filled the animals ears
with wax, so that it could not hear With
an evil spirit on one side, and good spirit
on the other, the Saracen and the Briton
met in deadly encounter. At the decisive
moment, Saladin's mare neighed till she
shook the ground for miles around vet
Richards horse did not obey the signal,
and the result was disastrous for Saladin
Congress, in its duel with the President,
has sent him laws full of all manner of con-
Jurations of the devil, but the angel of our
destiny has kept the President warned of
these plots, and at every decisive moment
Congress has been vanquished, and such
result will illustrate the present attack
Total depravity, however, has not had it
all its own way. Some measures, even at
this early day, have been spoken of for the
relief of the people,
Mr.. Eliot, of Massachusetts, the head of
the Committee of Freedmen's Affairs, has
instituted an inquiry as to whether or not
the Freedmens Bureau should be continued
beyond the time indicated by law.
The South itself would be good Judge
of this, and it is very possible that tenn
perate discussion in Southern journals
would have influence with the committee.
At the North we have paid taxes to the
tune Of fifteen or twenty millions year for
the support of this institution quite as long
as we want to.
Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois, had an eco
nomic fit, and wanted all testimony taken
by the various Congressional committees
referred to the Committee on Printing, to
see whether or not the importance OF the
testimony would justify the expense of
printing.
Mr.. Pike, Of Maine. is in doubt whether