Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-01-12
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'6fenereial under date OF sainr.
day las the following
Representative hgglcston ofOhio.
rad u lmg Interview with the
President to-day, Ito spent more
than ma hour IN conversation with
lin IN general matters, rcconsiruc.
ton ua,png the rest. After talking
w the result Of the elections, Mr..
Egglc~ion asked the President II he
did not think il would have been
better Tor him 10 have surrendered
''is views and opinions in favor OF
'hc popular vcrdicts in October and
November, aud not TO have pressed
his pulley in his last message, The
President replied to this that he did
not think he had shown amy further
opposition to the popular verdict
,'hau merely to express his opinions
40 Congress in what he thought
wouid best conducc 10 the welfare
Of the country. lilo thought the
Radical party had made great
mistake in spending so much time
as ,hcy did last session before an
N9ancing upon what terms they
would agree to readmit the South
ern States, and that great damage
10 the public welfare had been the
result Of this delay, Now that Con
gross has passed the amendment,
and il was to become 4 part OF the
Constitution. he could sec no guar
auiy that the Southern States would
bc admitted, even amer the ratiiica-
ton had been fully accomplished.
Mr.. ESgleston replied to this that
there was an implied guaral. ty in
the speedy admission OF Tennessee
after her Legislature had ratified
The amendment, and that he thought
the party with which ho acted would
lbe peariy aunt in the admission OF
other late rebel States, as soon as
they had complied with the cond-
lions cxactcd from Tennessee.
4G Tho President said he hoped this
would prove to be true, but he fear
n cd there would be a strong opposi-
ton to such Il policy, from the cx-
trcmc Radicals.
sh7 Mr. Eggleston said he felt little
doubt on the subject. There might
be some opposition from Messrs.
fSumner and Stevens, but it was Il
good characteristic of Mr.. Stevens
that if he couldn't get what he
wanted he would take the best he
could get.
9f5."les, said the President, "that's
true Of Stevens, and l always liked
him for it-a practical man, though
G he seems to me to be working in the
wrong direction"
The President repeated the hope
that the South would be admitted
to representation on the adoption Of
the amendment, 1t was useless, he
said, to diecuss the proprety or i'm
.propriety of tho conditions embraced
in that measure. 1t had been agreed
upon, and all he could now ask was
that tho guaranty of representation
upon that basis should be faithfully
kept by the party that had offered
it, Ilo expressed regret and sur
prise that so few members of Con-
gress had called upon him since the
opening Of the session.
"a Mr.. Eggleston replied that no did
not think members of Congress
should carry their antagonism so
far as that He believed in fighting
out old political battles before the
I people, and thought that opposition
10 tho views Of the President ought
not to deter members from confer
ring with the Executive, Of consult
! ing him on business matters.
baa The President concurrcd in this
view exactly. IIc would like to
have men Of all political complex
ions to call oh him and tell him
what they wanted. No harm could
/ possibly come ofsuch an interchange
of views, and great deal of good
might come Of it. Now that the
quarrel had been settled, us most
people thought, there was certainly
! g,io reason why Senator'S and Repre-
sentatives should 50 sodulously avoid
him.
* The conversation was concluded
hy Mr Egglcston inquiring about
the Mexican question.
i The President rrplicd that il
didn't look as favorable as he had
hoped to have ii, but still he thought
faIl would be well.- Cincinnati
-fiGd-efte, Dee. 81.
hhie GrN. kIppo. the Assistant Com
missioner of the Frecdman's Bureau