Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-06
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WASHINGTON. D. c., February /, 1S68
Since my letter of week ago, the de-
lightful weather, which then prevailed,
plentiful fall OF snow, making excellent
such as is seldom seen in this
latitude. which has bsen greatly enjoyed
by those able to pay from six to ten dol
lars per hour for pair of horses and
sleigh. To-day is more mild, and gives
evident indications that this fun for men
and death to horses will soon cease. -
The past week has not abated the in
-terest the public feel in the discussion, still
going on in the Senate, upon the recon
struction measures passed by the House.
said in my last that thought Mr.. Doo-
Titles speech would be called .the great
speech of the session." I take that back,
so far as the definite article .'then makes
it prominent. Since then, Senators john
s,n, Buckaiew and Hendricks havespoken.
and, though differing somewhat in style,
and each making different point in the ar
gument to.the strong point of his speech,
think neither of these distinguished gentle.
men fell a whit below Mr.. Doolittle in merit
as to augmentation and force. Mr.. john
sons reply to Morton's Constitutional jus
tiication for these acts of reconstruction,
was perfectly overwhelming, and never
can be successfully controversial. Mr..
Buckalew is not a forcibIe speaker, but his
Good logic and exact figures tell terribly
uphp an opponent. His review of the
mems by which the dominant party had
obtained such dangerous power in the leg
islative departments of the Government,
and the usurparions proposed in the bill
He went to the root of the matter and
showed to demonstration, that our system
| of government, in the hands of an unscru-
pulous majority, such as now prevails,
could not otherwise than prove disastrous
to the existence of the Government itself,
as intended by the fathers of the Constitu-
tion. Mr.. Buckalew cited the Radicals to
showed that at last Falls elections, taking
those States that had held elections, and
making basis of them, and the returns OF
the remaining adhering States in 1866,
which was too favorable for the Radi-
calls, the majority of the Radical
party in the adhering States above,
leaving out the ten Southern States alto
gether, was only fraction over an hun
dred thousand votes. Now, said he, how
is the representation in this and the other
house. You have 43 Senators and we 10
more than to land the same proper
| tion in the other house-when, if the ''voice
OF the nation," which gentlemen SO often
invoke, was properly represented, you
would have % Senators and we 26. And,
said he, "you are not satisfied with all this
l-you propose to still further stifle the pub
lie will by placing additional Senators and
Representatives in this andehe other house,
by the power of the bayonet, and in def
ance of the known wishes of 9-10ths of the
Southern people," Il tell you," said he,
s'no people like ours will long stand such
legislation" Mr.. Hendricks speech was
mastery oratorieal effort, sustained by
facts and close argument. 1t was terrible
on his colleague, Maxa Morton. Mr.. Hen
bricks is, probably, the ablest, as we'll as
the most pleasing, speaker in the Senate.
During the delivery OF Mr.. Hendricks
speech, the galleries applauded twice, and
no effort was made to clear them. This is
the first instance. of the kind have yet
seen. Well, you would suppose such re-
minders as these speeches are, and warn
ings as they should be, would make some
impression upon these Radical legisla-
tors. But not so. They seem as
insensible to facts and arguments
as the inmates of your lunatic asy-
lums. During the delivery of these
speeches could see many of them laugh
ling, such men as Conklin, of New York,
and Freelinghuysen, of New Jersey. The
latter, in his place by fraud and treachery,
and both from States giving an aggregate
majority of sixty-five or seventy thousand
against them and their usurpation Recon
struction policy. And such things as
these, aud the seeming Indifference of the
people to all these outrageous measures ol
usurpation and plumber, are anything but
pleasant to the calm and dispassionate
well-wisher of his country. -sl
The Radical leaders here are quite jolly
over the election of General Beatty. The
result was a disappointment to mary Of
them as well as to Democrats. But when
we reflect how great their means, and the
unscrupulousless, we need not be sur
| prised. presume they could have
raised one hundred thousand dollars in thi,
city alone, If it had been deemed necessary
to carry the district. 1 have no doubt SEN
ator Sherman took out from tho faithful a
much as was thought necessary. i
/ Itis quite confidently expected here that
in a few days Mr.. Rollins, Controller of In
ternal Revenue, will resign, and be sue
ceeded by some good man. Public opinion
points to gentleman from Baltimore.
| Your old Representative, S. s. Cox, will
| be confirmed by the Senate, think, with
| out doubt. presume the motive is to get
| him out of the country. Old Ben and Sum-
ner have bitterly opposed him. A good
joke was perpetrated this week upon Con.
gress. A rumor was put afloat that Judge
Field, of the Supreme Court had said pub
licly that all the Reconstruction policy oi
Congress was unconstitutional. This put
the whole Radical camp into fits, and forth
with Schotield, of ofPennsylvania, introduced
resolution of inquiry into the facts
and the matter was referred to the Judieia-
ry committee. On investigation after
much talk and threats Of fimpeachment, Sc.
was indulged in by the 'loyal," behold i,
turned out that some spy said he heard a
man say so, that looked like Judge Field
Since this development, the loyal have, to
some degree, regained their composure
The irrepressible Ben. Eggleston has at
last been heard from. He received tele-
/ gram Giving the rasnIt in the 9Th District