Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-01-21
WASHINGTON CoRREspONDENcE.
w ASHINGToN Ionuorv 10 1863

WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, January Is, 1868.
!. ouTe"dered! Yes. tn; Is the word After
coquettlng with the President, the Conserva-
yves and the Mongre Radical party for over a
year hiram ). alas e. s. Grant has surrend
efed at last to the white and black niger party,
oooy ana soul. l have been frequently asked.
ah9 ny newspaper men, too, where Grant stood,
ana nave waited purposely to see if the ''cat
, woulo Jump, even when a pack of "Z;on's
oiood hounds were on the trail and this Hi
nols war cat cleared all honorable restraints,
lana pledges. heretofore made) by a single
oouno oyer into the caterwauling Radical
camp .drant has ignobIy played the part of
lago' the mere tool and partisan of Stanton and
the destructlonlsts. He'is one of the greatest
Jeremy Dlddiers On record, and affects to be a
modern Scion by Keeping his mouth shut unto
oyster-dumbness; but even a fool is considered
wise when he holds his tongue He is both
rlckety and foxy, and by this means endeavors
pohtlca, creed, or accounta Dilty to party or
clique by preserving str ict neutrality in
the dfierences between Pre- sident johnson and
me Is infamous bump Congrs ,ss; but it's a trite
ola apnorsm, that actions. speak louder than
words, and by surrenderlng the War Office
against the express and 1nown wishes of the
resident, Grant, at last, has ''shown his
hand' and IS now among the rank and file of
the white and niger corps, ready cooked and
prlmed to 90 their dirty work This very day
the PRESIDENT has it in his power to have Grant
court nlartlaIed Tor dlsobetience of orders, but
the end would not justify the means. By what
authority, or army regulations, does General
Grant obey the behests of the Rump Senate,
without first passing through the hands of his
superior officer In the Executive Department?
Say what you may in defence of Vicksburg
Grant, In his informal surrender of the War
OHlce without previously notifying the Presi-
dent, is an act of sheer perfdy on his part
Like thief in the night, or nocturnal interlop-
er, he
tsFolded his tent like an Arab.
And as silently stole away,
The principal topic of conversation since
Monday last is the Stanton innovation, and the
bill passed by the Rump House of Representa-
tives defining how many Judges on the Su-
preme bench unconstitutionalizes the Infamous
acts of the unconstitutional Rump In the
former case, Stanton's, there are all sorts of
wild rumors, which end usuallyinto the grounds
which gave rise to them-nothing, as far as the
Executive is concerned; for nothing vet has
been decided upon in the Cabinet meetings
known to the outside barbarans, and the CUES
ton invariably propounded, what's the Presi-
dent going to do about it remains to be de
veloped The interference and gagging," the
decisions of the Supreme Court is looked upon
in certain quarters the first step towards rero
luton! Indeed, the interest manifested is in
tense in all quarters about pending results of
the proposed Radical laws and measures. The
bill passed in the lower Rump defining the two
thirds rule for the Supreme Court decisions,
will come upon its final passage on Monday at
one clock, and should it pass, land it undoub
tedly WILL | may post you by telegraph 1t
matters little whether it passes or not. The
Court will simply render an adverse decision on
the bill, and thereupon it falls to the ground
and becomes dead letter What gave rise to
the bill first, was the McArdle case. now before
the Supreme Court, the decision of which tests
the constitutionaity Of the reconstruction acts
The RAIDS in the Rump, having made a canvass
of the bench of the Supreme Court, discovered
| that five were opposed to the bill as unconstitu-
tonal and three in favor of the bill: hence the
two thirds movement The scoundrels
The Supreme Court room was crowded yes
terday to hear the argument connected with
case $50, er pnrte, VIM. Ii. McArdlc, on an
appeal from the Circuit Court of the United
States for the Southern district Of Mississippi
Il will be reco!ieoted that Mr.. McArdlc was ar
rested and imprisoned by General Ord, and or
dered to be tried by military despotie commits
sion on the charge of iiinderlng reconstruction.
or in other words, he ventilated the viainous
acts of the aforesaid Bob Areres,' Of District
No. A. and held to bail in the sum of 50, 000.-
The motion for hearing Of the case was argued
by Judge Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania,
and Judge Sharkey, who characterized the Dry
Tortugas as ''the Botany Bay of the country. -
Senator Trumbull and Judge Hughes, Of India
ma, appeared for the Government Attorney
General Stanberry was present, but took no
part In the defence Of the case, for the reason
that lie conscieAtiousy belieres the reconstruction
Gets unconstitutional! The Court reserves its
decision; 10 the mean time the gag on the
Supreme Court will be hurried through the
Rump Senate. What disgraceful spectacle
do we present to the eyes of the enlightened
nations Of Europe and elsewhere
| regret to state that the resignation Of Hon.
L G. Thrasher, Commissioner of Patents, has
been accepted by the President. lie IS gen
tleman in every sense of the word His success
sor will, in all probability, be John B. Cox,
Esq, Chief Clerk Of the Department Of the In
| terror.
| Gen. 0. 0. Howard has issued an order to
the Bureau agents, in view Of the fact that Sc
many idle negroes are stearing for this City Of
| Magnificent Distances or rather the City Of
| Corruption the necessity of advising them
from such step bat to seek employment else
where, in view Of the restitution that prevails
here Thousands Of negroes are focking here,
and, as an evidence of the fact let any person
visit the galleries Of Congress and witness the
idle, half starved, black and tan delegations
wasting their sweetness on the desert air,
which proves the assertion made by Senator
| Sherman, some two years ago. that Washing
ton was the paradise for negroes.
| Quite stir was created in the Rump House
last Wednesday by fiery speech from the Fl on.
|. Fernando Wood of New York. In his remarks,
he characterized the new reconstruction bill "a
naonstrosity-the most infamous act Of tie many
infamous acts OF this Infamous Congress. = For
this he was called to order by Bingham, of Ohio
and Chattering Dawes, Of Massachusetts, offer
ed resolution of oensure, which passed by a
strict party vote, lis ayes to 50 noes. When
it was known vote of censure was being taken
In the House, it created much excitement. :
Several of the Senators from the Rump body
came in to witness the proceedings, and hear
the reprimand it being new to many Of the
wild cat Senator'S Speaker Colfax simply re
quested Mr. Wood to read from MAYS parlia-
mentary rules the reprimand Mr. Wood took
it all in good part, and as he turned his back to
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