The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-06-10
ThG Arkansas Bill,

The Washington correspondent OF the
Baltimore SIN writes under date OF
Sunday evening
The Senate again occupied the cn,irc
day yesterday in the debate on The Ar
kansas bill. The discussion which has ia .
ken place on this bill has developed the
lacL That there exists 4 great difference
"fopnlon among the Radical rcconstruc
Lion doctors, and all the frank admis-
sions of Mcssrs. Wilson and CONFESS
that the votes of those States will hc
necessary to secure the election OF Grant
aud CollaX have SO far proved utterly
futile in arrcSting the opposition made
TO tho bill hy many OF their associ.
atcs.
No" That the impeachment project
has met such an inGlorious defeat, and it
seems that nothing could be gained by
remaining here to watch the President,
thorc is u strong disposition to get away
rs soon rs possible. The most anxious
members place the utmost limit OF the
session at the first of July, but, as peril
neatly remarked by MIR. Wilson, at the
rate business is being disposed Of now,
the necessary legislation cannot be Gn-
Ishcd Tor months TO come, The Radi.
Gals are satisfied that it is rs much as
Their salvation Is worth to Keep back the
Southern States any longer, and it is
not 1T alt probable that tie adiournmcn,
will take place before the States arc ad.
mttcd. Mr.. Drake and The few other
uneasy spirits understand tins perfectly
we'll, but they are SO welded to their
own pet projects .ha, it seems they will
urge thcm at the risk of cndangcrinc
everything.
The amendment Of Mr.. Terry to
strike out the conditions Of admission OF
Arkansas was only lost yesterday bv
one vote, and would have been carried
had full Senate been present. There
Is little donbl that some more amend
mcnts will yet be tackled to the bill,
winch VIII hrccssltatc It's going back TO
the llouse. 1t was IN The first instance
rnShod through that body under The opc.
ration ol the previous question, but there
are number of Radicals of the House
who now say !hat irit comes back they
will oppose it. Then, after it has final
" passed, The President will have ten
days in which to return it. The omni-
bus biIl Tor The six other States which
have so far adopted constitutions will. of
course, provoke quite as lengthy discus.
sion, so that the chances are that these
States will not have representatives in
Congress before july, il then.
Mr.. E1muuds is very anxious to get
up and press to a speedy passage his
high sounding resolution Of thanks to
Mr. Stanton, and has made the effort
two or three times day since he frs,
offered it !; but his brother Radicals, al-
though, Of course, they VIII support j,
when 1t does conc up, seem rather in.
cllncd to turn the cold shoulder upon it.
The opportunity which it will afford to
vcnt'lalc some OF the acts OF Mr.. Stan
ton, both recent aul remote, will
not be los, sight Of by the Conscrva-
tivcs,
No formal action has yet been taken
~ The Senate se!av; committee 10 ;nyos
ti2atc impeachment matters.
The time OF the House of Rcprcscn-
tatIvcs was taken up for two hours AGAIN
yesterday in discussion of which Chas.
W. Woollcy was the first caLsc. The
subject was called up by Mr.. Speaker
Co!fax, who wanted The house to con
struc its own resolution relative to The
withholding Of vetbal and written com.
muncatlons from the wiLaess. There
Is in the House Of Representatives a
respectable minority Of Republicans,
such men, for instance, as Judge Poland
and Mr. Woodbridge, Of Vermont, Mr.. |
Baker and Mr.. Ingersol, OF Illinois, Mr..
Lawrence, Of Pennsylvania, Mr.. Bmks,