The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-06-15
POLITICAL SUMMARY.


| THE OMNIBUS BuL--sPICY DEBATE N TH1
HousE-THE BILL PAssED-wLL THE PREs1
DENT VETO IT THE BILL TO PART1T1o,
TEXAS.
The Washington correspondent OF the Balti
more Gazette writes under date Of the 12tl
instant:
The debate in the House Of Representative
| to-day on the admission OF the Southern States
known as the Omnibus bill, was spicy, inter
esting and suggestive. Bingham sprung tht
bin upon the House Unexpectedly, and Paine
OF Wisconsin, was the first to assail the amend
ment of the Senate, which includes the State
Of Florida. He attempted to show that the
! approve as it created eight hundred officers
with an aggregate Of salaries Of nearly $500,
600 per annum. He was unwilling to saddle
the people of Florida in their present despoiled
and embarrassed condition with such tax
Again he complained that nearly the whole
| Of these officers were to be ppointed BY
the Governor, the people having voice
ant Governor, Legislature aud County Consta.
bles. Butler contended that the constitution
was eminently republican in form, because il
was modelled after the old Constitution of Mas
sachusetts, with the principle Of free suffrage
engrafted thereon. Farnsworth (Republican),
Of Illinois, asailed it because it was the work OIL
carpet-baggers, through violence and under
! the protection of bayouets. Hulburd Radically,
Of New York, explained that it was necessary
to give the Governor the power Of appointing
all the officers to prevent rebels from securing
certain local influence, as there were counties
in which the ssloyaI' element were in the mi
nority. Bingham followed with an appeal to
I his party to admit Florida as necessary to &C.
cure an adoption of the fourteenth amendment
| to the Federal Constitution. To this Brooks
| (Democrat}, Of New York, replied that he ad-
mired the audaeity which prompted the the gen. ZEN
n Including FIT Florida in the Bb and asreed eed
that they might admit Florida and the other
Southern States with any constitutions they
pleased; the time was not far distant when
| they would find all those States with Demo-
cratic representatives on the floor Of Congress,
as the great law Of nature would prevail, and
the white man would u,e the negro element
against the reckless party aow in power. Bing-
ham alluded to the President as the sapostate"
such language, as impeachment was over.
"No, said bingham, 1T is not over; 1t is yet
to be brought before aaother tribunal"
Brooks, pointing to Heaven, replied SIT will
smell terribly before it reachss that COURT
T alluding to caricature NOW sold upon the
|
in which impeachment ia represented as the
carcass Of horse, with the managers gather
ed around it holding their noses. Bingham
| evidently felt the allusion amid the laughter of
| the House. Brooks speech was listened to
with much interest by 10Th sides Of the House.
After q protracted dehte the bill was finally
passed, admitting Nortl Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Louisiana, Georgia Alabama and Florida
to representation in Congress-, as States of the
Union, after the Legislature OF each State shall
have ratified the fourteeth amendment to the
| Federal Constitution. rhe bill goes to the
| President this afternoon or his sig oature, and
there is much diversity I opinion as to what
the action of the Presiden will be. he disap-
proves OF the terms and sstrictions imposed
tional, and consequently yid. He is exceed
ingly anxious to have theseStates again rep
resented in Congress, and fr>ly expresses the
opinion that when once thel, the States will
be able to protect themselves. 1t is therefore
thought the President will allG the bill to be-
come law.
The bill proposing to divide Ttas into three
States meets with a decided opIsition in the
Radical ranks, on the ground thu these new
States would be likely to send DeAcratic and
not Radical Senators to Congret Stevens
will continue to press the bill, but ere is no
probability that it will be passed at t. present
session. although there is large ,bby of
Texas Radicals here urging immediate action,
80 that all of the truly loyal may haI some
Office.
SENATOR YATES ON NEGRO sUFFRAaE-HE soKEs
oUTIHE SENATORIAL FOxEs-sUMNER DELFT
Ep-rHE GRANT TICKET NABAD wAY-RU,Rs
OF CABINET CHANGES.
A Washington letter June 12) to the b.
more Gazette, says
The speech of Senator Yates to-day has giN
en- his party great uneasiness. An effort ha
been made to keep him quiet, and it was sue
cessful. until after the Omnibus bill for the ad
mission of the Southern States had passed tn
Senate. This morning motion was made +
reconsider the vote by whic the bill was pass
ed last night, and this motion was for the pur
nose of enabling Yates to make his speech
Sumner seemed to be the only senator tina
knew exactly what was coming, and he urge,
Yates to insist upon his right to be heard Of
the bill, even after it had passed the Senate
cal propositions, the Radicals, with the exoer
ton of Sumner, exhibited alarm. Yates wa
about to explode bomb in their camp, at leas
20 far as Illinois was concerned, which woul
blow the Grant ticket sky-high. The key not
of Yates speech was tull recognition Q
negro equality, and he declared that it woul,
be useless for parties to hide their head
II Uue eduu, 6uppO5luR tucJ WeIo CouCedIs'
from the pursuers. Universal negro suffrag
North and South was demanded at the hand
of Congress aud Congress would have to gran
it. This declaration frightened up the coul
tenance of Sumner, but the party leaders lool
ed fretted and alarmed. Here was the negr
; equality issue not only presented as plan
in the Radical platform, but an issue whic
Yates claimed was in the power of Congress
to decide. This is the real issue for the pee
pie in the next election, and as presented b
their Senator it cannot be misunderstood b
the people OF Illinois. The only difference bt
tween Senator Yates and the other Radicals {
that body is, Yates had been bold enough
avow their position on the negro equality il
| sue, which the others would avoid by dodgin
behind the Chicago platform. Let the issu
be made upon the power Of Congress to fore
universal negro suffrage upon the States, an
} Grant will fight losing contest. Let this i:
sue be presented fairly to the people of tb
several States, and defeat awaits Gener;
Grant similar to that Ihich overlook Gener;
Scott in 1852 1t is not to be wondered 6
that Sherman and Morton and Edmunds an
senators of that class did not wish Yates t
, speak yet he did speak, and he presented tb