The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-04
INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON

Party C,isis-oGcneral Grant and the
Ultra Rndicais-HoutwelPs Motion
Grants Opinion Conce, ming Georgia
-.Boutwcn Snid to have Backed Down.
The Washington correspondent Of tue Balti-
moro Gazette, writing on the 2Sth ult.. says:
party crisis is rapidly approaching, aud
the fact is keenly appreciated by the violent
members Of he Radical faction. General Grant
is fast developing himself and the several
conversations" lately tclegraphed from this
civ. are, in the main, true. He may
be regarded as already ION tho war
patl" towards tie reckless propositions
OF Congress, and his footprints are even now
plainly dlscernable IN and about the ma
tional capitol. case in point will illustrate.
Mr Boutwell,, chairman of the Committee en-
Reconstruction, had given notice that he
would, on Saturday morning last, call Tor
vote on the bill aunulling the present State
government of Georgia. It was well known
what the result would be. Georgia would be
leces as State in the Union be scattered to
the winds. The Hon. Pierce Young determin-
ed in the last resort to appeal to the President
elect, aud for this purpose he sought and OBJ
tanned ON interview with General Grant on
Friday last. The General received him cor
diaIIy. and listened earnestly to his statement.
Mr.. Young spoke Of the impending danger to
the State of Georgia if Mr.. Boutwell, car
ried out his programme, and explained
how Governor Bullock had defeated the
effort made by the Legislature OF Georgia to
submit to the Supreme Court OF that State the
question as to the right OF freedmen to hold
ofice-the only question now at issue between
which Congress had just surrendered in the
proposed constitutional amendment. General
Grant promptly answered that no one could
deny tho fact that Georgia was State in the
Union and now Cptitled to representation i'll
both branches oi Congress; that Congress hao,
nv solemn enactments, declared this fact, anu
that it vas no more IN the power OF Congress
now to remit Georgia to state OF mliltary
govern,Dent than it was for Congress to annul
chusetts. He s,idh he could never sanction any
action on the part of Congress which co"tem-
Mated nh interference with the State govern
mont OF Georg o, and that he would take occa-
sion TO communicate Will lie charman OF the
COMMITTEE on Ecconstruction Mr. Young
then alluded to What he considered tho hxei
uirpose Of the dominant party III Con-
crcss. as regards Georgia and tho other
Southern States, when General Grant inter-
rupted him BIZ saying that lie had hoped it
was perfectly understood that he had been
elected the President OF tho country and Eot
the President OF I political party. and as tho
National Executive he should con 'ider aud
protect, as tar as his constitutional powers en-
abled him. the rights and interests OF I'll sec
tions. That this pledge will be faithfully
observed finds ali earnest III tho fact IL at wnen
the Reconstruction Committee met on Satur-
day morning. MIR. Boutwell,, instead OF calling
tor a vote OIL his bill auuullng tho State Gov
eminent of Georgia, announced, to tho greGv
surprise of his Radical colleagues, that he had
concluded to lot tho bill go over 10 the next
Congress without further action on the part or
ia
seems to warrant tue belief mat the
S:s.:.cnishcd chai man -no. by the by, has
some Cabinet aspirations, haa received reve-
Ioi,on from soma quarter which influenced his
action. The interview, as given ABOVE DeGweell
,Sc Gcoroin representative aud General Gran
NAV furnish tho explanation.
aencraI Grants Cabinet-Pardons for
spnnr,cr ana Arnold - Tho amnr
10 ton Casc-Par"on of Lamar-ihc
President Prepared TO leave the White
House-r xtra Cabinet Meeting.
Washington telegram Of the lot instant TO
tho B llCimore SUI says:
General Grant stated to-day that he hao
cOnc!u Cd that he would rot make known ti1
| names of those who are 10 comprise his CaOl-
not to anybody noS even the nominees tncdl'
selves, uut'l thor namcs aIe sent TO Inc ocii'
| ate und that the uo.niuooa would be as InucL
surprised az anybody c!so hen they read me
announcement OF their ncnlnatlon. Genera"
Grant sout t. the State Depart meat today tt
learn what had bc"n the Gus ON among Prrsi
dents heretofore us to the date OF tue appoint
ment OF Cabinet officers.
1t was found that as o general thing the
nominations have been made within Try fcW
days alter tue inauguration Ut tho President
two days being about tho average time. l. Ii
expt O: ed that, in Wow of lhe tact thai tue pres
ent. m, mbers OF the Cabiuet viii resign on the
monts vacated. General GraLt will nominate
his Cabinet the day after his inauguration.
i; Is understood that the President has
directed pardons to be issued for Spanger ant
Arnold, now imprisoned as the ID Dry NGr'qEa No. M
nuln. The President also proposes to pardoI
Gazzaway Lamar, who was tire, IN December
iss5 Ly a military commission tor cnmbnlne
and consplrine with others TO deirauo tn'
United States by stealihe cotton belonging u