The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-11
Whit is Thought of the Messnge--Cubn
The Finnnces-Gcorgfn Reconstruct
tlon--The Crowd I'm Washington.
irRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE

WAsHiNoT0S, December {.
The mountain has laborcd and the result Is
:hc mouse. No message was ever more awkward.
ly put together, or more quietly received in and
ont Of Congress, than the one delivered by the
President oil yesterday. Perhaps the best critt.
| cisn passed upon it was the somewhat plain one,
namely, tia; It was more remarkable for what it
omitted than What il contained, and it Is gene
| rally accepted that what II contained had been
| fully anticipated by the gossip ana speculation OF
the past month. II is evident to the casual reader
| that there are no css than three handwritings
Within the wallis OF the White House In ibis
document. There is not y shadow OF doubt
that Secretary Fish wrote every word OF the
resume OF the foreign situation, aud the stilied
deceptive generosity about the nou-rccognition OF
| the hellgerency fCuba. This portion OF the mes.
sage seems to receive universal dIsfayor and Ia
to he met at once with counter irritant in the
| shape OF thousands upon thousands OF names 10
| memorials asking Congress 10 do something for
free Cuba" The spirit Of the document de.
non1elng the civil tenure or onlce law, and ase.
Ing ior its 1;nhiediitc ieeai, and yi.tuaiiy a,er
tanning the oft repeated views OF ex.Presldent
| johnson thereon, is IN striking contrast with
| GrIhIs position two years ago, when he did oil
lie c1ud do TO enbarrass President johnson, by
urging that this law he passed by Congress.
The report Of the Secretary Of the Treas DRY,
which Mr.. 'outwe!l kept with 70 much secrecy,
was 80 far r!iort Of tho general expectation that
| IL had little Or no influence upon thc iinancia,
| market, and foil Tia; in Congress. White the
| West and South are united in demanding that
the volume OF currency shall he so enlarged az TO
| enable the legitimate channels OF trade TO nuw
| on, Mr.. Boutwell, comes out and proposes that
Congress authorize him TO contract the currency
two millions per month, ami without even relin.
| sell pulI Iut lD..k.
| up the proceeds, 50 as TO tighten money ~ any
time Ii may suit the speculative purposes of iIp-
Sclf or his fricnlls Aud right here, II should be
added, that dc3pite nil the lofty rretcnsious Of
Mr.. boutwell, that the recommendations OF his re-
port would he Kept secret it il nevertheless a fart
thnt OIL Saturday last they were well known in
| Wall street. The proposition TO fund the greater
part OF tue public debt on u four and Il half per
cent. loan was freely canvasscd there and had the
effect TO raise the premium OH such OF the bonds
as were rot included In ii.
4ac proposed Radica! persecution OF Georgia
MA The only sentiment Of the message applau,ir,l
on the door of the House. II Is 20 be one OF the
earliest measures OF tile session, and The ,lic,un
OF Grants message, it is very evident, is to he
! fully carried OUT Governor Bullock Is here and
In constant attendance on Radical senators and
members II Grder 10 carrJ out his party ends
lie is either on the moor OF the Senate or House
'luring most Of the session. and has already Ill
vulgcd his plans and purposes 10 the head ami
front OF the Reconstruction Committee. It is
hardly probable, though several bills have been
introduced, that anything win be done in tic
Georgia matter until after the holiday recess
Such is the feeling in both houses that there
appears TO he very little doub. bill Will be pass.
Cd general In its character, removing the pollt,-
cal disabilities imposed by the Fifteenth amend.
such n measure arc the carpctbag members.
Some OF The latter, however, say they are willing
te vote for such q bill when the Fifteenth amend
mcnt Is ratified, but not before. The Rcconstruc.
tton Committee arc holding Il large number OF
bills covering individual cases to see what Con-
sreas Intends TO do with n general measure. A
bill introduced In the Senate by Mr. Warner
reads as follows:
he IL enacted, DC, That all political disabilities
imposed 10y the third section or the Fourteenth
article or amendment 20 the Constitution Of i,ia
United States or by law OF Congress for reason OF
participation ~ rebellion against the Govern
mcna OF the United States, are hereby removed
from all persons who were citizens Of the State Of
Alabana on the lst ,lay Of December, 1862
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs will,
in few days, present report on our in,erna-
tional relations with Lopez. Kins OF Paraguay,
that will be startling indeed. as showing tho do.
praYty and brutality OF man-that is, II the i'm. |
istrue. Ii is likely 10 result in Congress refusing
to have any further diplomatic relations with |
Paraguay.
The season has opened duer than was ex.
pected. There, arc not half OF the crowd hero |
that the hotels calculated on. They expect bet. |
ter times after the holidays but IL Ia evident that
ns therc arc oiccs to flil the attendance can.
not DC AZ great as Inst season.
The capital-moyers ore on hand, and are armed |
with pamphlets and documents, which they arc |
distributing freely. The Western members gen. |
orally are In favor OF removal some time, hut It |
does not appear that the question can assume |
any practical shape at present
The contested South Onroina election cases will, |
not be taken up until after those from Louisiana
arc disposed OF by tho committee which will be at
least two months distant. 2RrA.
Tho Princess Marguerite was enjoying her.
A nj Oh f, thn In