The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-18
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.

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CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
A Washington correspondent writing on the
10Th inst. says: "From his remarkable condi-
tion of reticence, General Grant seems to have
passed to that of a man who has his own views,
and we know human nature we'll enough to be
aware of the fact that man having views is
very apt to express them. Within the last
four days have met three prominent gen.
tlemen who have had talks with General
Grant, and each ones without even giving me
the topics of his discourse, say thai he spoke
| freely and at length. The President elect has
certain work on hand that he cannot accomplish
without consultation, and, being sensible man,
he proposes to take the necessary steps to ac-
complish his work. Keeping this fact in view,
and looking back over his career so as to
get o clew to his advisers, and hearing calmly
the current Of talk and comparing notes, Ihave
| satisfied myself that can name four out OF
seven Of the Cabinet he will announce, after the
4th of March next. Now. I do not pretend to
have gained particle of information from the
great Mogul himself I only give you the gen.
| eral belief OF the shrewder set, sifted through
| my own opinion. and at the present writing the
| Cabinet stands as follows: Stanton as Secretary
of State; Wells, Secretary of the Treasury ;
Washburne. Secretary Of the Interior; Scho-
| field, Secretary of War; Schenck, Secretary OF
the Navy; Greeley, Postmaster General; Ed
wards Pierrepont. Attorney General
/ esaaAToR sAw1BR A1sL Easlx Lr1AEIsTs, y.
During the debate on the Sue Murphy case
in the United States Senate on Thurday, Sena-
tor Sawyer, Of South Carolina, read an argu-
ment in favor OF the bill :
| He was not quite satisfied of the loyalty OF
Miss Murphy previous to the arrival Of the
| United States army IN Decatur, and as she
was then only sixteen years old, he thought it
| on the subject OF loyalty or disloyalty; but on
| the general question Of the right of loyal
| Southefners to be compensated for their prop
| erty taken and used as hers had been he felt
very strongly, and he had been surprised and
shocked by the ground taken by the opponents
OF this bill. He would not undertake to con-
trovert the legal propositions or arguments Of
or the senator from Oregon, GMr. Williams. ]
The loyal men OF the South might be proved,
| to the satisfaction of those who desired such
proof, to have been public enemies during the
war, but he had entertained different opinion
Of their position and character. The senator
from Michigan Mr.. Howard] had spoken
sightingly Of the Southern loyalists, their suf-
ferings and their sacrifices; but if he had hap
pened to live for awhile during the war in
| rebel State, he would undoubtedly have come
to different conclusion. ua
| Mr.. Howard said he had not intended to cast
any, slur upon the loyal men Of the South
nothing could have been further from his
| thought. |-
Mr.. Sawyer was glad of it; but the language
| OF the senator had given him the impression
that he valued lightly the sacrifices Of South
ern ioyaIists, and, indeed, rather envied them
! for the advantages Of their position.
| The argument Of the senator from Massa-
chusetts Mr.. Sumner]> ]> that loyal men at the
| IN dtHry rytVre .I>1s-
might be unanswerable; but he appealed to
that senator to say whether the conclusion to
which his legal logic had led him was not re-
voting to his sense Of justice? II the loyal
along, public enemies. why had the govern
| nlent made distinction between them and the
disloyal during the war? The government
during the war did not determine who were it's
| friends by law. The Union m IN Of the South,
| who adhered to the government, did not hesi-
| tate about their duty until they could consult
Pnhendorf. The Union prisoners at the South
had not found it necessary to read vattel in Or
der to ascertain who were their friends. The
policy advocated by the opponents Of this bill
| was most unjust and unwise, and he hoped it
would not be adopted by the government.
| VIRGINIA.
| After Many conferences between the Virginia
committee and ita individual members with
| the Judiciary Committee OF the Senate and
members OF the Senate and House, it seems to
be pretty well understood that the following
definite arrangement has been substantially
agreed to: Following the precedent in the
Missouri compromise, and the proceed
ings upon the admission Of Oregon, Kan
sas and Nebraska, o bill will be prepar-
ed authorizing the admission Of Virginia
upon the adoption Of the proposed coneti-
| tuition, with the obnoxious elauses in regard
| TO disfranchsement test oath and probably
some other Objectionable features, stricken
out. When this bill shall be passed, it is be-
lieved it will be followed by an amnesty bill,
either universal or with very few exceptions, to
take effect on the ratification OF the constitu-
tion. 1t is said that this adjustment meets the
appreciation of General Grant, Secretary
Schofeld and large number of the most
| prominent members OF both Houses Of Con-
| gress W
| SUE MURPHY. f'
| The action OF the Senate in recommitting
! the Sue Murphy claim to it's committee is re-
| garded as q final decision Of the claim upon
the merits so far as the present Congress is
| concerned. Before submitting the bill to q
| vote there was quiet canvass which disclosed
the fact that senator's we're not willing to abso-
lutely reject Miss Murphy's claim, which has
unquestionah}y justice in It, and yet there was
go much behind IT, the aggregate Of claims Of
iOns, possibly, that the majority of the He
publican aenators were opposed at this juno
ture 10 establishing the costly precedent In.
voiyed In the case under discussion. Therefore
1 ~ was deemed best to make o sort OF nome ON
initial disposition OF the question, and hence
the vote to reepmmit.
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