American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-01-16

t satisfied that Mr.. Conkling's hill IT
, pcaIin@ the act ofrontinnouS Srssio
would never come to Il vote, and lha
his wish for the Forty first Congress
to assemble in March would be Ie
> %ardcd. He took occasion TO rritcr
ate his demand for the repeal of tn
civil tcnure act, as the recent uttrr
= aHcr he made to that effect stand
unchanged. and is working its "a
tiurncr among all the party. The
dispatches from this city to the Rad
lcHI papers attempting to hush M
the conceded difference in sentiment
between the President elect and
Congress on thus subject, ara sent
nursr orders. for the purpose of post
poning disclosures in the no le OF
adjusting divisions. Here in Wash
ing5on the issue Gen Grant created
is rs much matter Of common fame
rs the existence Of the Potomac river
One of the results Of mis- teud in the
unhappy family has Uern to shorter
the intended stay Of CongreSSmcn'at
their homes ANA other places of hoI-
day resort 1t is we'll understood
that the Vice President eject will
hurry back several days sooner than
he meant at first to do, and with him
will come Wilson trola the East.
Wade from the West, who. with
Trumhul, Sherman, Kelly and
. Conklng, are to fluid out. through
Wash burue if possible. exactly what
/ Gram wants, and then whar less he
viii ArrGpt 1t is annuunccd nov.
almost officially, that a caucus is f.
/ be hr'd on the night of he 4th of
Jnnuarv. Indeed. it is declared that
4 rlll for one has been cnntidrutially
>rut to all the Radical members mn.
d.r the franks Of Srhcnck and Nor.
gan, ut the Republican CnngressionaI
/ Campaiwn Committee. Rv n sinolp
demand for repeal ID the civil tenure
bill. followed hy no reiterated or
other subsequent demonstrations,
General Grant's ultimatum has gain
a,,,,,, ed toIce land, and foy%r %, among many VIII"
who can I'VE counted on to advocate
/ the re,I repeal OF the law. as stated
/ to me by Npc OF their number. to b.
/ MesSrS. I,6hdicI>uu, Ferry, FREEING
! huysen, Grimes. Sherman, Norton.
! Ross, Dixon, Fowler, Sawyer, Oi
South Carolina, at least. together. OF
course, win all the Democratic mem
brrs. 1t is undeuiable, however. thai
MeSSrs Morgan and Snmner hav,
taken advantage OF each being il
town daring the recess to cooperate
in producing q sentiment against the
repeal Of the law in any event Dur
ing the week, Bingham, Blaine.
Boutwell,. Wilson, of Ohio, Farms
worth. and other leaders, will bo on
hand to reinforce the opposition t.
repeal. The occurrence of the teud
has been the prrteNt on which more
than two thousand letters have been .
penned to Grant from "sorerrignS
in and some out Of office. They tell /
him in Substance to fight l. - y'rJ
that Ilne II it takes all bis i5I ''l Yea
to do il in.
Conservative Congress-, IIen a.
statesmen generally, i0cluE E,HnHS III
President, have Just stood 5, ~ -; TOOK
ing at the growth of tmS = NV iSioH
and while Grimly vindicdted. "N wei
in their long protests agdn 'Nt the
of The Executive "S IL
their expectations that Tl'pfurr
would come, are rs Silrit in aGNlcr /
rs they are lacking in sympathy.
FOrury rOnSpi"uouSly publishes to |
day Wendell PhilipE'S order number
one on the situation. torhidding the
repeal OF the law, but while place i
"A possibility declines to comment /.
upon it. Between the COngreSSmpu
who openly defy Grants dellverancr
aud those " no rcline to submit to it.
are a middle party who seek TO solve
the trouble by having the Fortieth
Congress speedily adopt Mr. .Ipnckc>' /,
civil service bill. They profess tn de
clare that Mr.. CnllaN and Gen. Grant
are heartily in favor ot it. and that
by its provisions not only can the
best qualified he secured for office,
but that the strife for supremacy he +,
wv en- the Executive aud the l., gis, I
Iature can he merged into support {
Ut a measure realizing the best the. ,
.'.i.',''''', ~. '',''u''. " - :"
wv "''".i ''I'''e y "l'i't l, u cer
fdin thaI Mr. JrnckeS viii he here a q
week before the expiration OF the