The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-05-25

dinned from morning till night, can
only be accounted for upon the by
pothesis that members regard the
Capitol as n sort of a deaf asylum
and that it would be violating tn,
properties of the place to. hear AM
thing there. - 50
NEW GEORGIA BILL.
A new bill to admit Georgia wa.
agreed on by the Reconstruction Con
mittee this morning@it is a mere
copy of the bill passed in the cases o.
Virginia and Texas, with an addition.
al provision repeating so much of the
army appropriation bill of 1867 a:
prohibits an organization of the mill
\ tia in the unreconstructed States
This bill, therefore. admits the State
at once, and leaves the question Of
1.-The tenure ofthe Legislature an open
one to be settled in the State, and moi
in Congress, and gives Governor Bull.
lock the power to organize n State
militia. 1t will be noticed that it is
an entire substitute for the Senate
bill. When this is reported to- the
House, General t'arnsworth intends
to offer a substitute, providing for the
immediate admission of the State,
and declaring that the act shall not
be construed so as to prohibit the
people of Georgia from elccting "a
new Legislature next fall. Thlssis
substantially the Bingham amendment
and will be supported by many Re
publicans and by all of the Demo-
Gratis in the House.
THE RED RIVER DIFFICULTY,
Letters to a prominent party, dated
st. Paul, May 13, says that the wri-
ter had just returned from the Red
River country, and that if it had not
been for recent legislation with regard
to the country, Riel's Government
would have availed itself of the kind
sympathy and aid rendered by our
countrymen. A law passed by the
Canadian Parliament gives substan-
TALLY what Rel asked for. This adj
justment. however, does not promise
permanencc, Only American insti-
tutsons and enterprise can open up
the ofthe Red River .coun-
try. The writer further says that
while at Winnipeg he heard of no
sentiment of annexation to the United,
States, but commercial relations and
railroads will effect a-change in that
LETTER FROM GOVERNOR Bull
LOCK OF GEORGIA.
Governor Bullock, of Georgia, has.
addressed a letter to the Republican
Senators and Representatives, to the
effect that the charges made against
him are tho result of Vaccinations of.
Joshua Hill, whom he denounces as a
Sec~essionist,n The Governor claims
having acted idhonorably and fainy.
throughout the controversy and con-
cludes by expressing hisoppositionlto
Mr.. Bingham's amendment, { or! any.
proviso substantially like it.; because
heys, it cceks to deny to tho RePnb-.
can party in Georgia the fruits o fthe'
political victory they have achieved
after terrible trials of the past two
years of contest ; because it seeks to
restrain tee full effect of the literal
of the Reconstruction acts
in such q manner rs to pron2te the
intt rests and wishes or every man
and every party who have persistent
~ and by every means and manner
sought to defeat those acts; because
its adoption will be n rebuke to and
will destroy the Republican party
has maintained those acts and
supported the administration and
party in our State, and" because any
attempt to hoIc an election there for
of the General Assembly be-
fore those already electhed have en-
joyed the constitutional term OF two
years, as a State in the Union, undeFf
the me V constitution, will result in an
abandonment by them and the party
if any further attempt to uphold and1
maintain the policy which a Republi<1
Congress has ~inaugurated and
whiehit would TINS be shown ARE
publican Congress has Abandoned .
1 will not deny this that this result
would bring peace to Georgia, bat it'll
be the feaeci of death, tornt Rel
publican principles would be admndon.f
I'd forever, andthe 106, 600 loyal men
who voted for and cnrried the con-
and Constitution would be
heard from no more. Rhcres rs rno
,mhesty with rebels for men"inrGe6r
who have dared to Be tRepnblia
ANS, and slistai in the m%earures' w hieh
the black men, There
s no relief from disability except in
in submission or flight.