Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Sam Domfngo-Grant as LobbyistCuba
Grant and Congress-Ames- nissIss1p-
pi Senatorial QuestiOn-TenneEsee-G
gia-HEass Meeting In OpposftfSn 90 BIng-
hams Amendment-SaIe of Cadetships,
&c.. Sc. s
WASHINGTON CITY, March %. 1870.

on Foreign relations yesterday agreed to
report adversely on the st. Thomas and
Bay of SANTANA treaties. These treaties
are remnants of Stewards grand idea of
buying icebergs and volcanoes, which
idea appears to have descended to his sue
cessor Fish, or Grant, it being very diff
cult to tell whether any scheme the Presi-
dent favors is his own or the product OF
the SOULS of his Cabinet. The rejection
of these treaties is in accordance with vie VS.
of the committee On the Presidents last
hobby, the San Domingto purchase, which
was reported unfavorably on. If General
Grant is such failure as a lobbyist while
President of the country and backed up
By John W. Forney and his Court Jour.
nails, what kind OF figure would he
make getting bill or job through when
he is plain Mister Grant =? There can't be
much social harmony existing between the
President and the Senate when the for
mer is compelled, in order to secure the
support of Senators, 20 go to the Capitol
while the Senate is il session and call
Senators out to influence them in favor Of
his pet measure, the San Domingo pur-
chase; and notwithstanding the unusual
occurrence of the Presidential visit and the
San Domingo ring, the scheme failed
clay not the fattering JUNCTION to your
souls" 0 Radicals, that honesty, or
good of the country, and not dislike of
Grant, prompted the action. Party policy
may have been the consideration partly,
but the Senate are not obliging Grant
just now.
On the heels Of this snub of the Presi-
dent comes the action of the House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs. They have
adopted joint resolution and recommend
its passage by Congress, which by favor
able action, the same beligerent rights
now accorded Spain Will be granted to
Cuba. By this recognition Cuba can pur-
chase vessels Of war and do other acts of a
belligerent in.this country. It is thought
: the resolution will pass. The papers were
teeming few days ago with the interviews
of Secretary Fish with the Committee and
the entire squelching Of every iota of Gu
ban sympathy III that body, but it appears
that Grants factotum has had about as
much success il the House as he himself
had in the Senate. It certainly seems that
there is about much harmony between
the two ends of the Avenue as when An
, sided over by the Grants, only that now
the grave and reverend Senators don't call
the other end hard names. I doubt very
much whether they respect him as much as
: they did Andrew johnson because they
hated him and they don't think Grant
worth the trouble, although they use bin
in every dirty transaction to an extent that
: delighteth the hearts of Wendell Phillips
and Theodore Tilton, for Grant is not only
, looked upon by these apostles as q shining
light IN extreme RadicaIism but as q
''brand plucked from the burning
The admission Of Aroes as Senator from
4 Mississippi was debated yesterday in the
3 GenatA and was participated III ny 1r0'771 ., /;
, Rice, Howard anG Ih&yer IN favor, and
Messrs. Conkling and Thurman against adj
mission. Thayer belchoG forth his version
in a sort of town meeting speech, and the
, only wonder was that the town-pumps was
not mentioned. Mr.. Rice and also Mr..
Howard talked like lawyers having bad
case with jury in their favor, and had to
give the jury an excuse to clear the cul-
= prit by a long winded harrangue. Mr..
. Conkling, Radical, defended the action OF
the Judiciary Committee, which declared
Gen. Ames ineligible, as not being q citi-
. zen of Mississippi. Mr.. Conkling was
3 most scathiug il his denunciation of those
who have been soliciting the votes of SEN
ators on the ground of the necessity OF
having Ame's vote on cases now pending,
5 having reference to the army bill and the
) Georgia bill. He said such conduct was a
disgrace to the Senate and the country
Judge Thurman took an entirely legal
view of the case, and his argument on the
i solo point at issue-whether Ames was an
8 inhabitant at the time Of his election
: was most conclusive. He said that nolO
General Ames was eligible, and that if the
. law was applied, no doubt he would be
~ - 1Dt7k hat OF
r of his election he clearly wes not eligible,
, and in conclusion said THE question is
whether this Senate, which is seeking SO
much, as it says, t. enforce law and order
in Mississippi which is crying out against
? violations of law and order in the South
q which is resorting to extraordinary means
to repress what it calls disregard OF Law
and order whether this Senate viii sci
the example itself Of utterly dlsregardlng
law as we'll settled as the decaloguo itself. d
: This clear and irrefutaDle argument of &
! great legal mind, as we'll as Mr.. Conkling's
able effort, will be offset to-day by Ku-
3 Klux telegram or the rancorous venom OF
/ Drake or the cant of Wilson.
q The Reconstruction Committee are still
occupied hearing testimony in the pro-
! posed reconstruction of Tennessee. Butler
is most insulting to any one whose testi-
8 mony does not run current with the hell
hounds who wish the entire South kept
under the rule of the bayonet. VIM.
. Fletcher, Secretary of State, interviewed
I the President yesterday on the subject OF
sending troops into Tennessee. Speaker
Perkens, of the Assembly of the same
State, was before the Reconstruction Com
: mittee and denied in toto the reports OF
: outrages in that State, maintaining that
: it was as peaceable as any other State, and
no more murders or crimes committed
than was in Massachusetts.
We had grand mass meeting held here
: in opposition to the Bingham amendment.
l It was presided over by Mayor Bowen, who
has been called swnidler and robber by
both press and speaker. John ". Forney,
whose notoriety extends the length and
breadth of the land, and the Infamous
3 Governor Bullock, who has grown used to
, being called thief to his face, were among
the big guns. Gov. Scott, of South Caro-
: lima, was another of the beauties who ex-