, 1870-05-26
WAS sHiNaT0N.

Il WASHINGTON.
i People and Affairs Current.
Noisy Scenes in Congress--Persona
9 Memoranda.
Cupital 1Eoying-Pub1ic Print,
49,. ing.
} IrRoM OUR OWN coRREsTosDgNr.1
WAsHNGroH, May g, 1870.
The Republican party gave the first solid,
compact vote it has csst for many q month on
the legislation to enforce the Observance oi
the Fifteenth Amendment The Democrats
voted eolldly to the CONTRARY, Fowler going
with, than, who ia sort Of Abuminous
being. neither shell nor yolk- The original
4 suggestion for this legislation was stewart's,
OF Nevada, but the act ss it finally passed was
Il composite! affair, without Particular 'pates-
nifty This vote, howevor, is no INDIGESTION
that there is any definite system OF agreement
in the Senate, where there are two distinct
sets of Republicans, one which may be called
the Obdurates, composed Of Howard. Sumner,
Drake, Horton, Nyo, Thayer, Yates, Chandler,
Cameron, and BrownloW; and another set
which re may call the Juridicels, led by the
judiciary Committee, and embracing nearly all
thecarpetbaggers and everybody who is tired OF
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latter class belong all the New England Soma
tors, except Summer, and nearly every lawyer
| Of note In the body. The two nreeoncilable
wings are led, probably, by Howard and Trum-
bull. It is an unequal contest, all the brains
being on side and all tho passion and bluster
on tie other. >.
| TIE JUDICIARY coAAIrTE AND THE onDUHATEs.
The Judiciary Committee, which is the pa-
rent o. both The fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments, has room in the basement
story d the Capitol, beneath the Presidents
ofdcialroom, which is, like all the committee
rooms 1arge apartment, well lighted and
frescosd, aud heated by wood tire burning
behinl screen. The floor is well carpeted in
syaIm:olo1s, and there is Law library Around
the sides, and large official table in the centre
With elBy chairs drawn up about. Every men-
| ber his lis drawer, lettered with lis name,
nnd Tho permanent occupant OF this room is
Mr. Benjamin TTumbull, nephew Of that sen-
! assemblies once a weak OF oftener. 1hls CON-
mittee has Of late received aomo Of the abuse
| which has passed over the head Of the Supreme
Court; for tho Obduratea hold that laws ought
to govern evarytlung but the 1aw-nakets, and
that all laws made at any remote time in the
past should be zighseously disobeyed- Parti-
saus1ip has no need Of charters il It possesses
majority, and therefore Mr.: Howard and
Mr. sumner hold that anybody who raises
sc1uple, I provision, OF restriction, is no
better than \ Democrat Eversince the close Of
tho war, there has been steady feeling Of ma
1ignitJ on tho part Of the ObduIates to The pow
crof jurisprudence ne a Coordinate part Of the
government. End this was manifested by open
seosn and threatening during the trial Of the
Impeachment. As recently as the present |
session OF Congress, Mr. .b7ako and others |
have attempted to legis1ate theSuprepe Court
ont Of authority, and on more than one occa-
sion the judiciary Committee has been treated |
with Ruch contnnae1y md laughter that its |
tlons violently taken out OF its Gantls and
acted upon 6pitofu1ly. The consequence is.
thnt men "a radical as Conkltng and Edmunds
have been forced into conservation by the
conviction thar there a!e people Of their own
party who set all laHfn1uess at naught and re-
jcct The comfy Of the constitution. Here is
the real split in the Republican party Of the
Senate, between those who are willing to be
radical lawfully, and those who would rather
be radical than right. This rent cannot be
RB long as Mr. Morton holds tie wh;p and MI !
Howard recites the programme. The former
Of these gentlemen does net understand the
position Of the Republican people upon the
conduct OF tho South, and he l. driving the
Senate away from the party; while the latter
does not care for resulta 30 he can have his |
Wny- II you will look over at the House of |
Representatives, yon win see no party cor
responding to that Of Howard aud Sumner in
the Senate. There are Logan, Bingham.
Dawes, Orth, Cob, and others
to further severe lerislsiion Will, " |
garl TO tho South, and anxious to sea aTarv
State restored to full representation, so as to {
1isembartasA Congress Of tue whole matter. .
Intimate connection With the voting constitu- 5
encies, IL pacific because it sees TINT the people
.re SO; but in the Senate there ara tTo or
Lree ambitious men who are trying to govern {
he Republican party, and several foolish ones, I
Who are incapable Of softening. It is palpabln {
hey can to ruin the Republican party, Tor, as T
! Senator said to me yesterday: 9
"H We don't look out the Democrats will / 2
axe the Ten Commandments and tho Sermon ! :
o : Jelly next year" ?
The President feels this and 60 do al Re- ?
'uhlicans who are not blind What scandal b
:as been this Bullock matter for party to b
lTo under it-$9,0 600 coruptly spent, not to b
uE they way Of people into tho benefits OF u
td
| see no hope for betterfeeling in the Sem 4
te II VIII remain divided until Morton and
il obdurate clique give up. The moments r
re- precious to tho existence Of tho patty. s
Jpon the senate ba the responsibility! The :,
obey OF Mr.. Morton and his aet is to pre- =
erve the organization by diving people out T.
t. The attacks made upon the dauntleaB =
I'd honorable Ferry By Morton, were acts Of e
lthaniem and suicide How car party de- u
sTve existence winch 1s guilty Of this inhospi- q
I4sy' u
ESelJ days observation hero shows how ss
'oee and d3s1otnted; how uninterpretable and 81
;gue The definition Of Republicanam is- Is Y
HeP1bhcan high ta111 man Is the party "
nbboleth peace or jearS What il the atti- nj
,ae o1 me party upon hnanee! Is It party M ..
annexation with General Grant and General 81
anKs, or party Of ;retrenctment with Mr.. &C
aTea anu GenerA Schurz! party in power al
qgt have distinct poaitons, and the Re- nt
lbhcan party Seems now 70 have but one an az
and that is proscrphon! Every day N N
melody is told to set cut Of the purity! e1 ea
9Feznox bullock spend1Dg money to corrupt Mn Ms
Inlon; \! senator Cafpenter must 80 out to q. ~
hge tho zasped feelings Of MI. Norton II ~
! OF us question any proposition OF plunder, en-
suggest way not to do sometbing, out We va
1st 50; And perhaps it i natural that = 1'
~ which, beginning with the name Of 81
noa party, and ending With refusing State m ma
70 ro-enter the Uninn, should also Pc
p the motto Of Tree speech and FREQ press, snl
Z advocate personal prescription! q
The Republican pnsty must be administered lal
more capable men, and strike. posiions Ms
'Ier to pubic opinion, Il it expects to avoid We
ecurreneo OF such sweeping defeats as it uol