The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-18
IFRoa OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

The past ten days nave '0een proiRc Vi
political caucrfses, adjourned sessions being
constantly necessary, because OF the TACT that
there las been no agreement among the Be
publican members Of each House npon what
the ultra Radical members regard the most
vital measure yet proposed dor the party good,
namely: the act to supress alleged outrages
In the South. Two were held to-day, or
rather one this afternoon. tthe Senate caaons)
and a caucus of the e-Radicar members of the
House tonight.
number Of Radical members of Congress
in-both houses entertaip-o opinions. concerning
the passage of an ssanti-Ku-Klux" bill, very
different from those OF the Butler faction, and
inthe: privacy of caucus meeting have protest.
ed strongly against the adoption Of Way mea-
sureof that character that does not affect all
sections of the country alike. In the Senate
caucus this afternoon there YES an earnest
discussion, participated in by several senators
strong in the Radical faith, WHO did not con-
slider that ANY good would result from the
passage of bill OF this character. During the
consultation Senator Robertson from South
Carolina made some very plain statements to
the caucus, and expressed bis belief that in, the
offences against law and order prevalent in
different sections, bad men ON both sides were
to blame. L have reason to believe, from
hints which have leaked out, that the senator
did not mfnce matters In any respect, 1hnt that
he assumed the direct ground that there
should,Se no lay. that would discriminate ip
the punishment fer violations Of law against or
in favor of tue peopte-6 Gny section Of the
country. This view of. the case is constantly
gaining ground IN Congress and throughout
the country, and it will be seen thatin the frr
ture there-vii be a. more liberal feeling pre-
vaiingsthan hitherto.
The probasiiues@ase aow by ne-mesus nm
favorable to the passage of Representative
Becks general amnesty bill The Republican
party may adopt it to regain The capital which
has been lost by the displacement -nom the
foreign relations committee of Senator Sum-
nea. Certainly Ssnsetaina must. be done to
preservethe Radical strength which is wan
Ing surely and. sebfsy. In the House, today,
the.bfl which was under discussion for gene
raj. amnesty, meatioaedsabo hiled to re-
celve the requisite two-shirds vote, but It Is
believed that upon Its relntroduotlon, which is
intended-unless Congress aajeurns-is will
meet better fate.
4 feature occurred IN, the dlscusaon-so-day,
which exctes some comment, upon the cum
ming of Butler. He asked for the courtesy Of
fifteen minutes from Mr.. Beck's time. inthe
debate which opened on amnesty. Fhis was
cheerlully accorded, but the representative
from the .sLowell district" instead Of making
use Of the timehimsell, yielded to Elliott of
South Carolina, who took. the opportunity Of
giving his Views n opposition to general am.
nesty. 1t is safe to say, that he will be guided
by the ultra Radicals from Massachusetts, in
his participation in the legislation OF the
House, voting as well Is speaking in accord
ance with,the dictates of Butler.
.DeLarge took diGsDent eground, land voted
in behalf of general amlssly.. The Indications
are tha. this representative will not be drawn
into the extreme prpscrjpttve party. which Is
now lndtng ltselrin ine minority in Congress.
Unless an adjournment soon trsnspires,
there will be some very excited debates Ia
Congress. For the past few days there have
besh Indications Of this, but the fact that the
Democrats, ,-boand.by caucus resolutions, vose
steadily and work persistently tor adJeurh-
ment, has prevented party discussions. Thus
far the only excltements have been in the
ranks OF the dominant party, resulting from
the discussions in caucus and the Sumner
Grant quarrel.
There Is eoastderabse excitement In Wash
ington tonight over the Democratic triumphs
In New Hampshire. have never seen such
anxiety on the part Of the Radical politicians
concerning election. resnHs. If New Hamp-
shire has gone Democratic to-day, Connecti-
cut will asspredly follow in Its wake next
month";. ELK RIDGE.