The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-16
LEXINGTON News

.,rsssAS ON AMSEsTy--HE Is
coh"h mnrATEp WITH CONTENT.
.ncr,, amnesty bill Of Mr.. Beck,
the ssss ,,ndcr discussion most of to-day
w nhn House, came within few votes OF
tnhhtsininr,the Iwo-thirds required to pass IL.
Sroncral Bntler secured the floor as the llfSs
sneaker TO op,sose the bill, but ylcidCa ~
,,f his time To the colored member blho"'
Of South SCaroiiha, who made an lheone
rent. rambling effort, which bore s!lspieIo,.
OF being prompted by Butler from tS a...soS
W, General Farnsworth. Elliott charged
that the outragcs in the South were lnStl,
r,tnd by northern men and money, anu
SSx,cuted by the DISTINGUISHED class. Inc
.ncpch seems to have no influence, for no
rcnIv ar reference was made to it III the
subsequent discussion, while the other
colored member from the same State voted
for amnesty. When the kukiuN Dill comes
IN the Democrats will move TO tattacn an
amnesty clause. This they can do by a ma
jority vote, and then the bill, as amenaed,
will require two-thirds to pass 1t, which,
according to to-day's vote, it cannot obtain,
and will therefore he defeated. ss.s>..
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
II was stated in these dispatches last
week that the President would visit the
Pacific coast this spring. He has since fixed
inc Time lOE tuc lSI VI IuaS> W uSn uS Mn
leave Washington, accompanied by his
family. - Washington telegram Bali. Sun.
WHAT THE KUKLUx BILL IS.
The biliis for the most part composed of
Buffers. anti kukluN bill, Shcllabarger $
bill for the enforcement Of the laws, and
the bill introduced by Judge Woodward
during the last Congress, providing for the
drawing of jurors instead of selecting YER
halle, frr,,, "a lac mo-, a nanp has hppn
exhausted.
1t authorizes the President to employ
military force in the suppression Of dlsor-
ders in the South without waiting for the
reoulstion Of the Governor Of the State
wherein they occur, and provides an ela5o-
rate penal code for the trial and punish
ment Of members of the so-calcd kuIduX
Khan by the United States courts. Any
one of a, disguised band unprecedented for
marauding may be punished for the offences
of any other undecided member, and dam.
ages caused by such disguised and unde'
tected person may be assessed upon the
respective counties within whose limits the
outrages are committed. Another provi
sion requires that United States jurors, il
all parts of the country, shall take the tes
or iron-clad" oath.
['The constitutional provision which thi
bill violates is rs follows:
art. ~, sec. 4. The United States
shall protect each State > = on appi
cation of the Legislature, or Of the Execu
tive when the Legislature cannot be con
vened9, against domestic violence"
Which, as Gov. Walker taught Genera
Canby,is equivalent to saying that without
such application the United States has nc
power to interpose.l
JUDGE JOHNSTON. .,--..
The reelection of Judge Johnston to the
Senate is not only qualification to his asso
ciates- and large body of friends here, but
it is hailed with pleasure by even political
opponents, who value his high character
and the manly qualities which distinguished
his brief career in the body to which he
has now been returned, with the cordial
appreciation OF the whole people of Nir-
ginia. Few men in public lie have made
so favorable an impression as Judge john
sion, and his whole conduct gives the
assurance of great usefulness to his State,
rs it promises the cooperation of saga.
cious and patriotic mind in restoring the
country to its ancient and honored paths.
He belongs to that order of men who are
distinguished more by their sound discre-
ton and practical parts than by the super
fetal qualities which are too apt to seek and
to acquire passing admiration. On the few
occasions in which Judge Johnston has APP.
peared in debate, he has borne himself with
marked credit, and disclosed a cultivated
mind fully capable Of graphing with oil the
questions which now agitate the country.
Virginia could have sent no man to the
public councils ut this crisis who would
have been more acceptable, or whose per.
sonal influence would he more felt in both
Iarties.- Washington Patriot.
For the accommodation Of manufacturers
OF proprietary articles, the retail price OF
which is Sl.50, the Commissioner OF Inter
nal Revenue has ordered the preparation OF
stamps of the denomination of six cents.
These stamps, however, will not be ready
for issue for couple of months.