Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-11
WASHINGTON.
The Muddles Of our Foreign Policy.
A PeremptOry Demand on spain.

Representatives assembled at Greeley and
Brown headquarters Saturday evening,
After some consultation on matters of the
political campaign, r. &. Fenton was chosen
chairman OF the Congressional Campaign
Committee. Correspondents relating to
the canvass, political documents, Organiza-
ton of clubs, etc, may be addressed 10
Mr.. Fenton.
The Federal Election Amendment.
The following Is later and more exact
account OF the action Of the committee of
conference on the sundry civil appropria-
ton bin. Towards evening the committee
had acted on eighty-eight of the eighty
nine amendments, and thus far Everything
in the Committee Nes haFnoniaus.
They then returned to The seventh amend
ment, the bill supplementary to the election
law, which had been reserved for distinctive
consideration. The question was then pre-.
sented ofmaking this the subject Of seapa-
rate report; In shot, any recommendation,
so that the Senate might, If they thought
proper, reeede from it, and thus save
the bill, while concnrring Ia unanimous
report embodying all the other amendments.
Or il the Senate should not fecede from the
said amendment, the House might have
an opportunity Of voting on it as an indie
pendent measure. Members were earn
est in the expression Of their views; but the
minority, Mr.. Stevenson of the Senate, and
Mr. Niblack. of the House, the only two
Democrats, were unable to accomplish their
purpose in obtaining a separate report, as
Messrs. Edmunds and Cole of the Senate,
and Messrs, Garfield and Palmer of the
IInr,oa s,.o';-oA - o.,rho1v;pr fba oloof ION
law amendments in the report with the
other amendments. Stevenson and Nib
lack withdrew ffoih the Committee, leav-
ing the other members TO frame report
in accordance with the wishes of
the majority, which they have done,
with several notifications Of this
original propositinn. The report wi:
be presented to the Senate as soon as they
shall meet tomorrow; and having been
agreed to, will be sent to the House. Some
of the Democrats tonight say they viii en-
deavor to prevent Its adoption in that body
by filibuste-ing, as they were assured on
Saturday that they would lose none Of their
rights by consenting that the disagreeing
amendments to the bill should go to COM
mittee of conference. Other Democrats,
however, are inclined to let the report be
adopted, saying that if the bin should
fail and an extra session be called
the majority would not only pass bill con-
tanning the Objectionable election law fea-
lures, but other measures to them equally
distateful. Should the Democrats continue
dilatory motions until noon, Ii order to de-
fert the sundry civil expenses bill, an extra
session will be called, and it is even said
by some of them that il is understood that
the message convoking the two Houses has
already been prepared by the President.
There is much comment and speculation
everywhere concerning the events Of to-
morrow.
Siekfes Playing BeneGetti.
NEW YORK, June 10.--A London dis
patch says: Thursday Minister Sickles sub
mitted to the Spanish Minister a formal
peremptory demand for the release OF DR..
Howard. Mr.. Sickles conveyed to the
Spanish Government the desire of the
President that there should be no delay,
but that the subject should receive imme-
date attention, and in case of a refusal TO
comply, he stated the President would take
decisive acton in the matter.
A Sad Deficiency of Understanding.
The Herald Washington dispatch says it
now appears that principle is involved as
to the prospective action of the clauses of
the supplemental article Of the treaty
which might result from a different con-
struction of these clauses by either govern
ment at future period. This, as stated
by Gladstone on the Sd inst, is the sole
object in continuing negotiations. The
British Government still thinks our Ian
guage is not sufficiently explicit on this
point.
To dispatch from the Secretary of State,
of June 8, stating that the discussion of
further amendments was useless, Granville
sent reply asking that at the meeting of the
Arbitrators which takes place June Is, an
adjournment be had for eight months.
With this note is sent draft of the post
ponement. Our government refuses 10 &C
cede to this demand, hol ling at the same
time that the matter of postponing is left in
the hands Of the ArbiLrators, to whom Eng
land may apply single handed. The full
correspondence is to be sent to Congress
to-day.
The Struggle for Free Elections.
WASHINGTON, June 10.-The President
and several of the Cabinet went to the cap
itOl early in the morning to examine the
hills presented for approval and signature.
1t is known that a Presidential proclama-
ton was fully prepared convening an extra
session Of Congress in case the sundry civil
appropriation bills was not passed by II
O'Clock, or the time for adjournment not
previously extended. The time for the
commencement of the extra session was
fixed in the proclamation for half past twelve
to-day. Knowing that this document would
be forthcoming, the ultra Republicans were
at 1870 A. NJ. filibustering, amid great eX-
CLEMENT to prevent any extension of the
session.
When the Conference Committee on the
Senate amendments to the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill were again in session, it was
at one time expected they would recon-
mend that separate votes be taken by the
House on the various amendments, which
course, if adopted, wonld probably have re-
suited in the rejection of the enforcement
amendments in any shape.
The BueII Report,
The House Military Committee to-day
reported concerning the loss Of a portion
OF the papers in the matter of the Buell.
court of inquiry. They fiud no trace of
bliC DDlCCb Vi bHb 1uG
shows they came into possession of the
War Department 18th May, 1867, remained
TOR a time in the Office Of the Judge Advo-
cate-General, and were taken mart of the
time ostensibly to the office Of the Adjutant-
General They were never part Of the
proper records of the former Office, where
they lay in trunk in which
they were brought to the city, until taken
away. There is no evidence that they ever
reached the Adiutant Generals Office, and
the weight of evidence is that they were
never placed on file there. The Adjutant
General testiies that his official records
show only receipt os the opinion of the
court Of inquiry and nothing more, which
is found on file in the Office of the Secreta-
~ of War. No blame seems to attach to
any particular officer, person or employee,
for the loss. Gen. Wallace, President of
the Courtmartial, and Gen. Buell., exoner-
ate the President and Gen. Sherman from
the least suspicion. The committee have
recommended bill, W hich has become a
law, authorizing a transcript of Pittman's
notes of the trial to be filed iu the War De-
partment to supply the loss of the original
papers. They also find that Gen. Buell.
has complete letter press copies Of the tes-
timony.
As to the case generally of the books and
records in the War Department the evil
Gence shows that portions Of the letter-book
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