New-York tribune., 1872-05-23


Warrington, May 29.-The act to remove
,ol,ticai disabilities passed this morning, provides
mai all potcal disabilities imposed by the third sec
,,on of the Fourteenth Article Of Amendment 10 the
Constitution OF United States are hereby reuoVeu
from all persons whOmesoever, except Senators ana rep
resentatlves OF the XXXVIth and XXAVllth Con
crosses and officers in the judicial military ana haNa
service Of the United States heads Of Departments ana
foreign ministers Of the United States" The number
relieved by this act is estimated by weh-mornleu
southeners at not less than 10000 persons OF capacity
and experience who, for six years past nave peen uo
barred from all participation in the FEDERAL s'a'o'
county OF municipal Governments. number OF prom
Inent persons disqualified by the Fourteenth Amend
ment are now dead, but, nevertheless very large mass
pf active talent in the South is thus rendered aVadoo
for Federal and local emplOyments. The e4cepuons'
however, embrace considerable number Oh inc oon-
ppicuOus politicians Of the South
Among those still under disabilities are exsenators
CLAY and Fitzpatrick Of Alabama; Robt W. johnson OF
Arkansas; Yuee and Mallory Of Florida lverson ana
Toombs Of Georgia. Benjamin of Louisiana, now clu-
zen Of Great Britain; Jefferson Davis and Albert u:
Brown OF Mississippi ;lPOlk OF Missouri; Chestnut OF
South Carolina; Nicholson of Tennessee; Wigiall VI
Texas: Hunter Of Virginia and the fOllowngnamed ex-
members OF the House Of Representatives,; fugh unu
Curry OF Alabama Rust OF Arkansas; Scott OF Chor
mia; Hawkins of Florida; NJ. ]. Crawford ana jackson
OF Georgia; Lamar, Singleton, and MeRae OF MlssisSpi
EmIth and Vance of North Carolina; Miles, Mcqueen
Bonbam and BOyce Of South Carolinai Avery ana
Thomas Of Tennessee Reagan Of Texas DE Jarnette,
Pryor. Bocock, Lenke, Smith, and Boteler of Virginia.
and Others The exception of the AAANlIth Congress
was made expressly include Gen. j. c. Brecknridse
Of Kentucky who left his seat Senator from Ken
tucky 10 aid Confederacy and served first as Cen
eral and next as Confederate Secretary Of War at
Richmond.
The list OF Judicial officers Of the United States still
disqualified comprises exSupreme Court Justice John
A. Campbell now in large practice at New-Oreans;
W o
Others 1t is a question whether exU. s. Marshas or
DistrctAtorneys not embraced in this eXcep
hon and whether persons who had ceased to hold judicial
positions when Secession commenced, and subsequently
aided it, are or are not relieved bythe bill
There were about go officers of the United States Army
ana Navy who left their places to aid the Rebellion, and
Of these probably not onehah alive. The law,
however, Is ambiguous, and the exceptions may and
probably do include all those who had even been edu-
Gated al West Point. who had resigned long anterior
10 the Rebellion in which they participated OF the
number thus under disabilities Gen. Samuel Cooper
Confederate AdjutantGeneral at Richmond; Gems
Joseph Johnston, Beauregard, Bragg, Samuel Jones,
Hardee. PembertOn, Gustevus W Smith, Hood Stephen
d. Lee Lowell, D. ii. Hill, B. s. Ewen, Juba A. Early
G. W. Gusts Lee President OF Washington and Lee
University; Dabney H. Maury, Fitzhugh Lee; Coils. r,
b. Lee Larn, Smith, L. B. Northrop &C. s. COmmissary-
GeneraD, Myers (QuartermasferGeneraD, and others.
Capt. semmes Of the Alabama Prof. NJ. +. Maury for
merly Chief of the Washington Observatory; Capt.
Brooke inventor of the Brooke and Of the system
OF deep-sea soundings, the most noted exceptions
among ex-navy officers
Jacob Thompson Of Mississippi, Secretary OF the In
terror is the only Cabinet officer OF Buchanan alive,
who aided Secession But the exceptions include also
Gov VIM. A. Graham Of North Carolina, who Secre-
tary Of the Navy under Mr.. Fillmore; c. NJ Conrad Of
louisiana exsecrcary of War; and possibly some others
Henry r. Jackson Of Georgia, and Gen. Wm Preston Of
Kentucky were foreign ministers and therefore
A. "a fna ITO
sisey the number st under disabilities, but it would
not be wide OF the mark to put the number at from 800
10 800 persons.
The folly OF retaining these exceptions, in addition to
The almost criminal error OF On ambiguous statute upon
subect where several penalties attach TO an offender,
B exhibited by glance at the number ana character OF
persons who relieved. These embrace NOT only many
Of the active advocates Of Secession, but also some
who since the war have been persistent "BouIbons,"
aud in one or more cases persons who dsdan pardon
II Vim. L. Yancey alive he would he relieved by ths
Act Alexander II. Stephens OF Georgia. Nlee-PreSldent
OF the Southern ConiederacY, Ia relieved; also Gov
Henry A. Wise Of Virginia, who boasts that he never
asked for Executive pardon Gen. Forrest of Tennes-
OF Harpers Ferry Gen. Wade Hampton of South Care
lima the Hon. Benjamin Hill Of Georgia Hersehel "
johnson, who ran ON the ticket with stephen a. Doug
scddOn Of Virginia ConfedeIate Secretary Of War; IT, r.
Waller of Alabama Robert W. Barnwe OF South Caro-
lna, Confederate Senator ana pIODaD{ lhe most n9eA
able opponent OF Reconstruction IL the Winter OF lsc45;
Col. G. A. Henry OF Tennessee; the Hon. Aah l. Ca
pcrtOn OF West Virginia. Confederate Senator; Lyon,
Chiffon and Dargan OF Alabama; A " Garland OF Ar
a ,
tucgy Duncan i. KemeT and John Perkins jr OF Lou
isiana t. Barksdae Of Mississippi; Budgers OF North
Carolina Henry S. FoOte, NJ =. Gentry, G.. W. Jones
and j. " Wright OF Tennessee; James Lyons Joln
GOTde, jr., J. 7. HOcOmbe, john b. BALDWIN, Walef H.
Staples Fdyette McMuiHn vi Nirginaall the foregoing
being mostly members Of the Confederate Congress.
Among the other prominent Confederates renewed py
the bill Charles q. Memmineer, eX-SecretiIy u 3
Treasury; g. A. Trenholm; the Hon. Thos H. waits OF
Alabama, G. ;. Attorney y-G6neral; George DAVIS OF
lima; Lewis L. Haryie OF the Virginia secession COnVGn
tion; Messrs A. ID. Dickinson, Charles Bruce, W. W.
(TumIy
ture All the members OF the Secession Conventions at
the South relieved, save very lew VINO may De
embraced under other heads and this fact added 10 the
IOfeg0ug bst OF persons renewed, SHOWS palhly now
invdiOus Is the distinction made by this law between
When snch as Robert Barnwe Rhett, ex-Gov Wise and
Alex. III. stephens are relieved OF their disabilities, IL
tion even the humblest Office who fully accept
the results Of the set forth in the Cincinnati
Is claimed here as a triumph for Greeley and ono OF the
good results OF the Cincinnati Convention.
An interesting question mp in the House, to-day
on the Amnesty bill 1t not clear whether it should
be sent the President for his signature whether
having the constitutional twothrds vote it had become
alaw without his assistance There was some discus
upon this point The Speaker disposed to rule
the bill need not be the President but he
informed by the Clerk that the precedents in cases
OF individual amnesty had all been the other way, and
he decided that he would follow the precedens and let
wanted know whether If the President kept the bill
until the session without signing II, it would
be a law not but the Speaker confident that
the President would promptly put his signature 10 the
measuse, that he obviously did not think it worth while
10 seriously consider this contingency. lie refused TO
swear IN Mr. Rogers Of North Carolina, who entitled
70 take hs seat as soon as tie bill became law, saying
1f Rogedh would not have long TO wait until the PIes
this 9iicrnOOn
Tie passage Of the Amnesty bin will dispose of great
number Of cases now pending in the United States
Supreme Court and in the District and Circuit Courts
where information has been made against persons hold