The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-08-16


missioner; ]. W. Hendrick, Revenue Su
pervisor, and several postmasters, inclnd
ing W. Fl. Polk at Paris, Kentucky; L. j
Scott, Of Iowa, as Indian Agent at For
Hall for the reservation OF Idaho.
=. Governor Sam Bard, who ia chairman
OF Chattanooga COMMITTEES 70 extend OIL
Invitation or'behalf pt the municipal au
thorities and Board Of Trade to the Pres
ident and Cabinet to visit Chattanooga
and Lookout Mountain, had an interview
with the President, who informed hin
that he had laid the invitation beiere sew.
eral members Of the Cabinet and woulC
give definite answer after the meeting
tomorrow. tt.gG -
During the forenoon to-day the men,
bers Of the Cabinet then in town, Belk-
nap, Creswell and Williams, visited Pres
ident Grant on business, the last nance
in reference 10 the Ku Klux convicts il
the Albany penitentiary. The report in
the case by Col. Whitley having been reat
to the President, he directed pardons TO bt
made outin behalf Of those recommended
to Executive clemency, namely, Davit
Collins, William Teal, Amos Owen ant
William Scrugg, who are said to be ole
men, one or two Of them In poor healtl
and who Joined the Ku Klhx In ignorancc
of It's real objects. Some days win elapst
before they will be set at liberty, Us it will
first be necessary TO ascertain when and
where they were convicted. After these
cases shall be disposed of the President
will consider the suggestions OF Col
Whitley relative to eighteen others now
in the Albany penitentiary.
Early in the afternoon the President
briefly engaged Il n conversation with
several Of his friends, chief on political
topics, from which II appears he Is salts
fed with the situation as regards himself.
When asked about the alleged slight
to Frederick Douglass he replied
that II Douglass did not complain because
he was not invited by him to dinner, he
did not see why Senator Sumner should
exhibit so mdeh anxiety, ii not indigna.
ton, upon the subject. The simple FACT
was, that the Domingo Commissioners
with their Secretary, having called to
submit their report, invited them TO dine
with him. Douglass not being with the
Commissioners, he did not, at thsftime
think OF him nor oil the Others who &C.
companied the expedition, but if Siegel
and Douglass had been with the Commits.
sioners, they would have been included
in the invitation to dinner, which was in.
formal and private, having no official
whatever. The President
his surprise that so much should
be said about an, immsterial matter
one that merely CONCERNS his household
He remarked that no public business Is
neglected by his absence from Wash.
ington, as he attends to il at Long
Branch. His coming back 10 Washing,
ton to-day, was not absolutely necessary
for that purpose. The econversation turn,
ing on the remark of Senator Sumner, tc
the effect that Greeley is better friend
to the black man than President Grant,
The President replied, that he never pre-.
tended TO be, as he had repeatedly said
an original sbolitionist, but be favored
emancipation as q war measure. When
this was secured, he thought the ballot
should be conferred toimake the gift
and place those who had been
liberated in full possession of the rights Of
lreemen. His views however on the sub.
ject of slavery were well known, express.
ed In letters to Washburn and others, and
published, and hence this was
not now q matter Of dispute. In the
course Of conversation, he said that while
! President should be in accord with
The leading principles OF the party that
elected him, 1t was essential that
be should enforce the laws which
may be enacted, and administer the Gov.
srnment, not in the interest Of party, but
IN that OF the entire country. While he
had no unkind words TO utter concerning
Mr.. Sumner, he was perfectly willing to
place his acts against Summers words, and
IN this connection, he said that Sumner
lid not show himself such good friend
10 the black man as he prolessed to be,
when he was not willing to have civil
rights bill stand on its own merits-re.
luiring only majority vote-but insist
ng on bill OF his own, as an amend.
nent to the Amnesty bill which fcould
not pass without o majority lof two
thirds. Carpenters Civil Rights bill, how.
ever, was passed during the absence OF
Senator Sumner, and, as facts show,
much 10 his surprise. The Pres.
dent also said that 1t will
be seen by the Congressional GEObe
that Senator Sumner did not vote at all
on the Joint resolution recommending the
Of the 18th amendment to the
Constitution OF the United States. This
amendment, since ratified, provides that
the right OF citizens to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States
Or by any State on account OF race, color
Or previous condition of seryimde, and
Congress is invested with power to en-
Iorce this article by appropriate legisla-
lion. Mr.. Sumner, the President said,
lodged Q vote on this joint resolution.
A Cabinet meeting will be held to-
at which Belknap, Creswell,
Williams, and Delauo will be present, the
last named gentleman having returned
from Ohio to day, a, -
The PRESIDENT Will leave oTmorroW Tor
Long Branch ID f5lilEI
When the Clark letter was published
upon the alleged authority OF
General o. o Howard that the President
had ordered that court martial be pack.
ID 10 insure the, dismissal of the colored
cadet, he at once telegraphed TO General
Howard In the following terms:
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cen. o. o. H6sodTd, Sdntd Fs, Ts6 Herico.
SR-In a letter from David CLARK to
Ssyles ]. Bowen5 dated. Here the dis
patch broke off on account Of the storm.
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