Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-06-02

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currency. lie claimed THAT this was
necessary To eXificate the business 0
the people from the difficulties sur
rounding, and 10 furnish basis foi
new enterprises. And when at last
Congress dill pass a Till, somewhat
increasing the cirCRk2tion, lnt not
canning up TO the point Indicated 10y
! the President, it could not he expected
( that he would veto it. Whilst he had
/ l. under consideration, a delegation
from New York, composed of Bak-
ers, Brokers, Merchants and business
men. representing as they claimed.
| tn ee hundred and f. rsy milo IL O.
capital, came to Washington and HAD
an interview with the President. for
the express purpose of bringing all
the influence of theiR wealth and posi-
ton, to indace him 10 interposc his We
to. But he was positively rude 10 the
delegation, said the people n as have
money enough for their purposes, and
the crestfallen capitalists ltftw th the
belief that he was going 20 sign the
bill within the next five minutes
And he did take his seat and write his
message, giving his reasons for appro-
wing the bill. But the ink was mol
dry, before lie changed his mind,
seized his pen, and in less than All
hour, wrote his veto, and sent the bill
back with his disapproval. And now
the current joke is, that Craft is the
fist President who ever vetoed his
own message.
The next event in the chapter o.
surprises, is still more astonishing. 1T
you had been asked, low many men
in the Senate of the United States,
were in favor of female suffrage, ana
of the right of women tn hold public
and political office, you would proba-
bly, have replied, 'since the virtuous
| PomerOy vanished, not Ole." And
would have agreed with you. But
yesteI day, the bill to establish the
| Territory of Pembina, being under
| consideration. Mfr. Sargent of Cal:lor-
| MIA, offered an amendment giving wO-
| men the right to vote and hold OiHre.
| The ayes and noes were called on Tn S
proposition. end forty-eight Senator
voted -uineteen in favor of the ans nd
ment, and twPnty-nine against 1t
This being the first time this question
was ever brought to q test in the Sen
/ ate, does not this vote look like the
day, when the WOmen's Rights agita-
tors shall have their way, is not far
distant? Morton and Carpenter, two
acknowledged leaders in the republi-
can party, both made speeches in favor
! of the amendment. But the femal,
crusaders, the great number of lee
lures 10y women delivered in this city
: a fhfA R1al.
vaA. Lockwood for leave to practice
before the court of claims, are all move
mentS in the same direction. Speak
ing of Mrs. Lock wOok, her app | ca
ton was denied and upon what ground
pdO you think ? The Judges said. that
if women were allowed to practice
their own wives might appear as coun'
sci before them, and thus corrupt the
court
, And now we are warned o! denOu-
ment in regard to the Civil Rights hill
which If it should occur, will revive
all our ideas on the subject. 1T is wei
known. that the President hoped and
desired that tina 'imeasure should be al
to sleep this session. And when he
was Informed that Frelinghusyen was
going TO press the bill, he is reported
to have sent for him and asked him ia
forbear. But his fpmOnStral:c : we re
not needed, and the bill after an all
night session, passed the Senate. The
most important feature, and that tn
which most objection was made, is the
one in regard to mixed schools
/ About this bill, the republican party
; WAS in III her difficult situation. II
they did not pass the bill, they were
| threatened with the dpSertion of The
negroes; if they did las it, tie
/ Southern republicans, and some III tie
| North would break into open mutiHy.
! But the leaders seemed to think thai
! the negro vote must be held ut all haZ-
ards, and so the Senate passed the bill.
But at this point, like the hero, who
appears at the critical moment i'll nov
els and on The stage, President Sears,
! the Trustee in the South, Of the Pea
/ body fund, puts in az appearance
! He has an interview with the cOlOred
members of Congress, tells them that
/ the pas sage Of the bill Will utterly and
| forever destroy all hope of an education
/ of their race at the South, and So
works upon them, that it is now be-
/ lipved, they will themselves move To
strike out the mixed school provision
when the hill shall again come up III
| the House.
Now would not that he a dramatic
/ and astonishing situation? The
whites insisting on mixed schools, and
the bia Ks opposing them!
/ There are, not Il few, who believe
! that some of the Radical leaders are
willing if they can, to break down the
President. He has. it is supposed,
| acquired strength at the South, recent
~ 10y his conduct in the Texas and
Arkansas matters, and to have entirely
won over the money of the North by
his veto. The supposed calculation of
his worst enemies is, TO force the Civil
Rsghts II upon him. If he vetoes
it, he loses the North. if he urges it.
he at Cnce forfpits all his newly ac-
quired popularity in tile South. And
there never was time in public af-
fairs. when the future was so uncer-
tain as now. What with the third
term agitation, the granger move
ment, the financial question, the
women rights development, cheap
transportation. civil rights, nobody
can tell what year may bring forth.