The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-02-14
DEFERRED WASHINGTON TELEGRAM
Carpet-Baggers in Council.

w ASHINGTON, eDruafy "a Coi-
clave of carpet-baggers was held to-nIght
in the room of the Senate. Spencer and
about sixty of his brethren were IN coun-
! ell. the purpose of which was to decide
ON policy for better presentation OF
the bloody-shirt and the upholdlng OF
Mortonism. Spencer, in behalf OF the
committee of which he is the leader, re-
ported that he waited upon Chief-Justl
Waite with Morey, of Louisiana, and
repl esented to the Judge the necessity of
an early and favorable decision on the
enforcement act. Spencer related IN ln-
gubrous tones his discontinue with the
chief-iustice. That gentleman listened
to his remarks coldly, and replied, with
no evidence of sympathy, that 1t was not
the practice of the supreme bench to dis
cuss decisions before they are rendered,
and that, in short, such an appeal from
any source was no more or
Rebufed at this point, the disconsolate
CARPET baggers waited on the President
and informed him of the situation of
things, urging his cooper alton. They
informed him that kilograms had been
received from kellogg, to the effect that
one of the judges in Mississippi bad
been impeached, and would inevitably
be deposed; that he expected his own
impeachment daily, and that unless the
strongest clauses of the enforcement act
could be brought to bear, the last vestige
of power would be torn from the hands
of the Presidents supporters. General
Grant promised to lend a hand, but
gave no very definite idea of how it
would come. A warm discussion followed
on the presentation of these reports.
Letters were read from Governor Ames,
suggesting plan for a campaign for the
recaptuce of Mississippi, which met with
Senator Alcorn's approval. Alcorn,
who has heretofore been bitterly opposed
to Ames, now supports that gentleman,
and is urging
THE BLOODY SHIRT POLICY
on the Republican part of the House as
well as the Senate. Pinchback, who was
present, strove to commit the meeting by
the support of Morton as President, de-
claring that he alone deserved well of the
colored people and Republicans of the
South, and that his election was the only
safety for the colored race. Some hos
tility was manifested, and the question
was left unsettled.
CLERK HAMBLEToNs RESIGNATION AC-
CEPTED.
The chairman of the Committee on
Ways and Means has addressed the fol-
lowing note to the clerk of the Commit
tee:
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,, }
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb. 10, 1864
70 DIR. j. p. Hambleton, Clerk of Waqs
and Means Committee:
SIR The charge so often made, and
as often denied by you, that you had
named son after the assassin of Mr..
Lincoln, have until now wholly disbe-
lieved but recent developments which
show your son to have been named or
recognized by the name of John w. B.
Hambleton, gives at least semblance of
:. truth to the charge. With the slightest
appearance of the truth of such charge
have but one duty to perform, and that
| is to accept yonr resignation, offered
some time ago, which do hereby.
Respectfully yours,
w. r. MORRISON.
Chm'n. Com. on Ways and Means.
BRUCE AND PINCHBACK ON THE RAM
PAGE.
Special correspondent, N. o. Democrat
WASHINGTON, January 12.-Pinch-.
back has written a letter to the New
York Herald, in which he takes substan
TALLY the grounds of Bruce.
He demands of Morton an immediate
vote upon his case, and if defeated will
stump the North and East, and expose
and denounce the insincerity and false
hood of Northern Republicans.
He is at war with West, whose treach-
cry he has discovered, and if not seated
next week, will resign, to give the Lou
isiaEa Legislature the election of Dem
ocrat.
Grant, Morton and West have repeat
edly sent for Bruce and Pinchback. to
talk to them, but they refuse to have
any conference
Bruce says he will repeat his speech
made IN executive session, before the
open Senate.
This rupture is regarded as fatal to
the prospects of Grant in the South.
Bruce and Pinch have lost faith in him
and will go for Morton.
They denounce the President as a liar
and traitor to the negroes.
The State Board of Railway Com
missioners in Missouri, and the author
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