The New York Herald Newspaper, May 12, 1866, Page 3

WASHINGTON PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE. The Post Office Appropriation Bill Under Consideration. Violent Abuse of the President by Senator Howard. Attack on Secretary Seward for En- dorsing the President’s Policy. mt Defence of the President by senator Cowan. Mo Amendment Restricting the Appointing Power of the President Disagreed to and the Bill Passed. Passage of the Bill Reorganizing the Pay Department of the Navy. Confirmation of General Sickles as Minister to the Hague. &o. &a. &o, Wasmnaron, May 11, 1866. RB POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL IN THE SENATE. ‘Ja pleasing contrast with the radical and disunion ac- ‘Won of the House yesterday was the vote in the Senate ‘to-day upon the proposed amondment to the Post Office ‘2MB restricting the President’s power of appointments to @Mice, The debate upon the question has been full en4 complete, taking an unusually wide range, and giving to every Senator who hed a private grudge Ogainet the President an opportunity to vent his fpleen 0 the fullest extent, Senator Howard, of Michigan, had the floor to-day, and in a speech of more | Pan two hours duration poured upon the devoted head @f our patriotic and honest President the pent-up rage gma calumny of monthe He took the ground, and (quoted largely from the late President Lincoln’s procia- mations and speeches, that President Johnson was not following in hie footsteps or carrying out his policy, but ‘had gone over, body and soul, to the copperhead party, (which had not only brought the war upon us, bat Qed done all in their power to give it aid ‘end comfort, He was followed by Mr. Cowan, of Penn- gptvania, in one of his most abio and eloquent specches, who easily refuted the arguments of the Senator from BBchigan, as the vote will show. Senators Cowan and Boolittle have stood manfully by the President through | the whole debate, defending him with ability and palpable offect against the continued and violent attacks fapen him from the radical side of the Senate, Bpon a vote for the proposed amendment it {wee lost; sixteen Senators in the affirmative and twenty- | @aree in the nogative. , The following republican Senators | ¥eted to roject the amondment:—Moesrs, Cowan, Doolit- }@q, Edmunds, Fessenden, Foster, Lane of Kansas, Mor- | gas, Poland, Sherman and Wilson. @ONFIRMATION OF GENERAL SICKLES 48 MINIBTER | 70 THE HAGU: ‘My. Wileon rose in the Senate to-day, and proposed the ‘@mfirmation of General Sickles as Minister to the Hague, was published in @ morning paper that he had been . and the paper's character for veracity should De upheld, Whether on that seeount or not is not known, ‘ut the General wee confirmed. dohe PRESIDENTIAL APPROVALS, The Fresidont has approved the joint resolution pro- that paraffine oil, not exceeding in specific gravity product of the firet and single distillation of coal, asphaltum, peat or other bituminous substances, from and after the passage of this joint resolution exempt from internal tax or duty. ‘Fhe Prosident bas also approved the bill extending the ion of the Court of Claims, This court can now and ‘determine the claim of any paymaster, quar- Permaster, commissary of subsistence or other disbursing of the United States or of his administrators or ra for relief from responsibility on account of by capture or otherwite while in tho line of his , of government finds, vouchers, records and pa- jpers to his charge, and for which such officer was and is bold responsible. Provided, that an appeal may be taken the Supreme Court as in other cases, Whenever the pourt shall have ascertained the facts of any such loss to deen, without fault or neglest on the part of any officer, it shall make @ decreo setting forth the t thereof upon which the proper accounting ofMf- of the Treasury eal! allow to such officer the amount decreed a8 a credit in the settiement of his account, CABINET SESSION. The Cabinet meeting of to-day was an unusually ehort All the members of the Cabinet were present ex- Attorney General Speed, But little busines could been transacted during the short time im which were in session, THE TARIFF LAWS. ‘Te Committee on Ways and Moans aro doing nothing yet on the new taritf laws, preferring to wait until final action bas been taken upon the Internal ue Tax law, FAILURE OF THE MERCHANTS’ NATIONAL BANK. ‘The following is a statement showing the indebted- of the Merchants’ National Bank of this city to the ment, as taken from the books of the bank :— ited to the credit of the Treasurer of the jnited States. one bed disbursing officers and agents... +. 90280 Joven cove eececeeeeee coseersreecrseoees + CUOR BIS Of this amount $360,154 war deposited between the of April and the Sd of May, the date of failure of Dank. Among the depositors of the bank were A. Risley, supervising special agent of the , who bad on deport $24,542; Elijah Sette, aay aed of Indian Affaire, nearly $51,000, and J. Hobbs, Disbursing Clerk of the Treasury De- nt, upwards of $26,000. The officers of the gov- mt think if they realize $6,000, exclusive of the ity for the national deposiia, they will be extremely nate, It ts also estimated that Bayne & Co, of more, are indebted to the bank nearly $700,000. INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLBORD ABUSES OF THE BOSTON CUSTOM HOUSE. Committee on Public Expenditures have had the ‘abuses of the Boston Custom House under con- tion. Their first intention wae to do nothing in premises antil after the adjournment of Congres, vem the committee could proceed to Boston apd devote ir entire time to the investigation. They have #o far fied this contemplated action as to send for.afow lrmous and papers with a view to ascertain how wide @ jnge the investigation must take, These are expected jre within a few days, when some decided action will | taken in the premisee by the committe, [cise oF THE DESTITUTE NROROES OF THE DIB TRICT. | Howard hae appointed a Special Relief Com sion, of which Surgeon Robert Reyburn is president, Sayles J. Bowen vice president, to distribute the nty-five thousand dollars appropriated hy Congress the reli of destitute colored people in this District, THE LOUISIANA STATE FONDS. james Robb, an authorized agent of the State Treas. and Auditor of Louisiana, has arrived here for the of receiving the bonds belonging to the New banke, which had been deposiio by with the State Auditor, and were subse. will be recollected that in accord. with ® recent decision of the Attorney General Secretary of the Treasury ordered these bonds, properly jdentified, to be delivered to the State itor, or owning them, or any duly aythorized 49 thi erreopement, those which Bave been recognized a being part of the bonds in question are now about to be returned to their owners. THE REPOR? OF TH FORT GOODWIN MASSACRE CONTBADICTED. J. Ross Browne, well knows to the literary world, has just arrived here trom Arizona, having thoroughly explored that Territory, He says it is highly improbable, scarcely possible, that Colonel Bennett, who was in command of Fort Goodwin, permitted himself to be surprised bya largo body of Indians and the garrison butchered. So far from there being two thousand savages engaged tn the reported wholesale massacre, he says there are not more than seven or éight hundred fighting Apaches in the entire Territory, which in no part is capable of sub- sisting so large a number, and especially after the severe winter, At all events the report is greatly exaggerated. ASSESSMENT OF REBEL RATIONS, The Internal RevenugjBureau, acting under the general law, requires all citizens of the South to render income returns for the year 18@4as well as for 1865. Some of the rebel officers residing in Alexandria, Va., aro startled by the call of the assessors upon them to furnish the re- quired statements, and aresurprised that the rations re- colved by them in the Confederate army are estimated at forty cents. One of them expressed his readiness to pay his tax in Confederate money, but this was of course declined. HUNGRY OPFICE SEEKERS. ‘The telegraphic announcement last night that Mr. Odell was beyond recovery was followed by a swarm of hungry applicants for his place. George F. Blunt, of New York, the Union League Club man, is reported to be one of them THE BLAINE-CONKLING INVESTIGATING COMMITTER is moving slowly. Interested politicians and others are said to be here from New York city and to be using all the persuasions and personal influence possible to deter or choke off any investigation that would expose the official frauds that were perpetrated, MUSTER OUT OF VOLUNTEER SURGEONS OF THE ARMY. An order will be issued by the War Department to- morrow mustering out of service all the surgeons and aasistant surgeons of volunteers whose services can pos- sibly be dispensed with, Itis thought that at least two- thirds of this class of officers mow drawing pay from the government wili be mustered out by this order. THE CLERICAL FORCE OF THE INTERIOR DEPART- MENT. The select committee of five, consisting of Senators Doolittle, Pomeroy, Anthony, Cowan and Lane, met this morning to take into consideration the propriety of re- @ucing the clerical force of the Interior Department and increasing the pay of the remainder. The aggregate saving to the Department by this means it is estimated will be about $7,000, The various heads of bureaus were before the committee and generally argued in favor of the plan. A bill for that purpose will soon be re- ported. THIRTY-NINTA CONGRESS. Firet Session. ~ SENATE. Wasumaron, May 11, 1866. BRIDGING TH UPPER MISeISSIPPT, Mr. Grimms, (rep.) of Iowa, presented petitions for the passage of @ bill to bridge the Upper Mississippi, 60 a8 not to impede railroad or water travel; which were referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, NATIONAL BUREAU OF EDUCATION. ‘Mr. Grimes presented the joint resolution of the Iowa delegation for the establishment of a National Bureau of Education; which was ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Axruony, (rep.) of R. I., it was re- solved that when the Senate adjourn to-day it'adjourn to meet on Monday next. PUBLICATION OF THE SPEECHES, Mr, Conwase, rep.) of Cal., offered a resolution strocting os Comm! nies on Frintiog to expediency ng ‘suppression or alter- Sevet athe aes Giote Mr. Connoss said he did not desire immediate action on the above. to He over, and when it came up he would remarks upon it. 5 i 32 5 ii iF o ization of the Sevens bless 1. That for the EP = Baotion 1. out vinlons of an wet to provide for the bette ization Mepartment of the navy with. th in mn vy with the Jeatt ¢ Bay feBaident ot the Unived States be nnd he hereby Toaut Sine he examination of a gicars in, the ft present be examined aa raquaren Sysco Oe, Sulb ecaminations as are requlsed by law sbaheoets racticable after the return of the oftleers to United States, and no officer found to be disqualified shalb Fooelve ihe promotion contemplated tn the act herein re- ferred to. ‘Bec. 2. And de it further enacted, That the Seeretary of the Navy be aud he ia hereby suthoriged to remove or 10 sppolas under the exlstiag laws and regulations such volunteer cers in the nary as the exigencies of the service may reulte wow their scan be supplied by graduates from the Naval Academy, Mr, Geiwes offered an amendment, which was adopted, Leng hereafter naval constructors shall be staff officers o1 jo Bavy. The rerolution as amended was passed. INVALID PRNFIONS, Friday next was, on motion, set apart for the con- sideration of bile and reports from the Commitee on Tnvalid Pensions. BURIAL OF REMAINS OF UNION SOLDIERS, Mr. Morgan, Ly TR N. Y., Bee wel & memorial from the citizens lew York, asking that Congress in- sore the bartal of the remains of Union soldiere still ex- posed on the battle field of Shiloh. NATIONAL QUARANTINE SYSTEM. Mr, Caawnuen, (rep.) of Mich., called up the joint reso- lution to prevent the introduction of cholera into the United States. The question was upon the amendment of Mr, Edmunds, changing the provisions in re.ard to the eetablishment of quarantine by the Secretaries of War, tho Navy and the Tronaury from direction to authorization, and providing that they may do so instead of that they shall. Mr. Sem~nr, (rep.) of Mass, addressed the Senate on the power of Congress over the subject, asserting irs ox- istence under authority to regulate cemmerce with foreign countries, Mr. Monarit, (rep.) of Me., maintained that passengors on their arrival in this coautry were eubject, not to the por over the regulation of commerce, Ut ‘the policy of power of the several States, ‘Mr. SuMsgn said the general government had entire control over passengers while they were in the harbors: of the United States. Mr Sumner amended tne sition 80 as to make it fead that it shail be the duty of the Becretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, un- der the direction of the President of the United States, to adopt and enforce a system of quarantine, &c. Mr. Epwcxvs, (rep.) of Vt., withdrew his amendment. Jouxsos, (dem.) of Ma. hes fs E iu ? rv 5 oon as on POST OFFICER APPROPRIATION BILL, The Post Office Appropriation bill was then taken the pending question beng on Mr. Trumbail’s ament’ ment in regard to the appointing power, Mr, Howann, (rep.) of Mich., had taken a very wide 80 much as if the geutiemen who had taken part entirely oblivious of the subject matter Senate, He trusted he would not fall Of ihe Senate for following the exam others. It has been declared duri he i Hi 32322 [ nnsyl 5 4c terma, that this policy is the ir. Lincoln in regard to the Stats. I take issue, sir, with there upon this question of fact, and { deny that Prosident Jobnson i# identically the policy Lipeoln, Upon that grave and important sir, or endeavor to #how, that the that of Mi ft : it tae deavor to see the exact tow bing the power of re adiniseion of Senators and Representatives from rebel States tuto Congress, But before I Us, if it be possible, ascertain what Lincoln actually is, Let as entertain this eubject, and ascertain, if it be the real erence, the gist of the controversy now existing bes tween the nt and the Cor of the United Slates, The best announcement of the pohey of Mr. Jotinaon apon aye et of reconstruct to be found in the most solemn paper whi the open: signed, and that > bit momsage at present session of 1 have read eage, oir, with the utmost care. I have rend and studied it carefully and repeatedly, and fir, bas the country; and if there cu ment in existence fe well understood. ih Qongrees and ont of i te thas | document, tir, the followimg is a « in of the views the Preaiden! on thie faljeet conta! vn that pay r ace mer apserts the point Sri ramen tea “7h ment, sig, such governments as State powers, rights and pivloges OF Stata i iy claims the power, as the United States, to make peace with the States once In in- surrection. Sir, under what clause of constitution does the President of the United States find to proclaim and establish peace a of war intervened, whether with a foreign country with which we might happen to be at war, or with a State or district declared hep Conant bois insurrection? He has not the power under the consti- tution to make war, and for the same reason he has no constitution to make 1d power under the 5; am [ess hae never in any otatate which ly ed given the President of the United States any guthority w ever to oe ae in regard to the rebel Stat Gentlemen will look in vain for any such authority. In eee 7. bmg adupstens was authorized aoae nM lates, oF parts of ‘according to cretion, or, ete SAGs Palas, toe ag the fact might appear'to im, to be in insurrection; but, sir, Congress never gave to himany power whatever to insurrection to be at an end, much less to declare the In- surrectionary districts or States restored to the status which they ocoupied before the war, much leas to de- clage that pence, as stich, had intervened. Mr. Coway, (rep.) of Pa., inquired whether there was a necessity for any declaration of the kind—whether It = poner to declare the return of peace by procia- mation! Mr. Howarp—That is by no means the question. It in not a question whether tuere be any one ty for grant- ing such power to the President or any other person; but the question is whother it has been granted. f assert, air, that Congress has never granted’ any such wer to the President as to declare that peace in’ all its Forms, in all its relations, has beon restored to the insur- rectionary districts. Congress has taken care to reserve for themselves the anthority, and I need only refer to the fact that the statute to which f refer was drawn by the hand of one of the most cautious and cir- cumspect aud profound constitutional lawyers of the country. I refer to the Hon. Mr. Coilamer, of Vermont, who is understood to have been the author of that act’ He by no means inserted any clause in that statute au- thorizing the Presideut of the United States to declare that peace has returned, ‘Mr. Sunen—He was the author of that act. Mr. Howarn—But the President's message assumes that it is within the constitutional competency of the President of the United States to make peace with the insurrectionary States, and it assumes, sir, all this with- out the slightest recognition on any of Its pages, or in any ofits paragraphs, of the power or duty of Congress to Nothing, ‘ie. ‘The 'mecaage iguores, sompletely, Con jothing, sir. message completely, Con- ‘and ite authority, and. treats the Executive as the only source of power over the rebel States. It does not propose te consult atall on the subject of re- construction, and takes ag little pains to refor this sub- Ject to any other branch of it or to Congress as if there ‘was no Congress, and, with singular coolness, asks the two Houses to judge each for itself of the election re- turns and qualifications of its own members, Mr. How. ard, after quoting from the message and from some of the proclamations of the President, said that he (Pres:dent Johnson) had presumed to appoint, without law, Pro- visional Guvernors for the Southern States, and to impart the power to call conventions for the purpose of allowing those States to remodel their constitutions, and to enact laws to cover the whole field of State legislation; and he had said, after having done this, very coolly and very condescendingly to Congress, “it mow remains for you to Judge’—of what? of the fitness of the States for. re.ad- ‘mission int the Union? No, sir. To ji of any- thing else? No, sir. But simply and solely to te judge the elections, qualitications and returns of the Senators and Representatives who might happen to be elected to it the Southern States reconstracted under the Executive decree, There was a total abnegation on the part of the Executive of any authority whatever for Congress to interfere or intermeddle, to regulate in e@ny mapuer whatever the status of the rebel States, Mr. Howard said he,would not assert that Provisional Gov- ernors ought not to have been appointed; but the quee- tion what power bad the President over the subject? It was for Con, and not for the President, to have authorized these appointments, The power exercised by the President in this matter was one of the most enormous usurpations of the power of Congress ever attempted. If the Congress of the United States should, at this moment, wink at this assumption of power—if ‘they should not stand up here to askert their constitutional power over this most important branch of their duties—then ho (Mr, Howard) looked for- ward to the time when the will of the Executive of this : : nation sball become the law of the land Mr. Howard —continued:—The should have called a ened . at the bom of the war, it claiming t to that he—Andrew Jobnron, the 1. wes to.say how the work ef recunstruction to Mr. Lincoin’s plan of reconstruction, Mr, Howard naid:—Now, sis, let the name of Mr. Lincoln be no longer here as the auther of this most enormoos wing Janguage, which to me ts v rir, he says, “Now, Lam suro that plan (that is the plan of President Johnson) is going to i plan of the immediate hern states Congress, ‘1 am sure of it,’ Secretary of “because some " He is fectly sure to suoveed, because 1 was a boy at uttered rach a sentence as ie, ink the Professor would have told me it was a sequitur; and because, continues the Seoretary, ‘this is the only plan which has ever been altempied or ever Will be attempted,” &c, The only plan! the hon. orable Secretary ‘forgotten the plan of Mr. Lincoln—a s different from that of Mr. Johnson as light is ‘rom darknees? ‘Cortainfy,”’ he says, ‘that is the only one that can be attempted with success.’ We will try the iesue. Mr. President, I make no boasts; I throw out but I say with confidence ais inl g iF the nega sand I tell you that when it is fully and fairly pre- tented to the people of the United States—when they to understand what it is in its leng' ite sorted by the Secretary of State. executed already. The The “tates are tuen just as truly in the State conventions aud powers and faculties asthe Stace of New York is at Alvan : cal consequence y logs of this? States are at the and me are in of — Proper func are as the laws of United States, and entitled to be represented in the House of the State of New York, and if Congress wickedly refuse to allow them ation that is et That isto be appreber of the amertion of the © perfectly rehabilitated and in as of this Uni Sir, I would not bin unlawful or wicked in! obedient to if a much Congrons a8 in iv { ss b J = 2 i | ua i : by power, of these recon-tructed States in ‘ull quota of Repres: ntatives and Senators. If fee yp ago entitied to this tation, much #0 as New York, it is wholly unconsttu keep them out, and, according to the idea of tary of Sta’e, the conduct of Congros on thie us |. Pevolutionary and almost treasonable. & 5 gli : ef Zz §. z 5 = aH att [ it = i Ey ii i : z § i ‘Mr. Howard was an NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1866—TRIPLH SHEET. {eal sovereignty by which one people have the dominate over another? Who, ho asked, would wo avow that theory upon the floor of the American Senate? ‘The denial of any inherent political sovereignty was the very corner stone of the American revolntion, He con- sidered that the warrant for the war was tho constitution themselves to that constitution and had assisted im mak- ing the lawa, They seceded—sought to avoid thelr duty to those laws, and We claimed the right to compel them to stand upon them, We did compel the recusanta, the rebels, the traitors, to lay down thelr arme—not to surren- der to any set of men, not to the President, not to Con- gress, but to tho laws, We forced them to tender their willingness to obey—not the Senator from Mi 2, nor any number of Senators, but to obey the law, artas compelled them to surrender to the constitution avd the jaws, And be thought that when they had sur- rendered nator from Michigan would not have jainst thom, He did not believe that the ‘Benator an would have been guilty of the inpronne yy committed by the Senator from Novada (Mr. Nya when he said he would hang Mr. Davis without |. He thonght that would be murder. Mr, Cowan thought that to execute individual venyeance upon a aan, to hang bir without law, was murder, and he who committed ita murderer. The law is supreme, aud to the law alone he thought we bowed. He sald we owed ‘no all ‘glance to Congress or Presidents in this country, and he thanked God for it. And he hoped the day Would: never come when wo should — be held to obey anything bot =the — Jaw. We were but slaves, when wo wore the collar and harness of men, and if over we did he ee we should be unworthy sons of Revolutionary sizes, The States, said Mr. Cowan, are corporations, and tho eiu- zens are corporators, When any corporators undertook to prevent the purpose of the corporation it was the duty of the United States to step in and protest the other corporators in the enjoyment of their right. Gen- tlemen talked of the President restoring the States, He would tell them that neither the President nor Congress could do anything of the kind. The States must do that for themselves. There were two ways of doing it. ‘One was for the States to continue as they were; on the other hand, it was right for the Prosident, if he ehose to set aside the rebel governmen t as unfaithfal, and ap- olut persons to take the trust, as would have been done yy a court, Mr, Hows, (rep.) of Wis., asked him where tho Presl- dout got the power to appoint governors ? Cowan said he got it from his power as com- mander-in-chief of the army. He got it from Bis duty to see that the laws were exeouted, He bad aright to arrest the rebels as traitors, and he hada r et to appoint persons to watch over the trust to which their own peo- le had been’ unfaithful, President Lincola chose the alternative. Mr. Howard had asked whero the President had ecm to confer political rights. Nobody ever pretended that the President over conferred poiitical rights on anybody, He (Mr. Cowan) would go further and fling back into the teeth of the adv cates of this doctrine that Congress cannot confe political rights upon anybody. What power has Congrers to confer political rights? ‘Thank God, the citizens of the States held their rights from a higher ¢ource than Congress, What had thé war done? Had jt repealed an; laws, or destroyed any constitutions? Cortainly jon of tho war brought back the Souther quo ante bellum. The war was 00 ducted on this idea; bat now that party thet was fo: most in conducting the war wax declaring the war a fail- ure, and its leaders wore dectaring disunion to be a fact. The Senator from Michigan advocated a plan that would never secure Union, though it might secure conquest, There was never such a nn mquitur as that, because the Southern jo wero not loyal. Though they might send loyal mea to Congress thove men would do nothing but carry out the treatona- blo desires of their constituencies. Tho Secretary of State, said Mr, Cowan, was entitied to more confidence than he had rocoived at the hands of Mr, Howard. THis rank a8 a statesman and hia position before the world entitled him to this. It happened that Mr. Seward agreed with the President aud disagreed with the Sena- tor from Michigan, As many of your new. recruits and new zealots as you can hatch out of these turbulent times may come here and attempt to aseatl the motives and desigos of William H. Seward, and the American people will remember bim and abide by hie coun- sels, or I am very much mistaken, ere Is no reconstruction except that which comes ia obedience to the laws. The doctrine advanced by Br, Howard is disunion. It shuts the door of hope. He (Mr. Cowan) could not stand over the graves of two hundred thousa Union soldiers and say that they were no mon wio said there was no Union. It waa a faction in power here whe said that the Southern people were unit to come in, and why? Because, come in as they may, they will never jo with these extremists, However, much he (Mr. Cowan) might deprecate the accession of @ party opposed still Would bow in submit-ton to will of not to do fo was to be a secessionist like the trast the democratic party. hart the republican eg ‘At the conclusion of Mr. Cowan's speoch the question wag taken upon the following amendment :-- ‘That no person exere performing, or undertaking f exercise or perform, any dudes of any. which by law re required to be tied by the advion and consent of the Renate, aball before confsmation reeaive any compensation for his services unless commissioned by the Prevident to till & vacuuey occasioned by death, resignation oF expirailon of ferm during the recess of ihe Renate and sinow lis inst nd. journment. The vote was as follows :— Harri, Hen. Yeas—Moasra, Anthony, Chandler: derson, Howard, Mowe, Lane of Ind., Morrill, Nya, Ho % ‘Sumner, asi 16. . rumball, ckintew, Cowan, Davis Dixon, aden, Foster, rie, Jobueot, ith, Norton, Poland, Itid- Van Winkle, Wiley, Wil- dio, Baulebury, son — 28, Ansext on Nov Vorina—Mensre. Brown, preswell, Grimes, Hendricks, Kirkwood, ‘alen— PN ge preg was dinagreed to, ¢nd the BY) war Con Cragin, Williasos, Womb. rn 4 RXHOUTIVE Kamo, ‘The Sefiate, at a quarter past four o'clock, wes into ExeCULIVe sersivn, and svon after adjourned, ge of the Hadicals im St. Loats, Mo. THE RECONSTRUCTION POLICY OF CONGRESS Ar- PROVED--THAT OF THK PRESIDENT CONDEMMED— THR PASSAGE OF THR CIVIL RIGNTS BILL OVER THR VETO ENDORARD—THE MONKOR DOCTRINE THR POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT—CONGRIMS SHOULD NOT ADJOURN BRYORE MARCH 467, ETC., BTC. Mass Meet Sr. Lom, May 11, 1806. The radical mecting Jast night, in commemorat) the capture of Camp Jackson five years ago, was one the largest and most enthusiastic gatherings ever ae sembled in this city, Speeches were made from three manda. Governor Oglesby, of Tlinois; Governor Fletcher, of State Rodman, Charles 1). Drake and several other distinguished persons were among the speakers. The following resolutions re unanimonsly adopted estion of the reconstruction of the rebellions le. through their Kenators aud nd not to the Kxeeutive, we cannot a to organize fod recognize the existence of State goveramenta iu those Btaies without the consent of C: Berane oned Wo the ton Uf the gene. ngs with ‘deal ighly reprobate the to be recon. participated in the ust the federal go cneted ee iterably fixed in Fr oppositinn wo the > seats tm the uational Legilatire of pervous etively participated in the reveliion, woul all owing out of It are settled. ) iiatens and semapene of Senators tatives of Congress, dia nm the pai UAAT ictus wil over the veto of the President, warm approval of all (rue friends of freedom gowerntoent Fiih—We regard \t ns ine true policy not to amt any rep rescntatives of the late rebel Blates lute the national Legis. Inture word they have given aumple, qu or Fepudjigan form of goverament In the future, aud we ar enurely opposed to. repeal or modification of ‘the en-call aaionel test oath ‘That the national trine, has bocoine & reeegn Falley, known a1 the Monroe de, rel repoblie, a co ours «upon tbe ruins t . at opposed to, but are in favor of an constitution (nat ean more perf the enjoyment of civil and rel. wat we hold It to be the ay 4 Congresa not Mare! petore the (ourth of Mareh, the recom: sieion of the, Calon has been scttles before that dune I enn down in the Declaration the prinetples ndependr ive Foreign News Items. ‘The offielal report of the progress of the cattle plague in kngland, from k® sommencement and including the woek ending 27th of April, shows the following united totals for Englaud, Wales and Scotland — Farms, ke., where the disease has appeared... 24,178 Cattle in those places. 3 2) 40a ieo Bianghtered healthy. a nena Attacked. ‘ Killed for security Died of the plague Recovered . At Bingham, ne ford, of Marntiam, was cony for the infringement of the cattle plague regu! one ia teen beasts into the Bingbam petty sew sional divielon without having previously obtained « Hceneo from the Justiows, removing 6 ™ 170,101,453, as “oa W remainder of eenered wih OF : 103 im 1 8 Seasons compared with 61,401,678 in 1868; and in olan with 61,007,466 im 18a, ‘The total nu delivered in the United ber of letters dom \n 1864 was (hus 670,086,822 In 1864 It was lated that every inhabitant of the British Isles recetved twenty three letters, while in 1863 the corresponding proportion was twenty-two, The salmon fishing on the Dee in the mapper district have improved, and some good “taker have been made, ree thourand tons of brocolt have been Adar gins rail this songon from West Cornwall, Bingiant, slane has bad by far the largest por: tion of this supply. ‘Wearly five hundred tons of tase! Cornwal to the Londow and other 6 fortnight. In the woek ending and 2,428 deaths were boroughs of Eng ieciading 1 were tent from markets during kere! large 9 birthe RECONSTRUCTION. General Butler Blectrifies the “Hub of the Universe” by Announcing His Plan, He is for Universal Negro Suffrage and Repudiation of the Rebel Debt. Apportionment of Representation Ac- cording to the Number of Male Citizens. Complete Amuesty and Restoration to Civil Rights on the Adoption of the Plan by the Southern States. He Don't Like the Policy of the President Nor the Action of Congress, &o, ko. &e. Beston, May 12, 1864, ‘The spaciow® Music Hall tm this city was filled with an audience of three thousand persons this evening, to listen: to Major General Benjamin Butler give his views on ro- construction. The audience comprised all the leading politicians of Maseachusetis, and uot a few from neigh. | boring States, When he appeared upon the platform he was greeted with the most enthustastic applause, and after it had subs'ded he commenced the expounding of his views upon the absorbing topic which be had chosen. | After a few preliminary remarks he came directly to | his subjebt, Ho said that the principles which should govern our nation were justice to all mon, equality of rights, protection and power under the government, and any one who would oppose or binder tho operation Of these principles should be at oncs put aside, If theories hindered they would fail; if lawe obstructed they wonld have to be altered; tf the provisions of the constitution forbid they would have to be amended. (Applauns.) The constitution was then discussed, and it was shown that in it@framing many of its parts and provision were left by our fore- fathers in a condition inadequate for the noces- | further proposes, shall be passed providi sities for tho growing wants of the present generation, Ite amendinents had been few becaune it had borne so Nightly om the people. Had it carried with it more weight it would ofiener have been amended. The State constitutions were framed by the samo wisdom, but they had been often amended for the reason that they boro directly on the peo- ple governed by their provistous—were grown with them and yielded to their desires. ‘The mational constitution did not provide for any teans of acquiring new territories or for them when acquired; aud the war with df if an amendment ico had as completely been passed by Ce two-thirds of cles of people could amend the constitutlon, who should say thoro was not in th te of the last four years—so mo~ mentous, 40 engraven upon our momories with letters of blood that It wax needices to recail them at the present— suitielent cause fore full revision of the constitution in ite bearings on the people, without discussing the question aa to whether the reb-iiious States were in of out of the Union, although tt was diifleult to perceive how a Stato could be in the Uujon while all its people were fightin against it, and the fact might be admitted they ba: withdrawn, and were now ready to return, The quer. tion then occurred, “Under what provix. ons should these States be readmitted into the Union to ag@n share ja the vernment and make laws for themselves and ue?” o had acquired by conquest the title to all they possessed of life, Uberty, land, slavos, rights constita- tional or otherwike, and might we not now treat them in such a manner that it should be said we asked them to come and live wih us under Divine law? There are two jans of reconstruction before the country, The Executive admits that these Staten are disor. ganized, snd must come to the United States be seorganized. He places them under Provision) Governors, and asks them to amend their constitutions, and then'say#, ‘Elect your State officers Just ax you please, and if they ere rebels the government wil! give them pardons."’ This done, the Presideut proclaims that the States are restorot to the and aro as ready to enter the balla of Congress as are New Hampebire Massachusetts, although they fought for the last fo to destroy the governmeut, while New Hampanire aod Massachvseus have spent millions of money and mach isto precious blood to maintain he Union, Tt m « difficult. to ee the justice of thie policy at fret fight. Thie pln, which would be a good one it all t in the South wore loyal, this objec that those who have been fight us for four ‘yearn don't love us and don’t | tho Union, and the fact that they have abolished slavery because they were forced to don't make them love us any beiter, and the fact that they have been ordered to repudiate the debt which they contracted during the re- bellion don't create that ardor and affection amovg t = lets they should feel for the government; and the fact that they have been ordered repeal the ordinance secestion which they defended gtouliy to the last may and the last dollar, bat | not the last fuiteb, does pot inake them enthusiastic friends to and lovers of the government, The tr don't like 0%, and therefore wo find an al inwuperable objection tm the mature of things | to the plan ef the government. The national | Congress hor a plan for reconstruction which bas passed one house with great unani | (Applause) Congress says that it doot mot know that | there Sater are loyal, aud therefore they shall bo kept at uled that they are ready to be layal mittee har been chosen whe, efter tuk ing careful te-thinony for five months ° ported that these Stator are not ft come in with we Th Gret that yreseional coramiites propose raver bo mate a part of the, gon Voird tte vote for member of (vogrens and for Prevident and Vice President Fourth That until 1870 no | That neither the | nited tates nor any State hall aval any debt of obligation alrewly incurred of which be,imcurred jm wid of insurrection of war nited States, or any claim for compens- " for low of involuniary servitude or Iabor. FifthThet Congrem hall havo power to enforeo thom provisions by appropriate legimtation The committee alvo reported two acta. The fleet provides | that whenever three fourtha of (ie States hail ba thone, and the rebellious States wball bw constitutions and laws tn conform! , they may send up Weir Seuatorn and Kep. rerentatives to be received and qualified, and then, if the rebel Htater will agree to there terms, Congress will gr them ten youre credit’ to pay the direct tas tweaty million: of doltare nnder the act of August 5, 1861 recotd met provides that the President and Viee President of the | so-called Comfederata Statea, thhte Who aeted im ovner conntries as agente or emimarion of those Slates, the head partments, former officers of the Army apd Navy of the United States, and ail persons educated in the military oF naval nerdemive of the United States, Judges of the Courts of the United Mater, and mombers of either branch of the Thirty-txth Con. eof nited States, who gave ald or comfort te ¢ Fel oiiiow, ant thoee who a offtcors of the eo called Conlederaie States abv ve the grade of coious) in the army, or captain in the savy, and any ope who was Governor of eitner of any of the toe componing the ve oF comfort to the rebellion, gible (© offices, ani thom who bave treated our sol ere captured during the war otherwise than lawfully 48 prisoners of war shall be exetuded, reer on the face well enough, bat one i forced tw exclaim, after reading them , “Where are the rest of WW As one wld my when his servant brings by his coffee and bread for breakfast, “Where are the eggs aud the meat’ One gre® otjec: Lon with these be that while they deter (he men, without any provisions for the government doring the war ana bave been loyal | all trough Where in the — properition | ‘We find the protection of the rights of those men who | have been faithful and heave fought side by w4e with | When #6 gave the musket the cotored mat ve Hewvon to give him | cher man, i 80 right to enacts lew tertere of any man W bee equal with another, bie mmorai, phy sire! Inteliectan) qualifications will simit of meh oy Every one in sm to thie | ew ae in oppor to the true iden of America demorrery ofers a wribe vo the raling chaveet, Wien engaged In rrorgan ring the Mtates WhY foee h it proposes the Why dors the conquering ta colored Ermereon ft not epeak out and do that whe Aeatherners should Go? to 40 justion to a ve mouey to oquali tho bounties of their soldiers Wo read that when tho gal von returned the farted calf was killed; but wo not read that ali the veal was given to the runaway. (Applause and langhter) ‘The. A{th oxemptior soem to be well un: BY it all men 4, who have os if this ithe ‘position was t, or that they Sverybody, im . But how are they bh” man vy reading this, aye that it is) going to be excluded? F, cannot be practically, There has beon but one dpon Whom the law can operate, That man was Wire, and he is now beyond the enactments Those observations, the spomker sa! woe an enemy, bat as a friend; but the enemies of Congress Would meet there proper! ons ina different mat tates aro in the Un or, They will say thar the ; and, in’ consequence, there amendments abmitted to all the States will be Therefore, the present action of Congress is @ eunning device to put of the whole question of reconstruction until after the py turn, he continue roorgantzation, t Viosdential election, Let us now 2er plan of reconstruction and {propontion ia the plan is an The fi amendivent to the conttution, whieh sball provide that no legislation sball ever Le Wat to repaddate or act aside the debt of the United States. and that the debt in curred in any War or rebellion against the United Btater, shall ever be pad by the Cuiied § ates, single’ State an association of Stites or an im dividual, (Applause.) This plan divers from that of Congroms, as itealls upon the Southern states to accept our debt and repudiate Uhoir own as a necenary condition to being readm| tod. 1, it not pleasant to seo the softening which the ox reas speak of, NO compensation for bor, Why not thuuder it to Why tone it down that thore compensation paid for emancipated ont plause.) Then let us pat the nght words into th stitution when it i# amended, #0 that herea’tor the dem cratic government of the United States roc no property in man, (Applause) The we proposition of the plan ia that no shall establish Of maintain any qualification does not bear upon every malo citizen of the St does not exclude any citizen from yotiny; howover, that ali persona who bad goalie no voto on the lst of December, 1860, shall not love that right exept ou account of his own conduct, By Vis proposition the right of no man Is taken away, ‘be privel f oy of right, of law, of pi aro lived up ta These are al hat this new plan propores—all rendered So our fathers winked at the tiascte ain of of Congrem, this plan iat aa Foon as one State puta iteelf iu proper shape sho shail be re ceived back and her representatives have #eate in Con sion, the lectarer said that he thought that the plan, in addition to that proposed by the committee, would suit the loyal people of the North, slavery in our An w untry. JERR. DAVIS. INDICTED. First Step in the Great Trial of the Age. A Tree Bill of Indictment for Treason Found. THE TRIAL TO TAKE PLACE AT RICHMOND. . &e. & Nonyorx, Va, May 11, 1806, Late youterday afternoon tho Grand Jury of the United States Circuit Court in session in this city brought in a true bil) against Jefferson Davis for treason, and ad | Journed until the first Tuesday in June to meot in Rich mond, Nonvour, Va, May 11, 1860. Judge Underwood went North jast night He bara copy of the bill of indictment against Jefferson Davia. City Amusement THE MATINEES TO-DAY. The Saturday matinoes arranged for this afternoon are of an entertaining character, and announced to clone at seasonablo hours, A grand Monken matinee, with Mi Adah Isaacs Menken as Maxeppa, evumences at the Broaaway sheawe at Half-past one o'elock, Miss Men ken’s limited engagement at tho Broadway is drawing rapidly to a oluse, Tony Pastor's matines opens at bin Opera House in the Bowery at baif-past two o'clock. One Hundred Years Hence, or New York in 1906, will be played, A graud Japanese festival exhibition ie also arranged, At the new Fifth Avenue Opera Hoase Georgo Christy's Minstrels’ matinee will begin at two o'clock. The Great Bond Robbery, the Mocking Hird Song, with other good things, dramatic and musical, are promived. Theatr’ at Home. Mien Addie Florence appears at the Olympic theatre, Fraucisco, an the equestrian hero in Maxeppa, Tibbett's dramatic company has returned to Kan Fran. cisco from a tour in the interior, They met with conmd- erable success, port c larly in Gras Valley and Nevada Mire Charlotte Thompson plays Fanchom at the new Memphis (Tenn ) theatre. Mire Lacile Western i in the Inet week of her Boston engagement. “he eppeered the second tune m@ Alone ment, or the Child Btoaler, May 10, Mr. Jobn Brougham is in the first week of an engage ment in Horton, Waytng with Pire and Betsey Baker are on the boards Mile, Marie Zoe was at Wood's theatre, Clocianat!, aa Femernida, May 9. Mire Joan Hosmer returned to Loulsvilie, Ky., May 7, and appeared at the Louisville theatre ax Kvadue, Next evening the played Hlanea, in Fazio, or the lalian Wife. Mire Hoamer is a favorite tn Louisville. Madatne Colente appeared at the Holliday street theaire, Baltimore, May 9, in the double character of Miami, the Wild Hontrows, and Madame #t, Aubert, in Groen Bashers, or One Hundred Years Ago. Ten Nights Iu & Barroom ie given at the Kansas Oy theatre, Kennas, and reeetved with Movers, Haight & Chambers’ Southern cirews wae ia Loulgyilie, Ky., three evenings, from May 7, Ben Ma giniey, Mile. Marte, William B. Carroll sad other mem bere of the troupe ware with it, Lipman's Combination cireus and menagerie was in Wheeling, Va, May 10 and 11 Van Ainburgh's menagerie opens for s four days’ ex? bition in Baltimore May 16, Pore! There was ilitle excitement in theatrical circles in Landon during the week ending the 280) of Aprit new comedy, Love's Mariytdom, & dramatized vernon of & French play, was produced at the Olympian At the New Roysity theatre they had the farre Found ins Four Wheeler, already notion’ in our columns, for the firwt time The Pavorite of Fortune was very popular at the Haymartit. Crying Jonny sod Laoghing Jubany was coutinaed at the Adelphi, with The Wreck Arhore and let on Parle Prameatia Det proved & great atursetion At Badler's Wells, with Dot by Mine Ade Diyas, Cole Plomener by Wr, Belunore, Tilly Slowboy ty Mine Linase Wilmore, and Jobn Peerytingie by Mr T. Swinbourn® James Anderton's new play, Cloots and Sunehine, wan produced at the Briannia, Mr, Andemen playing the lending charsctern fle wer rupported by Migs Miler, Me, Reynolds, Mr, Drammon! and Mr. Bell Mademminelic Grantrof, & Hassan danseuse, ie about to makes first appearance in Pari, She te said to pos seme tach talem ant «lange share of beanty At the Theatre Taliens, Paris, they are employed in the rebearsal of three tregedice (ello, Amieto, and |! Cod. The plenee ate being arranged with a view of die playing the talewt of Bignor Rost, an Italian trmgediar who has teen very seccenaful in the principal cities of bie nathvecdumiry, Signor Row lf described am being thirty -aeven yeass of age ands man of fine premence Bate Cute ia ahowt to te retired from the boards of the Theatre 4e te Gaite, Paris, to make wey for Arrel co Pogee, onder te French wtle of Lea Novos Iriomtaster Le Catron Wn erteger wet A ia Balle de Potier wore len, have been produced at the Poles Dram Parte, Minty renrssentations Of Haste Mile, at the Varvetie Parle, prodecet 227 09) france The Part Family, 2 vernon of La Paws! to be produced at the Adsiphi, Low Tatarin Dweltiate a the ‘ithe of View Sort the Bowles, Pare, The ere ot the Invited to the performance La Tourthere Oe Val a Poyer a the ot Papieian wrneation plone, in it ents and « proMgee, at ¢ emdtom of twenty voter, 1 Senate vodag, Op 8 i eile