The new Reconstruction Bill, placing the South under the Northern
Generals, and suspending the power of the President to interfere with officers so employed, was passed over his veto by immense majorities, 30 votes to 6 in the Senate, and 100 to 22 in the House of Representatives. Mr. Johnson, in the message which accompanied the veto, had used the argument that Con- greets, in impending Civil Government in the South, became liable for the rebel debt, a view which would only have been put for- ward by an irritated man, but which greatly excited the majority. It has been formally declared by the House of Representatives a message calculated only to encourage the disaffected. It is said that Pr sident Johnson is urged to use his power as Commander- in-Chic 1,1, and remove the Northern Generals, but if he does, they will be reappointed by Act. All these arrangements, it must be remembered, are only made pending the election of State legislatures which Congress can accept as loyal.
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