The Republican majority in the House of Representatives has appointed
a committee to consider the claim of States recently in rebellion to seat their representatives, and inclines, it is said, to- wards a decidedly Radical programme. The drift of the view of that party is contained in a Bill introduced by Mr. Sumner into the Senate, binding the" President to admit no State which has not abolished every trace of laws based upon colour, and to resist the enactment of any such laws hereafter. The President will of course veto this Bill, but his veto is inoperative if it is re-voted by a majority of two-thirds, and in that case the provision against laws of colour will probably be embodied in an amendment to the Federal Constitution. It is probable that the majority will also demand either a reduction or a great re-adjustment of taxation, so as to extinguish a multitude of petty internal taxes without lowering customs' dues.
