The issues that are prominent be
fore Congress are weighty and num
erous. They may, with very few
exceptions, be said to be of tbe same
das* with the great majority of pub
lic topics since 1861—the necessary
results of the great t ebellion. Former
sessions have solved the theoretical
part of the difficult task of recon
etruction. Most of the Stales readily
acquiesced in tbe broad and noble
basis of settlement, that the negro
shall share all the rights of men and
citizens. But the conduct of tbe
Georgia Legislature proves that this
was done in some cases merely as a
temporary means to gain foot-bold
in Congress, with tho deceitful in
tent of oppiessing the despised race
to their hearts’ content after the State
should have been recognized as within
the Union. This Georgia question
is one of the most intricate character,
as it may be seized on as a pretext
for re-opening tbe most hostile feel
ings between the Slate and general
government, and the difficulty is
great in determining whether to
ratify or multify ali the legislation
that has been performed by tbe
Constitution,-defying legislature that
expelled part of its members on ac
couat of color.
