...er the reconstructed Government." After thus amending the bill, it appear that a ruthless preamble proposed by Stevens, of Pennsylvania, was rejected — This preamble declare "that the so-called Confederate States are a public enemy, waging an unjust war, in which they are not entitled to the privileges and immunities of civilized warfare." After repudiating this sweeping preamble, the bill passed, 78 to 59. ...