Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-06-30
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Observation-Disclosures the PO-
litical NIecca@Two GLASSES Of
PiIgrims-Bright Anifcipations
Of the New AdminIstrat tion.. ~ Ia
.l',''I Hl'n WASHINGTON, JuHe %; 1865.
Engrossed' as he has been, to a great eX-
tent, with the details OF itle great work of
restoring the former Constitutional rela-
tions between the States and the General
| Government, the President is by no means
regardless Of the progress of the organized
| opposition Oils Administration, whichiss
every week growing more formidable. The,
last two manifestations of Opposition, the.
Radical meeting in Boston, and the attempt
| on the part of The EUehing Post TO prove
that he Is not the President but only the,
| Vice President have reeeiYeda due shareot
his attention, and are rated by him at their
true worth. In regard to the latter it were
easy toshow that the trainers ofthe Con-
stitution and the founders of the Govern
pent contemplated, the possibility of the
death of the CHIEF, Executive while In office,
and Intended and plainly EXPRESSED that in
tention, that the Government shUuldJsin
that event. hayeBa PRESIDENT; not merely
that the head Of the Government should be.
Vice President only acting in the Presidents
place; but that the Vice President should,I
in that case, become the President n,yery
deed. Mr.lJohnson understands both his
position, and the dni1nus which prompts this.
attack; and he will take early, occasion to
demonstrate to certain factious Republicans
whether he is really President OF the Unit-
ed States or not. g5lF .lrT1u,,l mn.
The Republican meeting in, Boston has,
only strengthened his conviction of the
fact that the split in that party Is past all
remedy; that that party is doomed to speedy
extinction as the dominant power of the
State: and that it is to the statesmen of the
Democratic party he must look for the sup
porters of his Administration, and" for his
Constitutional advisers. This he is deter
mined to do; nor will bis, action In this re-,
spect be much longer delayed, Nothing
would please the President better now, than
to have similar meetings held hi every
large city, both in the East and West. Let
the enemies to his administration, in the
Republican party, show their hand. Let
them make their demands. The President
will not forget them: and when the time
comes for reorganization of the personnel
OF the Administrations and for the .distribu-
tion of the offices in the gift of the EXecu-
tive and the heads of departments, these
bowling malcontents will. find that they
have not been overlooked. AS regards
such attemps as this Boston, meeting has
made, tointimidate and threaten Mr.. john
son, or to dragoon him into an abandon
ment of the conservative policy which he,
has adopted, and into their views of negro
equality, the only result of them will be,
that they will recoil with fatal effect upon
the heats of those who make THEM. The
President has chosenihis course Deliberate
~, and has entered upon it: and he willnot,
be, diverted from it by any. such. clamor.
These men In Boston, and certain kindred
spirits in the West, are trying to ''erush"
him, as Mr.. Ashley of Ohio threatened to
his face to do; but they win find to their
cost that the crushing" power possessed
BY Mr. johnson, far. snrpasses their own.
The great secret Of the venomous hostility
OF these men toward the President is found
in the fact that his action, in appointing
Governors for all the Southern States, and
in providing for the electiohsin those States.
has settled, finally and definitely, the great
Democratic principle that the question of
negro suffrage ia each one of them, is to be
decided by the white people of that State
alone, without interference either from the
Executive, or from neddlesonie New Eng
land politicians. They had really hoped to
be able to force him to adopt far different
line of policy; one which would Secure d
majority of negro delegates in the Consti-
tutional Conventions about to be held In the
South; and which would result In the
establishment of negro suffrage in defiance
OF the wishes OF the people of the States. |
The appointment OF, such men as Judge |
Sharkey, Mr.. Parsons and James johnson,
shareholders all their, lives aud identified |
with the interests of the South, to be Gov |
ernors, is the keenest and sharpest rebuke |
Northern bigots. .,... .,',,.s,, ','
Washington continues to be the Mecca for |
politicians and prominent public men from |
all parts Of the country, North, South, East |
and West. And it is noteworthy and high |
ly significant fact that there is a vast differ
ence in the estimate which these men form |
of the Presidents character and purposes
after their interviews with him. All these |
men, whether they; have been former ac-
quaintances of the President or not, become
divided, after the ifiomentous interview, inp
to two classes. The one is composed otmen
who are dissatisfied and i'll at ease, !. The
other Is composed, of men whose faces ex-
press the satisfaction that fills their hearts,
and who come away impressed withithe be-
lief that the destinies Of the country are in
ohO hohdo VI y WloCa aobtiUtblildl lduu " ROOu
man. All the prominent Democrats from
the North, who have been here, and all the
men of note from the South, are found in
thislatter class. Alfthe prominent Republic
are found In the former. 1t is
not difficult to ascertain the reason of this.
The menOf the first named class have been
trying to-. "waterY the President, as they
'.wateredY Mr.. Lincoln; but to their great
amaHemeht they find that -heChas no relish
for the operations and theyland theifyun-
welcome advice getia very cold reception;
and astill colder dismissal, On the other
hand, the men who constitute the second
named class, enter the Presidents house
with anxiousihearts and, gravel faces.t But
Ii is no wonder that when the interview is
over. they e0rdeaway with lightened heants.
TheyG have found Indthe PpesidentEwhat
many ofthem did mot even hope ina
man elected byrthew6 Of the Republican
party, namely "a wise and sagaeiousl states1
man. a9man of broad iand Comprehensive
eiews, and al Democrat of, the Douglas
school, who9 tt lis plain to seei is ihonestlf
striving to free himself -ffem the trammeis
,f that. party which made the ,egregious
1lundeT of eleoting, him to the Vice 4 resi-
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