The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-05
LNNoUNoEMKsIs oF oLNpIpaTEg
The President and The psmOeraer.


With uuauimitY which shows the mar
Vicious perfection OF lie political drlll, the
Dem cratic parry, ia its successive Stale
conventions. D. wheeling iut0 line in sep
port oi Prei ideut Johnson. The purpo-es OF
the Democratic leaders sre 80 far uiatu.ed
than couceslmeut sni subieriugs are no
longer Loru-suTy or eNpedieBt. Maine gave
the key noe st ats Democratic Co lventioa Of
August H. b, pltdging is cordial support
10 President johnson in the Jolicy which
be has ByOEed " ONO followed on the 24th.
with q resolution 10 ''stsnd by President
johnson ia ell constitutional efforts TO re
store 60 the States the exercise Of their rights
aud powers within the Union" Pennsyl-
vsuls remocracY on the sane dsy recorded
its avowai OF supp ut 10 President johnson
Iu every Just effort he may make 10 place ali
Jhe States Ia their proper positions 20 give
Them "a lair representa- en- ia Congress, aud
o. save them from The curse Of negro equal
NY. New 1rk is 10 take step 10 lh.t music
GA the OH, is Democratic leaders have al
ready controlled, 10 D. gre-t measure, the
Conventions OF abe other slate and intend
ing 90 pronounce stiil more emphatically
Tor The PTe'tie't ia their assemhlage at Al
biuy.
lldturs that Andrew johnson welcomes
this support, aid means 20 deserve il, is 10
be i0u1d Ia has persistence ia policy
which be knows his own party does not sI-
prove, aud that the Democratic party does
approve. But take two other facts. IL Is
publrly alleged and not denied ia any
Journal of D. fueuca, that when the recent V
aP o4lt.d Naval officer Ia New York, M
o'b.u, heard that his domination YVES like
~ 90 be made, he plainly notified the Pres
sdeut That b. lad been and still was r.
Usp CORA aud if no took the Office at ell
would take t only % a Democrat The
other fact Is tupphed by The Buffalo Cou
F.e-. ~hi'h m 'keB the following uncOnua-
dicted statement:
'A prominent Democratic politician Of
Penney VIENNA recently had an interview
wiIh President JohnFon, aud u 50 happened
that he was u-hersd into the executive pios-
.nlo Ius. as Senator SUMNER was bowed out.
The conversation which eHsued took wide
scope, but the President made Que frank de-
clarht0u 90 which We wI.h 10 call attention
The Pennsylvania, While assuring the
Precedent that the Democracy approved hls
lesJarHuuu policy aud his dissemination
ihbt the uFnts oi the States TO contr the
question go suffrage for themselves should
Doe respected, implanted IN strong terms OF
the uFurpa'ous of thc War Department, aud
the trial of civilians by couros- martial or
CANNED t1rauvict. The President replied /:
In, matters cf which you complain are Of
minor importance, and will be remeditd IN
due Time. The great thing 90 DO done now
i- Co. restore the normal relations between
the southern stsles and the Federal Gov
-rumrut. 10 this all nay energies are d.
rrcted, and must continue 30 be until the
ru-ttuC oi Congress. Ia the carrying out
cod che plan ] have adopted, ] Am opposed
bY the class of men OF which senator sum
usr is representative, aud it is of the
utmost imp rance that Representatives IN
Congress from the Southern States should
la u their seats. not only because they have
uulut % Doe there, but becuuss their votes
and cooperation are necessary 10 the resto-
ration of the Iui1n.' The President sand
moro o. this elect, showing that be bases
hla hopes of success upon the cooperation
ui Southern members Of COBeress with con.
terv-tiyc members from the North"
Now weoo NOT mean 10 cay that We be.
lseye the President hiss gone So Tar as {,
torm 90 bis Own mind the resolution q
break wlth the party who nominated him
ut Baltimore, aud throw himself unreserv
eddy into the power Of the party which thel
'yss. end for three years had been, bis bit
Ter enemy. Events are not ripe for this
contamination. But We affirm that eve
since the accession of Andrew Johnson 4
the Presidency, al least one OF the Republi
can leaders, who wss like Johnson himsel
IurmeTIy Democrat, who has never te.
quite az home among men, some Of whom
were sincerely devoted 10 their prime pies
and who BE- one Of the Presidents most init
mate adviser, has been the ardent advocat
col tins scheme OF apostHsy. The private @
well Or the public Influences surrouudin
the PRECEDENT are bad yet nothing is so ba
as bic obstinate adherence 20 a policy whic
Ic knows must prove hat has own part
all deem failure. There was TIN
when the Radicals had the game ia the
0Wn hands. The temper OF the cOnntI
iu-t alter the assassination was very muo
what BE- was duung the summer OF ls6i-
ready i0r any meas ure that went 10 the roo
Ia 1861 the whole North rose up as OF
man 90 cry smeu 10 FTemont's noble pro,
lumuu0u-not even the Democratic pape
opposing H. Then it was the fatal veal
ness of Abraham Lincoln that destroyed o.
hopes. In 1865, the country was oil for n,
gro suffrage as the Necessary condition
recOustructiun, Hnd now, % before. the Pre-
ldeuts hand PARALLELS the purpose of Il
Moth. But We could not scquit the radici
Republicans Of all responsibility for %
ls-I misfortune. They had Il in their pow
er 90 coutTo, the Administration, 20 put "a
ballot iu the neCtos hand, snd 10 build a
Union on the understandable basis of IN
y,Isal suffrage. But IL is the misfortune
the Radical wing OF the party that il lscl
courage At the critical moments il shrinl
iTom taking the responsibility. Ii shrun
90 that moment from the task Of insisting O
policy, sud lett the President % sttemI
pertinent. The Republicans, therefore, hay
themselves 90 thank for the peril which sur
rounds their administration. They will n,
even low confess that there is peril. The
have refused % put themselves squarelv !
opposition O. a method of reconstruction 81
success Of which they know involves the
own defeat IL they venture IN Conventio
on criticism OF the Presidents policy the
blunt u by resolves to support the Admin
lstrauou nevertheless. They trast all
the coming Congress.
And vel the Radicals ought 10 be the in
10 see The drlit of this Democratic cousp
TacyY aud the readiest 90 oppose a. AZ
Democrats are for Andrew Johnson bscsu.
hls r'cousiTuclUn policy tends 40 b-iu
back into Congress ana into the Uufo
the old Southern allies % the Democrsc,
by whose help they expect 10 resume n
government OF the country Consciously
unconsclouslyp willingly Ur iguorantly. Il
PRESIDENT is recognizing the Union IN
q Inst scheme. The policy Of the Rsdics
would have given them a negro vote
counterbalBnce the oisloyal vote, but d
President prefers q see tue spirit of lis1ot
ulty triumph IN the South, and IN the v, no
country rather than see The ballot in N
hands OF the negro. He prefers su an
aure wish the Democracy for the sake of 81
curing hls own scheme OF reconstruction
the support % the Republicans on ronditi,
OF following the principles Of the PARTY tn
elected him. IL is that attitude of his. 4
gr.ler with the assurances which Dem,
era.r leaders privately receive, which en-
s'-iru- them Ia three successive CouveI
IONS u oher their right hands 10 the Pres
oou', SUD ills them with hope that 10 An
olo" Johnson they viii End q second job
iyieF-to be- used for their benefit aud n
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