The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-25

scented by Mr.. Stilwell in support Of his theory
that the price Of gold, as well as merchandise
and the products of the soil, is controlled by
the supply and demand We trust that no
member Of Congress will fail to give the
lecture a careful perusal. a
| President johnson and the Radicals-A
Broadside from DIR. Cheevcr's Church.
The abolition radicals Of this city Of the un-
mixed Puritan stripe held their FIRST regular in
dignation meeting against President Johnson
on Thursday evening last, at the Rev. DR..
Cheever's church, and according to the gospel
Of Cheever. This peculiar dispenser Of "peace
and good will to men" opened the proceed
ings. He "believed that great deal Of dis
satisfaction was felt by the loyal citizens Of the
United States with President Johnson's policy
as regards the readmission Of the Southern
States into the Union. Public opinion on the
matter was suppressed" Men were either
afraid or averse to state their opinions pub
licIy. The daily papers were prejudiced, and
supported q government which they knew to
be wrong. Andrew Johnson was acting as II
he owned the country, and could do a. he
pleased with it and it's Inhabitants. The peo-
pie must look to Congress to set him right. and
they ought to draw up q memorial setting
forth their views of reconstruction. he pro-
posed continuing these meetings, and to keep
up the fire. eaaa4t;
Having thus sounded the key note Of the
| meeting, the implacable DR.. Cheever called on
Mr.. Gilbert for the appointed speech Of the
evening, and Mr.. Gilbert made the most OF his
opportunity in regular onslaught upon Pre-
sident Johnson. He thought 'sthe action Of the
present Congress would settle the question of
the position of the Southern States in the
Union," and he believed "the irrepressible con-
fict would rage more fiercely than ever. If the
| Southern States are admitted to Congress they
will join the Northern copperhead party, and
will rule the government" This apprehension,
we guess, pretty extensively prevails in the re-
publican camp, as likewise the opinion Of Mr..
Gilbert that Andrew Johnson is entirely wrong
in his liberal system of pardons to Southern
rebels, inasmuch as he is thus rebuilding the
aristocracy Of the South. "Their property be-
longs to u.s. says Gilbert, (which the Pre-
sident is restoring to them; they belong to us
themselves, and we have the right to deal with
them as we think proper" This is the idea of
Thaddeus Stevens; but Gilbert goes even
further than Stevens, in this, that in his judg-
ment, "since the time Wilkes Booth made
Andrew johnson President he has acted
throughout as. the counsel for the
rebel States, and the upholder Of the
principle of secession" Confscaton and
the absolute exclusion of rebels hereafter
from any participation in the government Il
the Cheever church platform, as laid down by
the irrepressible Gilbert, which does, indeed
indicate an "irrepressible conflict" between the
radicals and the administration.
Mr.. Gilbert discovered an important Southern
| revelation in the New York HERALD, in re
port Of little speech of Mr.. Cameron In the
South Carolina Convention. That member, II
thus appears, said, 'Let ms get back into the
Union, and then we have power which we
can WELD as we see IT." ''This appeared in
the HERALD, and in no other paper. 1t should, y
continued the indignant Gilbert, shave ap-
peared in double loaded columns in the 1ri
b,ne; but not word Of it was mentioned; MOI
q word Of It in the Post, or the other so-called
republican Journals bad commentary on
the press Of our city" So it Is; but II Il only
the old story Of the superiority Of the HERALu
as q newspaper and as an Independent journal
over all the party organs Of the day. It hears
all sides Of every question, gives all sides, and
gives It's own opinion, regardless Of parties Of
trading politicians on the right hand or thu
left, North or South.
We support President Johnson because VI
believe him to be right. We oppose the prin
ciples and avowed purposes Of all such radica
conventicles as this of DR.. Cheever's church be
cause we believe them to be wrong. This MI
Gilbert is evidently reader Of the HERALD, o
are all the reading men Of oil parties who de
sire to know what is going on in the world
but we are sorry that he still persists In hi
radical heresies. We have this advice to Civ
the republican leaders in Congress, viz: tina
II they would continue to hold their power 4
the government they viii carefully avoid th
demoralizing and disorganizing instruction
emanating from such fanatics as Thaddeu
| Stevens and his equally fanatical echoes Of D.
Cheever's church. Z f. - \
ANOTHER CASE OF CURSES CoMNo HoME T
Roosr.-One London paper traces the recer
terrible massacre by the Jamaica negroes I
its real cause.-The effect on the minds Of th
negroes Of our war. IL argues that the wa
was understood by them only in its relation
to their own race-that one side fought 70
slavery, the other against il, and that negroe
themselves fought on the latter side, and tha
this side won. II was to them the black ma
against the white, and they were thus excite
to repeat the struggle nearer home. Englan
can see, then, that this massacre Of Englishme