The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-11-16
The Presidents Message.

The Presidents Message.
The New York Herald is of opinion that
mo document ever penned by an American
statesman, since the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, the Constitution of the United
States and the first inaugural of the la
mentcd Lincoln, will be read upon both
sides of the Atlantic with such intense in
terest as the forthcoming message Of
President Johnson. Providentialil. called
to the chief executive chair at an extra
ordinary crisis, when tho country was first
emerging from the blood and smoke Of a
terrible civil war, and when the world was
horror stricken by the news Of Lincoln's
assassination, President Johnson assumed
his oncrous duties at moments notice,
and has since been discharging them with
an energy, tact and discretion that cannot
be too highly extollcd'
The Herald adds the following spcculs-
tions rs to the forthcoming document:
During the political canvass that has just
concluded, President Johnson, finding both
parties harmonious in sustaining him, has
been quietly preparing the message which
he is to transmit to Congress in December.
ard he Is still diligently engaged in this
important labor. The message will pro-
baby treat mainly of our domestic affairs.
His policy in regard to the restoration of
the Union will no doubt be fully stated and
explained. This policy involves the ad-
mission of rcgula iy elected representa-
tives from the Southern States to Congress-:
and whether that point is treated scpa-
ratclv or merely referred to as corollary
of the restoration policy, it WILL we hope,
be so clear and incontrovcrtible as to re-
move every reasonable doubt that nav be
entertained upon the subject in any quar-
ter. OF course, Congress will have to be
organized before the Presidents MESA &c
ls received, and we anticipate that, as the
time for action approaches, the radicals
will abandon the revolutionary pro octs
which they have been recently concocting
and allow all the legal members of the
House to take their seats without distur-
bance. Should there be any danger of
revolutionary proceedings, however, the
message may be transmitted 10 the public
journals, which arc the real reprcscnt.-
NA'N'
ed, a. We suggested few DAYS ago, bv q
proclamation calling for a grand special
election. In any event, we believe that its
declarations and explanations in regard to
the Presidents policy will be 50 satisfac-
tory to the American people. that there viii
be no ground left for such constitutional
or unconstitutional grumblcrs as Wendell
hn IN ,;,l. u,
special mission to find fault with cvcrv-
body and everything, not excluding them
selves. Wherever the foreign policy ot
the Government is intimately connected
with the subject of restoration it VIII DO
amply treated; but it is not likely tn al
much space will be devoted 10 our foreign
relations in detail. In his formal speech
Brazil, the President has already expressed
his views in connection with thc affairs of
this continent, referring qGitc distinctly
to the Mexican imbroglio; and Europe at
once recognized the application Of his re-
marks. The claims Of this Government
upon Great Britain for the damages in
t''"tcd BY English prvatcers have already
been presented by Minister Adams and
are being Giplomaticallv discussed. The
Presidents kilograms to the North Caro-
lima and Georgia Conventions have settled
thc case Of the rebel bondholdcrs. Brief
references to these and kindred matters
Will therefore, suffice for the forthcoming
message. President Johnson believes that
we should attend to our domestic affairs
before attending to our foreign affairs;
that VIC should make no demands until we
ere perfectly ready to enforce them: and
We consequently presume that the mo-
mentions message which lac is nov prcpar-
ing will ho mainly 3eyotc,. 10 the policy Of
restoration. and that our foreign relations
VIII be in a measure reserved for another
PrNsiNcH tinl cNlnlNunirn finn