The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-11-04
The Presidents Policy.
ecial Dispatches to the Philadelphia LEDGER

- Especial Dispatches to the Philadelphia Ledger.l
i WASHINGTON, September l5th.-The Pres.
lident will fight this radical war to the bittel
i end. Within one month after. the Inaugural.
ton of our new President, Iadyised you, OF
high authority, that in no event would the
radical element be favored and the whole
course of Mr.. johnson since has proved the
Ieorrectness of that assertion. There is nc
colder Quarter of the city to the destructive
faction than the White House. Represents
Lives therefrom have called and called, SEM
lin card after card, but in most cases the
president is too ttbusyl toattepd to- thems;he
I is aengagedP Their calls are less frequent
of late, and they opened the war outside.
twill be futile, though not without proba-
BILE serious embarrassment.to the Presidentin
/ carving out thework of restoration" heshas
/ so nobly commenced. This is the "neW dan
ger that threatens u.s." As long ago as the
18th ofJuly, the Executive saw the cloud OF
opposition to the policy rising, and then used
1.-The above words His agaeity-far-seeing
+ and penetrating-saw it all. To meet the
contest he armed at once, and planted him
self sqnarely on the bulwark of the Gonsti-
1 tuition To a we'll known Southerner last
lweek, he said nMy chart is the Constitution
| I shall not deviate a. hairs breadth if / can
help it. On that Constitution the States
must be restored, and the privileges hich it
confers must be theirs. They are entitled to
them and they shall havethem p else aa z
! The President is firmly anchored there and
lit is because he has so fast a hold upon
1.-THE helm of the National ship, that the
waves of fanaticism and 'discord dashed
about him. They would beat him from his
position, but it WILDE Hthus far and no far
ther,n and theyzwho.think otherwise do not
| know the pilot they are dealing with.
| The list of radical complaints thus far
made out and to be presented Immediately
after tRe' opening of Congress, is as follows
lst. Refusal to extend negro-suffrage.
I'd. The appointment of Secessionists as
Provisional Governors.
Sd. The freeexercise of the pardoning pow
er, wherein were included many who should
have been hung 1l-ks-sA s+@ -
T 4th. The introduction of arms into the
Southern States.
9Th. The disbanding of the cOlored regi-
ments.
9th. The refusal to order sweeping con
6scation. la4..E9
9TH. The restoration of all the Southern
Churches. ~
9th. The refusal to arraign Lee the leader
of the rebel hosts after he had been indicted
for treason. a8 = lfsal9
9Th. The refusal to try Davis by a Military
Court s.
10th. The apathy shown in the enforce
ment of the Monroe Doctrine as applicable
to Mexico. sa1eE ~ sEezast sa8fa )ee a5C1
Such is the list so far, and there is no dis
putting that it is quite formidable; but re-
peat, the President is ready, not only.for the
opening gun, but for all the terrible fire that
is expected to follow. That theeonserVative
masses-those who love their country and
their whole country will sustain him in solid
column, there can be no question, and this is
all the President asks. Grant him this sup
port, and he will hand his name down topos-
terity asecond Washington r s = e q.