Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-07-12

President johnson Fairly Mt Work.
A Washington correspondent OF the
Philadelphia Press, writing on Friday last,
says:
Delegation after delegation from the So
called seeded States call upon the Pres
ident, asking his protection and ventilating
their vows. He receives them kindly and
treats them frankly. In no single instance
has he withheld his decided policy from
them. 1t is interesting to note that these
delegations contain men with whom he sat
in Congress, and several of them were his
intimates, and enjoyed as much of the con-
fdence that so silent a man ever bestows
upon others. His words to the n may
be tax n as a model for all. He asks them
If they do not think his policy is right, and
they almost all reply that they concur in
that which cannot be avoided, however it
may be deplored. He says that if there
are any of them, either the people or the
politicians. who have q hope that there
may be a gradual abolition of slavery, or
a servitude in the shape of the apprentice
system, that in no contingency can slavery
ever be revived. They u dismiss that
idea forever slavery is gone, never to be
built up again. He tells them if there is
airy expectation Of the assumpti n Of the
| rebel debt, it is ~absurd-that not q dollar
will ever be recognized by the Govern.
ment. To this they reply that they do not
expect nor desire to pass it themselves, or
to ask others to pass it for them. On the
question of negro suffrage he refers them
to his recently announced sentiment. l
hear Of no case in which the same deplor.
able story is not told ~ these men. In
South Carolina. at the beginning Of the
war, there. were four hundred millions in
slaves and property I; now, not a dollar is
left. The formerly rich men are either
poor or dependent. Hammond, Rhett.
Orr and Chestnut are still living, but they
are in very destitute circumstances. Ham
mond refused to take any part in the re.
bellion. He says he believed at the first
that it would be a mere "serenade war;"
and he never expected anything else but
that it would collapse at last. What is
true of South Carolina is equally true Of
Georgia. Toombs has lost immensely,
having managed to save his land, but has
| lost all his slaves and an immense amount
of his property. Joshua Hill-probably
one Of the best of the G~eorgians-is now
in Washington, and has been recommended
to the President for Governor. Hill was
a member Of Congress when Georgia sece-
ded. and resigned with the rest under pro
- II L.. Aoo. q anNstakank IInton MAN
ever since. and is here at the request of
many of the leading men Of the State.
| Cobb, Gartrell, Crawford, and others I'M
he%sitatingly submit to unalterable destiny,
and are ready to come back to the Union
on our own terms. John Forsyth writes
| from Mobile in the same vein. The Ala.
bama delegation, headed by George s.
Houston, Joe Bradley, and others, have
had several interviews with the President,
and have met with the same kind but can
6id reception. In Kentucky there is n
regular but unfriendly government, and
| the difficulties there, are increased by the
persistent opposition of the copperheads.
headed by Powell and Senator Davis, to
the amendment Of the national constitution
abolishing slavery. Great trouble enSues,
too, from the effort Of the Shareholders to
prevent the practical operation Of the
emancipation policy Of the government ;
but all this will work right. Gen. Palmer,
who has command of the district, is now
in Washington, and will be clothed with
full power to enforce that which these
people, contrary to their own interests,
s~tubbornly antagonize. Governor Hahn,
| of Louisiana, is here, and will probably
confer with the President to day. 1t is
true, however much it may be deplored,
that Gen. Banks New Orleans programme
is a failure, and that i'll luck has attended
upon nearly all the civil operations under
| the improved constitution of that State.
It is believed that the President will rec.
oenize the Government represented by
| Senator Hahn and his colleagues, and it
is to be hoped that such an organization
| will be effected in the State as will induce
Congress to admit Hahn and his colleagues
to seats; but before that is effected, there
may have to be a considerable change Of
men and policy in the State itself. Since
the pompous Jack Magruder has come
down, the expedition to Texas may be
countermanded, and that reorganization
left to the people themselves ; but a con-
| siderable number of troops will be thrown
along the frontiers, for the purpose Of
keeping our peace with the rival factions
in Mexico. Thus one after the other, the
seeded States are coming back. Never
before in history has so formidable a re-
bellion been crushed 90 completely, and
never have intolerant and threatening
demagogues so rapidly succumbed.