The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-10-04

Contributed.
The Prexldcnt's Experiment.

Contributed.
The Presldcnt's Experiment.
Let Us look A! the reconstruction Dol
icy Of the President. az an experiment.
The executive doing the work cl
Congress in recognizing States. from,
the rebellious territory, is certainly an
experiment in republic hike onr..
The haste With which it vas done az
ter his surrender looks like an expert
ment for Presidential support in Ices
but it may simply be an experiment to
show how quickly blood stained reb.
el, can be made loyal to the core.
The President in his lite speech to
the late Southern delegation eaid: Il
am equally opposed 10 consolidation or
concentration Of power here Cat Wash
.ington) under whatever cuise or name
it bears This doubtless was said in
opposition 70 the doctrine, Of Congress
deciding who shall vote in tie recon
s,ructcd States. IT the President can
decide wha may vote, and who may not,
which hc has done, may not Congress
exercise the same power? II S,a.c
government is 20 be es,aoli shed in the
hands Of pardoned rel els, as an expert.
ment, why did not the President take
single State, az for example, Mississip-
pis Were the experiment, successful
he ccnld have proceeded; If nnsuccess-
fnl, the whole conntry would have re-
garded it si'n!y an experiment
The sa.aci,y Of a statesman seems
wanting. in rushing the whole rcbellious
territory into all experimental policy.
which may involve again the peace Of
the country, when the same end could
have been obtained without risk. Why
did 10, the President take two fair spec
linens. Mississippi and Alabama, and
try reconstruction in one and renrsani
zail"n n The other, aud thus give the
Radicals some stock in the enterprise,
as we'll as ,hc rebels and cnppcrhcads !:
Ard ,he ceua;. y asks, arhy?
What has the. coun.ry TO. hope t'r
ifcnl tbs experiment II stsccessin' !:
sh.ci, Doubtless the President and ,te
stockholders desire. tc, WHICH ,,id mt.
lie Reruhli.:an U',lon party 4: 6 NJ; !:
ist. The establi-hneni IN l.slt u.
ef uprepru,aat ret,.., aui heir North.
.si. allies ami the whole legislation Of
tht. country hra, 10 heir interest
2nl. The national honor III tic i.a'.
lie debt ruined iy rrrn ii4iior, or ba.
inflated by the assumption OF the Con
te,?efate debt.
3l. Disioyal;s's in power. sna 10.
a,ist, white and black, crushe,. III the
South.
4lh, The grea, proelan,,ion Of Free
DOM the nations monument Of a beiey
ed nartyred Presiden', Lincoln. torn
down and destroyed, while the defend
ers, cnlorei people of the South. bound
hand and foot by son h.rn State laws
are turned over TO tyran's, TO be crush
ed by some new form Il oppression.
Ave: l40, 900 co.ored loyal soldiers dis.
armed and then turned over TO the Ice
whom they helped to vanqni>h.- Sol.
diers dis,ing aished by heroic deeds, and
loyalty. Heaven grows
black with wrath at the mention OF such
national pertily. The blood II 400 600
soldiers fallen in The war Of the rebel
hon cries out against il.
Does Presilen, Johnson's policy pre-
same justice an extinguished attribute
ofJehoyah, aud that conscience and the
religion Of the people are mere append
ages Of parties and Presidents?
Truly our President is bold exper
imeter. and is in fair way TO divide
tho nar,y which elevated him TO Office,
10 distract the county over which he
,rcsides, aud to overwhelm the South
With a bloody negro iusurrection.
&. G. +.