Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1865-10-12
The President and the Union Party

We copy the following from the special Wash
inrton correspondent of the New York lndepen-
dent of the 25th ult
Senator Wilson announces lin speech deliver
ed at Philadelpha) that he has had important
Interview with the president, in the course of
which Mr. Johnson stated chat he desired The ut
most freedom Of discussion in reference TO all the
plans for the reconstruction of the rebel states.
/ This, of course includes the subject of NEGRO
suffrage" II, also asserted that he had made no
Discrimination in his appointments to office against
the so called radicals" nor did he propose TO do
so in tn future.
! This accorls exactly with what the President has
stated to other distinguished Republicans. He is
/ friendly with Senator Sumner and Governor An
drew yet at the same time reckOns among his
supporters such men as Thurlow Weed and Mr.
RAYMOND. lie imposes no tests upon his political
friends and vii, no; interfere with Congress III It's
disposition of the ella inns of rebel states TO repre-
sentatiOn. This is tlc vital point II Congress is
left untrammeled by Executive influence, to settle
the question of representations ii is all that can be
expected, and this tn President has promised In
his distribution of public Offices, he says he will
not be influenced by the position OF any sound
Republican equality OF suffrage. representation
i i'm Congress- or any other question arising out OF
the subject of rec0n>truc i'm. The whole response
/ bility. therefore, rests 10Th Congress- As the
Republican party has never taken ground upon The
/ suffrage issue. nor, lnuceui upon dii! Ohc VI 'hC
plans for reconstrucing the states which rebelled,
il is perfectly fair in the President to refrain from
using the power of his position in behalf OF any
particular scheme of restoratiou--not excepting
/ his own.
1t has been supp sed by some Cor has been
REPRESENTED for selfish purposes that the President
has no choice between the two arties at the
North. and for instauce) would DC pleased with
the triumph of the Oppo>i ion ticket in New York.
! Nothing could be further from the truth. Andy
Johnson i not stupid nor is he treacherous. lie
regarded them two years ago IS the accompdccs
of rebels and he has no confidence in them now
He is Republican, and time will prove that re is
not deserer-either OF principles or political
! friends.
The organization of the House is already talked
of in political circles. denominations and re-
elections are still popular and it is quite probable
that the prominent officers of the House will be
e-elected. Mesrs. COliax and McPheFson,
speaker and clerk of the last Congress are deserv
ctlly popular, nd hear of I'o who proposes a
change in the two offices. No doubt there arc
men in the Republican ranks who would like to
make test in the organization of the House upon
the question of coiored suffrage, but it is extremely
unwise to 10 so. The President presents no such
test and if any attempt Is made TO impose ii in the
election oiiicerS Of he House, the power which
results from thorough organization will be lost, and
the Opposition will be to gain by the division
and quarrels OF the Republicans III our friends IN
Congress act wisely, they can settle the great
questions of the time ut their leisure and precisely
rs they wish. The power is with them, unless
they divide.