Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-10-11

ple-They Desired their Extermina-
ton, I'm Order to Enjoy their COnfis-
Gated Lands-rhe Presidents Pol
lev will be Sustained by, N least,
Twelve Republican Senators--NapO-
leon Determined 10 Sustain MAXI
milan. d..
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 1866.
EXTENT, CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE
RADICAL REVOLT.
1t is difficult to convey by words an ade-
quate idea OF the intensity of the rage with
which the Republican party of the North
west regard the recent course of President
johnson and the policy which he has adopt
ed. During a recent visit to Chicago and
Wisconsin had an opportunity to see the
manifestation of this feeling In various
aspects, not from the press alone, but from
| the pulpit and in social life. The revulsion
offeeling which has taken place in Wiscon-,
sin and in Northern Illinois, during the last
four months, is perfectly wonderful. AT the
| time that Mr.. johnson succeeded to the Pres-
| idency, l heard grave elders and dedcons
and ministers there declare that they could
see the hand of God in the removal OF Mr..
Lincoln. because they feared that he would
have been too lenient toward the South, and
that God had raised up Mr.. johnson to be
the Joshua in the place Of the gentle Moses,
who had departed. Mr.. Johnson's little finger
was to be thicker than Mr.. LincOln's loins.
so far as harsh measures toward the South
were concerned. How changed are the
notes of these same ministers and deacons
now Two weeks ago l heard one of these
political teachers in his Sunday morning
speech to his congregation, in the temple
of God, compare the President to the wick
ed kings of Israel who caused the ancient
people OF God to wander after strange gods,
and to give point to his discourse, he read
that chapter of the Old Testament which de-
nounces curses upon the Israelites because
they had not rooted out and utterly de-
stroyed the inhabitants of the land which
they had conquered; and the application of
his discourse was, that now that God had
delivered the inhabitants of the land which
zoe had conquered into oar hand, that, if we
did not exterminate them, we ought at
least never to admit them to participation
in the rights of citizenship, until they con-
sent to admit the negroes to full partici-
patton in the same rights. And he warned
his hearers that the judgments of God
would be visited upon us, If we did
not cut down the groves and
break all the images in all the
land that we had conquered; that is, if we
did not root out and abolish all the old
at the South, and substitute, instead of the
Episcopal, and Catholic, and Baptist, and
Methodist churches of the South, the Puri-
tan churches of the North. Three or four
months ago, he said, strong efforts had been
made to root out the false teachers at the
South, and to supply the Southern churches
with godly men from New England and
FROM the Chicago Theological Seminary.
But in an evil hour President johnson had
ordered that good work to De stopped, and
the Southern churches were again in the
hands of the Southern people. This, in the
speakers estimation, was a great sin. This
sthe kind of stuff that the Congregational
preachers in the Northwest inculcate, in
stead of preaching the gospel. found the
result, in the exceedingly bitter feelings of
the people of their congregations toward
the President, and toward the citizens OF
the Southern States. at was hard" they
said, latter they had been fighting these
rebels for four years, to see them now, by
the policy of President johnson, restored
to their former political privileges, without
even having their lands cOnfiscated." In
telligent men complained to me of the in
Justice, as they called it, of restoring to the
rebels their former political rights and al
lowing them to govern themselves, instead
of governing them like conquered terrific
ries. 1t is evident that the negroes are not
the only ones who were deluded into fight
ing by the promise of the division of the
lands of the Southern people. Many of the
soldiers of the Illinois and Wisconsin regi-
ments grumble loudly against the Presi-
dent, on account of his orders putting a
stop to confiscation, and declaring that no
land shall be confiscated unless the owner
has been convicted of treason.
of the bitterness Of the (ihicfdo Trihnue |
the leading Republican paper of the West,
and the other Republican papers of the |
West, toward President johnson, on ac-
count of the policy which he has adopted, |
need not speak; but the cause of this Bit |
terness is becoming more evident every |
day. 1t is to be found in the results of the |
Presidents policy as itaffects leading states |
men Of the Republican party. AS Senator |
Doolittle, of Wisconsin, is not the first, so |
he will not be the last of these prominent |
and influential politicians who will leave |
the Republican party, and range them |
selves, shoulder to shoulder, in support of |
the Presidents policy. | am credibly in |
formed that Mr.. Fessenden, of Maine, Mr.. |
Missouri, Mr.. Stewart, of Nevada, Mr.. Nor |
gan and Mr.. Harris, Of. New York, Mr.. |
Sherman, of Ohio, Mr.. Cowan, of Pennsyl- /
vania, Mr.. Collamer, Of Vermont, Mr.. Will |
ley and Mr.. Van Winkle, of West Virginia, |
Mr.. Patterson, of Tennessee, Mr.. Segar, of |
Virginia, and probably some other Senators, |
will join with Mr.. Doolittle in supporting |
the Presidents policy in the Senate. The |
IL whom l have named, however, added to |
the II Democratic Senators, make "A Sena- |
tors in favor of the Presidents policy, |
against 80 Republicans who may probably |
oppose that policy.
OF THE ABANDONMENT OF |
- sc ~ MEXICO BY MAMMALIAN. gqp |
So far as the probable speedy abdication |
Of his Mexican Empire by Maximilan is |
and the abandonment of Maxi |
milian's cause by the Emperor Napoleon, / |
am sorry to say that all my information |
leads me to conclusions directly opposite to |
those that have just been enunciated by
General Grant. There is no doubt that |
President johnson is earnestly desirous
that the Monroe doctrine shall be enforced
In Mexico; andiit is even probable that he
will make recommendation in his forth
coming message, to the effect that Congress
take immediate measures to afford to the i
Republican cause in Mexico such aid as
will result in the expulsion of Maximilian |
and the restoration of the republic. But |
the whole course OF events during the last
three months has been to establish the sta
bility of the Mexican Empire, and to make
1t certain that il Maximiliau is compelled
10 leave that country, it can only be by
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