The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-17
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DEIT.
HIS VIEW On ReeonstFueGEoD-TeE
Davis TEiaI-The RunlshmeuB 81
TFaia0Es-The CoalSeafEoa QneI1ll5l.
Hon. A. K. M'CluTe, apEominsnf and
inhleptfal polttieian 81 Penn FIyanls,
Fnds - t1s EraaEEfq ~, Of
which he iselita<. a si1steh oFan,lhoe.S's
f1teTVisB Nth Precedent JoE11isll,
which We copy below. ThoSe portions
Of it which repeat the Presid satis views
are Of general tntsrest. he says:
=. However FsCIeenE ne Presflent may
be on some issues, he seems 70 have no
reserve As to the policy be c0neefTes 70
be the true one 70 bring back the insure
gent Stltes. BE diseased the position
81 those States and their peopLs with
greet interest and occasional warmth,
ana with 4 frankne8 that len no doubt
- 70 his purpuse. BE holds that they
TeFs never ont OF the Onion : that seoes-
don, however accomplished ~ q
fact, cannot be accomplished in law;
that the suprems authority Of the Gov
eminent In those States was NOT over
thrown by the rebellion, but simply In
abeyance, and of course e logically fol-
lows his premises, thai, since rebellion
has ceased, the St1tes resume their
proper place in the Onion, and restOEa-
ton l. accomplished. This, In briaG
Was the stand point from which the
President discussed the question of re-
construction for more than an hour.
and answered suggestive objections AZ
times with an eaTpsstness that demon
stEated how aFdeutly he Is working 70
giTe BucceE 70 his policy. tFYou have,
added, -giyen rs on every hand the
nations monument OF Mercy-Whsre
win Be its monuments Of Justice :
Davis Ii \ proclaimed assassin, as well
as . tTait0F-hfs agents have died, an
other (YFiTzy viii 1olOW-b0W are the
principals TO atoneto q people doubly
bereaved In their homes and In their
chief BanetuaFy Of pOWeFR" 10 this the
President answered With much anima~
tiOn, thai the measures Of and time for
atOnement were yet for the future TO de
emphasis with which be declared that
the South must come back 70 be 4 part
Of us, land, /" be added, 'tft must come
with all its manhood. don't want Il
70 come eViseerated Of its manhood -
The President said that such may be
the measure OF punishment, that he
had paFdoned bnI few who would come
under such q ruies that there are e1-
eeptIoLis 10 all rules, and there were
both civil fuDc8iOnaTies and army
officers VIE might be pardoned with pro-
pEiety. He said that he had not vet
gone as far In his amnesty, either gene
raj OF special, Is 4IE. Lincoln proposed.
BE explained what Is not generally
known that his pardOnS are mainly Of
business men, many oE whom were
Union men, who must have pardOns TO
enable them TO sell OF mortgage their
lands, OF 70 get credit in their Cuisines
operations, and added that hs had not
yet reached the consideration of such
cases as Lee, Stephens, LOngstreet,
Beauregard, and Others of that class.
BE spoke freely Of the proposed trial
Of Davis, and said as yet tie Govern
men had not taken any steps In the
matter. II he Is TO Be tried in Rich
mOnd, ZEE trial must necessaYily be
postponed until the civil authority l.
fully restored, and then It viii 6e =
question Of consideration under the
condition Of affairs which may At tiat
time exist. As Virginia il still pF1c8i-
cally under martial laW-certainly
wholly under military rule-I judge
that many moons may WaX and Wans
before we can have great state trial
II ] were going TO guess on the subiee1,
1 would say that Davis Is more likely
70 be paroled during the next year than
70 be Tried, and ifYhe Is ever hanged he
must do e. himself sf2
The President Is clearly aVerse TO con
hscation, and that question IS praefi-
eally settled. What ever might be the
views OF Congress, o0ndscatiOn is mot
possible with an Executive determined
Is hostile 10 II and with tbs pardOning
power in his hands.
On the future Of the freedmen the
President talks we'll. HedispIaYS more
sense than sentiment on the question,
and means to solve the problem fairly,
as demanded by civilization and hui
manity. or their ability TO win \ po-
sition that viii enable them to be In
coFFOEuted into our system of govern
nent, as citizens, he Is not eminentIy
hopeful, but feels that IL must be fairly
tried, with an open field for the negro.
That failing, he looks upon colonization
as the only alternative.
II would be foolish to disguise the
fact that the President, both by word
and deed, dlsclaims the position of 4
partisan Executive, and that he Is not
inseusible to the f1attering approval of
the administration by the Democratic
party. do not mean by this that he
h IN sympathy and feilUUAlIp with
them; but I do mean tLtaE BE Il not
wholly in sympathy against them; and
he will, I feel warranted in saying, adj
here TO the political fortunes Of the
Southern States without regard 70 pO-
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