Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-12-27
From lhs, NY, Herald, Dec, 81
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Z 1SnS sonihern Atestoration The
Radicals nsInnIkedsE
president johnson, supported by General
Grant. that great master Of the art of flank
,noVefnents,f has handsomely ffapked the
radical leaders Of the Senate, and cut OIL
their retreat. The special message to that
body, in response to a resolution calling ior
certain information in reference to the con-
dition of the Southern States, furnished in
formation which Will be very gratifying 70
the country at large, but which was gall
and worniwoodl TO the fnplacable raditflI
Sumner. The President speaks >enconragA
singly-of the loyal temper and rinolinations
OF the Southern people, and entertains 10
doubt "that they will, at avery early pc
rod, be In. a condition to resume all their
practical relations with the Federal Gov
ernment.., Most Of the reclaimed States
have ratified the Constitutional Amend
ment, sand In nearly all of them measures
have been adopted, OF are now Ypending, TO
confer upon the freedmen the privileges
,YhichHare essential % their com fort pro-
lection and securitynE General Grant from
his personal observations, during his late
Southern reconnaissance from the Potomac
TO the Savannah river cordially ylspstalns
these views of the President. IL is evident
that the general effect upon the Senate OF
these encouraging, reports was good; but
instead Of softening the WRATH 0f Sumner
they inffamed it TO an unc0ntfollable fury.
Z ave ha1e,1 said he "a message from the
President, Which Is like the whitewashlhg
message of Franklin Pierce With regard to
the atrocities in Kansas" Called TO account
bv Senator Dooifttle' for this0utfageOuse ex-
pressioh, Mr.. Sumner had nothing TO quail
ify, nothing to modify, nothing TO ifetraet."
But when another Republican Senator, Mr..
Dixon, of Connecticut, having faith In the
President,s patriotism and policy, remarks
Cd tiiat he could not In silence hear this
charge, that the Executive had presented a
white washing repofCAtha6, in other words,
be had,, by faIsehoOds and 1niisstatements,
covered up certain faets-thefe was a
change in the mind Of the unfortunate Sum-
ner. He saw that there was a9limit for his
folly, even In Republican Senate, beyond
which be could not safely pass. His charge
Of whitewashfngw was not intended in the of
fensive sense understood BY other Senators.
Hehad no reflections to make on the patri-
otism or truth OF the President; but he re-
membered the whitewashing message from
Franklin Pierce, and that they all called 10
q whitewashing document. Thus the high
1y vaultihg Summer was suddenly brought
to with his face to the ground. This Of
itself Is trifling incident; bpt, In connec-
tiOn with the fact that IL puts check upon
the mad career of Sumner as the radical
leader OF the Senate, itbecomes an incident
of some importance. 1t indicates the
strength of the Presidents policy, and that
the Republicans in Congress begin to ap-
preciate the necessity of cooperation with
him, If they would maintain their position
as the party in power. r....'t
: The check upon Thaddeus Stevens, the
Radical leader Of the House, is' still more
remarkable. On Monday, upon the ques-
tion Of referring the Presidents Message,
he enlarged upon his theory thar the late
reBeflious States are now legally in the con-
dition of unorganlzed Territories, and that,
as such, they must be reconstructedr by
Congress. On Tuesday the Secretary of
State. officially announced the ratification
OF the constitutional amendment abolish
ing and prohibiting slavery by three
foufths Of all the States, including in this
ratification such States as Virginia, North
and South Carolina, Georgia aud Alabama,
thus recognizing them as States in the
Union, and legitimately. acting as d such
through their Legislatures; and what has
Mr.. Stevens to sayg He can say nothing
against the proclamation without putting
himself in very bad position, and be can
say nothing In It's favor without stultifying
himself, and so he disereetly remains quiet.
Thus, upon the most important measure
the constitutional abolition of slavery
President Johnson, through his Southern
policy, has completely Aanked
the radicals, and holds them as Grant held
Lee within the limits of Petersburg, in
position from which there is no escape. The
radicals can no longer venture upon the
ground that the States excluded from Con-
gress are out of the Union, because that
doctrine upsets the great constitutional
amendment-an amendment which the peo-
pie of all parties and all sections accept as
a fixed fact. The radicals themselves ac-
cept it. The Administration, having thus
gained the important p0intthatt the late reb-
el States are not only in the Union, but are
reconstructed in their new
it is apparent that President
johnson has the game in bis hands and that
his policy must prevail. The acceptance by
Congress of the constitutional ratification,
as declared by the Secretary of State, gives
the yictofy'tO the Administrations 9GmRd.
Murder of Miss Dayton