The New York herald., 1865-04-22

Is President johnson, and in full operation az
loyal States and free States before the regu-
~ lar meeting Of Congress. We expect that, thus
3 reconstructed, by December next, they will all,
s including even South Carolina, have their full
: delegations of members on hand at Washington,
elected to both houses. We expect, too, that
e by that time the recommendation Of President
= johnson will be equivalent to their admission,
! and that, with clear field before him, the
work will be neatly and thoroughly done. We
further expect such policy on his part, in the
encouragement of industry and immigration
: into the waste places of the South, that even
during the present year they will begin to bios
i som into new life of beauty and prosperity.
Thus much for President Johnson's policy
g. Of reconstruction. What next? He is an
honest believer in the doctrines of retrench-
ment and reform. Assisted by General
Grant, our new President will follow
up the work Of retrenchment commenced with
the surrender of Lees army by President Lin
coin. Thus, from the complete suppression
and dissolution of the rebel armies, it is pro-
bable that reduction of full five hundred mil
lions of dollars will be reached by December in
the annual expenditures Of the Treasury. Then
we may expect a tightening of our burdens Of
war taxes to very great extent, correspond
ing reduction of our paper money in circula-
( ton, and speedy return to the metallic basis
+ and specie payments. We draw these conclu-
) sions from the suppression of the rebellion,
i the near approach of peace and the well known
political creed Of President johnson, which
comprehends not only retrenchment and re-
form, but hard money and tightening in every
available way of the burdens of the people
Rotation in Office being another article in
the creed of our new President, when the
; proper time shall have arrived, we may
look for some changes in the Cabinet,
for some among our diplomatic agents, and
! some among the federal officeholders generally,
= from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. In enter
: ing upon this policy of rotation, we are sure
s that the services and claims of our brave sol
diers and sailors will not be overlooked. In
: this view of the subject, should General Grant
{ be sent out as our Minister to England and
General Sherman as our Minister to France,
b President johnson will not only crafty public
: opinion at home, but will be extending to Eng
/ land and to France graceful compliment,
! which, in each case, will be duly recognized
and respected In this connection we expect
no trouble with France in reference to Mexico.
Macmillan is beginning to see that his position
! is untenable, and Napoleon is too wise to run
! the hazards Of rupture with the reunited
! States on the Monroe doctrine.
Such is the magnificent programme which
we expect from President Johnson: a clearing
out of all prominent and dangerous traitors;
reorganization Of the rebellious States
on the basis of loyalty, good faith and
universal liberty; new life of prosperity to
penses Of the Treasury; great relief to the
! people in the lessening of their taxes; cutting
down Of our paper circulation to the specie
standard, rotation in Office, a new epoch, a new
4 organization of parties, and such general de.
! velopment of industry, enterprise, wealth and
: happiness, power and glory, the length and
: breadth of the land, as politicians and philo-
sQphers have never dreamed of in their widest
calculations All the heavy work to these
great results has been done by Abraham Lin
coln-that which remains to Andrew johnson
! is comparatively light and easy. He is man
of energy, and he will thoroughly do the work
assigned him.
The Surrender OF Joe JOhnston and His
Army.
Intelligence was received last night that
Copora1 Tobnctop hod roudara1 oil hic faroaa
to General Sherman. This news, it is under
stood, reached General Sheridan on Thursday
might from General Sherman.
1t was reported several days ago that
Johnston was about to surrender his army to
Sherman but for some time we have not
received any definite news as to the result
of the negotiations. Our latest dates from
Goldsboro are to the 10th, and up to that time
the affair does not seem to have been conslm-
mated. 1t is probable that the reason why we
have not been advised of the surrender before
this is that Johnston has been higglng after bet
class of men with 6libustering proclivites. and
I has always associated with the Cuban flibus-
I ters and Mexican adventurers, such as Quitman,
and Smith, and Lowell, and others of that kind;
and it is not at all unlikely that he endea-
vored 10 induce Sherman to grant terms whereby
: he could slip off somewhere southwards, with a
Z view to a new filibusterng expedition to Mexico
or somewhere else. But Shermans terms to
Johnston were those of Grant to Lee, and on
/ these Johnston has undoubtedly surrendered
4 himself and his whole army.
With this surrender and the fall of Mobile,
the only remaining rebel force now in the field
\ is that under Kirby Smith, west of the Missis-
sippi. That army has been nothing but band
\ Of cotton spectators for some time, and the
I probability is that on the receipt Of the news
/ of the fall of Richmond, the surrender of Lee
3and Johnston, and the capture of Mobile, it will
y Immediately fall to pieces and scatter.
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