The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-10


Two SPEECHES have, recently been
made which throw remarkable ana
painful light upon the Preside
course, in his separation from the men
who elected him and the party that en-
trusted to him the chief direction of the
fortunes of the republic. Mr.. Sumner,
in his lecture at the Music Hall In Bos-
ton, detailed with some. particularity
his relations with the President and the
repeated interviews that he had with
him, within the first few weeks after
his accession to the presidency. Mr..
Sumner says: . "-i.iG n'' .'. 4
I y was In Washington during
the first month of the new admins
tration, destined TO fill such an
this period, I saw the President
frequently, sometimes at the private
house hethen occupied, and sometimes
at. his Office in the treasury. On these
occasions the constant topic was recon
struct1on, which was considered in
every variety of aspect. More than
once ventured to press upon him the
duty. and the renown Of carrying
out the principles of the ,Declara-
ton of Independence and of found
ing the new governments in the
repel States on the consent of the
governed, without any distinction of
color. To this earnest appeal he re-
piled on one occasion, as i sat with him
alone, inwords which ! can never for
get: 9 On this question, Mr.. Sumner,
there ib no aideFence betweenS us. You
and 7 are alike Need / say that was
tohched to the heart by this. annuncfa-
sl9n, ion y. which h 4 seemed TO promise yis=
controversy, I saw clearly that If the
President declared himself in favor of
the Equal Rights OF All eigood cause
must prevail without, controYersy. Az
teri expfessihg to him. my JOY and graf
itude, I remarked still further that it
was important that there should be no
division in the great Union party+th6t
there sh6uldebe no line run through It,
on one side of which should be gem
tlemen calling themselves the. PFesi-
denpS frIends,1 p butt chat wei should
keep altogether as one seamless gaH-
ment, q 10 this, he replied; y mean 10
be; better We We're to be kept alto
gether ON the principle OF Equal Rights.
As j walked away from the y President
that evening, the battle of my life
seemed to bei ended, while the Repub-
lie rose before me refulgent in the blaze
OF. assured freedom, an example to- the
nations!''ild a.. s,it--qfel,s = pzsdq Il
Subsequent conversations, Mr.: suns :
ner said, were of the same character, all
showing that the APresideht and Mr..
Summer were fany agreed on p6lntBupe
onWh hich the latter has certainly yunds err
gone no change. These were the views
with which Mr.. Johnson assumed the
government; and they correspond with
what ihei had said and done in Ten
neSSe6, and with his adSica afterwards
to admit to the suffrage such negroes as
could read or as were possessed OF a
moderate property qualification.
Senator Sherman recently iThades a
speech. at Cincinnati. 5He stated that
after theyeto ofthei iFreedmsnss Bureau
bin, while the President had the Civil
Rights bill under consideration he was
invited to speak In Connecticut, pend
ing the election. Having heard the ru-
m6rs that the President mediea atedfh9
abandonment OF hisiparty and the enl-
ploYmeht of the vast patronage OF the
government in aid ofilthe party that
had sympathized with the rebellion
and had opposed his electionsl q Nj.
Sherman went to Mr.. Johnson and
frankly stated to him these runors and
asked himff there were any foundation
for them. The c6nyersat atiop lasted two
or three hourssq Mr.. Sherman says: &
G,T%in not undertake to say precisely
what was said by the President Of by
myself in this conversation but I say
10 youy ON my honor that9h 9hes len the
impression on my mind as Gleariand Is
strong asy6tar faces now appear bef1te
me, that he would approve the Civil
Rights bill and sign it; further that II
Eany controversy sprung up. between
him and Gongress5 he would never APP
Ipeal 10 tII6 rebels and c6pperhesdsst 20
come betWeens MS, (CheeFs, BE ex-
ipressed his desire That a SHOULD go to
Come tirut. and went In the mi wish
jthat there would be no further contEQ-
selves. The only sd ipal M lon that lthe
| iPfesidett spoke Of was this. /. BE SID
she wanted the radicals, as he called