The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-11-29
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| tFrom the New York Herald, November 2O1
Is not the fact establishel'IIha con
fidenee and indulgences brown
away upon the intractable fObeliods
elements of the excluded States?. Isft
not apparent that IL left 10 their own
discretion in the matter Of this amend.
ment they viii only use it to'inHame
their people TO riots, instructions and
anarchy What, then, is the remedy
demande1p In view of the great ends
OF law and order, the restoration of the
Union, solid and strong, security and
confidence, justice and generosity, we
think the time is at hand when Con.
gress should interpose its authority, be.
ginning de nOvo in plan of reconstruc-
ton, which will be at once comprehen-
sive, "short, sharp and decisive" We
want no delendq est Cdrthdgo-no de.
struction Of CarLhage-but we want no
more tinkering or temporizing with
this Southern difficulty. Under the
constitutional war powers of Congress,
by which the armed forces of the re-
bellion were put down and dispersed,
its disarmed forces may be compelled
to accept and ratiiy the terms of fair,
just and generous ultimatum of resto-
ration.
We would accordingly submit to the
Congress which is to re assemble in
Washington on the first Monday in De.
cember a new constitutional amend
ment, or q modification OF that before
the States, so as to embrace, not the
cheating proposition of impartial suf-
trage, but universal suffrage and uni
vcrsal amnesty as the basis of South.
ern restoration. The universal suf.
frage we mean is the admission to the
baIlo: box of all males OF all races and
colors OF twenty one years of age, ex
cept criminals and lunatics and "In-
dians not taxed" and the amnesty VIC
mean is one which will reach from the
rebel bushwhacker to jeff. Davis and
his Cabinet, beginning with the release
of Davis. We would further propose
the enforcement of this settlement up.
on the rebellious South, as President
Johnson enforced the amendment abol-
ishing slavery. To this end an act Of
Congress requiring the President to
place an army of one hundred thou.
sand or hundred and fifty thousand
men under General Grant fol the pur.
pose of hurrying up the good work in
the excluded States would be a good
thing. Something of this sort is re-
quired to convince those States and
their people that an unsuccessful re-
bellion brings its pains and penalties
and that it is the victor and not the
vanquished that dictates the treaty Of
peace.
President Johnson's efforts at restor.
alton have turned out to be cloves la
Dor lost" Let the rightiul authority
of Congress, then be interposed, and in
manner which will admit of no more
trifling and no more delay. Let this
new plan be placed in the hands Of
General Grant for its enforcement. and
the thing will soon be done Peace
restoration and harmony will speedily
follow; Cor while the universal amnes.
ty will throw the vail over the offences
and offenders of the rebellion, univer.
sal suffrage, blacks and all, will hold
the recovered States firm y in the Un.
ion and with the cause of the Union
Moreover, by this plan there will be
the additional positive advantage tc
the South of gain of some twenty
odd members of Congress over the plar
of negro exclusion from suffrage. Th'
authority and the power are in tn,
hands of Congress and this is our plan
as matters now stand, for short, com
prehensive, complete and speedy set
, tlement.