Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1866-01-11
The poIit,cai situation.

= Ell conservatives IN the republican party TO
conSurc and ridicUlc the position Of radical
leaders, and assert determination to ad-
here to their own views and policies, that
: when such rebuke is administered, and such
announcement of intentions made, they are
generally regarded as mcre vaporing. Pres.
ident johnson, however, has conquered the
agile gentlemen who, protesting respect for
conservatism and the constitution, have
steadily supported Garrisonism as it has
been pressed upon the country by Congress
and the late president. Being plain
straightforward man, and seeing clearly
what he wants to do. he is disposed to eject
thimple-rig from whatever portion of the
republican party may choose to sustain him
in the work OF restoration. Dodping and
evasion has been chiefly employed by the
conservatives IN that party since Mr.. Lincoln
was first inauguartcd In Justice to the
radicals we must concole that they have We
ry explicitly announced their purposes. If
they wanted confscation, they said so. II
they wanted a proclamation Decentralization
they said 50. If they wanted any act per.
formed forbidden by the constitution, they
were not backward or equivocal in express
ing their hatred and contempt for the CON
stitution. They now say plainly that they
want the negroes in the south to vote and
that they will not consent to the return of
the southern states until the negroes are
permitted to vote.
We are very glad that Mr. Wilson, of
Iowa, when he called with radical dcega.
tion on the president n few days since, spoke
with so much frankncss. There may have
been something of impudence mixed with
IT. something of an attempt to bully: but
this will he forgotten when it is remember
ed that such style substituted the "pres-
rsure of which Mr.. Lincoln was wont to
complain, and which brought him into sub
.jection to the radicals. Mr.. Wilson might
easily forget that different style was re-
quircd III talking to a different man Mr..
johnson is not nearly as great a lover
OF fun as Mr.. Lincoln was, and his cool and
digniiicd response to Mr. Wilson was, per
haps not as well calculated TO molify that
gentleman as wonld have been q humorous
story. 1t served however to convince him
that the president would maintain his posi-
! ton, not only on the question ofrestoration,
| but also III the bcstOwment Of federal pat
| ronage.
! 1t was not the intention of Mr.. johnson,
any more than its was that Of Mr. Wilson,
to leave open back door through which
either party could escape. The issues were
very plainly stated They were walled in,
and those choosing to deal with them must
take them as presented. The conservatives
now know what they must do They are
compelled to choose between the President
and the radicals; between speedy return of
the southern states, under their existing
governments and an indefinite postpone
mcnt OF their return, with the overthrow of
those governments. This is understood by
their sagaclous leader, and with Il prompt
ness and courage beiitting the emergency
he has chosen his position. We Yesterday
reproduced from the New York Times his
warning to his radical brethren, and his
assertion OF purpose to stand by the presi
/ dent.
This time he means it. He has talked
the same way before a great many times
when ne did not mean it. He has proddcd
hr. Raymond, the conservative leader in
'He mousse INTO making speech in oppOsi
ton TO the policies Of Sumner and Stevens.
and into taking such positive ground that
nc cannot rccede from it without incurring
lasting shame. Mr.. Raymond is the pupil
OF /. W., and acts under his direction We
have, moreover, guarantee of'his good intcn.
ons IN the fact that having linked his polit-
cal fortunes wit those of Mr.. johnson, and
the success OF the venture depending on
the support OF the latter by the people, it is
the best policy to be honest, and cndcavor
to move public sentiment to the condemna-
ton OF the fanatics wiun he has always de-
nounccd, and for the past four years been
chiefly Instrumental in maintaining in pow
er. Mr.. Wilson told the truth of him and
his followers when, in his speech to the pres
dcnt he said:
And let me Md this: The so-callcd conscrva-
yves oi congress, the men who claim to bc your
exclusive friends, go with YOU to-day bcC,usc
they think 1t is to their advantage to do so; but
In It's to thcIr .disadvnnas, /" support YOU
You VIII iind that In the eni that the men who
and honest patriotic motives are much more
reliable ana trustworthy friends than these
! iimc-scrNcrS.'
! Whether willingly or unwillingly, these
tlme-servcrs have got into position where
their 'ortuncs and those of the president
are the same. They will therefore not or
pose him to morrow, as Mr.. Wilson suggests
they may. Were Mr. johnson vacllating
man, rdlcullng one week the policy he
would adopt the week after, they might
persuade HIM into change of position. -
lie knows they have no choice now but to
adhere to him as long AS he adhcrcs to his
present policy and with their assistance he
has no doubt rs to his ability to enforce that
policy. The conservatives hereafter cannot
hope for political advancement in the re-
publican party. Their present detection
will never be forgotten, and the radicals are
largely in the majority. Their interests,
therefore, demand the disruption of the
party. Had they followed their honest con
ylcilons, the country to-day would not have
been cursed with u congress under radical
leadership. 1t is matter for dcvout graf
tude that at last they have concluded to
tear into pieces the political organization in
which their tlme-scrving, double dealing and
treachcry was not more repulsivc than the
tanatcsm, cant and malvolcnce Of those
with whom they were allied and whom they
served. - Chicugo Times.
The War Between the JacObin
MAJORITY i'm Congress ana the
! President.
Thur!ow Weed, now one of the propric-
tors OF the New York Times, a Republ-
can paper, says that war is inevitable be-
tween the PrcSid ent and the destructive ia
Goblin majority in Congress, and he warns
the latter, in that event the President will