The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-11
THE POLITICAL WORLD.
Important letter. ON Governor Denison.

Governor Denlson, late Postmaster-General
OF the United States, has written an elaborate
and powerful letter, giving his reasons for leav-
ing President Johnson's Cabinet. He was not
unaware that the Presl ent and himself differed
in regard TO the treatment OF the Rebel States
MIR. johnson had been u Shareholder and n men,
Der of the Democratic parry, which maintained
the riehtlulness Of slavery, and the propriety Of
its protection By the General Government, while
he (Nir. Dennison) had been educated all lis life
to believe slavery great moral and political
wrong, and had acted in early days wi,h the
Whig party which opposed the territorial
expansion OF the ins,ltHtion or any increase Of
its power in any form. Stl says Mr. Deni-
son:-
Assuming ttat the President was equally deter
nhneu with sell 80 accept the final action o.
Consress III the matter OF Iecpnstfucton whatever
mVht be his OpOUsltlOn to particular measures,
did rot oOK toward 10 any iie cessarY oreacu
between hIm and any III, mber OF his ,ablOet, nor
d'd ] believe there would ve any occasion for
bIeach between nm auu the majority II EonPress
| ~ Sumed that he, his CABIN and the malOrt i'll
Congress weIe equally earnest and sincere III their
LOYALTY 10 the UbgOn hepu, llchn party 10 which
T. eY ike indebted Tor their II cal poslrOus,
ana that in anV event the lus- claims OF that
party on their aileganceswoa(d, be uy recognised
by all and its unity Teilg Ousv pres Tved, Hence,
| dec arauons prlyao and puOic,a uniformly
| CXuIesscd m,eu hopeful OF Reconciliation
| OF 81 The existing VI al differences tween the
! President anu Congress-, unul a snort period pre-
| vlous O nv N rldraWa from the Cabinet | won Il
OF be unders OOd that was not aware prior to the
mPenng OF Con rcss, and more convinced at er that
event, that Influences hostile to the Union party
| were brought TO bear upon mo PRESIDENT TO induce
tie uda ion OF HI obh0atons to 1t by the reor;
| gan "a of his CabI CT, aud by public opposittou
| 10 the priIcp and demands OF that party as de-
cared by 1t. repr sentatiVes N congress It's press
| and IT. TeLresentatlve men. such influences were
trged upon tie PrsIdenI 10 llmied extent almost
immediately upon his install alon 10 office: Appar-
enU Y, however, and doubt not really, they made
| little I'M ressiOn upon HIN. Though defeated in
| II ell purJ at TIE time. the persons who thus
| sought 10 aepae the President from his political
friends we're not discouraged FROM renewing their
efforts VIII never any differences lransplred DetWe9n
MIN and those trends.
In consequence of these Vaccinations, Mr..
Denison alfirms that very marked change in
public sentiment came over the South. They
began to hope for breach between the Admin
isration and the Union party, and for their own
return to political power through the favor Of
the President. For months after the close OF
the war, they ackno wledged the overthrow OF
slavery and all its logical consequences, an |
while not favoring the extension of political
rights to the freedmen were prepared to acqut
esce in il if required so to do by the Govern
ment
alt WAS under this conviction that the President
sent his despatch OF the date of August Is 10 Gov
| eInOr oharkcy of Mississippi adys nS the Conyen'
/ III ii
Constiut as 'to exie1d the eecIve franchise to
all IersOns OF col who can read the Constitution
OF the United states IN EnSilsh ana w[re s tne1I @
estate valued at not less Than S25O ana pay taxes
thereon"
The annual message Of the President, Mr..
Denison saws, revived the hopes OF the loyalsts
| who had despaired OF Mr.. Johnson's patriotism,
| and the prospect OF harmony between hin and
| the majority in Congress discouraged the leaders
| of the coalition against the Union party. The
relations bet cen the President and the EXecu-
| tive department with the Union members OF
| Congress were practically those that exist
| between members of the same polItIcaI party,
! and confidence in their permanency prevailed
| throughout the Union organization of the
| country.
Nor did the veto OF the Freedman's Bureau
bill seriously di, tur5 thi, confidence; but more
! serious blow was the veto OF the Civil Rights
bill. OF this MIR. Dennison says:-
"I felt It my duty to Gdviso against that veto.
regarded til. bill not only free from all the consti-
tuional objections urPcd against 1t by the President,
Jtt as a measure TO lohich ne UirtuaLy committed
Ig his pe0tsd decorations; AID wise, just, and
Lenefcent all its leading provisions. If there vas
| any proposition on which there was no div SION OF
sentiment IN the Union party. 1t was the imperative
necessity OF securing to the cOlOred population or the
| South all their civil rights without which their
| emancipation nom slavery would be mOckerF L
deeply regretted the President could not see his line
OF duly IN the same direo ion with the Union menl-
| beTs OF Congress-"
In regard to the State Governments which the
President has organized in the South, Governor
DennisOn says:-
purpose'y waive lthe inquiry hot1 far these State
GOUert ments UeTe merely provisional depending on
the approval of Congress- IA my pur Dose is not TO
disc MSS any of the mOOted questions on that subject
IN the ABSENCE OF CsGuipsd 10 invite the peonIe Of