Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-13


PREsEDENT AND C0NGREsa
Mr.. Horace Greeley has revisited WASH
ington He spent the greater part 81 last
week in that metropolis, he says aanxiousIy
inquiring into the political situation, and
seeking to measure the probability of the
rumored breach between the President and
Congress, touching Southern restofatiaa or
reconstruction He thus states, in the
Tribune, the chief elements Of the probieu
to be solved e 9s7o9 s,f
ressoraion Of The soathsrn ssstss 70 their former
position In the Union and in Congress. In his
view, those ssasss have never besE out of the
Union since thez were seysrails admitted io1o Il
out, He would have the RIGHT of each STATE 70 q
voice n the National eegneils recoenized.faily.
eSssniay .f ne Il prees sSd POSITION fon "
Congress, on its part desires first that the res
toration q power 70 the South or Of the scath 20
b0s
the National Debt. or impose the Rebel Debt on
ss s the sts th.e
and patronage Of the Union into an instrument
have Destroyed the Union against those Who Law
ished blood and treasure to save il. In other
words: it is resolved that they shall not win By
Restoration" what they risked and lost by Sc
Secondly. it feels q solemn obliestion to pro-
tect and shield the Freedmen from oppression.
their participation in and profit BY the great ma
secure to them the rights and imlnunities. NOT
merely Of freedmen. but of freemen.
He sees no incompatibility in the ends
aimed at by the two branches of the Gov
eminent, and concludes there need be, and
| probably will be no breach. "What mala.
droit, or malignant, or tale-bearing inter.
meddlers may achieve" he says he cannot
foretell He had scarcely returned to New
York before one of those maladroits, or ma
lignants, ortale-bearing acknowledgements
| up in the Senate, and offered resolutions to
the effect that the States lately in rebellion
were out of the Union, and proposing such
action toward them as is due to mere Pro
vinces-thus utterly repudiating the Presi
dents views, and thwarting the wise and be
nignant policy he has pursued to prodncs
the desired result Mr.. Greedy could no
| forecaste as much of the future as it required
for steam to take him from Washington t.
New York. This was his second visit tt
Washington on the same business, and now
the maladroits will enforce upon him another
We sincerely respect Mr.. Greeley's good
intentions-but it is evident he has NOT ye
fairly comprehended the differences between
tie President and the present rabid radical
portion of Congress. The President desires
to restore cordial and lasting harmony
among the States Of the Union, by giving t.
each State its constitutional rights and pre-
negatives. He wishes the constitution ,and
laws Of the country to prevail in all ii
parts, and to thwart the objects Of these who
would visit one portion with oppression and
wrong. . o hrl .fa5s IL tgEiI sal
Congress, on its part desires to wreak q
fanatical vengeance upon the people of the
lately rebellious States, and would subvert
the constitution and trample upon every pri
mary principle which enters into the struc
ture of republican government to secure thai
desire. ~, -.r.'.i. ..s.., ...,..,-,,. ~.
That is the difference, and it is such as
must inevitably produce a. breach, if each
holds on to the course thus marked out