The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-05-05
Reconstructing the CoVernment---Not
the UniDn.

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States That one would not be better used an
; might Ban into, anarchy. But there is an ide
abroad chat one. man can be q despot that on
man can be All usurper, but that one or two hun
dred men cannot. Mr.. Jefferson, the apostle O
liberty tells US, and so does common sense, tina
Edespotism can be exercised by many more rfgor
ously than by One."
i The foregoing statement of the case is from
rs hate speech ofthe President at a serenade
of soldiers and citizens. A Central Directo-
ry composed efthe members ofthe so-called
Reconstruction Committee in Congress has
undertaken to assume all the prerogatives
belonging to the executive, judicial ana leg
islative departments of the government, and
now in fact rule the government of the coun-
try. The interest of a faction is made the
rule ofa country. 1t is to the interest of
that faction to consolidate the government,
and this Reeonstru Committee is the in
strument not of the reconstruction of the
Union but the reconstruction of the Govern
Fment, on new and despotic principles. No
man in the country knows the character of
the leading actors now on the Congressional
stage than Edward Bates Of Missouri His
connection with the cabinet of President Lin
coin places him at least above the suspicion
Of "disloyalty." He is ON. experienced but
not an ambitious politician, in whom the peo-
pie of all parties have confidence. He knows
the men and knows there designs. In his
letter, which wepubllsh to-day on the Freed
mems bib, he says: 81 can see the hidden
motive, the secret design Ct the conspirators
who planned the scheme to overturn our
government Of law and set up in its stead
frighttul military oligarchy."
The leading Congressman and papers who
support them scarcely attempt to disguise
this fact. They openly avow determination
to retain the power which they possess, at all
hazardS, and tell US that the war was fought
in vain if that result is not attained. The
time has now come when they feel the neces-
sIty of a change la the very nature and form
of the Government, or they are lost The
Freedman's Bureau, bill was one of the step
ping stones in the project The Civil Rights
Bill. was anoGher and a higherpstep. Unlim-
tied suffrage is another The States arc to
be destroyed or reduced to the consequence
Of counties. The Constitution is to be amend
ed, a patch here and line there, until it as
sumes shape unknown to its original franz
ers, and foreign to any design contem plated
when adopted by the original thirteen States
The country is to be ruled by vast and sys-
ematic military organization, its power de-
'endent upon Congress, and subservient to its
'ase and. reasonable purposes. That pur-
Jose is the consolidation of all power at
Washington, and the perpetuation of this
bump Congress and its supporters.
Congress, as now composed, is an assem-
lage of traitors. 1t is bent upon. the des-
ruction of this Republican Government ,
Unless the American people speedily com
rebend this fact, and act accordingly, the
Id Republic will have imperceptibly passed !
way, and an oligarchy will confront them. :
he revolutionists must be displaced now by i
1e ballot-box, or soon there will be no bal- c
't-boxes for the redress of any usurpaton> I
With the purse and the sword in the hands t
evolutionary Congress, what does all 9
istory teach US to expect? If there is any a
ne patriotism left in the country it is time t
II it to show itself, and to act, even though =
lis body of traitorous usurpers have to be :
riyen By the. President from the Capitol, at v
re point Of the bayonet,