The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1866-05-08
THE ISSUE d e.

as oiner measures of his administration
seems to be to impress upon the pubic mine
that Pres dent Johnson desires the imme
diale admission of every Southern represen
tative who presents himself for seat in tn,
National Congress. They also attempt tt
non trial of jeff. Davis on the charge o
treason. In his speech, on Friday night last
Hon. David Logan accused the President o
these things, when he knew, or ought to hav,
known, that the contrary was the truth. III
misrepresented the President all through hi
speech on every issue that has arisen be
tween the Executive and Congress. On tht
other hand, we find that in Southern Oregon
Mr.. Woods, candidate for Governor, has
dent, and approves of his acts, with u single
exception-the veto of the Civil Rights Bill
The Sentinel says that Mr.. Woods goes fur
ther than Col. Kelly in the endorsement O
President Johnson. lie agrees with the Ex
ecutive that none but loyal men shonld rep
resent the Southern States, and the Pres
dent has asserted that Congress should bt
the judge of the qualifications of its owr
members while the Radicals in Congress
have time and again declared that men o.
the most undoubted loyalty and patriotism
shall not be allowed seats in that body from
the Southern States. The San Francisco
CdH always an abe, supporter Of the Gov.
ernmeut, asserts that the real issue is be-
tween true liberal republican principles, the
real representative system government, and
the oligarchical system. The Radicals con
tend that few who adhere to IL certain SCI
of theories respecting the negro, shall make
laws lor and govern all that portion of man
kind residing in the United States while the
President and his supporters say that al
communities have right TO be represented
and heard in the making of laws which arc
to govern all, insisting only that the com
munities shall select to represent them, mer
who are not steepedin treason, ana have moi
been guilty Of reasonable practices. Upon
the success of the principles conended fol
by the President and his friends, depends
the success, maintenance and glory of OUT
republican institutions. Those principles
are the sole foundation of our institutions
their very lte-blood aud without their gen.
eral acknowledgement and triumph, our in.
stitutions must fall to the ground. If tri
umphant, the principles contended for by
the Radicals will destroy our institutions as
certainly as day follows night, for those
principles are as antagonistic to true repub
licanism and liberty, and consequently Ma
tional Union, as absolute right is antago
nistic to positive wrong. With the triumph
of the principles contended for by the Presi
dent, partisan Copperheadism can have n,
sympathy whatever, for, as We understan,
the political element known under that ap
pellaton, it was in earnest sympathy will
the rebellion, and nothing would now pleas
it SO much rs to see the principles whicl
governed it triumphant, for the destruction
of the Union and overthrow of republica
| institutions would follow as n matter @
course. In fact, if the real leaders of una
dulterated partisan Copperheadism have an
interest or sympathy in the issue now pend
ing between the President and The Radical
in Congress, it must be on the side of th
latter, for the success of the radical priuci
pies will most assuredy produce, though b
different means, the very result for whic
old-fashioned partisan Copperheadism ha
fought and contended, viz: the destructo
of the Union and the overthrow Of republi
can institutions.
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