The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-09
Congress and its Scheme OF ReconstTuc-
uon-FOrney's Flutserings.
From the Herald.

HItW me HtHutU.
In the House of Representatives on Monday
week, the scheme of Southern reconstruction and
restoration reported from the Joint committee
OF fifteen, was made the special order for yester-
day, to-day, and tomorrow.
forney ia in raptures. He cackles as enthu-
siastcally over this wonderful bantling of the
IN alllble committee of fifteen as a noisy old hen
over neN-laid egg. He claps his wings and
crows with the eXultation OF a bantam rooster:
Cut after all his fuss and hutteFings he finally
subsidies into his proper character OF a dead
duck He says that the proposed Constitutional
amendment from the committee (the man fea-
ture OF which is the dslranchisement, in regard
TO Federal affairs OF the late Rebel States till the
Fourth OF July, lS70) lis certain to pass Con
eless, and to be ratified by the Legislatures of
the adheIing States" We presume he means
the States adherlng to Congress. When this
lacl, ne continues, becomes clear to the
people, as it must in very short time the effect
upon their material interests will be surprisingly
sudden and salutary." In short with the paS
sage OF the amendment through Congress by the
requisite tWo-thiIds vote in each House, "Oppo.
sltion will retire before the overwhelming ueces.
sity and logic OF the case"
We suspect nevertheless, that Forney in as
sumlne that This Congress lonal scheme is GER
tam 10 pass both Houses, is assuming toomucb,
We rather incline to the opinion that in the
''irrepressible conflict" between the peculiar
phlanthrCpic kinks and CrOtchets of this rad-
cal, that radical, and the other TO say nothing of
conservatives and copperheads, the scheme will
sigrally fail in the House or in the Senate But
granting that by a two thirds vote it rs certain
10 pass, II only carries the issue between Con
eress and the President directly before the
people. Foney is seriously perpleXcd in this
view OF the subject although he saws cit is an
smd 70 suppose that what Andrew Johnson may
or may not do can materially affect or retard
the decision OF the parties Immediately into
rested because the Southern people will soon
be convinced thar the radicals as they are called
are indeed their best friends
but there is another little matter which
seriously troubles Forney-'the extraordinary
spectacle OF the published proceedings of a
meeting OF the Cabinet, in which his (the Presi.
dents) constitutional advisers are quoted u and
III which Secretary Stanton is represented to be
III iul accord with Secret airy Seward and Andrew
johnson. This is where the shoe pinches
Secretary Slant II s the Apostle Paul to the Re-
publican party OF Pennsylvania. They substan-
TALLY so declared hm at their late Harrisburg
convention, while they could afford nothing
better than a roundabout and very equivocal en-
dOTsement OF President Johnson In n contest
therefore beiole the people between the recon-
struction plan OF Congress and that OF the Ad-
mluisuaton the latter, supported by Secretary
stanton. the Apostle Paul OF the Pennsylvania
war Republicans, will carry the keystone State
October election. With the popular reaction
thus inaugurated the Republican party of New
York. under the reviving influence of Secretary
Seward, will carry the Empire State in Noyem-
Der, ano mus, without going step further, the
reconstruction scheme OF CONGRESS will fall TO
the ground, and the Presidents policy and the
Union party OF the Administration will take
possession of the field.
The speculative ideas of Forney, we predict,
will be proved, in the sequel, as fallacious as
were those OF the maid OF the milking pail
even win the passage OF this reconstruction
scheme OF Stevens and his committee through
both Houses of Congress. First however the
issue in Congress must be determined, and even
here we look for q failure or surrender TO the
Administration.