Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-01-17
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Hon. s. SHEILABARaER will please ac-
oephlout than,cs,f for comics of his speech
deIIveFedIin the House of Representatives,
JanliAry & 1866 We wish We could ten
der him thanks for the matter OF the.
speech. ii .insiei or 1'ebei IN # ,anei.
teaj y AHIIIT II5iI I-5.5I,,, 4. "a a. n
vAT for. ~ i1T'''7 IN
yTtia anhouncaA that, the, Reeonstruction
eof6mittee.l.a Rebubllcau aco6triyance1 to
tKware the President ia his work Of reine
statina ti. tbe. South IN her rights-have not
Tstd6ne ANYTHING more than organize and
aJsc.IssitHe various methods % 1 doing the
business thew intend to do.o one thing Is
brektv certain, they. viii ask for an appro-
nrIat,on td uieetlth current expenses at
tsndiHkthe enterprise. There is no more
nse foSpl this Reconstfuction committee than
tRere Il for a flfth wheel to a, wagon, and
the axnenses is shall incur will be Just so
mnch money snuandered.9 The President
has heen to the trouble and expense Of pro-
snrino,t,nhiased Information, ,tonchinq the
S6adstlonl Of the Southern States and, the
taiaSer 81 their pe0ple. In virtue of his
office. he Ia under obligations to look to the
iStevesfsos tbe whole people, and not to
tba3nferests0 Of 4 marty or A miserable vim
dictive faction. When he inaugurated his
svsterp. Of Provisional Governments in the
ssuthl ,tlwas claimed by leaders In the Re-
n1biicane marty TINT the President was NOV!
inc too fast and that SUBSEQUENT events
would make that manifest alike to him and
kntha hole countrv. gdEyehts. however.
bava 3sbown that the President did not
move too hastily nor, mijudge the
southern ii people, A probation of, over
84d T3b0fbs,fu h6S yerfbed the correct
ness ness Of Ills opinion, and justified him In |
ranresenting 10 Congress that all that is |
aa,R needed TO complete the work of Reor- |
oanization-to thoroughly pacity the entire |
eauutrF, and thereby stimulate the South
ern1 people TO resume their agricultural and
business pursuits, the resumption OF which
Marine utmost Importance to our tax
,.vors and To the manufacturers of cotton
tahr,c.-,s To allow the South her repre-
,sassn,it nit.t,or IN on0ress and 10 devise prop
ierlr adjusted system Of taxation. He does
not 60 alleve because he desires the South
Erana6rIs IN he IN a condition 10 exercise
tHsss r,ebts. but he so alleges because this
isS0ths condition Of those people. The
s...,.,,ou of a Reconstruction committee
A. 1C,ongrass and the nroposition they have
3,aaal cnns;doratjon Of sanding for persons
and. papers or of, sending a committee
roamipg over the Southern States, pre-
1,innoses that President JOHNSON has borne
fs{se tastmonv as 10 the condition of the
soutbern states and the temper OF her peo-
nile. sd,@rl f,,s sgo-f .gs,.,.i,g',' Il..,. e5 |
tsTn the ,ate canvass, leaders inthe Repub-
iican marty Indignantly disclaimed all in
tention Of throwing in the way Of the Pres
ident,s. Reorganization policy the least pos
9sy,la 6bstruetion. They asked the people
fo3lg0ivel. TO their party candidates their
votes on the ground that that would be the
most effeCtive way of testifying their con-
43dence IN ana approval of the Presidents
gnoliic.yy. aIaye We not been for the Union
tbFou ghout the war? Did we not nomin-
ate and elect President JOHNSON to the
yice Presidency through which election,
inl consequences sa1 of the assassination of Pres
identi sLINcoLS, he became PRESIDENT.
While, on the otherhand; did not the DEM
5Ocratic party oppose the War and sympa-
taizeg with the Rebels? Did they not abuse
ANDREW, JOHNSON with savageness for his
devotion 10 the Union 1t stands to rea-
son, then that If they succeed in the cleo
tioun, they viii use that success to Illustrate
President JOHNSON in his work of pacify-
aneithe South. Weiare his party friends
,the friends on whom he can rely most i'm
,pIicitly., True, some of his friends think
he has put little more confidence in the
1ehytfharSl ue6nlei than IL f)rident: but the
l'lSgIs Ofs2sats WIN make that al. al right for
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