The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-17

W hNFH up LltlI UllcTeDIettuthhOuSt tuU iObNNT
constantly repeating them. It is part OF their
scheme for success In the next Presidential cleo
uon, and as long as they sec that the public are
ready to swallow their lalsehoods, Just so long
Will they continue TO repeat them.
The position OF the President on the admission
OF southern representatives IS so well defined,
and has been SO plainly stated BY him, that It
does not seem possible that any person with the
least sel!respect would have the edrontery to
repeat the malicious statements OF the radicals
Inc policy OF Andrew johnson on this point is
precisely this:--
First. That the Southern States are i'm the
Union. Their ordinances of secession being null
and void, thay have never been out and are
legally entitled to representation in Congress
the same as New York or Massachusetts.
Second. That whenever the people in any of
those States elect Union men, of whose LOYALTY
there can be no question or doubt il is the duty
OF CONGRESS- to ADMIT them.
I'd. That all those claiming seats in Congress
from the Southern States, who were prominently
identified with the Rebel Government or Rebel
army, should be Immediately rejected and
Their constituents requested to elect loyal Union
men in their places.
These three points embrace Mr.. Johnsons DO
Icy on this subject. Nothing could be palmer
or more fair than this proposition. This is the
position he has been urging Congress to take
But instead OF meeting him on that ground they
have appointed their Central Directory the
Committee of Fifteen, and refuse to consider the
claims even of those men who fought in the
Union armies, and were loyalto the Union in the
themselves before the people in their opposition
TO this plain, sensible, and practical plan, they
are continually asserting that the President is
trying 70 force them to open tue doors of Con-
fress to the leading seCessionists. They know
that IT the people once fully comprehend Mr.
Johnson's position they will rally to his support
en- TRdSSe But by system OF Misrepresentation
tEey hope to create a prejudice against the Exc
cutlYe, secure their own reelection, and an
endorsement of their course in rejecting all
claimants for seats from the Souh.
The effect of the two systems will be directly
opposite. If that of the President could be
adopted it would strengthen the loyal Union
men IN the South, and, from necessity make
them the nucleus for the controlling party in
all those states. The people would at once gee
that their only course, their only salvation was
in the election OF men who had not been proml-
neDtly identified with the secession cause:
while, on the other hand, the policy announced
by Congress places the few men who remained
loyal and true to the Government during the
Rebellion at the mercy of the old secession sts
and destroys their power and influence at home.
The late Rebels will very Justly say to such men
as Maynard, Stokes, and Marvin You mieht
as well have united with us in the Rebellion.
You have gained nothing by remaining loyal
to the United States; for now that the war is
over you are received no better by Congress
than we are. So long assCongress places the
loyal men OF the South in this position there is
no possible chance for the growth OF Union
sentiment in those States. The people cannot
see how they are going to gain anything by
ClCCtluS iONdl utH JO represent t0en In Con-
gress, and the result s that thev are daily losing
their strength and influence at home. Thus,
while the policy of the President, if carried out,
viii strenetben and increase the Union senti-
ment OF the South, and make those men who
remained loyal throughout the war the basis
for the goYernin2 party in that section, that
pursued by Congress emboldens the secessionists
and continues the political control of all of
those eleven States in the hands of the very men
who led the people into the maelstrom OF seces-
sion. This is the issue between the President
and the radicals. Let the people take their
choice.
But the radicals are determined that the issue
shall not be made up in this way. They there
fore, are laborng night and day and spreading
false statements OF Johnson's position before the
country in hopes of misleading the public
They adopt for Ibis purpose the cry that the
President urges the admission into Congress of
all who have been elected in the late rebelhous
states. There IS not shadow of truth in this
assertion. But tney have an object in their
persistence in these statements They are
determined to keep the Southern States
unreFresented until after another Presidential
election, and take this course to Justify their
action before the people. BY keeping those
States out they imagine that they can secure the
election of their candidate for the Presidency i'm
1868, and thus obtain another four years. control
OF the Government.
This is the secret of all their movements
Party and power, instead of the interests OF the
county, are the motives that actuate them. If
they are permitted to carry out this scheme
bnSh VIC lOOh IOr duOLner reYOlutlOn and
more bloody scenes than any that we have here
totore witnessed. Suppose, for instance that in
the election OF 1868 the parties are nearly evenly
balanced i'll the Northern States, or that the
radicals have Only one or two majority IN the
Electoral College, and that the Southern States
which have been ded by the Supreme Court
to be States ln the Union, although not repre-
sented IN Congress, should hoo their elections
AID give their electoral votes TO the conservative
candidate.
The result would be that we would be plunged
into struggle at once for the possession OF the
Government. This is the logical result and the
sequence to the present policy of the radicals
1t would be struggle both fierce and relentless
This the President wishes to avoid, and has
designated policy which will secuTe "a peaceful
and permanent restoration of the country, with
out any danger OF collisions hereafter. If the
people desire an early and amicable adjustment
OF the affairs OF the nation, ana to avoid all
breakers ahead, thea let them rally to the sup-
port OF the President. But ii they desire another
war, another revolution, they can have it by
sustaining the radical JacoDins. This is the
issue, and the people must not be deceived in
regard to it.