Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-09


70 the Union. He was sent to- Nashville.
The, President has been in the habit Of say
ing tnat Nashville was point Of imminent
peril out when we sent the President to
NASHVILLE, the same security was given to If
J. y ashlngton, and every other point within
the national lines. 1t was place of periI
because treason covered the country.
with peri, that Is all It was not peculiar-
| ly perilouls. This nation made Nashville
as secure as any point he stayed here,
did his duty, and we were grateful for that
duty done. We said to him because he had
been faithful over few things ave, would
make him oyer many, and We did make
him Vice President Of the United States
Commended TO Us as said before, BY the
single fact that he had bean loyal from the
beginning of the struggle, and had been
faithful in the trust he had reposed il him as
. General in the army. Il happened that
ne who had been made Vice President, by
z terrible disaster overcoming the country
ne became President Of the United States
The TACT was then developed that there was
. Differences of opinion upon some points of
policy between the President and q great
body Of that party which had been fnstru-
mental in making him President, upon
questions which we thought which We now
think, and which Il for one know
are vital, ifthere are any Yital and funda-
mental questions in national politics. He
found that he was in harmony with those
who had opposed his election, and at va
rance with those who had given him the
election. "a e., ,rH..rT -
Mr. DOOLITTLE said his colleague in the
House had recently presented to the Senate
on an occasion when he fDoolitllel was ABB
sent some resolutions Of the Wisconsin
Legislature condemni1e him (Mr. DooIit-
tle,) and requesting him to resign The
resolutions were not addressed to the
Senate, and upon which the Senate could
take no action. He was called upon to re-
sign for supporting the policy of the PIssi-
dent for the restoration Of the Union. Was
that liberation Of difference ofopinion2 Did
his colleague endorse that? - r-4-+s
Mr.. DOOLITTLEsi in referring TO the sub
Ject Of Reconstruction said that the Special
COMMITTEES in its report had abandoned ne
gro suffrage, and it had also abandoned
that other idea, that the States Of the South
were not States but Territories. fa p
Mr. Doolittle continuing, said: The posi-
ton OF Mr.. johnson towards the Republi-
can party was similar to that Of Mr.. Lincoln
toward the same party after the Bal
timore Convention. The Chicago Convention
cemented the Union party in favor of Mr..
Lincoln. He (DoOlittle) believed that at the
next fall elections, should the majority be
IN 1aTor OF the present Executive the Rresl-
dent would not be driven out Of the Union
party, no matter who might leave it or who
might come into it. The Democrats psrfy
had been yanquished with the rebellion,
and now avowed the very principles Of the
Union party in 1864. Was the Union party
to run away from its vietory2 Ifthe Presi-
dent had erred at ali it had been in being
toe lepient in tolersting the vilest Of per-
sonal abuse from newspapers whose pro
prietors or editors held office under his zd-
ministration. tr.r-- r-r.-
Mr.. C0NNESS rose to question Of order.
The debate was taking too wide a range.
The Senators were notconfning themselves
TO the question before the Senate -
Mr.. WILSON was surprised that the Sen
ator from California, {ConEess) who ioccu-
pied more time than any one else in the
Senate, should raise such an objection.
Mr.. C0WAN said Mr.. Wilson had accused
the President of design to betray the Re-
publican party He wilson had reyealed
the secrets OF the Executive session. So
far from betraying the Republican party,
the President to- day stands firmly upon the
lhe platform of the Republican party. he
(CoWan) would undertake to show all the
divergence that had been made By the Sen
ator from Massachusetts,, Ar, Wilson, and
his party, who never really belonged TO the
Republican party, and whom the Repubh-
can party had been compelled 10 drag along
with it. -Fr i-a-
The Senate pending the consideration Of
the amdmsut of Mr.. Trumbull, at o'clock
adjourned. @