, 1866-07-10
JOHNSON TO ia GREET

society for the maintenance Of the principles
which brought about The last rebellion. The
support OF s]nvery Is an institution more
sacred than liberty, and the maintenance of
the doctrine that 300, 900 Shareholders ought
to rule the South; that the South ought to
ru1e the ilemocrntic party, and that the Dem
ocratic party ought 10 rule the country, and
thus that the stars and stripes ought to repre-
sent anstcaling-tlese alone are the services
the Tammany Society have rendered to the
country. JET. Davis, if let loose, would to-
day be pet Of the society, as he has always
been faithful defender of its principles.
Such Of its former members, Sfckles, Coch.
rane, Dix, and others, as have fought for the
Union are expelled from its councils. Graut,
Logan, Sherman, aud others who left the
Democratic PARTY to fight for the Union, have
severed themselves thereby from all the sym.
pathics and courtesies Of Tammany.
This association celebrated the Fourth OF
July by m oration md letters from the Presi-
dent and Cabinet. Tie President, In his let
Ter, says:
.sThere can bc for thr pstr1o. no higher duty, no
1ohlr8 work, 1hsn tho obiicfatlou Of the passions
cuinary cosdic'. nars .star5ed reconciliation. and
prevented that complete RESTORATION OF ali lhe Ststcs
T. ,nsF ,p, rsa,,o', = tth III The
s1rrrEth ant prosperity oEths nation"
Ths statement that passion and prejudice
rctard The work Of restoring The States TO
their seats in Congress, is a wilful evasion OF
the issue. The President himself is man OF
ungoyctnable passions and blsoted preju-
dice. Whether he speaks for or against
policy, 1c speaks The language Of passion, not
CT Judgment and cool reason. On the con-
1rary the country has never lad cooler,
calmer, more reasonable and truly conserra.
tive statesmen than Fessendcn, Trumbull,
Harris, Howe, Sherman. Grimes, Morgan,
Colfax, and the other leaders OF the majority
In both Houses Of Congress. To accuse these
1ucn Of acting from passion, Is to talk
Of the flames that rise from an
ice berg, or the sunbeams that may be e1-
tractcd from cucumbers. Whatever their
error may be, rest assured that 1t Is the re-
suit Of not only calm reason, bat cold, frlgid
mathematical calculation. Not one Of these
men would take step which the majority Of
the people would disappsoye. To accuse
them Of prejudice, Is to charge the whole
loyal people with bigotry.
This will not do. The President knows for
what reasons the so-ca1led States Of the South
arc excluded, and he dare not meet or discuss
them. He can only misrepresent them. :,
Among these rcasons are
/. The State Governments Of the seeded
States were formed without the authority of
law.
9. They were not formed By the people OF
those States, md have never received their
assent.
5, They are olignrch1cs and not republics.
because in the act Of forming them from one
to two-tlirds Of the people were excluded md
outlawed- politically cnslared.
4. They fail to recognize the rights Of
large portion Of their people, but are go franz
cd as to facilitate, and unless prevented, to
uecessitate, their oppression, If not their re-
stosation to slayerr.
5. They are controlled by perjurcd rebels.
Q. They give the vote Of any two Southern
whites the same power as they do to the
votes OF three Northern men-and In some
statcs, rs South Carolina and Mississippi
they make one rebel white vote counte.act
the VIII Of two loyal black men, and three
Ncrthc1n whites, or five altogether. This is
a scheme to enable minority to rnlc, Con-
ttnry to the spirit Of the Constitution and Of
Republican Government.
For these and twenty other reasons, equally
good, the coolest and most sasac}ous men In
Congress, and In the country, have decided
whats That the Southern States shall be ex-
cludcd from the UnIons No! That they
shall be delayed ten years, or Eve, or ones
No! But that they may come iato the
Union Immediately, If they Will, on certain
easy conditions, the hardest Of which Is that
they shall allow Northern white mans vote