Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-08-24
THE UNNECESSARY QUARREL.

IL Is the COuCuAIGus hhe
constantly rendered testimony Of the con-
ductors of the leading Union journals OF
the Eastern States-always saving ana
excepting Horace Greeley from the num-
Der now counted on the witness stand
that the feud between the President anu
Congress was an occurrence which ouS"'
never to have taken place, could nov,
been prevented by the exercise oil d HUT
more of charity, or courtesy event.
either side. The veterans OF the press
exclusive of Horace. land perhaps Forney
is a veteran, } insisted from the commence
ment of the present Congress to near 'ne
H. ~ ira first session. that ga little
Grace, BY the President or the majority in
the National Legislature would set all
..;,,s r;sht again. II is most distinctly
and emuhatically declared that had Con-
cress adopted in December or January the
propositions it planned and passed during
the last two months, the Union party to-
day would lack nothing Of harmony and
strength which the combined and unquali-
fed favor of the Executive and the Con-
gress could give it. Unfortunately for
the Union party, for itself, Congress per-
mitted a few violent Radicals" to post
pone active, direct efforts toward a
reconstruction. These chieftains said:
"Negro suffrage must be forced upon
the South, before any OF the lately
rebellious States can come into the
Union" And By and by, the "Radicar'
leaders themselves began Kilkenny fight
ing. We cannot believe otherwise than
that the adoption Of such a Constitution
al Amendment as is now before the States
q. an early period Of the present Congress-
would not have been challenged by Pres
dent johnson, but would, by this very
hour, have received the requisite rat
flying vote. OF this opinion are such
men as VIM. Cullen Bryant, the Oldest
city-daily editor in the Nasion-a man
whose conclusions are made with the
Judgment of a wise and vigorous old age
and the conductors Of the Sprinield
Republican, and the Cincinnati CONNER
cial, the Hartford Courant, the Philadel-
phia Ledger, the Boston Traveller, the st.
Joseph Herald, and many other Union
journals, Of similar reputation for sincere
and honest convictions, both of the abso-
lutte right and the ~legitimately expedient
of political situations.
We are thoroughly satisfied that had
Congress accepted the Lincoln-Johnson
policy as its own, and admitted Represen-
ta,ives from the South, in either House.
on a test of individual loyalty and "ca.
pacity 10 elect" on the part Of the con-
stituency-thus conforming to the recon-
~mendation of the President-there would
not have been the slightest difficulty in
the way of adopting even more stringent
Constitutional Observation-Disclosures more
binding on traltors--than the n now
in the Secretary's Office. And the charge
of "~usurpation" would not have had q
particle Of plausibility, not the strength
of a letter. for the use Of the opponents
of the then submitted Reconstruction
scheme, whatever it might be.
The Cincinnati Commercial Of July oath
says: There would not have been q
breach between Congress and the Presi-
dent, if the former had started with the
views and in the temper that prevailed six
months later" It further declares that
President Johnson cannot be held "exclu-
siyely responsible for the u~nfriendly rela-
tons between himself and Congress,
though we regard him as singularly want
ing in tact, and driven by his headstrong
combativeness, and the menacing demean-
or Of the Radicals, into a false position
that is unfortunate for him and unfortu-
nate for the country"
And the Springfield Republican declares
that 1.-THE weakness Of Congress and the
perverseness and impatience of the Presi-
dent, have played into each other to pro-
duce the results now before the Country"
in the way of new party disagreement and
organizations.
II is important that the people under
stand and keep in mind the truth Of his
tory in regard to the feud between the
Executive and Congress. The Radicals"
in the Senate and House of Representa-
tives, are the real responsible parties for
the breach deprecated, and if defeat await
the Union party this year or the next, this
condemnation will be almost unanimous.
But all this is nc apology for or palliation
of the gross offence against truth and de-
cency, which is constituted by the sections
of the Philadelphia address which calls
the present Congress a "usurping" body.
What has been recited, as to the origin Of
our party's family quarrel, is no excuse
for the President, when he endorses the
Philadelphia address, and appears to itali-
cize the most objectionable portions. If
the Thirty Ninth Congress has hitherto
been a "usurping" legislative body, then
the very least President Johnson should
have done. to have maintained any degree
or shadow of consistency, and Executive
faithfulness as well, was to have vetoed
every measure that came before him for
signature from those who lately claimed
rights in Capitol seats at Washing
ton.
Mileage vs.. Salary.
GOLD Hull, Aug, %, 1866,