, 1866-04-21

and Liberty. He consuIted none Of these,
and rel garded not their deep, earnest conyie
tions Of right and duty. But he has .tsn
their power. II was these men who carried
the Civil Rights Bill against the veto, against
the Copperheads and eI-rebels and tories and
rimmers. The members of Congress were
merely the recording clerks of the will OF the
loyal nasses.
4 coNsERvAT1vE FALsEuooD.
When the Conservative hackers Of John
son, Ike Doollttle, are pointed to the mon
siroua usurpatlon which their master has A.
tempted to perpetratc, they excuse II BY say
ing that be is following In tho footsteps Of
President Lincoln But reply to this false
hood IN the words Of Col. Forney, that:
t1tpe Of restoring betrayed and broken Govern
ment bY hls orn act, md without The cou4ent os
Congress. Such theory, sbhosrent 10 tbs whole
own eh.faetcr, public ana private, might be aceept-
able 10 mopa1chlst, who teated and hatsd tho
people; bot never to coe "ho 40 loved his country
AID Ills cauntEymen.
Who bclleYcs that If 3ir. Linesf recon ;tYe1lL
he would have cobbled 8 p6 entorcs Il in de-
6ance Of Congress : =, 1868; which Is 50 much
nation Of 'oohnsoultes, he declared; as fol-
quoted
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tes4ed zhof ths ExscussTs ciotasi no r;nht l. nv
seaea o1 teh<ta<r a'e,soer, xaotid b admitted 10
sa sa1sncs spbtteS 10 the ihen c.hIaet I'D ~ Is
distinctly approved by every member OF Ii. One Of
mem tseNatd) Suggested taat thou1a omit lhe
nitsjon Of Mem6eW OF Coosrr,s. ION he Rehel
statea!"
think those extracts pretty edectualEy
dispose Of tho sfsnderous allegation that
the mastyred Lincoln would have attempted
10 force the tnsurgent States Into Congress,
on plan Of bis own In defiance OF tho Will
OF Congress. They show, too, where johnson
got the idea that he could do 1t. The mem
ber Of the Cabinet, Who tn December, 1863,
tried to induce Mr.. Lincoln to ''onlt hts
protest u against the Presidents power to
interfere with the prerogatiTes of Congtess, Is
doubtless at The bottom OF the johnson pro-
granme OF reconstruction and usuFpa.lon,
though he keeps in the back ground. uo Is
tho unseen hand that moves the AdmIulstra-
ton aud inspires tho PRECEDENT with courage
to do wrong and subvert the work Of the
War.
FAILURE OF tyr poL1c1." %
But the yetoes and speeehca, the fntrigues
aud conspiracics, have ali mlserahlY failed In
their purpose TO rend the Republican party
IN twain or to intimldato Congress. Thu
OCCUPANT of the White Houseis Ia bud humor.
Montgomery Blair, the Chairman Of the John
son Organization, Ia In dlsfavos at court. He
Issued too many promises, and Is unable to
redeem my Of them. Doolitt1e, Raymond t.
Co. have lost much Of their influence With tho
Executive 1t Is prpbable that the new party
u dead failure; it Is no 70. The Copper.
heads are now telling the President that there
IL oulT one road for hfm to take, one course
to pursue. and that IA to boldly throw him
sell INTO their arms, and lean on them for
futt1rc support. The assure him that the Re
publican party Is radteaslted from top to bot
tom, aud Will not conseut to break up fts
! Organization, and neither will the Coppcrhead
| party, Hence, no third party can bo formed.
lie must therefore elect between the Radicals
! and Copperheads he must act with one or
| the ether party. II ha returns to the
Republicans he must accept and endorse
the Congressional policy OF reconstruction,
which will embrace At least qualified colored
suffrage, and be must, abandon his darling
"poIicy.n He must keep Stanton In his Cab
tnet, and consult with Sumner, Thad. steFeui
and Ben. Wade, and "God and Llberty'' fa