, 1866-09-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
4. johnson After lis Eicctioneel-
ing Tour.

Ccjcc1fcn of the johnson party-con,-
nacntH Of the Prcaitcsl1's Friends
John-on.s Policy Too End for Je;r.
Davis.
Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribnnc.l
WAan7HGTos. September IS, 1856.
The return of the President has brought
here many visitors from different parts Of the
country, whose comments on the present
crisis are entitled to consideration. am
ratAcr ngrccab}y surprised to find amung the
johnson vim, Of these men d sllbducd feeliN.
nnd a disposition to criticisc the movements
Of their own clief. Whether the Maine clcc-
ton, or the failure of tho Cicvc-
land Soldiers Convention, or tile
unhappy incidents OF the Presidents
Journey have sohcrcd down thc Jolinsonians
I cannot say. Probably all these various
causes have combined in bringing, about this
altered state of feeling. johnson is now
openly accused by many Of these, his friends,
of having jcopardizcd the prospects Of the
South l'y his intlammato1y harangucs against
Congress. What they charge upon him Is:
FSrstiy. That by Ills violent stump speeches
against Congress lie has called forth more
strenuous campaign on the part Of the Rad
icn1s.
kN&uHutU. A1lAl W LIZ Slu!3
Congress whitc The fate Of the Constitutional
Amendment is still undecided, he has con-
iure1 up storm In The late rebel and hurd cr
States. which cmboldcns them to reject the
amendment.
Thirdly. That ho has laid himself opcu to
the possibility Of Impeachment by the New
Orleans MASSACRE
The President and Mr.. Seward, they say,
arc animated by the best intention Of in
suring the triumph Of the cause Of the late
Confedcracy, but impersllcd all by their
want of tact aud excessive zeal and infatua-
tion. They say that tho most essential
thing for the South and Its Northern, abettors
is 10 be again among the lawmakers Of The
Nation, and that 1t is even better for the
South to swallow tho new Constitutional
Amendment than to forcso this unexpected
opportunity Of acquiring status In Con-
grss. They say, moreover, TINT the new
Constitutional Amendment is far less
obnoxious to the South than WAS
tlaat for the abolition Of slavery,
md tlat If it had been proposed
Immediately after the close OF the wne, 1t
would have been Instantly ratified by all the
Southern Legislatures. With slavery abol
ishcd, how could they hope to retain the
political status Of representation that l.ad
been created BY that institutions Aud,
really, they laugh themselves at the idea o.
discomitcl traitors being allowed highe,
range Of representation than the loya
States, by whom they were defeated In bat
tie. They argue, consequently, that the,
would not. and could not, have opposed tn
Few Constitutional Amendment, and that
they oppose it now, 1t is because johnson In
cites them to 1t, and promises to get then
back to their seats and their influence, not
withstandlng their opposition to the amend
ment.
The impression Is. therefore, gaiain!
ground flat Johnson's policy is disastrou
to the South, Tint 1t reyiycs /,
the Free States all the ol,
anti-slavery passions, and that 1t rcnews tn
prospect Of civil war, in which the cripple
South will be stripped Of it's last yeatigcs 9
existence, Of Its last hopes ofrccuperatiou
JEFF: Davis himself is said to hive cxpressc,
this opinion Of Mr.. Johuson's injudiciou
course. While the President thus loses tn
confidence Of those whom he wishes to pro
pftiatc, he has already succeeded In maxim,
the South uninhabitable for loyal Norther1
men and In creating state Of public cpinIol
Which emboldens Raphael Scmmes to hop
that he will be Immediately permitted to oil
ciatc as @ high judicial magistrate, an
which, from tho Gulf Of Mexico to the Poto
mac, has aEaln revived the infatuation tim
the cause Of the Confaderacy may atfli b
| gained, and that slavery, though nominal
abolished, may be virtually restored.