, 1866-11-26

i he Plan of Congress mid t1tc H1nn
Demanded by the CFis1H.

.lFrom the New 5o.s lIc1sll Noyeu,bc. all
President Jolnson's plsn o. Southern rcstora.
and condemned In the North, Is dead and doae
tot In The outset. .r7:b Its three conditions p.e-
esdent, VIZ: The reeogntiion Of the supreme Ma
tioEai Sovereignty Of tue United staies, tbe tatI-
fcatfan nt the Constitattounl Amendment abolish
Ing slavery, and :he rfrniialion Of tho debts and
obligations Of tue tebeliion, It seemed to be =
fair 1ud promising programme. 1t started oG
handsomely. tn TIE a1bscnce Of Congress and uu-
der The stimulus Of Executive ra.doas; b:.t the
thoa ant loo ,oote!y Pat together to pass an tx
am!,'aison uEder any te-t Of the Constitution or
,hs ,7w Ct Ea,'o,ls Ihs c1si' lsets q Ii: iibe-
ne;nume lei, untouched; fer 'he leading idsa
Statcs, II far AZ possible, with their old Stat.
| rights intact. ra before the was.
9Ets was grave m1state, md It was followed
TOO fsr, as events have shown but it could have
lecn emily repaired tad tic rrcsldent alhcre1 to
hls ,o,ismal E.slaIa,on.. g, tsa: hts provisional
constes.; ihis was The ro:k nnoa wh;eh Ie
touIdesca-assumins Ill equal jurisdiction with
Congress, aud t.e popular verdict Of the la:c
te'ene: Vi lhe eon,se hs has pu'saed ID hls caa-
1ict Ntth ConErrFe, amounts 10 tlec-ee from the
yoyegfeign e., psoplc laying ths business from his
! o1 Sonefess. Hescc tho pre-. en-. views, fnclila-
tiors and pusposes Of tho President ID this matter
are Important .oE:7 80 far as they nc likay 10
1pcr.ate n facilitating or retatdinc settlement
1he plan Of coaszese. endorsed by al the North
sn stafcs T. that embodied n the pending CohsiI-
tItioEal Amcntme1t II appear, 10 be, However.
In tie face Of these recent elections 50 bitterly re-
rIcnaut 10 the South as 10 BE- hopeless Of ary
es:se eeaesaoa Of taaiaas sen,hs1 ha1nS Soi IS
cla'ls. The especially obnoxious feature OF the
Rs enedss o ts aas !. Il III section
tll absol!cd BY two.thlsds votc Of Congress, i
: certain c1a>s OF ahs Southern Leaders ID .nHded
plead dat lie a,shonot oftheis ogn eondemn.:,a1 ]
involved IN this condition. they rnust at ali haz-
so sdut le9SS ,, VIII sGo.n and disgust. This Ii
1hs DUR Of solving sbe problem viii devo,vs
upon Congress. TIE alternative presented Is tae
ekeos.on @ 81 the unEeeosntssd States to he end Of
further loss Of time. 4 general amnesty vii 81
sasea suse s Wit iii tsts III ,se aaa
uenr arisins from the negro QUESTION. hut The
pssJadiess of caste, and co1os cul,iysssd IN the M
DC biuo md bones of The soas5csu Whte rae a.o
teat they 1srelt nt The tde4 Of negro politieai
u.en1 Ii the Cnton to retnaiu u,sosranf.ed md
ditco1daEt- ts 1hc South 10 be indnlsed indednifs
if IA l1ast st1sc ot rebellion, with the va.t re-
gstte, ard With is people drifting to sedi;ton'
flots and anarchy, because Southern preIudices
bleeS sde mayf No. There must be- remedy
1t must he applied. "A'se s"9n1S
President Johnson has said that II there a-e uu.
1se s tneaEAEa sood AID loyal n1en In one Of the
ton. Congress, Then, in a Ian providln. foS cer.
tain orEanic State elections. and dedu1nc, a. the
n efdett hfs done, ueo ehaIl be suserr win The
ioIte ne lay In 4 e4e el cuous, ms; very readily
overcome his Aforesaid objection to caste and
bottora. Il evidently demanded for southcrn Ic-
eon.iEuction: The interests OF tho son b, the
Nosth. tht Treas nrE aad OF etc whole Union, de-
conttrncsjon, then ds nVfo. coR5tcss, "a an CD
a6inE ac!+ has only TO weed out the imprac:1ca-
ceEeezuru aud 10 PCT GenezaI Gsapt o. cuasd, In
osdcr to Ease the work Of Southern sss.oration
a. etnapae az the F1le Of subtraction. Tbs rst g.
ttnstal TO accept the eclEestdent lacs that the
Prestaent.t work of reconstruction IL IN e93.sar-
basement. Aat Consress mat BEGIN at the le.in-
nlGTT, soa Virginia 10 Texas. 1uasmrch a. the re-
E=llion, from :lc Potomac 10 Ii. Rio Crude
though 4ls4fUeu. siiIl 1etu,ius tn lie sutdt.ed