The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-14

leges. His views are those Of a large
majority Of Congress, and a~Sitrequires
a majority only Of the members Of tho
House to prefer articles Of impeech-
meut, you may depehdAupoh it, Mr..
Johnson will be ~impeaehed unless he
let's down, and allows Congress to have
it's own way in reco%ustructing the late
"rebellious States"
VIII the Pr esident let DOWN. Can
he be frightened into submissionPA
There are two opinions prevalent
Those who know Mr.. Johnson best say
that he will never yield an iota of his
policy, nor carry out any imposed on
him that no believes to be unconstitu-
%tional. If such is his determination,
the Radicals can not succeed in carry
ing out their programme, and will be
compelled to depose him to succeed.-
Others believe that he will yield to the
pressure and make his peace with the
Radicals, by submitting to their policy
after they shall have passed it over his
veto and this opinions founded on the
fact that the President has not the
moral courage to carry out his own
convictions, ms Expressed in his official
messages and popular addresses, by
issuing a proclamation OF general am
nesty, and relieving the people of the
South of military rule, not enforced on
him by any law of Congress.
There can be no doubt of one thing,
that Mr.. Johnson is either too timid or
too indifferent to.the porils Of his own
situation for the crisis in which he is
placed. He seems to act as if he was
not master of the situation, and did
uot know his own power. The Radi-
calls are aware of the dubious state of
Mr.. Johnson's mind, and will, therefore,
crowd him the harder.
The points the Radicals viii aim TO
carry out, are these, so far as the
Southern %unrepresented strtos are con.
cerned:
l. The existing State governments
South must be declared to be illegal,
The States must be declared to be ter
ritories.
2. A law must DO passed called an
enabling act, under which new govern
monts for each of those States can be
formed, the constitution Of each Of
which mus he submitted to C,ngress
for its approval.
8, That enabling act must declare
who shall vote for delegates 10 the
convention to make tho new constitu.
ton. 1t must disfranchise those who
took part in the war for the South,
and declare all others to be voters,
without regard to race or color.
That law carried out, it is supposed,
would put the control of each of the
unreprosented States in the hands of
the Southern loyalists. And, il III
should happen hat the freedmen
should be influenced by their old. mas
tiers, and vote delegates not ofthe right
stripe, Congress has the powerto re-
ject the constitution framed by such
delegates, though approved by those
entitled to vote on it.
Such an enabling act will be passed,
the Radicals are sure Of secu-
ring the next President. If sure Of
that, they will wait; for their whole OBJ
ject is to perpetuate the power of their
party. l fnot sure of that; then the
counsols Of Ben. Butler will be followed
and the President impcached and de-
posed, ifnot previously gotten rid Of
by death.
A joint resolution will be passed de-
clarlng that the votes of none Of, the
unrepresented States for electors Of
President and Vice President in 1868,
shall be counted That will be a nest
egg for a new civil war. But there
viii DE no necessity for it, ifPresident
Johnson, after vetoing the enabling
act, and it shall be passed over hisyeto,
shall cary it out. If be will execute
the law, the people of the South will
be at the mercy ofthc Radicals. Ifhe
will not execute it, the law cannot be
carried into operation without terrible
scenes of blood, in which the blacks
will be the main sufferers
The conclusion of my mind is, that
the future is full of doubt and uncer-
taintyi that there is no prospect of a
speedy hsrmonizing of the country
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