, 1866-08-08
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST S, 1865.
THE TWO 1'LANS0r KEcONSTRUC.

has recently written letter giving the rca-
sons for his withdrawal from the Republican
party. and for linking his political destiny
with that of Andrew Joluson. The letter is
addressed to the Republican State Commit
lee. and, after stating hts objections to the
Terms OF the call for the Republican State
Convention, he proceeds:
The ma,,ifes. design Of that ca! was TO exclude
thote who approved the Presidents plan Of n sto.
the Congressional plan Of Fteonsl'1,efJon. AS be-
tween the two 11aasl am entirely In favor Of The
former igto.es secession. ard 7ssunes that statc
once In the Cnfon cann?t :nsanfarity 20 ont, nor
asu* ss Ss q sae ea 3 s1 ss
ssatcs as 'cvnqutrtd rrosirt<s.'r
Mr. Turner is not tile first man who has in
jurcd his cause by attempting 10 explain it,
1t would huvc been very easy tor lin to llara
announced the fact Of his change OF opinion,
aud left It to the Charity OF the public to
ASSUME :hat II was the result nj honest con-
sIcii,n; but when he undertakes to give tho
reasons Which governed him, tht Judgment
mus, tc rendered upon the case us presented
by himself. The statement made hy him of
the reasons Why he approves of the FRESH
dents l"licy and disarprtvcs Of the Con-
Errssional proposition, might hare lad force,
As1u ~ l3Alb : nuL 4AChEuE EalEECltlGtSs IL
lacks the effect which lie intended il should
have.
IN the first place, the Presidents plan Is
not one Of Restoration: It restores nothing.
The Executive plan isnorcs tll. State cnnsti-
tutnn, which have existed In the rebel
States from the time Of the Revelation: it
igaar.e the previous cNisteice Of these
States, ignores their previous governments,
mil farnuri7ns fhe
the governments of these States constitu~
lions lnl governments enacted by men in
obedience to his command, actin. under his
.ocrcirc authority. and whose work has been
shaped by his will to suit Its wishes and
opiniol,s, to the utter exclusion of the pe',-
llr of the several States, who are to be
governed in all respects by those
governments, thus organized, under
constitutions in whose making they
have never heen permitted to utter
2 word. II is impossible to invent a plan
of eStinguishing State GOVERNMENTS and
State Constitutions older than the Union IL
SELF iuut does so 10 the same extent as that
= :'raw johnson. In that work Of cx-
49, ,ent Congress had no part; it was
:. e<,' Of the President, and executed by
>. n unrelenting vigor aud to the utter
-usion Of the theory Of any previous State
existence. But the Presidents plan goes fur
thcr. It ignores the historical fact that there
has becn rebellion; that there has been
armed treason; that these States were for
ncrly part uf the Union, and that as such
States they had sought to destroy that Union
by withdrawing tlercfronl and by armed
force oyerthrowing the Government. Thisis
4 fact which cannot be suppressed. It Ii al
ways presenting itself; 1t will not bc crowded
out II is the fact In the case which the peo
7,lc who have suffered so much in the sup
preston Of that rebellion will not Ignore,
and will not forget.
The President presented to Congress Iii:
ten States modelled By his own hands
Whether 1t was necessity or matter 0
choice, these States were in the hands ant
under the executive, Legislative and judicla
control of the same class of meI., aud, il
many cases, the identical men who had cor
irol Of them when they attempted to scccde
and WHO directed their affairs and the affair
Ut the Con1cle1acy during the four years q
the rebellion. One man left the Confederat
Senate to become Governor of one IF thes
States: another lctt the rebel army to assum
the like Office IN another State-their patrj
otic services as traitors acnfnst their countr
being the inducing cause Of their election
There WINS no question, and there is not now
ina' tnose een slA'ee, anu 'ne pc,sohs WI
s:o'el'' 1nsn, a,e useloeo's is'e"e,s 10 ,n
4u.u'e ro'it'ea1 ssl'tIe"ns " ~ s"nt
eo'. out tua' taSt "ae n't ece" ~
ee!'.u - eanSa a. tess IN f ~ sns ps9r,s y
so'r;tr octhe Tnfon .r,i,.;nnt ~ 1,,st;rr 1,,",
in acccn,inr those new s,,fc orc, nt,a,;ona
:, ,,.,,,i hard. III. p,,..;d.,,t,. Man :. th,,
f,onrr,,ss and ,hc coun,ry sI,oli ncc,',t Ii,
wi. ;,,.+ os:;t T. r;,,,nr+ ;nnv;rr ~ n,,cs
in, ,,,d sho,, ,ccc,,t lin senators and Ran
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= M. ,,,,n of trh;ch NJ Turner annroro
E,w 1ct II. cvo,nir. t,,c IN, which he rc;cc
1,ccausc NJ h. saws # reco,n1zcs secession
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Is me sole fesponsioiilts o. aeter1n1als: LII
4ues'loh' "nen' taefetore' ~. Jonns'
presents us IGN states. moaeied ny III
sen' ana ASKS lhal taclr representative a,
senators oe aoih'ttea 10 congress, the ia1t
uous Ne.s properly in'of"s the snef
taat hls iunctlohs only begin where That