The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-16

Capital, and whose anxiety ana labor
ious eEerts to sin and conpare state
readers Of tho respective journals with which they
eommunsats, is ioe lightly esteemed. they would
and the precise shade Of The Presidents opinion.
Bat the time at nay disposal was too brief for that
tirsy Satisfactory to me. One II tie gentlemen said
to S1SS many people Sd we wVuld permit them to say vs
pencil wrote :-"Judgs Kelley, of Pennsylvanla,
had protraeted interview with the President
purposes" which was read the next day by the
readers Of all the papers with which the Associated
lhe next day was giving an elaborate report Of
the conversation to some members Of the Union
MesSrs, George II. Boxer, Lindley SmSth, and
Thomas Webster. Some OF my hearers evidently
doubted that there could be such entire coincidence
between ny well.known views and those OF the
PRESIDENT as l represented. Happily, General
Behuiz arrived ut the moment, and withdrew from
the conversation by saying, General, be good
enough 10 conform or contradict some statements
have just made by letting these gentlemen know the
Presidents expressed opinions certain points,
for yoUr Interview with him was a few minutes later
than mine" he did so, and confirmed my allega-
tons AZ all points.
JUDGE KELLEY SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENT.
I had other interviews with Mr. Johnson and had
no reason to doubt his frankness or his candor You
may, therefore, readily imagine the amazement with
which read OF the appointments of provisional
Governor for North Carolina and the terms of the
proclamation accompanying the appointment i
passed the first week of June in Boston, 10 attend
which l was to address The North Carolina move
ment occasioned the friends Of the Government in
that quarter much anxiety and found pleasure in
laying before them the evidence at my command
that the President had not acted unadvisedY; that
be was in harmony with them; that he did
raitorsi that this movement was only expert
himself the functions Of the legislative STsncS
Of the Government that he did mean that
the recontructed states must be put upon the broad
hoa iG n iUhf Of ma hv ma
tutional guarantees; and IN persuadinR them to be-
lieve with that the President anxious for the
extension Of the right Of suffrage to all the diffusion
OF schools, the maintenance or free press, and the
establishment OF truly democratic republican gov
OF all the opinions he had expressed to me was this
action that was persuaded he acted on assurances,
Carolina, as he was doing, they would Of their own
vohton lat least apparently SOY frame government
senmsNt of the coUntTv and be an exsmpe 70 a
the rest of the States whose governments had been
ANOTHER INTERVIEW.
Immediately after my return homo I repaired to
Washington to receive these assurances from his
own lips. l mentioned nay Boston experiences to
him, ana the pleasure it had gwen me to explain
his motives prevent unjust criticism. He did me
the honor for which specially thank him now, to
ments. referred him to his CONTINUED advocacy of
the Homestead bill-to the energywith which ne had
pressed upon me the necessity of breaking up the
large landed estates OF Tennessee and the entire
people Of the country his Nashville speech that
he would be their Moses to lead them to liberty and
specially pressed the fact that had it announced
that he had suggested to deputation of colored
that they should be prepared, when Congress assem-
bled to memorallZe IL for the right Of suffrage in
the District He did not then suggest, nor indeed,
has he ever to me, as his friend Colonel Flo.
renee, assured the readers OF the Constitutional
ne hS oS b u mo s.
hIm. But, thanking me for this evidence OF my
friendship, inquired who the common friend was to
hon 90 Nail1 m NVvifl ind
ment When l informed him that 1t was Major
George L. Stearns, who had been with him in Nash
said said with % much E ANIMATION :-SoS, yes 'Rii Major
Stearns. am not surprised to learn that he should
surnG me of the earnestness with which he would
advocate the extension of suffrage to colored citi-
S, were he in Tennessee he said the people would
soon learn that the same IN different positions
might have different duties to perform and that
mote the extension OF suffrage he cid not feel that
he had night, as chief Executive officer of the
country to force It upon even the people of the re-
to be made to understand these things.
THE PRESIDENT FALsIE1Es HIS STATEMENTS.
Accepting the ''request Of the monagch as a COM
mand 10 the subject" mad6 iG my business, Imme-
diately on my return home, to state the Presidents
position to the conductors Of all our jourpa with
whom had any acquaintance and, u few weeks
later, was much pained to learn from at least of
them, that had somewhat impaired my reputation
az competent reporter Of conversation, by the
as occupying had been expressly disavowed. You
may, therefore, imagine the pleasure with which
some months later carried to that gentleman the
printed letter OF Major Stearns endorsed by the
President, containing a correct statement of
VeTsation had between them, ia the course of which
he had used precisely the language had months
before, reported him as having used to me. IL may
not be improper TO remark in passing that 1t is well
for the Majors sensbites that ne got the President
TO endorse his statement before he published IT, as
heard him remark the other day, to group of
Rsntlemen, that Mr. johnson had talsitied, without
exception, every assurance he bad given him IN the
course of their protracted interview.
HE EXPRcTs THE RADICALS TO SLOUGH OFF.
But why should you be amazed at this9 Has he
redeemed any one of his public pledges, and are
there of gentleman who m ne mas tn en-
trapped OF alienated2 On the 2Sth of september
last Senator Wilson addressed the Union men of
Philadelphia in National Hall and told them that
the preceding day the President had assured him
that the suffrage and other questions were, his
opinion open for discussion within the party, and
that lie would not discriminate between members
Oh account of the opinions they might express on
points not settled by the Baltimore Convention On
the I'd OF October within week, as we are ASSURED
by those gentlemen, he informed Messrs. Glenn w.
Schofeld and Morrow b. Lowry, of this State that
hts policy was liked, that he had not told Mr. Will
son that he did not mean to support his polcY by
peeted the radicals TO slough OF" But WY trace
so tortUOus and shameless courseH Coup do SO
with safety 10 my cOuntrJ, would g!adp strive TO
bury IN oblivion unblushing tergiyesanons OF
Chief Magistrate. Bat the people sRuld under
stand their Presidents character and Mlposes for
il is AGAINST themselves that he Is eDeaYorlng 70
excite them. He would make them DeIeye tnat
ConrIess-the peoples branch OF the eIOYernInent-
which surrendered into their hans H the nd OF
every second year, has for siniste purposes sub
mtted Itself TO the control and leaershlp OF few
dangerous men, and that he aloe represents the
popular will To the pablo this new cry To
individuals il der story - would make the
peope believe hat there has bet ina IN the action
| Of Congress which was intendegto embarFass hun
nuf nd