The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-19
French View of President job ason m d
the United states-A Great Magistrate
and . Great Nation.

French View OF President job nson nm d
the United states-A Great Mag istrsts
sad = Great Nation.
(from the Paris Journal dS Debsts. Dec. "a
The good fortune OF the United States has been main
tanned not only In but their policy peace has been
attended with less than the achievements Of
their they ought thank Heaven for having after
three years Of search aud experiment found Wis and
general Sherman they ought no gra efdl in
having found in the unexpected successor whom tho
assassin gave TO Mr. Lincoln the man most capable OF
establishing the government and healing the wounds Of
the civil war
With less moral elevation than his ustrious and sus.
ceptbe predecessor Mr. JOHNSON psrh gp letter cad
for the r5e u pacfcator Of the Union than Mr. LtwcoIW
himseC inasmuch as Mr. johnson represents other
idea than that OF the Union and party but that which
places the Union above everything else and the South
cannot In any manner accuse him Of sharing the passions
OF its couquerors The President OF the United states Is
virtually man OF tho South, whose interests heretofore
he defended In Congress- doubtless be would still be
doing 10 day u the civil had not stirred up soul
M has overturned his native land Even on the very day
when the South resolved 70 dissolve the Union aud ap
peal to arms Mr. johnson, separating himself from his
party declared that or the interests OF the South
comprising therein slavery, could be- balan against tho
supreme interest of tho maintenance OF the Union
that the rupture OF the republic WIZ in his ewes tho
greatest evils He could then scarcely foresecn
dat he would be called u the reconstruction Of
that imposing edince then for moment shaken
TO separate himself from his party TO take tn right
in the civil led him TO accept without hesitation all
methods necessary 70 carry thai var 20 suo.sai er
H. This former derudcr OF slavery makes to-day tho
adoption OF the constitutional amcnim nat which abo
shcs SLAYER. forever Indispensable condition 10 the
establishment OF the robc States in all their privileges,
and he thrss the blacks particular protection IN
Ali those States where the people do not seein sum.
cientiv disposed u protect their new liberty. But
al the time he foresces. With sort
oil indifference which Mr.. Lincoln would never have OK
falk an.xrf .ratoa
bl0k TO the condition OF the white remaining uniruii
fui Ia n word, Mr. johnson, refusing pa
th point 70 acsede 10 the wishes or the rad ais does
not desire u force The federal Congress 20 take from the
States the tbory question " the right of negro suffrage
Mr. johnson w.saes In This matter TO hold 10 tho
terms OF the federal constitution, Which makes every
State sovereign Judge OF the conditions under wh CHI
accords the right Of suffrage To ~ citizens
THIS question: which IT, with thai OF finance, the most
imtortsnt OF the internal quest ons DC batsd 10
goa VII doubt be CARED contrary 10 the desire 81
Mr.. johnson and ourselves wish that Congress may
disagree via hin, this poiat while approving the rest
OF HIS policy. Tho letter OF the constitution H. r. true,
favorable u the opinion Of Dir. johnson, since II
has Wisely asoided imposing a uniform franchise law
the different States Of the Juion, ana has
prescribed 10 them neither restricted nor universal
srlirnSe cNaci.bg IRON them no condition eNceg, mo
adoption and maintenance OF republican form OF gov
ernm at But II the constitution wished thus IN leave
to State ssrtsry OF restricting or eriargng
within lis limits TIC right OF suffrage, looking 10 the
progress Of enlightenment OF its stsens could not
have failed forcsee that day would when the
staes would Introduce into their franchise laws dslnc
tons founded solcly upon color II necessary "a
matter which could then fornscc that the tlave
shodt become FREQ man IN order that such question
To-day, when events have raised ths. question, aud
when Is b6utey necessary 20 answer IT, belongs 10
has happily. Way or dung this without violating the
liberty wisely left ~ the States ia maters Of suffrage
Nhino i.fef torb,d, Cs1rss d,cd, IA 70 Sat-
c21lis t. Ia Distinctions 6ets- ia e'Iise.s f0sdsd
si,>y upo, e'aoy. This amendment TO the consii
tuition once adopted. Will IN no manner nndcr the
tom or the otcrrs Of the night Of suffrage Bet th,se
CONDITIONS my Doi b urequsl for the s'is anr bAcs
10 word " t.aet ray = e osi q ,,el 1.ssae q
fsrs. tp 30, b>asse M n Marx Thrsr carsos Of OF
cira!va IN be m him In common WIN tie Vito sud
ycvs- ~ e~r vg We win net q, tss sec rpertrs of
hs 5trp s1ccrcd yisvevy for s Sscks Ttey viii have
faiy wi'ai NJ. Jdhnsse 81. fos tisse-t~- play sna
should bs lea ~ tho rvetspc ar the blacfsto uorsss
70 CERTAIN euent the gusrsnes necessary " the right
Of naffsye soad hs very slight inconvenencs b. lie
side Of 10 slce OF TIA, political osirr-isrn surviving
sysy ~ 'cr the purpose Of psrpstnatns IT. sAd and
Thl oss,ion ~ negro suffrage ~ tho only ono OF the
qaestio scurscd In the Presidential mcsssEe on which
the opn,oa or Mr. johnson he sscfully ccectsd by
sso.,iszs 81 The ps.pie ~ lhs Unilsd States eau Do %
Thing be]han 10 iisten 70 the counsel q their Che
Mfstraa II impossible, tho.e of readers whom
these great gnsstioas Interest perceive to de1s
vth mote cisarneS. precision, and above all justice
than Mr. Johnson has done ths parts and Tho recprocs
lass or tho Union and tina States IN IRE slmple and
wbuderfai mechanism which constitutes The Americas
republic IL avoiding today tue great rrduc.iDn
the ausouhmy Of the ssstes In refusing toscsre thsn
fallen Tho rank Of TER tore aud In refusing Oh
stpasly ~ admit thar they ever could rvysi ~ 5tirA
| conquered, the used States escape the graysst of
| all the dangers which the war brought In its
Train. For ourselves. wnsn We hoard enumerated, nj
tbs Of victory, the dangers which arise 20 tbs
ln.en TINT victory ITSELF such ~ The license Of tho
army the debt external complications, ko the danger
which was spoken OF mos present % all To
thoarIs and feared above all the rest, 10 this
Uron tftafnphan after tis mortal struggle. sncrosch
by ns,iot reaction the liberty Of the states and
snoe,yos lock TOO closely the unity % happily
pr~,ryed
Ccr,A oily the con sequences NJ thy great ult had
bee1 comm ted would no, immediately have t-on ft
The fallen ro1th would nos for ong tine have been In
ontltion b. throw 90 tue yoke placed rpon IT,
neck Hui sth tine this Union ipOsed over ton sast
vuisons would have burst forth 10 tn Joy Of the
liberty all over the Earth. forh mus, not Tor
an Instant BE- fosgOtten that this Amsncah Union,
which ns<cs the tnbabtsnt % he CUT u
MEXICO aud Of the frontier Of c.nafs i've
undsr tae sane nse and which warns them With Mo
passion for national grandeur, only 90 simrhbe
srtf1ce aAa Is sustained only by force of moderation and
wisdom 81. becluse the Union exists only ior ocrisin
objects strictly ssy and eknruy defined, u II be-
cause u leavsa 70 essb Vide opu W the
dIvurre Interests aptude~ and opinions, That this tn'n
can endure ca ths world the grand roe which
dssny - prsrng Tor w. II ~ not only tc oxp0risncs.
oppcaae OF hbsTty existing IN DOT ocrncy That asscH
before cur ytx In tie In ted stairs brt y ths
Renee 81 III Tolerated form enbfaning innenEo terri
extern Nhe ioxng nothing Of the sodiiy The s~cpni
ess experiences not les. precious than the IRA Tor
the insuucaloa vi tho human race