The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-11-14
WA YIN ESBURG:
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER "A, 1866.
Tue WRITING ON THE WALL.

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unfortunate elections deprive President
Johnson Of what onght TO have been
the chief glory of his administration
the pacilicalion Of the country after the
late bloody contest II is idle to ask
whether, by greater Prnmp,ltude IN
breaking with the Radicals, he might
not have averlel this notification
Ho must now take the situation as he
finds it, and make the best of it. Pow
erless during the residue of his term, on
all contested questions of domestic poll
tics, his only chance of acquiring prest-
ige is in connection with our foreign re,
l,ions. They are less subject to tho
control Of Congress. The steps he is
understood to be. tpking to resuscitatc
and maintain the Monroe doctrine, will
be warmly approved by the country -
It would be futile for him to contend
longer with the radicals in respect to the
South, and he will bost consult the Dig
nifty OF his Office by letting his acton
cease with his responsibility. Against
Congress there was no appeal but to the
people and the passions of the war
have not yet sufficiently subsidized to per-
init them to Judge with candor. The
ratification of the amendment Is no,
question for him but for the States. lie
may hereafter stand aloof from that sub
ject without ahy loss of dignity or of
consistency. Against the unconsltu-
tional exclusion of Southern States from
Congress 1t was his dulyto demonstrate,
but having appealed to the people il.
vain, why should he sharpen acrimony
by further oppositlon7 The elections,
by virtually depriving him OF his veto,
have relieved hi:n from all responsibility
for the action of Congress. While,
therefore, he holds fast to his Oft repeat
cd views, he will serve no good purpose
by an animated and aggressive presen
ta,ion OF them. A candid cooper .,ion
with Congress. on neutral questions,
and d,gniiied abstinence from pushing
controyery in which he is powerles,
is the course which President Johnson
will doubtless think il wise to adopt.
The Times reasons in this wise From
tie verdict Of Tuesday there is no APP
peal. The judgment rendered by four
States month ago was held up as one
likely to be reversed. The argument
has been heard, and nine States have
disposed Of tho points in issue finally,
and with no chance OF rever al. There
is no further room for doubt or cquivo.
cation; the country lndorses the action
of Congress- upholds the Constitutional
Amendment as the basis Of compromise,
and. explicitly declares the Democratic
party unworthy OF is confidence.
Upon the result the Tribune says -
Here, then, is the reply of the lnyal and
still advancing North TO the challenge of
the President in syllables as plain as the
handwriting on the wall that one hun
dved and twenty-six radical Congress-
men are elected ont OF a whole repre-,
sentatlon of one hundred and sixty two.
We recapi:ulate as follows, showing q
fatal policy is weighed in the balance and
found wanting. Mr.. johnson commit
ted his political toes to ruin the Nortl
responds with radical majorities in nine
teen States Not on inch of ground ha,
been yielded by the loyal vote, and il
view of whatever good work may re-
main to be done, the North is resolved
to maintain its standing army Of loya
majoritles.
The New York Herald remarks. Th,
general resnl,s of the late elections, iron
Massachusetts to Missouri, are over
whelmnngly in favor Of tho Constltu
iional Amendment as tho ultimalum o
the victorious North TO the Southern
States rescued from the rebellion. Thi
great issue Of the conditions essential L
the restoration Of SAID States is nov
fixed to the end Of President Johnson
term in the two-thirds Republican vet,
secured in both Houses of Congress Al
they nov stand ill the 4lh OF March
1867. This is the grand, all impor,an
lesson Of these November elections,
lesson which the administration canno
safely disregard, even il so inclined, ant
whichthe States unreeoanized by Con
gress Will do we'll to accept as their onl,
alternative. The extreme radicals, 1,
the.next place, have boon emphaticall,
admouished IN all these antumnal cleo
tions, from tho Atlantic to the paciH,
ocean, that their revolutionary schemes q
reconstmction are utterly repugnant tt
the people Of tho North, and therefor,
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