The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-19

becomes particularly active against another.
Stanton's dislike to Grant is not new. 1t
was heard Of while Grant was still in the West;
and then Stanton's special agent, Dana, went
with Grants army, ostensibly an Assistant
Secretary Of WARM fact, spy, commits
stoned purely and simply to watch Grant
Grant could stand the watching, and went
on needless of it, pounding away at the
enemy and establishing that grand name
with the people which now puts him in
reality out of the reach of such per-
sons. Still the attempts against HIM are now
revived, because he Is in the way; because
with such an honest, supplemented patriot at
its head the army cannot be used as piece Of
the radical machinery to keep the South in its
present condition.
II cannot happen better for the country than
that one radical fight should be made just
here, 30 that the issue, as it goes to the people,
may be simply Stanton or Grant. Grants
record Is familiar to all; Stanton's is notori.
ously 80. To some extent tho characters of the
men are typical of the parties into which the
country Is dividing ON reconstruction; and the
President can never be more sure Of his posi-
ton than in breaking with. his bullying Secre-
tsry on this point Stanton and Grant Ncannot
get on together and Stanton must go. ) The
President should dismiss him boldly and at
once, just a. General Jackson did when q Sec
rotary opposed his policy. His duty to the
country requires it He is the Executive. 1t
is in accordance with his views that the behests
Of the constitution should be executed, and the
country never required more than now that
he should be unembarrassed in his action.
Equal Rights-Thc New Standardization
Bill Before Congress.
Under the naturalization laws of Congress
as they now stand, framed according to the
constitution as 1t was, in support of slavery,
the term "white" or Stree white persons" FREE
quently occurs, making determinations against
the black race. Under "the constitution as 1t
u.s." with the incorporation of the amendment
sweeping off the institution Of African slavery,
a bill has been introduced into Congress recog-
nizing the abolition Of all these distinctions Of
race and color, so that hereafter all persons,
white, mixed or black, born in the United
States or under their jurisdiction, are declared
citizens, and entitled to all the rights and
privileges of citizens of the United States.
This is long stride toward the settlement
of this whole question Of the civil and politi-
cal rights Of the African race in all the States
upon footing Of equality. The regulation Of
the right of suffrage belongs to the several
States; and thus we find the laws upon the
subject ds6srsnt In nearly every Stale from any
Of the sthers. In most of the States we And ~,
blacks whSiiy excluded from the bsllgt boz, =
others admis4sd nnaer special property quail.
acation, rs in New York, Esd Ia oaiy q FEW With
aut discrimination, a. in Massachusetts. Dst
- al these exclusions and Determinations
against the blacks grew out Of and depended
upon the recognition Of African slavery in the
federal constitution, they all cease to possess
any constitutional validity with the institution
Of slavery abolished and prohibited in the su.
preme law. As that law now stands our black
population have become portion Of the peo-
pie Of the United States, named O. the sove-
reign body polite of the constitution De-
pending upon the constitution alone for our
information in reference to the races Of this
country, we cannot determine whether there
are OF are not any persons" OF the African
race among us, 50 careful were the founders Of
The government, even in recognizing African
slavery, TO hide II from the world, and 10 con-
form to their Declaration Of Independence
tiat call men are created equal" The
fathers" shaped their organic law to meet the
expected contingency of the abolition of
slavery in short time, and they left the con-
stiiut.on, as far as possible, adapted to this
event
Among other provisions looking in this d.
rection they ordained that the citizens Of each
State shall be entitled to all the privileges and
mnunitics of citizens in The several States"
and that "the United States shall guarantee to
Zach State republican form Of government"
Under the authority Of this provision President
Johnson has pursued his Southern policy of
rcstoration, and under the same authority, to-
gether with the power TO be the judges Of the
elections and qualifications of their own men,
berg, the two houses Of Congress are engaged
In their work Of Reconstruction. Tire leading
Northern radicals contend that, slavery being
Southern State government which
excludes the emancipatsd blacks from the civil
md political rights Of the whites is not repub-
lean in form, but an anti-republican oligsschy.
Very well. If You have the power why not
apply the remedy in q general law upon the
'ubject, applying 10 all The Stases-to Connec-
icut and Wisconsin as well rs to Virginia and
south Carolinas Cannot this thing be done
1nder this new constitutional amendment,
which puts whites and blacks upon the same
political levels Is not the republican form
II government" 10 this extent enlarged which
he United States Is bound 10 guarantee to each
stateY
Why not, then, admit the excluded States
INTO Congress without further delay beyond
he uassare of n 0enera1 law .sAnin0 tho