The New York herald., 1866-09-06

uoh TO ask in the Of the WHOLE people, tsat each
1sl ssis ne sIpSa non ~a oeos resumed y y s
Legislature, give evidences and pledges Of their loyalty
pid he consider all political rights restored to the states
When the rebel armies surrendered Each had Gov
ernor and other officers yet he them aside and ap-
points not military governors for the war was over but
proVisonal ones He orders conventions to be held,
and directs wherein constitutions shall be amended The
States we're then not supreme They had not the power
20 demand immediate representation. No one was then
bold enough 10 ask, did johnson in New York, VIII
we submit, or will the American people submit, TO this
practical dissolution ? No Raymond was there to say,
ihe ten millions OF Americans VINO I'VE In the south
would bo unworthy citiz ms OF free country degen-
crate OF heroic ancestry II they could
accept with uncomplaining submissiveness the hu-
miations thus sought 10 be imposed upon them"
No Philadelphia convention then 10 applaud, aud
Reverdy johnson 70 demand second reading. o no
The 'practca dissolution went ON, Johnson telegraph
ng Governor sharkey 70 see 70 tha negro suffrage was
believed then, that The rebels had lost political rights
ybich could only be restored by The appreciation OF
sIt must. however, b distinctly understood that the
restoration TO which your proclamation refers win be
Hubject TO the will OF Congress, and in September,
1896 10 Governor Marvin he says: "The governm
OF the states shall be provisional only until tho State
government Is reorgan zed and basis Of organ
ization viii be subject to the decision Of Congress-
For believing johnson was then right called
rebels and traitors and war thr atened on the other
snd OF the In Stewards revelation of cabinet secrets
~ New York we are Told ippautly how the great ques
tion OF guaranty and reconstruction was disposed OIL
question which demanded someth ng Of
sideralon from that people which had given
miiiions Of treasure and thousands Of lives After
speaking OF the acce sion Of the new President, he
says:-. Like prudent man he waited until l. who
came from the Northern states and the republican
party, had strength and health enough 10 his
councils, and he says 70 me- Here is my programme
upon which propose o admit the Southern States into
the Union, 50 far a. depends me Then gave this
man my hand and faith that would stand By TINT and
stand by him. Wa that all OF IL These
alone decide and deterun tho future destnics for
veal Or woe, OF THE great republic Seward gave John
son his hand IL 1eil tnat ia this betrayal their
trusts they should bind closely other In
all lis declarations he recognized the doctrine
assured by Congress that guarantees should be de-
nanded. Because twice he vetoed the Freedmen's
Bureau bill, he says he twice refused the kngiy crown
Yet Ie became an uslrper In the attempt 70 foresta
and wresl tho power from Congress. and then die
tator In endeavorng 10 force the sentiment OF
the loyal nation by charges Of and rebellion.
BE says dsunionst because States not admitted
immediate representa- ion W.il he ca m that the
States out Of the unon during the four years Of
wars YET they were al that time without representa-
ito He would consider them out In his same
speech al New York he says. ~ do not want them
TO come back INTO lAe ogon dissraced and degraded"
Tn men who plotted ilis rebellion, who murdered
quarter Of million of countrymen: draped
hearthsones IN and hlied the land with tears
and sighs and arnars Slo at Forts Pillow aud Wagner
created barbartes graceful even to warfare;
the basest criminal n the worlds catalogue Of crime,
Johnson would not degrade or disgrace Let him
80 TO the gray haired man, leaning his staff and the
mother bowed with ri0 or the hrstb born VINO will not
come back again TO the widowed mother, who feels her
sacrifice as her children cry ior bread; 10 the mamd
and crippled solder. Lot nim 90 TO tue little hocks
every battlefield Q, Tho. south. or the thirteen
thousand graves AT Andcrsonvile. Let him stand
by the deathbed OF Doste and Horton, victims
Of his mrrderous Policy, and hear the honts of exla
lion IRON rebe nofdeS wtnOut, and then mock
the sorrow and outrage the sentiment Of the nat ton by
overfowing pity FOR he whom he desires not TO de-
grade and disgrace Let HIN Show what page OF his
tory records Washington gathering in convention torss
and cowboys and eUoga ng them able, intelli
gent and sriolic the mon who had fousht by his
side. He also says The rebels up magnanimously
and acknowledge the question: Who heard before
Of conquered rebels displaying "magnanimty' in ac-
eeptng pardoD1 he magnaninity Of South arolina
great, ira they submitted to the indignny OF
walking arm.in arm INTO the Philadelphia Convention
with from Mas achules who represented party,
and there objects ~ pity the lofty Souherners
and this display OF nagnanmity the part OF south
Carolina chivary johnson to tears Not word or
thanks gratitude al his speeches the and
sailors who saved he country through ire and blood.
The Philadelphia Convention dare not because as the
New York T,ms ggests the Southern delegates iorbd
IT, and johnson des not u degrade disgrace them
with any unpleasant anscn and he STYLES the rebellion
merely s.hiatus IL werc.'' The Philadelphia Con
vent,on d:-"Iet Us forgive and forget while for
gyeness OF Grim mails implies forget ulness OF tho
whom treason subdued. johnson makes the same
plea Let him remember hat history will make up the
record between him ana us and whoever Is the traitor
Lot him rest assured the nation will neither forget or
forgive In the sarne p for rebels he asks, What
better evidence can you nave OF loyalty and devotion 10
ehe government than lroesson Docs ne eAleSi us 70
be satsfod with hoo~ promises when he himself stands
the beraycr OF pledges and tho vioator Of his
fessions Not the lives or property q traitors are de-
anded by Congress only few simple principles, tho
Justice which the whole world must acknowledge
"The rebel debt shall be ignored our own rendered
sacrsd says the Philadelphia ConvontoD; ard johnson
says take for security their professions while congress
insists that the past they have violated obligations
and oath they shall put u ~ the bond ana have The COW
enant made secure congress alao proposes ha iew OF
the most crimnaihose who 20 treason added perjury,
In violation Of oatb support the constitution u the
United Staiesshal not again hold an oce IN that gov
srIment thcy had sought de gtroy. While conceding
the right OF State The elective franchise
Il asks that rcb lion shall rot be rewarded by contnu-
s ns n,sd % ssssy sa u IA, He me cs u
the slave have been melted away in the hery heat oi
gar that the basis Of representation SHAH oe 20
the altered condi OF American cfvizaion and free.
dom that their power IN the Saonai Le isih.nre sha
NOT be increased as consequences q Their defeat, Dy
adding the two -hfhs IN the count OF the black man.
thereby adding nearly twenty representatives. In ths
and this Alone ia the treason and rebellion OF Congress
and the loyal people. The right 70 demand coadtoEs
bsing conceded by Johnson and scwafd, we only ask
tha tho people, and not the President, shall determine
the nature number and mode OF guaranty, whether
y more professions winch ihs generation or the next
may wholly disregard, or ~ consiitulona amehah NJ
which shall preserve them to " nnd generations here
after The ultra men In Congress abandoned their radi-
cal notions in order to adopt sysem wnich ougn. 20
no peeares 10 IL tho true policy asng
representation voting population ye' ne aehonhccs
his theory, because advocated by Oongre.s, ana
from woauded prido distract his own party and
have the nation again rent asrnder Falsely and Nlo.
icny he uphraids Congress as determined TO prevent
Indefinitely representation from lately renelons stae-,
when be knows, from the bitter Notifications OF ms
own defeat in Tennessee that u hos only ssd ADOPT
the basis proposed and your fr political relations
In the Tuicn;u and he struggled against Brownow
ana Maynard stokes and Fowl~r and the true Union
NJ n III rgeut fatincnt "a q the proposed amendment.
But thoy spurncd hm and his advisors and the ioya
Legislation of the home oi the President eagerly en-.
braced The terms, and Oongrsss without
np her DOORS warmly greeted the Represen1 aves anu
paced n her full federal relations with thc loyal states
Of the Union the state Of Tennessee All can oe admit
ted on The same The remedy y simple siecay
and fully eficacous Tho last compfomiss' we udst
with treason sn haz beer made Had the iis nes ser
been allowed the terrible 81 rebellion Would never
hnvc been waged and staIdng W. ihe mlhst o nc
mighty battles refs y tne Az innr yeAts ana oe
nerh ~. arcnes " greet yicione which span
n comment this nation % fFeemen has
sternly resolved that liberties gained should
be projected and the peace secured muss Oe engafnti
that now when the thuuders Cots wrath has just
passed away no grevoas - shali be commi,,ea wnen
come time the future IN tho pat, VIII PROVOKE
and caii iosn the vengeance n Heaven. ENCOURAGED
By JohnsonS policy retel bonds advanced IN price IN
tie London market, and this day English ars,ocrats
are Loldefs " rebel bonds fhe London lnts',
their an euogzcs John80n warmly as y dd DAVIS
auI the esnfcderacy. Tn London iines taxes heart