The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-05-31
RICHMOND, IND, MAY sist. 1866.
Isoa the Lafayet,e Courier.
The Union State Convention on the 10Th Of
r.. c,.rJuiy.

AsAiayette tVhtsef
The Union State Convention on the 18th Of
.Y3u.fJuiy.
A general misrepresentation prevails as
to the spirit and purpose of the call for
Union State Convention at Indianapo
Is On the 14h. AS explicitly stated in
the published call the Convention is 10
be composed exclusively of those who
supported Lincoln and johnson in 1864,
and who still uphold the Lincoln John
son policy Of restoration We were not
consulted nor were any Of the gentlemen
of Tippecanoe county, whose names
were appended TO 1.-The calls but as we
understand the object Of the Convention,
it is not designed to place al ticket in the
field nor to- eInbarrass in any way the
success of the Union State ticket this
fall. The johnson men have reason to
be perfectly satisfied with the nominees
of the Union State Convention. With /
scarce an exception, the candidates are
the devoted adherents of the President $ |
policy The resolutions reported, al
though lacking something of the clear
ring Of an unqualified Endorsement. gave
a quietus to the radical heresy of dead
States, and, leaving negro suffrage where
il belongs, was accepted as an honorable |
compromise by thu johnson men on the |
Committee, and the resolutions as unan |
imously reported, were adopted without
q dissenting voice. Hence it will be |
seen that the Johnson State Convention,
as the radicals term it, can have no pur-
pose to disrupt the Union organization.
1t is movement strictly within the Union
lines, and the sneers, suspicious and de
nunciation of gentlemen of the Radical
persuasion, who assume to represent all
10 - Ill al To-, .,raI oil ti.r
decency on earth, are wholly gratui:ous.
When We consider the strength of the
johnson party insidefthe Union organi-
cation, we can but wonder at the forbear-
auce with which they have borne the un
measured abuse Of the Thad. RAIDS. In
the white heat, of ayindictive proscrip-
ton of every man and every measure
which failed to come up to their extreme
requirements. they have well nigh for
gotten that there were any coppcrheads
in the land, and terms of denunciations
which all through the war were reserved
for disloyal democrats have been heaped
upon the friends of Andy johnson
without stint or qualification. We have
been content to bide our time, in the pro !
found conviction that restoration upon
the basis of loyalty, which is Andy John
sons plan, was the only feasible policy
of reconstruction. The report of the
reconstruction committee, in its entire |
abandonment of all the extreme ideas |
promulgated by the Radical leaders gives /
token Of returning reason, and the final /
triumph of the Administration is a fore |
gone conclusion. Never in the history
OF politics in this country have questions |
of public policy been SO warped by |
prejudice, gnarled and distorted by /
passion; but there are too many school .
houses in the land, too much intelligence
among the people to concede even
temporary success to the political trick |
sters who pull the strings. The appoint |
ing power of the Executive has been |
usurped by the Congressional majority, |
and every Federal office holder in the .
country promised protection from re
moval or prescription, but even the SEQ
hesive power of public plumber has
failed to bring the diseordant elements
into harmony, and although Congress is
united, Radical presses and Radical
leaders among the people, spurn the little
mouse which the grooming mountain
brought forth, as a miserable abortion.
The weakness of the Radical element is
apparent. 1t has within itself the very
elements Of its swift and certain destruc-
ton. The johnson men of Indiana
need only to stand firm, and, awaiting
the logic of events, be in condition to
save the pieces. The result of the Sena-
torial election in Tippecanoe county,
where, for the first time anywhere, the
issues between Congress and the Presi
dent, Invested Of all subterluge. were
fairly presented to the people, shows
what can be accomplished by united
and determined effort To have polled
~,
within the Union organization, in one of
of the most radical counties of the State,
and that, too, in the face of the Presi-
dents second veto, exhibits degree of
vitality in the Johnson wing which even
such impracticables as Thad Stevens
might profitably respect. This, however,
was only playful pinch, but it indicates
what might be done if We should take
notion to squeeze them. There can be
no improperly in the leading and repre-
men of the johnson wing hold
ing a consultation at the capital, and this
is all that the call we notice implies It'll
is neither q mass or a delegate Conven-
ventiou, but meeting for council It
is a little unfortunate that the men whose
names were appended to the call were
not consulted, and, they have probablyj
been over sensitive on mere point of
{, ,urtesy, but their soundness on the
ma in question is above suspicion
rhi ugs are working The policy of res
.orat ion on the basis of loyalty. as time
md a,gain declared by the President
,ust prevail The johnson Church has
!, uouruers' bench clear across the front
"A down the aisles. The Radicals are
I'M. ing forward and. there is room
on. n for all
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