The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-03-29

johnson has acted upon his policy to
the full extent of his power and under
his instructions state governments have
been organized in every SoIthern State,
and he tells us that there is but one
thing lacking to make the restoration
complete, and that is the admission Of
the representatives of these States to
Congress-. It is evident and will be ac-
knowlcdgcd by every candid man that .
speedy restoration is a result which
must be highly beneficial not only to
those States more directly Interested
but also to the whole country. This is
to be derived in many ways. The re
turn Of law and order to that portion of
! the Union opens vide field for emi. /
grafton, improvement and the invest
ment of capital. A rapid emigration
from the North to the South would en-.
sue. diminishing the number Of labor
ers here, and in the same ratio increas.
inc their wages,-.for the fewer the la
borers the higher the wages, while at
the same time the feld for the invest
men; of cartal would be so enlarged
that great proportion O! cur surplus
paner currency would he carried thither,
and what was left would consequently
be raised nearer, if not altogether, to an
equivalent with gold. Again, the
wants of the South are many. and must
be supplied by Northern manufacturers
nrovipg source of wealth to our sec
ton. All these results nee yssarily flow
from our speedy adoption Of the Presi-
: dents policy. 1t is to be remembered
, too, that upcn the receipt Of the Veto
t Message in Europe, American securities
D adyancpd.
/ While the radicals are a unit in oppo,
e sition to the foregoing view, they have
D failed to unite upon any definite plan OF
e their own. The larger proportion OF
n them, however, consider that notwith
f standing four years of bloody war to
: prevent these States from going out OF
, the Union, was crowned with victory,
4 vet thew are ont, nevertheless. This
3 position seems TO be taken not so much
s from any logical deductions Of reason as
, for the power it gives them TO imnose
:. terms unon the StatrS before thnv LOT
% them in. Some take tho GROUND that
,. ConorpsS has r;cht to 1ofrn who shall
h eriou the nrivilpcps Of suffrage. Thl
10 view. we are harrv tn srv is renu'i"ted
70 hv the mojnritv in NoncrNs. Others
- contend that Congress has right t.
6 impose such terms as they see fit as con
~ ditions precedent to their admission
ot and thus do hv indirectinn what the for
r mer nronosp bv coercion Others seer
,e to confno thomsolvnsto TO objections tn III
y Presidents plan or these objection
~ the rrincinal are the following It
no urred that Immediate restoration virtu
n allv nlacps the blacks under the nowe
" of their forme" masters, who bv legiSla
m ton and combinations. will fix their wf
he geS so low as to place them in as ahiet
n. a condition rs before. His objection
no well answered bv President johnson, /
,u his famous Veto Message on the Freed
u mans Bureau Bill He takes To
~ ground which to us seems unansweri
or bic. that the price of labor, like tt
as price of any thing else is regulated h
N the laws of supply and demand. Th
oe is our every day experience. EveI
Cd lumberman knows full well that SC
lst city of hands raises, and sunerabu'
ne dance of them depres,es. the wages
as. In truth, it is as absurd to attempt
ast regulate the price of labor by legislatic
re- as to attempt to regulate the price
Of. butter. The contrary of this ohiectit
NV would be nearer the truth Resto!atit
- brings with it enterprise, improvement
N and prosperity in the South. such as
IA has never known tn staple prodnc
~ of the South are commanding enormo
m prices. and will aIfrrd the payment
,oo high wage, in their growth and man
49, facture The railroads, bridges al
.rr. towns destroyed during the war are
81 be rebuilt, and such demand for lab
ans will be created affordng such remun'
IN ative prices that thousands after thol
Iva ands will flock thither from the Mort
hat To protect the blacks from this pha