The New York herald., 1866-09-15

ment money, and, in case of capture the Fenian pr
soners win be offered in exchange.
The free ports of sanlt St. Marie and Gasp6 Canada
have been abolished by proclamation camp is to be
organized shcrbrooke Several Fenian prisoners
captured Fort Erie havo been released their own
recognzances.
disturbance occurred In New Orleans Wednesday
night between the police and colored soldiers,
caused by the arrest of two colored Quiet
finally restored by the aid Of Federal officers.
Joseph Walters q First Assistant Engineer in the
Navy died in New Orleans Thursday OF yolow fever
he bcloaged to the iron-clad Kckapoo.
Twenty deaths from cholera occurred on Thursday
in ST. Louis, four appeared in Richmond yester
day, Atty at Memphis and fourteen at Nashville, eight
CT the lstor proving fatal. There nine deaths III
Nashville on Thursday.
Immediate lsestOratiOn of the South Under the
> Constitutional Amendment Of Congress.
The fogs and clouds in which the great qucs-
lion Of Southern restoration have been covered
up since the adjournment of Congress are at
length breaking away. We know now what 10
do. We have been taught by the famous
mariner Daniel Webster, after drifting about
for many days in thick weather and in an un-
known sea, TO avail ourselves Of the first
glimpse Of tho sun for an observation and q
reckoning, in order to ascertain how far the
winds and the waves have driven US from our
true course. We thus find from the bearings
of tho Maine election that the true course for
| The Southern States and the administration ia
laid down in the constitutional amendment Of
! Congress- In other words, we are convinced
from the significant results Of the Maine election
that this amendment will carry all the North-
crn States yet to come, and that against the
solid North any further resistance from the
| administration or the excluded Southern
States will be q waste Of time, foolish and sui
cidal to all concerned.
We wonld therefore urge upon President
johnson the statesmanlike policy of truce
with Congress, and an active cooperation with
the fixed end predominant public opinion of
The North, in behalf of the immediate restora-
ton Of the South ON the basis of this constitu-
tlonal amendment We have shown that there
is nothing in it which the President has not
himself at one time or another recommended
as essential to the security OF the Union. II Il
not the radical plan; it is not SO near in
fact, 10 the rebel disabling AMI confscation
plan Of Thaddeus Stevens as the propositions
put forth from time to time by Andrew John
son. II is n compromise which the President
ought TO have adopted in cooperation with
Congress, and which he ought now to adopt at
all cvcnis because his conflict with Congress, ig
persisted In, will he most emphatcany decided
against him. II cannot be otherwise. The in
cvitablc result Is ~ clear to the searchcr for
the true situation Of things as the light Of the
sun through the breaking clouds. Not one of
the States which voted for Lincoln aud John
son will fail TO adopt this constitutional
amendment, since New Jersey, The only
Northern State whose vote was against them,
has led off for the North in the ratification.
The policy and the duty of President John
son, therefore, are as clear as n mathematical
demonstration, and equally clear ia the policy
Of the still excluded Southern States We have
earnestly advocated the Presidents policy; but
| after The verdict OF the jury tho argument IL at
an end. The example Of Tennessee in the rati-
fcs,ion oi the amendment is now the only alter
native for the other Southern States. Tennessee,
| in ratifying the amendment, opened the door
| ~ the admission OF her members into both
Is reconstructed and restored. Certain indi-
viduals of her people who violated their oatbs
10 support The federal constitution In going
over 10 The rebellion are disabled from hold
hg any federal Office hereafter, until sbsolvcd
by two-thirds vote OF each house Of Congress :
but by that vote they can be reinsta,ed even In
Congress itself, IL duly elected by their people.
Mex, in regard to the rights of suffrage 70 tho
blacks this amendment simply provides that
! when in any State the right Of suffrage "is de-
MED to any of the male inhabitants of such
state being twenty-one years OF age and ciii-
! zcns OF The United States," or when This riph,
i in " any way abridged except for particpa-
iicn In rebellion or other crime, the basis Of
representation therein shall be reduced in The
proportion which the number OF such male
citizens shall bear to the whele number OF
male citizens above the ago Of iwen.y-oue
years in such State, In other words, Ii Won
give oil your males, whites and blscks, above
the age Of twenty-onc years the righ, to vote.
you yball count them all in counting yoar
| people for Congress, but neither they nor tn
families TO which they belong shall he counted
ifyou deny them the right to vote. whether be-
cause Of their particular color or because they
DO not own certain amount Of property or
becsuse they cannot road and write. An abrhlg.
! men, OF he suffrage on anv Of these grounds