The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-12-06


aiming into the qualification of
voters. IF it has power to- rejects
member for disloyaltys,it has the
! power also to reject the represen Ia
tive of disloyal constituency for
!. suchIaa constituencyueannotscas cast legal
votes,i -. . isslss5f e,igass 81
4 We agree with the President that
time will not change the question so
j long as those. States remain as they
are. The people in the recent cleo
tions said they desired no, change IN
less they secured. guarantees. Vosc
popa5, Mr. President. 800 SesHsi5
We can not agree with Mr.. JOHN
SON in his view of the effect Of innie !
diately admitting thea Congressman
elect from the States lately iin.rebel-
ton. He thinks it would alleviate
the present troubled condition of
/ those States, and by inducing enfigra
] ton, aid in the settlement Of fertile
regions anew uncultivated, and lead to-
IAN increased production of those
staples which have added so greatly
to the wealth of. the nation and the
commerce ofthe world Wethink diff
ferently, because we have noticed in all
parts of the South that dangers have
threatened immigrantsin exact proper
ton to the restoration to power of the
old rebel sentiment which the Presi-
dent is SO DESTROYS of placating The
New Orleans massacre occurs undera
Mayor MONROE, and the Memphis
riots under a Mayor PABKs,ddIf the
placing Of, these minor officials In
power is so destructive to the quiet
and peace of Northern emigrants,
what would-be~ the. result were the
whole SsdfhA placed under the con-
troll of the men who inaugurated the
rebellion?g 1t needs not that one bea
prophet, or the SON Of a prophet, to
foretefl the Fespt.q "a w 81
The Presidents summing up of the
/ Reports of the Heads ofstheFDepart-
ments is creditably done. In the
Post Office Department significant,
fact shoRs5tKat something has been
done to restore our relations with the
Septh;syiz.: theseKpspsesg of the De-
partment exceeding the receipts.
Previous touthe restoration the Post
Office Department yielded a revenue,
1.-The message is remarkable for the
fewness, of Presidential recommends
tons. We note but three: the immee
date 1admission of iSbuthernH Con-
gressmen select;v the Improvement of
the leyees on the Mississippi River,
and the passage of a 1aM'authorizing
the ELECTION of a delegate to- Congress
from the District of Columbia.
4 But small portion of the message
is33devoted. toaopr foreign relations
From it we leaFR-that an attempt has
iBeenE 0maae HByBs Spadigh lAHief'ican
authorities to persuade, the freedmen
to. a foreign country an
attempt frustrated by Executive In,
reference. sThes Mexican question IS
explainedi I'M three paragraphs and
the hope is. expressed that France
will meet the just expectations Of, the
United States by commencing to seyac44
uate Mexico at once. III
D Tive paragraphs dispose Of our re-
lations with Great Britain. We are
told that but little has been done to-
wards adjusting the differences be-
tween that kingdom and our. Govern
ment, and that good will and friend
ship between. the two countries can
not be maintained until the justice and
good faith of neutrality be restored.
Not solitary recommendation is
made as to what Congress ought to do
in the premises. ~ { f .ai.li ~ Il
= The Fenians are disposed of in
paragraph, the substance of which is,
that.so long as the neutrality laws re-
main unrepealed, they will be enforc-
ed to the letter. We only wish the
President was as energetic in enforc-
ing, the provisions Of the Civil Rights
bill and the laws Furnishing counter
letters. ..rt ftqh a4ya.oH4rt i
: The President hopes Congress will
make use of the. peace now prevailing
the world, to secure the
triumph of the principle that natu-
ralization by one State fully exempts
the native born subject of any other
State from the performances of mill