The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-02-18

NEW YORK HERALD, 81
tnued depression In gold Contributing 70 the Inactivity
usually incident 70 the closing day Of the week But
Iittle was done either on 'Changa Petroleum
inactive and lower Cotton nominally lowor Sugar
was xine easier Conee was steady On Change -four
was inactive, and common brands were lower wheat
was easier. Corn unaitsrsd. Pork and lard were
nrmsr and whskey was nominal
How TO Please tho Radicals and Restore
the Union.
Since It seems to be settled that Congress,
under the control Of the Jaoobin committee.
will not admit the delegations from the South
ern States, It Is quite time TO be looking about
for some plan by which tho objections Of the
Jacobins may be overcome and the Union re-
stored. For the country to remain In its pres
ent sitaation h equally absurd and embarrass-
ing. We do not get on together very well at
homo and We are . laughing stock for all the
European Powers. Tho Southern halt Of the
nation b IN The Union but not OF Il. The
Southern people are taxed without representa-
ton. The Southern States are recognized by
the President but ignored BY Congress- The
Southern people are regarded ~ citizens BY
enc bfsnoh Of the government and ~ aliens BY
another branch Of the government The execu-
tive departments consider the South a. q
part Of the country for which they have
to provide; but the legislative departments
look upon It a. mere conquered terri
tory. The inhabitants Of that section are
esteemed as fellow countrymen by the oonser-
NATIVES and az bitter enemies by the radicals.
Lieutenant General Grant thinks that the war
Is over, and has therefore disbanded the army;
but Lieutenant General Stevens insists that the
war is still unfinished and has raised another
army In Congress. Our courts administer the
laws Of the nation for the North; but new set
Of laws and another kind Of court, called the
Freedmen's Bureau, are in actual operation at
tho South. This state of affairs cannot con-
tinue much longer without dangerous diff
culties and serious complications both here
and abroad. Let us see, then, If we cannot
suggest an easy and practical solution Of this
perplexing governmental problem.
1t is agreed upon all sides that II the South
ern delegations were admitted to Congress the
Union would then be restored, the South would
assume legitimate position In the nation, and
all minor matters would soon arrange them
selves. This being understood, the next ques-
ton Is in regard to the objections made by the
Jacobins to the admission of the Southern
delegates We hold, with the President and
the vast majority Of the people, that the South
ought to send us loyal representatives; but
this does not appear to meet the requirements
Of the Jacobins e. fully a. il should. On the
contrary they treat the ioysl Southern repre-
sentatives just as they treat the rebels. The
doors Of Congress are a. strictly barred against
Union men as against traitors. Upon this point
there y no distinction and no Discrimination.
Only the other day Colonel johnson, Of Ar
kansas. who served gallantly In the Union
army during the war. was denied the courtesy
of entrance to the floor Of the House, upon
which, In our opinion, he has just q much
right to scat a. any Of the Jacobins who voted
TO refuse him this privilege. or course, we CON
sidvr sucn conoucs As this perfectly outrageous;
but we ere now dealing with facts IS they are,
and mot - they ought to be. And the facts
are, Is everybody knows, that the Jacobins do
not object to the disloyal record Of certain
Of tho South and do not ap-
prove of the loyal record of others; but they
reject the whole Southern delegation indis-
and young, rich and poor,
loyal and rebel, good follows and grum fellows,
those who oan make speeches and those who
cannot, those who give dinners and those
who do not, those who win take the oath and
those who will not, those who love their liquor
and those who belong to temperance 80 Gle
ties, the tall and the short, the stout and the
slim, the just and the unjust, the homely and
tho handsome. No matter what man IL or
has been, II he come Is Southern delegate
he cannot get into Congress.
But, in spite Of all this, there Is still mode
by which the South may secure representation
in our national councils, not only with the con-
sent Of the Jacobins, but with their enthusiastic
appreciation and assistance. One distinction
the Jacobins are ready and anxious 10 make,
and 1t Is the only one which has not yet been
presented to them by the Southern people. If
the comments Of the Jacobin orators and or
gans upon the recent interview between Presi-
dent johnson and the negroes be attentively
considered, and II the speech Of Chief Justice
Chase, when Introducing Fred Douglass TO
Washington audience, be carefully weighed,
we shall find clue which will enable us to
clear up this whole imbroglio. II is the color
OF the Southern delegates which Il so OBJ
noxious to the Jacobins in Congress- They
l.
record or bis character; but il he DO
white man they at once decide against
him. They hold that the only truly loyal men at
the South arc the negroes, who raised provi-
sions TO keep the rebel armies In the field, and