American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-10-03


Gals up for Congress, vote for the man
who is the most radical. (Applause.)
Sound Advice TO the President
and the South.
The New York HeraH still cont ues
| to give good advice to The President and
the South. 1t thinks that the public
| sentiment of the Northern States has been
sufficiently developed within the last two
mouths to bring the President and Con
gress to reason, reflection and harmony
on the great issue of Southern reconsruc-
| .ion, for 1t has no doubt but that the
| Constitutional Amendment now before
the Suites, will sweep the North from
Maine to California with the passage
by two thirds vote" says the Herald,
'in each House of the Constitutional
Amendment embracing the ultimatum of
Congress for the restoration OF the excla'
ded Souther4 States, this conflict between
President aud Congsess should have end.
ed. The President should have accepted
the Amendment as measure cOnstitu-
tioually completed so far as Congress is
concerned. He 50 recognized 1t in sub.
hitting it to the States through the Sec
retary Of State, so that in carrying beiore
the people the question between his pol
icy aud the policy of Congress, it was
simply upon the expedient ofths amend
ment. 1t is not a Jacobin measure the
Objectionable radical section original y
put in was stri ken out and the amendment
was passed without it, against the
rcmUnslrahces of such radical leaders as
Stevens AMI Sumner.
Subsequent events have shown that
| the President made "A mistake in not ac
| cepting this amentiment, sa passed, as an
end OF hi, conflict with Congress. I'm
ortunatey, TOO, instead OF closing he
has still further widened the breach III
the speeches OF his late pilgrimage &c
Chicago. la this excursion the Presi'
dents denunciations of Congress have
furnished plausible excuses Tor more vic
| lent denuHciatiOns against himself by
Radical orators and organs over the
| length aud breadth oi the land, to the
scandal of our popular system Of governs
| ment abroad and to the modification Of
.fe great body OF the American people Of
a | parties
Surely we haye had enough of this
As between the President and Con -ress
the Ratchet ought to be buried, and nC
better basis of a treaty Of peace can be
devised than this Constitutional amend
ment. Let the President, then, use his
influence South in securing the lmmedi
ate ratification of this amendment, anc
with the restoration on this platform d
| the Southern States he will secure n de.
cisive victory over the radicals in secu-
ring the balance of power in Congress-
His oppor unity and his advantages il
this direction cannot be exaggerated, Will
in pursuing the opposite course he mus
inevitably fail.
I'm behalf of the Union, the Southern
people aud the Southern States, still ex
cluded from Congress, we call upon the
Governors thereof to fall into line, With
! out further delay, in the ratification OF
the reconstruction constitutional amend.
mcnt OF Congress. 1t will surely carry
the victorious North, and, all things con
sidered, it is. reasonable aud fair to the
def eated South. 1t is only settling ul
of the balances remaining against dc
feated party in terrible civil war, ant
the North will insist upon treaty 0
peace which cannot be broken by any fu
ture Congress or political party. That i
all. Gov. Brownlow, OF Tennessee, is q
bad specimen as parson or Governor; but
| in getting his State back into Congress
he has set good example for all th
other Southern Governors