Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-28
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The Cleveland Herald, which finds 1t ex-
ceedingly difficult to get along with the
President and Congress, is not exactly
pleased with the Endorsement the Demo-
cratic State Convention gave to President
JOHNSON. 1t was not to be expected that
any Endorsement that Convention might
give the President would be satisfactory to
the Herald or to any other editor who Is
giving the President hollow support. 1t
suits the taste of the Herald to assert that
there Is an antagonism between the Demo-
cratic platform and the views of the Presi-
dent on the subject OF restoration. There Is
no such disagreement. In December last,
In his Annual message President JOHNSON,
with distinctness of utterance that did
not, and does not now, admit of misappre-
hensiop, declared that the Southern
States, lately insurgent States, were
entitled to resume their right OF
representation that they had COM
piled with every requisition that could
be rightfully made upon them as condi-
ton to the resumption of that right. Pres
ident JOHNSON has not repeatedly insisted
that 'unequivocal loyalty is an absolute
condition of restoration," touching States,
"and that Congress is the sole judge as to
that loyalty" When Congress assembled
In December last, the President was clear
and decided in his opinion that the insur-
gent States were as much entitled to repre-
sentation as any other States. The Radi-
Gals in Congress took issue with him in re-
gard to this identical position, and 1t is with
reference to this matter that their ways are
divergent. The President did not turn the
Southern States over to Congress for that
body to overhaul and examine them as to
whether they were Of sufficient "loyalty"
to entitle them to be represented In both
branches of Congress. II the Herald don't
know this, it don't know anything about
the controversy between the President and
Congress. What the President did turn
over to Congress was what the Constitution
vested in that body-the determination of
the qualifications and the regularity of the
elections of its Notwithstanding more.
The Democratic Convention did not un-
dertake to pass upon the regularity of the
election or the qualifications of any MEM
bers of Congress. That is matter that it,
like the President, considered each House
of Congress sufficiently competent to pass
upon. That Convention spoke with refer
ence to States and not with reference to in
dividuals. In the second resolution, it de-
clared shat the one great question of the
day 10 the immediate and unconditional
restoration If ALL THE STATES to the exer-
else of their rights within the Federal
Union under the Constitution" Will any
man of intelligence who has kept the run
of political affairs pretend that this Is not
the issue? And what man of political in
telligence will deny that President JOHN
SON does contend that 'dll the States" should
forthwith, without whereases, IFS, and &cs,
be admitted "to the exercise of their rights
within the Federal Union under the Con-
stitution?"
What further did the Convention declare
In the second resolution That they would
cordially and actively support ANDREW
JOHNSON, as President OF the United States,
in all necessary and proper means to carry
out his policy as directed to that end; and
especially in securing immediate represen-
tation in the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives to the eleven States from which
it Is now unconstitutionally and arbitrarily
withheld" This refers to States, not to in
dividuals. It does not insist that ''disloyal"
Representatives shall be received. Moth
ing of the sort. In this pledge of support
to the President there is nothing ''delusive,"
as the Herald supposes. 1t is sincere, hon
est and hearty.