The New York herald., 1866-05-22
THE POLITICAL SITUATION
AS VIEWED FROM VARIOUS sTANDpoINTS
The Canvass for Governor in
~, Texas.
The War Bctween the President and
Congress.
Z ha Alta Cali lpapN Anril 2I

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The War Between the President and
Congress.
from the Alta California (rep.l, April All
In the controversy between the executive department
Of the national government and the law making po~sr
side. Congress passed the Freedmens Bureau bill,
the President vetoed IT. and = sufficient number OF
could be obtained In the Senate TO pass the
bill over the Veto Congress also passed the Civil
Rights bin, the President vetoed II, and sufficient
give Il the force Of law Independently Of Executive
sanction The radicals caanot be said TO have heen
entirely defeated on the Freedmens Bureau bull Tor INC
by the last Congress- Is still in force, and will 80 con-
tnue for year from the date OF the proclamation OF
considered have been entirely routed by Congress by
the passage OF the Civil Rights bill over his head for the
soey aSusbs S Iai To % special ms The
idea became prevalent that, after the veto Of the
Freedmen's bureau bill, there was an absolute
Civil Rights bill The New York Epeai~s
p@t, which had strongly supported the President
became this view, an 50 did the Springfield
Mass Republican. which for very long time had mani
tested very marked sympathy In the same direction.
II does not at all follow from the passage OF the Civil
Rights bill over the veto that the radicals have secured
two thirds majority In tho senate for every measure
that they may hereafter propose They obtained H. IN
this instance only becausc OF the peculiar circumstances
which are above stated.
How, then, does the case standf The President ri-
umphed In the OF the Freedmen's Bureau, but
with the consolation the radicals that there IL Freed
men g Bureau still in operation Congress trumphcd in
the matter of the Civil Rights BILL but with the conso
atlop the President that that triumph does not indi
cate by any final overthrow aud that the chances
decidedly strong that the bill will be pronounced
unconstitutional by the Supreme Court OF the
United States. This looks, so far, very like drawn
game but the questions which 1t involves are as
distant from solution as ever Thee questions
too OF such nature that later they must
be settled II is imposs bic that the country can CONT
for long time in Its present condition There is,
TO be sure lack Of violent men, both sides roady
with suggestions implying revolution One set announce
ha Tho
President to insist that the senators and Repre-
sentatives elected from the South should be ad
mitted at once, and II that demand should not be
complied with u get up another Congress composed
OF the alive members OF the present body and
the rejected mcmbers another -e are equally sanguine
that the shortest road to victory TO mpeach the Pres
dent and him from Office by sheer force OF party
strength This is what Wendell Philips has limited and
Thad Stevens threatened and this is What Cheever prays
for with great JUNCTION IN his potcoreligous tsmple IN
Union square, New York.
We eppr ,hend, however that such violent
will be adopted by either side compromise can he
effected between the Executive and the present Congress-
touching the proper policy TO be pursued towards the
sonal elections which are TO be held this fall, in
nearly all the States Of the Union, can sever the
gordian knot Tho question 10 be decided by them
IL the simplest that could possibly be devised Isl
ha loyal men, elected Senators or Representative by
What their decision will be We do not for moment
doubt They cannot declare for the policy OF Congress
the secession which for four year they held 10 bc an
lmpossibility is an accomplished fact
President johnson Not . Party Presi-
From the Nashville Tenn Union, May rs
One Of the chief, probably the most important IN their
estimation, of the charges which the radicals br ng
against the President is that he has proven false The
republican party lnasmuch as he never belonged TO or
party, it Is impossible for him have been
true 10 II. He has been strict construction
and nothing es Mr. neon aeseps@ h
services such In the important position of Military
Governor Of Tennessee, and when the Union party In
1854 composed OF republicans democrats wings aboli
tioniss and Others concentrated the national Union
party, they chose Mr. lincoln. republican, and Mr.
Johnson, democrat, TO represent them in the PIes
dental campaIgn and invited all who .desirsu
vigorous prosecution OF the war and the speedy
Si.S them In hs letter accep.u@ IN. nom nation for
the vice Presidency he appealed TO his od friends Of
the democratic party proper not ss republican but as
cratic policy measures OF expedcncy by sustain pg
him tho high duty OF "nrst preserving the govern
ment " after which there would be time enough 10 nj
tcnd 10 other matters He made promises. gave
pledges which he has violated deceived nobody by pro
10 ~. eSsrrs :, s 1s s psy
But grant that he republican and was elected by
the republican party exclusively with what grace can
any of fairness and honesty accuse HIM OF being
false to rartyf Is he not the President Of the
whole people--of those who voted against
those who voted for him; Of tbess who unior.
tnnateiy we're engaged In rebellion as well as
those who adhered to tho Union canses And Is
not his duty W lay aside party feelings, psrslt
este rights ana privileges o all classes and all secons
A. candidate Que may be the representative Of party,
but when he authority the executive head
OF the nation be would be false to the constitution and
IN his obligation ruler to God and the people Il he
~ the government TO sustain parties 10 strengthen
sections TO build the Interests OF classes and monopO
lists This Is hardly excussbe In private indvldsh
IN legislators For the President 20 pander 10 such evils
would be In the highest degree reprehenvibe It's
honor President Johnson that ba is cndeavorng do
his duty 70 the whole country dssgsrding sections and
parties
The RECONSIDERATION Plan y rasisse.
RKrUBLicAg coSoREssnES DIscovER THAT rHyrR
CONSTITUENCIES DO NOT APPKovg IT.
Correspondence q the Chicago Tribune rsdieailL
wssHrsGroS, Msy IL, 1895
The majority cf The members from the Eastern States
have made use Of tho recess since Thursdsy Cor brief
visits TO thor homes Their observations among their
consttaenees a. reported since their rrtarn. seem to
connrm the rehections Of the popular feeling
the passage Of the constitutional amendment che
publican Journals that have reached here with comments
upon that consummation of doubtful virtue and
dom. The radical mombcrs found thai Their 70
publican constituents had a. little snthuAssm for
themselves They found q general impres~1 Thai
something more might have been done, and that the
.smpoa sus.ssr v Of che rshs Of oons.. = sssure
implied check u Congress by the Svesdens rather
than victory over him. Hence .hsy hare rssur.ed
CONSEQUENCES Of having done ones whole duty
can alone impart When Congress adjourned last
.Is,iou which saesss. in any su,erpr,s. sisai.. IN
human bressa But rnsmbevs have since had time 10
reflect upon the bearing % their votes thursday
and not finding Il In with their convictions
and aspirations. less szusiion and more regret
felt BY them.
The growing sense Of dissatisfaction with themselves
s heightened by ths siroug prcbsbiIfy that the
borify of the Senate viii not aeceps the pssposed
amendment In the form IN which pss~sd the
house. II IN seriously doubted thaa will receive
the requisite twothirds vote In the upper Houss
without SERIOUS @odincationa what these viii
~ tbs discussion Of ths propoaioa 10 the Senate only
viii develop But the present Indications that lLs
sslrd section. which kept IN by the sdrot
ring Of ths democrzss, will not BE- allowed 20 rcnsa In