Litchfield enquirer., 1866-03-08
The President and his Friends.

The President and his Friends
 The Copperheads who are so enthusiastic io the r. endorsement of the Presidents recon struction policy, make some very stsped and ridiculous exhibitions of themselves, viz:
 Mir. Johnson has frequently declared h,mself in favor of admitting only the loyal representa- tivesof the South to seats in Congress. and has invariably accompanied this declaration with an acknowledgement that he presumed but a portion, and in some parts q sasaA portion could thus bessdmitteda; speaking of Vir- einia. asfew days ago She said It there are but five thnnsand loyal men in the State, they shouhl bsSrepressnted in Congress The cop perheads do not endorse this though they pre- tend to-. They insist that all the Southern rep resentatives shall be admitted and their great est anxiety is forethe admission of the very ones that Mr. Johnsen would reject.
 Again It is part of the. Presidents recon struetien policy that the rebel States shall re, pudiate their war debts, ,incnrred in prosecuting the struggle against the government. In this the coppe,head party strongly oppose him. Many, who lent money to the rebel govern ment and hold it's bonds as security, oppose Mir. Johnson iii this position from personal inter est others from pure sympathy for those who do hold such bonds. There are proofs in the Way Department. that some of these bonds are held by leading Copperheads in Connecticut. Of course it is not strange that these men are reluctant about losing the. money that they in vestedin the rebel cause, ,-that their rspresen- tatives in Congress declair the prohibition of its paYinent the very emblem and quintessence of .despotism and tyranny; and that the Democrat |ic ssshroaghout the State echo the senti- meatss but 1t Is very ridiculous for sach men i, with the very breath in which they thus de- nounce one of Mr. Johnsons measures. to pre- tend to endorse him. sss te9 .a ]. Once more While Mir. Johnson is in favor of negro suffrage, and has frequently declared himself to be so, the Democratic party is bit. terlY opposed to it. and have even the insolence to prete:sd that the President is with them in their hostility The introduction of negro slf- frage into the Southern States is part of Mr Johnson's reconstruction policy, which they pretend to admire with 80 much fervor. To prove this, and to show what disagreement exists between the sentiments of the Presiden. and those of his new fedged friends, we give the followi, letter, sent by him. last summer, to Provisional Governor Shar .ey, of Mississip- pi.l e.... EXECUTIVE MANSION,
 WASHINGTON, D c Aug l5, 1865
 Gou Wm [ Sharkey, Jaekson, Mss. am grati6ed to see that you have erga nizsd your Convention without difficulty. hope that without delay your Contention will amend your Stte Constitution. abolishing slavery, and denying to all future legislatures the DO wer to legislate that there is property in man also that they will adopt. the amendment to the Constitution of the United States abolisffing slavery. 4@
 <. If you could extend the elective franchise to all persons of color who can read the constitu- tion of the United States in English and write their names, and to all persons of color who own real estate val led ut not less than $25O, and pay taxes theron, you disarm the adversa- ry, and set an example the other states will fol. low. This you can do with perfect safety, and you thus place the Southern States, in refer ence to free persons of color. upon the same basis with the free, states. l hope and trust yonr Conv ention will do this, and as a conse- squence the radicals. who are wild upon negro franchise, will bs completely faiied in their at tempts to keep the Southern States from re- nawinp their relations to the Union. by not ac- cepting their Senators and Representatives. . ANDREW JOHNSON.
 President of the United States.
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 D@ R H. Eddy, Esq. of Boston, has well earned the title of the .honest and upright ..lo:ko. x<,sr ,,nsxso.a.l IL. ....z<x, l;..