, 1866-11-12
THE PRESIDENT On THE
ELECTIONS.
He will 60 on In the Path already
Marked Ont,

LIE II Ek31DElN1 VN 4AG
ELECTIONS.
He will 60 on In the Path already
Marked Ont.
PTesideHftal Oplnlona through \ Nevrs-
paper and cabinet mInfater-Slngu-
lar OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IL
Dear school, but Fools will Learn IN
No OlheF-Eleclion Ncxva In the " mite
lousc-Tho Prcnldcnt on the Returns
Scraps Of Secret HlzsoEJ-HoCan.z
tF1om Oar Own Correspondent
WAsn2G1os, Soremhcr s, 1855.
About three weeks ago, In commenting
upon the October elections, the National In
te|ligtnee7, of this city, said, "Wc do not
think that the late elections prove that the |
majority OF the Northern people favor the |
Constitutional Amendment" 1t Ia well |
enough known here that the editor Of the |
lntd7&rneer is nearer to the Presidant than
any other newspaper man In Washington;
aud, in 50 far as he has an organ, this paper
may be considercd as speaking his views.
-Four or five days after the Lnle1t9saeer used
these words, Mr.. Secretary Browning pub
lithed long letter In which he sald: II do
not regard the recent and pending elections
as Indicative OF the judgment Of the people
of the Northern states upon the Copstitu-
tlonal Amendment" 1t has been said In
some Of the papers that SIr. Browning pre-
pared this letter at the instance Of the Presl-
dent. This statement I am very positive Is
d mistake. 1t Was, however. read to him
three or four days before It appeared; and
the evening before IL vas sent cut WAS spent
by the President and Mr. Browning In care
fnlly examining its argument and Its Ian.
guage, and the original document shows sew
crnl changes that were made on the direct
suggestion Of Mr.. johnson. It is exactly
true that the letter had the full endorsement
Of the Executive.
The line Of argument By which this opsn-
Ion was reached, or rather sustained, WAS
peculiar, Ar. Browning might have taken
It from the Intentgrneer, some would say, ~
the editorial appeared first but have rca-
SOD for believing that this was not tho case,
and for thinking that the editor Of the Int<i-
iiqene<r, either read the letter before 1t was
printed or saw the President after the docu-
mcnt had been read to him. At all events,
~ Nj. Browning used the Idea OF bis letter
In private conversation more than week
before that VIVA made public, ! am willing to
give him credit therefor. That argument,
in brief, Is that tho Amendment has not really
been Nh Issue In the campaign; TINT It has
not been fully, and fairly, and cand1dly dis
cussed that the elections havo been carried
by c1asperatins appeals to passion aud pre-
Julicc, DC. II you say that there is no sense
in this argument ehall quito agree with
you; but yet the fact remains that 1t WAS the
argument Of the President three weeks ago
lis the argument Of the Prcsldcnt, too
now, or else had not been at such paius Il
state IT, The October elections taught hiu
nothing; and Judge from what I learn thai
The November elections are not likely tt
teach him anything Immediately.
His fawners and hatterers. mea like Brown
ing, and Weed, and Randall, and Couan, ant
Doolittle, assured him that the October cleo
tions were not expressive Of the judgment q
the pcople-they really made the dementet
man believe that not only Maryland and Del
aware, but New York and Missouri wcr
going for him, and that he would gain Cor
,-cssmen in Illinois, Wisconsin and Mich
: ean AID as be never reads the newspaper
II happen to k1ow from three men to whor
he has at different times 50 stated, that b
thinks newspapers aren't worth deecn
. mans noticc'-as he doesn't read the newt
: papers, he waa just simple enoug
, to believe what these men daily tol
: him-that the November elections woul
: show large gains against Congress.
I have had some conversation with ger
= teman who spent part Of Tuesday eTt
; ming at the White House. He says that th
Q first telegram to the President, after darl
c was from Governor sxauu, announcing tbs
/, "Maryland gircs twenty thousand for you
: policy, and the Radicals arc badly defeated
. Baltimore" The President was much please
With this news. He had been, he state
greatly troubled about Maryland; the Co
crnoE had been exceedingly anxious to hal
!. troops sent up to Baltimore he himself ha
. been entirely willing TO send them, but Ge7
: eral Grant had advised against doing so fro
+ the beginning; ho didn't like to run again
= Grant, but the troops have been kept
readiness, and could have been thrown in1
Baltimore in IN hour II the Radicals h.
raised mob; he thought tho GoTcFn'
:, u got badly 1anked when Bond shut up b
Commissioners; the Governor was very 8
~ gy nbout that, and when he cauae ov
u here on Saturday evening he wanted ma
u tial Law declared at once; Grant kept adr'
10 ine against any military interference
y y and stanbcrry said the Radicals were acti'
~ under color Of law he eouldn't help laug
- ing at Swami because he had been 50 o.
oc ccneyulled, but he had been much worri
r. about affairs In Baltimore, and was reJolc
70 to hear TINT The Radicals Ind been defeat
fS and that tho State sustained his policy
~ Handsomely
-. Another OF the earlier desratehes Of
~ evening was ono saying that New York
~ Brooklyn had given about slxtJ-one tht
nd sand majority for Hofl1man, This pleas
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