The Portland daily press., 1866-01-18

the acts Of Congress; to say nothing of the
malignant fling at Mr. Stanton; to pass in 81
lence the ill-concealed chuckle over the hoped
Tor usurpations of the President and his put
ting the military above the civil rule; to pass
without. comment the fact that the withdraw
al OF troops was confined to single locality
in single State, we invite special attention TO
the following from anloticial dispatch which
appeared in the Geographic columns Of the
same number of the argus from which the
foregoing is cut. Governor Parsons of Ala
bama, having applied to Washington for the
withdrawal of the federal troops from his
state, and the arnaing Of the local militia, LIT.
Gen. Grant, acting in harmony with and un-
der the direction of the President, made the
following significant reply: sslsa Sgd :
For the present and until there is full securifv TOR
eouifabIg maintaining the rights and safety IF o
classes Of citizens nthe States lately in rebellion
you'd not recommend the withdrawal of the IJried
States troops from them. The number of interior
gar isons might be reduced but a movable force
sufficient to insure tranquility should be retained
While such force is retained in the South doubt
he P'opr'efy o. putting arms in the hands Of The i
This is. sufficient to show the haste with
which mischieyous copperhead jumps at
conclusion. Having no fixed principle, no
positive work of good in which to engage, such
politicians, like wreckers ON a dangerous shore
OF Migrants congregated at a large fire, watch
only that they may profit by public or private
calamity, not caring who Or what suffers, or
how much of injustice or wrong may be per-
petrated, provided they can find personal or
party advantage. The truth is, Gen. Grant
is opposed to any such reasonable work as
| the Argus deems possible and ex,llts in hope
| of, and President johnson has lent himself to
| no such scheme for placing the late rebels in
position to renew their rebellion and place
| the supreme law of the land at defiance. In
this connection, and pertinent to this very
matter, we reproduce dispatch from Calves
ION, Texas, of the 9th inst, which has already
appeared in our telegraphic columns, and
which reads thus:
An order was received here to muster out all COL
orea troops in this State but scas subsequently, re-
The intelligence coming up from the late
rebel states almost daily, of the undisguised
hate cherished for Union men, of the infa-
nous codes enacted for the control of the
freedmen, of the disposition to regard with
honor only those who have SO recently fought
to subyert the government, constitutes an elo-
quent defence of the policy of those who OPP
pose hasty action in the work of reconstruc-
tion.s Time is developing the latent treason
not yet subdued, and President johnson with
two eyes is clearer sighted than a dozen ar
guses with hundred each, and he will not
fail to read Alright the signs of the times and
profit by the lessons of the passing hour. p,
Pertinent in this connection is the follow
ing extract from Washington letter, pub
lished in Democratic paper of this city,
and written by one who not only believes
what he asserts, but beyond all question
has the fullest sympathy for the people of
whom he speaks, and the spirit to which
he refers. Speaking OF the Southern people,
who, he declares, "are not FOOLS" he says, -
They know that the democratic members i'm Con-
gress are endeavorng to stem the tide of tyranny; but
they do not see any indication that they will be Joined
by sufficient number of moderate republicans to
make their endeavors successful The future, there
fore under the United States governments looks dark
and cherries. They see no ray of light and no hope
of better things in the future They see no prospect
of regainng equal voice in the national coun
ellis Even If admitted to Congress, the new propos-
portionment, will make them lose twenty-seven
members in the House. 1t is my candid belief
lounded upon FORMATION that kno,o to be correct
that If the people of the South possessed to-day the
same means OF resistance that they did five years
ago, they srould declare their Independence Of the
North, and go to soar again to suppoTtit. ~