The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-19


ore Andrew JOHNSON said in Nashville the oath
OF October, 1S64H "Rebeion and slavery shall no
longer polute our State; loyal men, whether white
or black, shall alone control her destinies =
speak now as one who feels the world TO be his
col ntry, and all who love equal rights his trendsW
Die Andrew johnson plan when he spoke these
noble ara heroic words TO entail upon MS own state
the o meIy Of war Of lace " sroW hS
appeal from "Phllip drunk loiPhilip sober"
A war of races who i'll begin 1.-THE blacksf
II all the horrors prosecutions, and expressions of
slavery cou drive these people to revolt Is 1t at
reasonable to suppose that liberty, equal y, and
then wi begin itS the white Rebels, the supporters
OF the Presidents polcyp In that case one might
safely declare that the President argument pears
heavily on his friends and IN favor of their oppo-
nents; that 1t is an argument against wnite and not
Beyond this what a monstrous and abominable
doctrine TO proponnd and sustain, that the United
States can preserve peace and MAINTAIN tranquility
in its borders only by ignoring the rights laud
trampng on the Liberties of 600 900 of Its loYal
citizens. A peace SO bought at the expense of jus.
tlce would be more onerOus than any war. re-
public saved would be more unjust and iniqmtOus
than any despOtc power. Liberty well saws DIR.
Gaspar1n, "imposes obligations. Wrong under a
Democracy is more inlamOus thar under an empire"
er not forget, while we question inspect, dis
Cuss, we ourselves are under the eve of the world,
andshal in turn be discussed be judged.
Let us not forget that such course would not
merely dishonor us as people, but would thrust
hberty's mark back on the dial, would make De-
mocracy a lie, would check the course OF humanity
everywhere would strengthen the hands OF despotic
power, ana weaken those Gifts opponents by taking
from their grasp their most effective and powerful
weapon.
thundered against Fort sumter "The United States
has Just been saved " The South saved us them 1t
remains TO be seen If the North is strong enough
save itself now. The danger of yet further COM
promise between liberty ano oppression was
semmed, not through the justice OF the North, but
through the hatred of the South. Who doubts that
if these slave mas ers had been pleased to remain,
the North would have contrlved to choke tset with
cotton dust and flood itself with gold, that 1t
should 1urther her spoils for those in bondage
and CHAINS Experience Is hard schoomaster,
but II teaches as none other Has IL taught the
North that rarest OF lessons, common sense and
justice
in Baltimore, the fifth anniversary a day that
ushered the most vellous in the history OF
the world, Andrew Johnson IN referring to the price
paid down through the war, exclaimed, "For wnat
have all these lives been sacrificed, and all this treas
ure expended? IL for the purpose of preserving
| the States IN the Union OF our fathers"
| Never were truer words spoken. Never was
| cause more maliRned, nor us martyrs more DIS
6onored The Union OF today is not the Union l ot
live is not that which preceded the That Union
was cemented by the blood OF the slave and neld
| together with his chains. That Government was
one that lald strong its foundations in oppression
and lies. Cannot Andrew johnson comprehend
| that, having wrecked an old world, 1t becomes
| necessary to shape new one, and that the first
| step towards construction must be to destroy the
| DESTROY ers?
seemingly not, for it is just here that he and Con.
| gress make issue. II denounce a traitor every
man who is opposed to my policy" the President
declares land my policy is to dishonor mne- e-entbs
| of the people who suffered and fought Tor the re-
pnblic to crush their allies of the SoEth, and to
elevate and renRhen Their enemies. My policy is
to thrust Rebels into Congress to make the laws of
| the country, while by my own acts am declaring
double question let me ask here Has the United
States enemesy Does the President nt the United
| States adhere to them? The mere surrender of the
| Confederate forces did not make peace, else woud
the have ended with he disruption of the armies
| OF Johnston. KIRBY Smith. and Le
1t is everywhere, allowed that war does something
mere than subdue armed torces it settles disputed
questions and the rights of the two parties engaged
Until these settlements are embodied in law there IS
| not yet state OF peace though hostililles have
| ceased.
Between belligerent powers that still exist these
laws embodied IN treaties. In the present case,
| where there are no : hostile armies remaining,
these questions settled by war, must be embodied IN
the laws of the United States and for greater sabI-
| ty in the Constitution. No one, think, Will dIs-
putelat proposition. Until this is zone we are at
| war.
The President recognizes the fact that the status OF
the country still that of war; the status Of lae
Rebels still that OF enemies in that military posses
sion is still held OF the South the habeas corpus hat
most precious of all precious civil rights, Is still sus
| pended. Some tens of thousands of troops that
| list Tor the war are sul held under command at
the South. If the war ended their term OF enlst
ment has expired and they are at liberty to go to
their homes without further orders These troops
are everywhere quarlered III southern houses and
on Southern land without the consent of the owners
a measure which the Constitution expressly forbids
save in time of war. The President exercises the
military power OF Commander. Chief 10 dictate to
State Conventions and Legislatures, ana to remove
State and City officials whom he would have no
control in peace Acts, one and al, IN tact, which
| WOulQ lneu DC luLOleraDle uSuTpaLlOnS OF power,
IT we are not at war, then the President is plainly
liable to be impeached for every of these VIOLA
lahons of what the Constitution would require OF
him III state of peace.
The Administration evidently holds the present
state OF the country TO be one of rebellion The Ad-
mInistration has further informed us, through the
official letters or Mr. Seward, when this state OF wal
will end when the States shall be fully restored
But Andrew johnson, while he thus recognizes
these people as Rebels ana enemies in law, sutf
cient to clothe HIM with despotlc powers, demands
for them all the rights of American citizens against
any action or legislation OF CONGRESS.
He demands, in fact, that, while we are at war
communities with which we are at war shall senC
Representatives to our Senate and House and that
Congress has no right to make laws for them until
their Representatives have seats on the floor.
He demands that Rebels shall participate in the
national councils IN making those laws which are
to constitute our treaty ct peace with the Re
| bellion
Congress refusing to assent to so foolish ant
wicked proposition the President hurls coarse
threats at the Representatives of the people, de
nounces them as traitors ana usurpers centra
and irresponsible directory, exercising extraordi
nary and revolutionary powers
Has Andrew johnson so trail memory that HI
has forgotten his own declarations while h
sat as Senator in Washington, IN a speec
made January 81, 1862, upon the expulsion of Jess
ID. Bright Tor using reasonable language, by moutl
al paper:-"1t we have not the physical and mora
courage to exclude from our midst men whom w
believe 10 he unsafe deposa1es OF public power anC
public trust we are not entitled to SIT here as Sena
Congress and the people know full well that b!
permitting these States TO come back with their ol'
powers unbroken, with treason unpunlshed, an'
traitors unsubdued, would be TO fling away tn
whole precious harvest OF the sOwlngs OF the war
On the z3d of last February was travelling the grea
state OF Dlnols from Chicago to Davenport Sit
ting by me was q bro n-faced, white haired kindly
e ed intelligent farmer Oh the Northw est, and fall
ing into converse, wettalked-and who does nOty o
the war, and of the great questions growing out o
It, and as " so talked, he SAID with glitter in hi
lip and a flush on his cheek, II thank God tina