The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-15

on lawyers and Witnesses with no idea of OBJ
tanning verdict. Meantime, the seeming lion
is constantly assuring the prey that he Is no real
lion. but only "Snug the Joner"-compelled to
roar and show his teeth to save him from the
bloodthirsty radicals. We refuse to plays the
part assigned us in this paltry business. The
prisoner is not to be punished-he Is not even
to be tried in earnest-stop the farce, and let
him col
The Times knows better than to ask "why we
are so hostile to the masses OF Rebels" IL
knows that we are hostile to none OF them, and
that, in time of need, we proved this at our
cost. When "the masses OF Rebels" set to kill
ing Unionists, as at Memphis, and more recently
at New Orleans, they compel us to resist them;
but we much prefer that they behave themselves,
so that we shall not be Obliged to do SO.
The Times well knows that we hope and labor
for "restoratiOn of brotherhood among the
people," That is the end and aim of all our
efforts. II is "restoratlonr which tramples
four millions of loyal Southerners under the
feet OF domineering, prosecuting "Rebel masses"
that we object to and are striving to defeat
We seek "brotherhood" that will include the
whole American people-steadfast Unionists as
we'll as ex. .Rebels-all we ask is that the former
shall not be put under the feet of the latter
The Times is in favor OF q 'restOrationn which
makes the Rebels of the South supreme over
the rights and franchises of the loyal blacks
We protest against this, and demand "recon-
struction" which secures to all, including loyal
Southerners, equal rights and equal laws.
Shall we again be accused of opposing the
restoration of brotherhood among the people"
The North Carolina Constitution.
From the World.
The returns thus far received from North
Carolina render it probable that the new State
Constitution has been rejected. Some of the
radicals, whose heads are as muddled as
their hearts are malignant, eXult in this as a
triumph over President johnson, and a defeat,
in North Carolina, of his policy of reconstruc-
tion. On the contrary, the rejection of the
proposed Constitution by popular vote ex-
plodes the radical calumny that the Presi-
dent has intertered with the rights of the
States by imposing on them constitutions to
which he eXtorted their consent. All that
President johnson did was to protect the
States in the formation OF constitutions for
themselves, the people being as free III their
action as they are in any OF the other States.
If they elect Convention to frame constitu-
tion Or their consideration, they can sanction
or reject the draft, with the same freedom of
choice which would be eXerted III the State OF
New YORK. The freedom with which the North
Carolina Constitution has been Canvassed, and
its rejection (ii the tull returns shall show that
il has been reieCtcd), attes the freedom of poll
teal action III that State, and vindcate Presi-
dent johnson against the charge of imposing
upon the Southern States constitutions to which
they do not consent. Every State is as free to
revise It's Constitution as it was to adopt 1t;
there being no difference III rhls reSneCt be-
tween the States uorln and those south Of the
Potomac.