The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-01

with all their rights and on n perfect equality III
tho OF the North, must give emp loyment to the
political energy of the c0un rY tor q iOuP Time 10
come Viewed in he light of and huu anity
tie r. esi ents proclamation deserves All praise;
ewed a political manifesto 1t must be judged by
the success It obtains 1t hardly possoe to denv
the doctrines which the Pr sident enunciates The
war was undoub ed wsged as he say. to ma nta,n Az.
tights of the States unimnaired ana Il Is eq11uy
undeniable that soon ae these objects were accom-
u ed 1t ought 10 cease The Presldeup5
on n ons respecting standing armies military ,cI-
Patton maIt'a Rw military tribunals, ana the sus-
EN- ion of the habeas corpus, will hardly b cOntrO.
verted by any reasonable politician But though
Mr. johnson is said to have the publ opinion OF the
North on his lde, as he undoubtedly las thai of
Europe; ihoueh his policy ha called into existence
strong lee ing OF gratltl de ans adm ration among
the Southernors, VINO, though row weak and fallen,
must one day be powerful friends TO any statesman
they supports vet 1t evident that Congress Is Bit
iery hostile, and that its leaders wiil shrink from no
measure, to to carry out tneiE own policy, and to
will be en- nom our intel iyence OF to daY that the
senate has passed the Clyll Rights pill oyer the
Pres dents veto by a majority OF 33 TO 15 1t is
a most certa that the House of Representatives
VIII 90 toe same.
so enoTgetcaly and Q oquPntlY viii therefore soon
be law, II is, iu reality most important chance IN
the Constitution 1t overthrow. completely the doc
trinC OF State independence BY passing 1t Con.
Tets las arropated 10 itself powers which nowhere
appear IN hat sacred OOcumen TO yhich Americans
continually appeal II the Civil Rights act be
red out its authors desire, there wl be in every
Southern State an authority Overr1dinp the State
authority, law nu Dtylng the state laws an tntiu
ence cerlyed from the people but exercised by
Fedora Executive, tn ough a Legislation in which
the Southern States had no share. There can be
only one ground on NhIch such domination can be
imposed that the right of conquest. To do the
leaders OF the Republican party jusuce they 40 not
shrink from utterinV the word.
hey have always held that the Southern States
were conquered, and that they may be dealt with
according to the win OF the vctors restrained only
by the laws of morality, and not by any political
RIGHTS winch nav be supposed to belong to the van.
pushed y IL may be that the President has
not pubic opinion at the North so much on his side
is believed by some OF his friends Irough the
Atlantic cities for the most part enthusiastic in
his favor, tbrou RhOut the States and nota0V In
the West the Republican party ia most powerful
and ls likely to remain SO. There IS probably
81 aoY set of the tide favor of the President but
1t viii take time Tor this movement 10 bring to his
side q clear majority OF rhe ueope, ana to enable
him to Withstand the action OF Congress.
We may then watch his pToCe dlngs with inter-
est. and observe how far he aids or permits the
action OF the machinery which This act will shortly
establish in every Southern State We may .ume
that Mr. johnson will, as Chet OF the Executive.
give little assistance as he can tO q law which
lnvades the judicial power of every Southern State
Yet on the other hand, he may not think it consti-
tutional TO nullify such law by overt act His
course most likely will be 10 leave those VINO made
the law enforce ii, if they can, agan-t the vii OF
the pouu alton, and to hold himself neutral dis
putes which are not OF hls making.