East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-20
NOW AND THEN.

which he entreated the President to
submit overtures for paciiication to
the Southern insurgents, which the
impartial must pronounce frank and
generous In this letter he suggest
ed the following plan of adjustment:
Il. Tho Union is restored and de-
clared perpetual.
"2. Slavery is forever abolished
throughout the same.
"3. a complete amnesty for all po-
litical offences, with a restoration of all
the inhabitants of each State to all
privileges Of citizens Of the United
States.
81. The union.to pay four hundred
millions of dollars S400, GOO, ,OOOl in
five per cent. u. $. stock, to the late
slave States to loyal and secession
alike, to be apportioned pro rata, ac-
cording to their slave population re-
spectively by the census of 1860, in
compensation for the losses of their
loyal citizens 10y the abolition Of sla-
very.
90. The said States to be entitled
henceforth to representation in the
House on the basis of their total, in
stead of the federal population, the
whole being now FREQ.
"6. A national convention, to be
assembled as soon as may br, to rati
fly this adjustment, and make such
changes in the Constitution as may
THIS was Mr. Greeley's plan; thi,
was what he demanded, and would
concedc, in July, 1861. What he
then demanded has been conceded;
what he offered to concode has not
been granted. All that is now asked
by the President, or asked by the peo-
pie Of the South, is that they shall be
permitted to take their seats in Con-
gress, by their loyal representatives,
on the old basis Of representation es-
tablished by the Constitution and APP
portioned TO them by law. They
have not obtained complete amnesty
for all political Offences" nor are "all
the Inhabitants of each State rost0ed
to all the privileges of citizens OF
tho United States;' they do not ask
nor expect 'four hundred million dol
lars, or any other sum of money, as
Compensation for losses" they do
not ask "to be entitled henceforth to
representation in the House on the
basis Of their total instead Of their
federal population" They ask none
Of these things, but simply to be rep
resented as the Constitution and the
the law now justly entities them to
representation.
Mr.. Groely, in July, 1864, then
represented tho wishes and purposes
of his party. Now, both he and his
party are the bitter defamers Of the
President because he advocates the
right of representation of all the
States. They denounce him as hav-
ing abandoned their party, and in
their rage they go as far as to threat
en- to empeach him because he does
not see fit to indorse their new do
mands upon the South. demands do
designed for no other purpose than
to keep those States out Of the Union
and to continue the distracted condi-
ton of the country for the benefit -
the Republican party. President
Johnson not only demanded all that
Mr.. Greeley demanded, but further
concessions from the South; and yet
the leaders of the Republican party
are not satisfied and would not be sat
isfed with any thing hemight demand.
Nothing short of some arrangement
by which the vote of the Southern
States should be surely ard irrevoca-
bly, fixed as an appendage and leg
acy to that party, will over be accep-
table to them. If that party is kept
i'll power by the vote Of the people Of
the North, then the Union win never
be restored. They oppose the restor-
alton of the Union because they sup
pose the vote of tho Southern States
will be cast against them, and they
oppose the admission of the Southern
representatives for no other reason.
And it is because tha President will
notiaid and abet their unholy ambi-
ton they turn upon him.