, 1866-08-24

licans give such party as that Of Mr. john :.
SON clnuce. The alliance with the Dem.
ocratic section Is too obvious. Tho people i
viii bc likely to feel that though tho voice
Is that Of Jacob, tho hands arc the hAnds Of
auce Of 5lr. johnson from bis own friends
should bc thus complete. It places the
issue more fully and unm1Btaknbly before
the people, and It seems to US that 1t gircs a
far better chance Of . decisive victory to the
pa5ty Of Freedom and Progrsss. ges:,,,t. t,a al.
usl divergence between Congress md the
PRECEDENT than the bill which Congress has
lately passed In one day over the frestdent's
veto. At the present time four millions Of
Inhabitants Of the Southern States are IN the
socinlly- Their enfranchisemeut has been
effected against the wish Of those who held
them in bondage, and In direct opposition to
the laws and customs Of all the States IN
which slavery existed. The constitutional
Amendment" which became By Its due ratt-
abolished slavery, but, In view Of the difficult
ties which might get superrene, expressly
empowered Congress by appropriate legis-
1atfon " to establish freedom.
The acts which the present Congress has
Alr. johnson. Even the Civil Rights Bill,
which, he says, renders the new Freedmen's
| Bureau needless, had to be passed over his
veto, and now the bill continuing the present
BUREAU, legalixing and reducing to order the
other lands, and providing more ample pro-
lection aguinst violence, has hadto be passed
over bis veto. Yet In one passage Of his veto
message, Mr.. johnson admits d fact which
quite jnstites the bill. The fact cannot be
ssea hese sass ssts tae e sssa
such perhaps as had never been witnessed ii
their previous history, have occurred IN the
States Involved IN the recent rebellion"
Northern people say that Mr. Johnson.t
patronage Of the South has encouraged thfi
ylolence-at least In the sense Of not making
it abundantly clear, as It ought to be made
that every case would be speedily inyestiga
ted and avenged. But the fact that sucl
violence exists, notwithstanding the Civt
Rights bill, proves the need of come furthc
question Of this further protection that aiE
johnson and Congress have most marked,
disagreed. CONGRESS would protect til
J freedmen, If needful, at the sacrifice Of 81
State rights and in defiance Of State laws
Mr.. johnson would leave the freedmen to tn
override the laws or abridge the soyerelsnt
Of the States. But here tho Old 9uatrs
surges up again.
The war decided once for all that The We
: fare Of the wnuie Republic should 5c It's 81
preme law. To let State rights cover tt
: right Of the white to ooppress tue black--no
that both alike are citizens Of the Republ
; lis to give back to the South much Of tn:
! deprived It. And though we have alva.
I maintained that the preservation Of loc
: rights Was most important to the welfare
g tie Union, and that the Limitation Of Il
= powers Of the Geueral Government is II
! one condition Of the welfare and safety
u the uuion, we cannot but feel that the polis
y Of Mr.. johnson and his friends goes iu II
= direction to most dangerous extreme. ]
y indeed, the old fight is to be begun agai
J, ard the South opens new campaign in t
u electoral field, with Mr.. johnson as Its lcadt
!. We sincerely hope It may be with the old l
% suit Of complete Union victory. The tr
.c welfare of the Union Is represented, not
6, Mr. Juhnsen's new allies, hut by his old a
IL now fUrsaken friends.