The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-05-19
The True Union and what Stands in, the
way of its Restoration.

J but his political friends in public Office: q
has reiterated his intention frequently, an
followed it up by several removals in Penn
sylvauia, New York, and some of the west
ern States. The Presidents does not recog
nize the Union party as among the support
ers of that policy of restoration which b
has adopted He is right in this. Men ma.
Eclamor never so loudly about the Union, blu
their declarations must be judged by thei
acts. The Republicans are now opposing
the restoration Of the Union. They persls
that the Union has been dissolved, and shall
remain dissolved, until they, in their sover.
leign will ard pleasure, shall permit It's resto
ration. Strange UNION partyI If this is moi
sdisunionism it would be dificult9to deter
mine what constitutes a disunionist. Claim.
Ing to hold the South as conquered Terrific
ry, subject to the disposition of Congress,
unrestrained. by any trammel of law or Con-
stitution, there is but little room for even the
shadow of claim that the Southern States
form any portion of the late Constitutional
Union. As well might Wellington claim
France as portion of Great Britain because
his armies overrun it, or the Emperor of all
the Russias because his legions once camped
within the suburbs ofParis.. 4 conquered
Territory is one thing the Union of these
United States is quite another thing. Our
Union means something more than mere ter
ritory bound together by bayonets; and he
who stands in the way of its immediate and
complete restoration is at heart, and in deed,
a disnnionist. The President is right in
treating these men as such, and placing men
in Office who desire to see this Government
and this people one at heart as well as one
in name The business of the country has
long enough under the deadly
blight of division. He who will the soonest
peopletof AL the States is the true friend of
his country. There is not a sensible, unpre-
indeed man within the nited States who
does not know that the quickest and sound
est means of restoring the old ties which
made US all glory il. the name of an Ameri-
can citizen, Of reuniting the bonds of friend
ship and nationality, reopening the channels
of commerce, trade, reviyfng all the material
interests of the counEy-of giving back to
the nation its former abundance, Its wealth ,
its universal prosperity--is at once ard for
ever to lay aside all this hate and bitterness
against one section. of the country and its
people, all these mercenary purposes for per-
petuatng the power of party born Of the.
war, and which ought to die with the war
Every one knows that were this done the res
toration would be Immediate and complete.
There is no necessity for the policies and
plans of pacifcation with which politicians
and statesmen are puzzling themselves to eff
feet this object. The Bpion will restore IT.
self without any panaceas, if politicians will
keep their hands off. Congress is cursed
with the presence of crowd.of small derpa-
gogues and selfish partizans, who crowd
around. thespatient as a swarm of flies and
persist in administering their quqck remedies,
but the only thing needed is quiet. Thad.
Stevens, Sumner, Wade, Wilson, Trnmbull,
and Sherman, persist in thus playing the
practitioner; but if they were sent home to
their constituents, and made-to attend-tO their
own business, the country would be rid of an
immense burden. The nation can live better
without them than with them. 1t would
itself to vigorous life with
out any interference ;~but with their constant
they accomplish more for the
injury of the country9than a thousand regi-
ments of foreign foes. Phe President does
we'll to place these abettorS- where they can
not use the revenues of the nation to-, the
continual injury The radical fac
ton is a reasonable combination against the
peace and prosperity of this Union, and until
it is deprived of its means it will continue a
constant foe to the people. They, and they
alone, now form the only obstacle to an i'm
mediate, healthy, long-hVed Union. Wher
ever this factions followers are found, it is
the duty of every true patriot to crush them
into the dust. Every man, in his own sphere,
should perform his individual duty. If he is
but private citizen, he has a vote 70 be
counted against them if he is the President,
he has the veto power, granted him for this
very purpose, and the whole power of his
administration to WELD for the good of the
common country.