The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-05-01
THE MOUNTAIN AND ITS MOUSE.

Congress has brought into the world, and
called by the sounding title Of "reconstruc-
ton" The delivery was assisted by the ia
nous committee Of fifteen, who die with
the advent Of the abortion. This, ut least,
will be frightful news to every lover Of old
fashioned constitutional government. We
also apprehend that the fatal effects which
attended the physician will extend to the pa
tient. This llsus nature Of reconstruction
will, in our Judgment, be the death OF the
mother who bore IT, After Eve months OF
uncomfortable agony and travail, with a suf.
fering and burdened people praying for re-
lief; with as many doctors in consultation as
there were Brigadier Generals in the late
war; with sufficient number Of recipes prof
fered to kill or cure half the world; with such
a surfeit Of oratory that the very name Of
speech has become nauseating to the public
sense, the labor is over, and the offspring Of
radical hopes and radical fears is ushered
into being. II is mongrel creation. II
partakes Of the evil qualities Of all the plans
Of restoration, without the good qualities Of q
single one. In this case, as in many which
physiology records, external impressions
have produced strange results. The maternal
,.rent seers IN have received an alarming
fright from the object known AZ TBE PREsI.
nus,,s nolicv and the unmistakable marks
of terror are discernible ON the bantlng-
the resemblance being that which q carica-
ture has to the original, or that deformity has
IN n vivorous healthy. and well.formed crea-
ton
Tbo srst wbareos of tb;s abortion states. as
The President has been stating for wear.
tha, ;,,,nod; "a restoration IA demanded with
AM. Agaranoo. Coraross SOW. that restora.
tion as soon as NAV he consistent with pub-
liz ..fstv Il needed The President saws that
-,,,,;. 80. - ao,n.,a. ;,.,ont rs,,oro.
= :, A.. c.., IT, oona;,;on.
;u,no,oa ~, Conrro.. 20 ,,oot this roou;ra-
-, r. .,,t,;. 80, 90 t.;roIo,s and mort;
.an and when thew are comnlicd with will
~. a.. 80 rro,oo,;o,, tb., doos not oxist a,
AZ. n.~,.n, rao,n.Dt 7, nronos;,;on Gov
dolor. ,h.t dol,y no, he;r. necessary 40 tho
welfsre Of the country but vital 10 the we'll.
beino Of the radical marty This ia the A,rba
ana tho o,n.oa of tho reeo,.trpc,;on ,hort;on
Of Conoress as we shall proceed 10 prove,
The 8rst section contains some peneralisms
.ho,, nor.onal r;,bts all NJ which are s,fB.
cientIv Guaranteed not onlv bv the Constitu.
tion and laws Of the United States but the
constitutions and laws of the several states
II ia therefore surp,usaoe and of no real
value, The second proposition seeks
N remedy what was considered to he
the mower occruipp IN the Southern
States bv adding two-6fths to tn,
basis Of representation. which the abolition
of slavery affected On this point there has
been mucb debate: eloouence has poured Out
like water; the whole radical sanhedrim have
launched ont their inyectiye and denuncia.
ton upon the plaring wrong OF having the
South come out Of this war with more power
than thew possessed prior to its commence
ments, Every one admitted such q state o
things to be inconsistent. To rectify it TIL
PKrsIpESr has suggested an amendment, 4
one was thought best, basing the representa-
ton on electors, which would give one yotel
nreciselv the mower of another, We were
willing To accent the amendment which once
passed the House, keeping population as the
basis, but counting out that part who were
disfrancbised ON account of race or color
We never urged the postponement of the
r;obt NJ representation until that wa,
egsctsd and we sbould be utterly ashamed
N deprive whole states of their constitutions
nrsrogatives for an inconuruitv for which
thew were in nowise responsible but W,
rrged n 10 eoualize the nrinciple Of suffrage
The ground on which that amendment WA
o5voco,ed wos that II sufFraue was moi
granted to the negro the basis would be ma
teriaIIv rednced and the concentration large
l., docrsased tins making II an ob;ect for IN,
Southern states 70 extend the RIGHT of uffra0
IN order 70 regain their former pr,portion o
nowor
Tn tho abortion which wo arc now EXAM
ir;no thew have AZ arranged II that the soutl
49, 10, Ioso ono rorroson,ot;vo and has n,