Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-05-23

Senmes RlecseA Judge Of Probate.
The reconstructed friends OF President John
son in Mobile hvas bssn showing their graft
tude BY sisc,isg Ssmmes, Of the pirate Alaba-
ma, a. Judge sf Probate Of Mobil- County
There were at 6rst other candidates, but as
it wss understood that the Con fedora hero
Who von such unfading l.urels by burning and
scurtling unarnsd merchantmen which were
20 unfortunate So to sail under the Stars and
Stripes-was q candidate, all opposition to the
pirate was at once Withdrawn, and he tri-
umphAntly and unanimously elected. This IS
future which the Presidents plan of recons,ruc-
ton opens to The whole South.
But the President is evidently attempting to
carry water on both shoulders. After having
announced thu. the var was ended, and every
thing.v.s lovely and harmonious at the South,
and there we're no more traitors but Sumner
and Stevens, and Congress was the only
obs,ructioa in the way of the restoration Of .be
Union VIII beautiful state of fraterraI en-
b1s.nS il which traitor 10 be Just a. good
and little better than he Who had never fought
against his eountry-after having done ell this,
beside releasing Raphael Semmes from custo-
DIV President Johnson has most unkindly caused
the following order TO be issued by the military
eommandan, at Mobile
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA,
May IL, 1866.
II compliance with instructions from the
PresrisaI of the UnIIed States, it is h. reby d.
rscIed that Raphael Semmes be rot permitted
TO hold or exercise the function OF Judge OF the
Proba,s Cour, Of Mobile County, any other
civil or political offics Of Trust. while he remain,
unpardonsd 10y the President
By order Of
Brevst NJ. Gen. Goa, X. Woods.
A. RAMSAY MININGER, a. a. u.
We confess We thnk this is rather unceremo-
Nous and blunt the part of A. j., consider
ing hi aItI.ude toward his Slutneri frI= nds ,and
what they had . right TO expect from hIm.
Would N t il have been more considerable,
we'll a. more onest, if he had sent Semme>
Zoe, p. he diG) Prlva.s note something like
this:
my DEAR RAPHAEL notice that you
have Just b.sn elected Judge of Probate IL
Mobile. regret this, not because | do no
consider you proper person to hold the Office,
but bes.uss I Apprshend it will interfere with
the success OF " my policy" You know, Ra
pbael, ,h-se sonfoundsd abolitionlsts nov
"hammering at the other end of the line, and
il you are pei mitted tn hold the office TO which
YOU have been sIectsd, they will insist that The
.b.Ia rha
have MT used them much for severa, months,
and should say instead, "those most conspic
uous by their devotion to the Cause of South
srn independence" ARE the only persons wao
can be elected to any office in the South. You
see that this will make I" my policy unpoPu
lar with those Who have n: yer, as have. over
come thsir foolish pr.judices again what these
Northern disunionists call treason, but what,
you know, now think was only rather vio-
lent differences Of opinion. Ii will, therefore
help Ne amazingly in the end, and 1 think d
you no ipjury-as | shalI soon pardon you, and
leave you oil right to hold any ofhce-if you
will decline TO act Judge of Probate at pres
snt Ia the meantime, in order TO keep w
appearances, L shall cause military order 10
be issued declaring you ineligible on account o.
hot being. pardoned. ] know, according TO my
theory Of stats.rights, cannot lawfully do this,
and have no business TO interfere but you W.
derstand l OILY do 1t to save appearances.
hope you will use your influence with your prom
insnt political friends and newspapers, to keep
them quiet about the order. Assure them that
am sound on the Southern goose, well as
death on dueks, (forgve this pleasantly end
sm only anxious to have oil the South my
friends. But situated as l am, and knowing
soneih ngiof the prevalence of radicali.m al
the North, an obliged to be very cautious
and to occasionally carry water on both shout
dsrs. When, Is l hope to do before long,
can bride and buy enough shaky radicals to de-
fea, tvo-thirds vote sgsinst me in Congress
you will find me openly. as / now am truly.
Your friend, Al.
Admiral Semmes, Confederate States Navy
Unless the President forwards to Semme,
something like the above, it is manifest tEat
sorsair and his coniederatss will conclude th4
Mr.. Johnson il opposed to allowing traitors tt
hold of6ce, and they may accordingly prefe
Robert E. Lee to Andrew Johnson for Presi
dent in 1868. A. J. must provide against suci
. contingency.