, 1867-01-04
TerritoTiaI Govern menis for the utheL II
eyates.

TerTi,oriaI Govern menis for the utheLn I
eyates.
Despairing of the sd"Ption OF the C"nhi-
lntiousl amendments, the RADICALS IN Con.
press propose to solve the difficulty by redui
c;nv the States late in rebellion to the con-
d,,;on of Territories, to be governed from
This measure, &C 6rst eight 50
plausible, is loaded with d'facn!-
tiss that even radical iugep.uity will be una
BIZ to overcome. A cateWPorary in reviews
ing this latest de' el"I nient Of radical policy
says, the 6rst difficulty the republicans will
encounter will be in agreeing upon the de'
tails Of the Territorial bill. Ii the State
governments are abolished, other COVER"
meuts must im,n, diately be substituted for
not even the radicals would wish to abandon
the Sou b to the horrors Oi ansIchy. The
negroes woald not be safe in community oil
outnumbering whites without the PrOt' ctlon
Of sO1e kind Of government. 1t the ne"
Territorial governments should rest on uni
Seual sufrsge, the PrepOnderance OF the
white population would secure The election
of hostile white officers. But this is the
least of the obstacles to the success Of the
new plan. The executive and Judicial Ot1>
GERS of Territorisl governments are always
appointed by the President, aud 80 log as
Mr.. johnson remains in of6cr the IarIicals
would gain nothing 'ly the substituti n Of
his sppointees Tor the Governors aud judgtS s
elected under the State governments. To
cure, he would have to send their names to
the Senate for cob6r nation but all the SEN
ate c.ud do would be to reject them, and
await new appointments by the President
If the Senate kept injecting his Sppolnt'
uents as fast ss lie nude th' m, the Terrific
rial governments could never 20 into opera
tiun, and The whole scheme would be irus,
trsted. To accept such Territorial ficeIs
as the President would appoint would he NJ
gain for the radicals over the present '1S'
TEN, while to reject his appointments wOuId
deIeat the op,ration Of the TcrritorisI
scheme The only effect Of the Trrritoria
project would he to exchange one dead .luck
for another; the prrsent dead lick between
the nonratiGing States and Congress for I
deadlock betw cen the President and tl'
oenur1. Dut .uPP''oiuE thai, W ~"u'r i"Ev
nious quirk, the d'f6euliy could be fankeC
and passed, and the new governments put it
operation sgainst an adverse local public
opinion, a new dead lock would immeGiatel
be presented, in constant cuuAlct between
prosecuting officers and South,rn juries
Laws are of no force without penalties. and
penalties can be inflicted only sitter q trial
For the punishment Of ord nary crimes snc
the ordinary administration Of justice South
cru juries would doubtless give imParIia
Verdlcts under the new system, rs they d.
now. But in enforcing the kind ot law
which the Territorial sehrme seeks to intro
duce, Southern juries could not Ge brough
to agree except n verdictS Of scqulttsl. A
laws Of that clas, would be q dead letter
which vain attempts tO execute would tur
into derision. These difficulties aud UtSta
eles will be apparent tU Congress as sOon u
the Territorial project begins to be clseu>Se'
in Il practical paint Of view. 1t is cJntrAr!
to all probability that the conf citing view
which will naturally exist csn-be 80 com
pletely reconciled as 10 secure the assent o
two thirds Of both Houses to the details o
any plau Of government But without two
thirds of both Houses it would be promptly
knocked on the had BY the veto, the dead
lock appearing in new pace. But We vii
suppose that this barrier is broken through
that the Territorial bill is passed over tn,
veto Of the President; that the new Ufhcrn
are all appointed and swOrnin aud Wa'
rant issued for the arrest OF some opposing
citizen. His counsel immediately prusecut,
the officer for Illegal srre,t, aud it the cas-,
is decided against him in the local court, i
is appealed abd the Law poiut carried up,
rapid stages, to the Supreme Court of th
United STATES. There can be no dVub
Whatever that the Territorial law wou.d b
declared null aud set aside as uaconstitution
al, and thus the Territorial scheue, site
mOnths Of eIasperatins agitation, would b
an iugnoDinou| aborri"n.
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Impartial SURBEAGg.-rhe Senate bill giVin
the negroes living IN the DisIrIet OF Columbi
the right Of suffrage, has passed the House {
Representatives by = vote of-Ayrs, lis Nays
~. 1t 10 quite certain that the Oill will be IL
tarnsd without 'bs Presidents approval, NLs
81 will be passed over the vslV. COusldrrin
that the blacks living in the District are AbUu
~ numerous ss the wuiIrs, tue prospect for th
''p0Or white ussh' 10 anything but sueVuraV
lag.