The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-12

Congress- shall be fully restored TO her consti,
tutional relations and rights in the genera
Government. . ,r
Such is the plan of General Banks. and, Il
proposed by authority from the White ttOqse, 9i ~
does involve the surrender at last OF tpe ,I
dent to Congress. The plan Whlcn ny. nv 20 ~
submitted, with the advice and consent Oi ~. n.s
Southern Governors, proposed that SOY VI ,5 l.n1
partial suffrage, on q reading ana W,isluB B1,do
property qualification, whlch "oe ,t tho Ssnoor
nearly All the blacks and most OF sne PoyIii Ii
,vbitos and further proposed to remove al
Restrictions against Rebels, great anu shall, sv
that they would reign again n more po"eeIu, t.av,I
tban ever. from Virginia 70 Texas yea, from
Rnii Run TO Brownsville. Now, 1t would
annear that Mr.. johnson falls IN with the
restrictions of the amendment against leadlng
Rebels; that be gives up his Southern GOV
eTI'ors and sends them adrift, hangs out the
white flag of submission, and is ready TO turn
over this whole business into the hands of Con-
gress. We read all this in tree translation OF
the speech and plan OF General Banks in behalf
of treaty of peace. Rarey, the tanner of frac-
tlous horses and mules, has evidently revived,
and, disguised as General Banks. has been with
"the man at the other end of the avenue"
Ashley meantime holding the sword of impeach-
ment over his head as by a single hair.
'Well well" as the old farmer said to the boy
in the apple tree, if candy Johnson has at last
agreed TO come down we can Oheerfully forgive
him. He might have done better by coming
down earlier; but the good book tells us that
even. the eleventh-hour man got his penny.
Moreover after playing the role OF an Emperor
in pulling down and setting up States and Gov
ernors, and IN Furnishing his enemies, aud In
receiving and rewarding his worshippers, Mr..
johnson shrinks from the idea of exchanging
the White Hodse and its glorious eXcitements
for the solitary confinement of his cottage
among the mountains of East Tennessee. "Old
DickJohnson, ,"who badseen the troubles ofJack-
son, said that the Presidency was not thing
to be sought, but 1t was not to be declined.
John Tyler IN the White House was "the happy
man." and he had reason to be; poor Pierce in
hn old hor trntth uuifh no 1r1n T
drawback of fever and ague; but still he wanted
another term. "0ld Buck" set down the estab-
lishment as an almshouse where broken.down
politicians swarmed for the spoils, and as a
public hotel where the traveller had nothing to
pay; but still 'old Buck" left it with many
sighs, groans, and lamentations. Even Honest
Old Abe,n who cared nothing Tor its silks and
satin, bellies and butterflies, fuss and
feathers" fnery and hummery, cheerfully
accepted his election for another term. And
now, since it has been furnished and frescoed
more splenddly even than under Van Buren,
how can Mr.. johnson be expected to give up
the White House for his policy, when his
policy, like one of the Hon. Ben Woods lot
teries, is played out The first lesson of
Tennessee politician, since the time OF old
Felix Grundy, has been-remember the dog
who lost his beef by grasping at the shadow.
candy johnson" learned it at the foot OF old
Felix.
we are promised by General Banks the sur
render of Sebastopol, Seward and all, within
the next two or three days. Considering the
fears of the Chase men, Butler men, Stevens
men, Sumner and Wade men, that with the
removal of Johnson it will be impossible to
keep out General Grant, the chances are in
favor of the flag of truce of General Banks. If
johnson is as wise as Napoleon he will promise
the most liberal concessions in order to work
out his main designs and TO recover his ground
as master of the situation. But if his ideas are
not Napoleonic, he may still escape by adher-
ing to the solid instructions of stout old Felix
Grundy, "never give up something for nothing,
but remember the dog and the shadow"