The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-20
Mr.. Niblack In q New ROie-The Re.
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LACK, has made during the late war,
it would be difficult to imagine any
thing he could do to add disgrace to
his career as a public man. Loyal
people would suppose that he, who,
from the very inception of the slave
holders rebellion, had declared his
sympathy with traitors; who, all
through the war. had been on the
side of the enemies of the country,
opposing the war, discouraging en-
listments, encouraging assertions,
showing his sympathy with secret
conspirators at home, skulking fro m
the army and sending as his substi-
tute notorious thief and Jail bird;
who assisted In the organization of an
incorporated company whose whole
operations consisted in systemized
scheme of fraud and peculation upon
the hard working farmers and labor
ing men of his own sDistrict-that no
opportunity g could present itself,
whereby such a man could add
darker stain to his record of dis
loyalty and disgrace And yet the
events of the past week have proven
that, such a thing. impossible as it
may seem. has actually TRANSFERRED.
1t will be remembered that last
week President j JOHNSON in answer to
the respectful inquiry of the Senate
as to what progress had been made in
the matter of registration under the
Reconstruction acts, and whether the
sum of money appropriated for carry
ing them out would be probably suffi-
cient, sent in message, aecomp any
ing official documents, in which he
sets forth new doctrine, looking d.
rectly to the injury of the national
finances, and tending finally to the re-
pudiation of the public debt. He
assumes the new, startling, and danger
Gus position that the Reconstruction
Acts are enacted upon the SUPPOSE
ton that there are no Legal State gov
ernments In the rebel States, and that
hence the United States has become re-
sponsi6le for their debts contracted be-
fore the aoar. Having tried all other
methods to defeat Reconstruction,
and finding himself driven to
desperate expedients, he now de-
liberately sets about the work
of undermining the public credit
Knowing the vast burdens laid upon
the country by the rebellion, he hopes
to create diversion in his favor by
making the Republican party resp5n-
sible for saddling on the people
heavy addition to what they already
bear. By the supposed addition of
one hundred millions of dollars more
to the National debt, he hoped to
create a money panic, general feel
ing of depression, and reputation
of the whole, thereby involving the
nation in irretrievable bankruptcy. It
was the act of CATALfNE, who could
glory over the ruin of his country,
merelyto satisfy his own personal and
individual spleen. aa svau
But it signally failed of its. object
Nothing half SO weak and dwelling
ever emanated from the Presidential
mansion. 1t is astonishing thata sane
and sober man could indulge in such
perversity Of reasoning. It's reception
in the Senate was beftting its wicked
purpose and fallacious position, The
Republican Senators denounced it
promptly as partizan and infamous
Aessage, heartless and cruel in it's
design to alarm capitalists, beget dis
trust, and produce financial panic.
And to the credit of the Democratic
Senators, not one had the hardihood
to say a word In its Defense but on
the contrary several of them were
very decided in its condemnation.
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Maryland, the best
lawyer and ablest member of the
Democratic. side of the Senate, in
mild terms rebuked the spirit of the
message. He said it was not adj
missable for the Presidentto express
a political opinion on the subject of
public finances at the present time,
when the debt was so large and the
people were so sensitive on the subject
of it's increase. He did not believe
the President was correct in his as