The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-03-09
From the New York nc-all Of Monday
The Great SettIement-Pr idcut
JOhmsOn-The Old ana the
New Congress,


the two houses OF Congress than that OF
Saturday last. The passage over the Pre.i
dent retoes Of the Southern heconstruc
ton biz and the bill regulating the tenure
OF office by both houses seemed 10 be impos.
StbiIltleS OH Saturday morning; but in add.
ton to these important bills the Bunkrupt
bill, Il great and benctcent measure. and Il
little tariff bill Oh wool, and q variety OF
other things were pushed through. The
great settlement Of the Southern difficulty,
however, in connection with othcrmeasurcs
previously added to the general statute, Of
the United Statas, will give to the expiring
Thirty ninth Congress It's Distinguishing
place in car national history.
Ca the ist OF December. 1865, when this
Congress first assembled, President johnson
was master tthe situation, aud might have
c,,..c;. -. 50 bit for the busy, huzzng out
side politicians that were beginning with
their batteries TO catch his car, 10 die txclu.
sion of better advisers. The experiments
of Southern reconstruction upon which he
had vcntured during the long Congressional
recess of nine months were submitted TO the
discretion of Congress but in the famous
I'D OF February speech the beginning of a
rupture was proclaimed from the White
House. From that day, cautiously, forsome
time proceeding by gradual approaches in
pursuit OF q new party, Mr.. johnson at
length took bold and decided position
against Congress in his celebrated Phladel.
phia National Convention ,fasco Ct August
last. In the succeeding autumnal State
elections his corporal's guard of republican
followers and the Northern democracy
coalesced in support of the Presidents
policy, with the President bread and but.
ter to back them, against the policy of Con.
gress embodied in the pending constitution.
al amendment and the Civil Rights bill. pass.
ed over veto
The people, from Maine to California TO
whom Mr. johnson had appealed, pronoun,
ced heavy Judgment against him. Had he
respected that judgment he might still have
accomplished an advantageous compromise
for himself and the South with Congress. -
But with all the odds against him he still
persisted in his rejected and exploded pol.
icy, going on from bad to worse. until by a
vote exceeding two.thirds of each house his
whole system Of Southrcn restoration and
Executive patronage is cut out by the roots
and q law of Southern reorganization is cs.
tablished, transeending the most sanguinc
hopes even of"Oll rhat Stevens twelve
months ago.
Universal suffrage 81 excepting Indians
not taxed Is established in all the Terri.
tories and likewise in the District of Co.
lumbia, where at the first broadsile radi.
cal Mayor for Georgetown was elected the
other day by the balance of power held by
the negro veto. Next comes this sweeping
bill OF Southern reconstruction, re. establish.
ing martial law over the ten excluded rebel
States, providing for universal negro suffrage
in the work Of State reorganization. for the
exclusion OF leading rebels, and lor the rati
iicaton OF the pending constitutional amend
mentsby each State concerned and by the
great majority Of three lourths of the States
required to make 1t part OF the supreme law.
This is the grand result of Mr., Johnson's
Southern policy, and these are the condi.
tons oil restoration for which his Southern
friends and followers have to thank him. -
Had he yielded in season Il little to Congress
and Northern opinion he might have gained
much for himself and the South; in conced.
ing nothing he has lost all. He must now
surrender or resign or he will he removed.
The confit with Congress has been narrow.
ed down to this final test.
The Thirty ninth Congress has done its
appointed work and il rctires from the field,
but the tortieth Congress, of the same ma.
terials, immediately takes its place 1t is
the Long Parliament against Charles the
flrSt 1t Is the irresistible revolution against
James the Second. The thing is fixed that
the war for the Union shall not turn ont
failure. Now, what viii President John.
son do? According 70 the custom from the
beginning he must submit his budget on the
state Of the country and his suggestions for
the public welfare TO this new Congress. af
ter its organization, as the first essential to
business. He is, therefore. required to meet
this bill Of reconstruction face to face AS n
law Of the land. His policy is swept away
every vestige Oft. Arevoluton has been
accomplished in the course of day. and
the new order of things is a law of the land
VIII Mr.. johnson 50 recognize it and brave.
ly face the music? That is the question:
The election of the terrible Ben Wade as
President OF the Senate cmhodieS purpose
and warning which Mr.. Johnson would do |
well TO bear in mind. Moreover, tha omi.
nous fngure of General Ben Butler begins
already to loom up in the other House.
What party arrangements will now avail
Mr.. Johnson in still standing out against
Congress? The Northern democracy with |
the loss Of their Southern balance Of power |
IN 1850, lost sight Of everything else, and |
have not since seen anything else in their
efforts to recover it. But where is now that
Southern balance of power, and where will
It be for the futures in the Southern negro
vote. Who would have believed it possible |