The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-24


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dangssgah. Mr. Johnsens eoutuma.
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ta..cn shat lac o0anseF methods d. 4
IA the impalso u d the hoar ogers'eP
TIE limits % necessity and ~ tend "a
the sesy same esll results they are cal.
lei upon " avert Especially do ae
nosaf h discriminate bcsWeen the cheek
e. isa gwen 20 the President and any
inureaA Il severity toward tho South
Liable 20 come IN its train. The end
which the pcopde aad their Congress
have directly ia Ytew u Tie restorataon
II the Ssaies lately IN rebellion % their
practical relations with the Union Ger.
lain preliminary conditions very plainly
deAnd belng hrss ensured President
JolanNan used 10 profess 20 desire the
same end bot be has thrown away the
mask and taken The tiald against 1t m
the character Of simple obstructive. r..
la sseeplIg away the tho obstacles
which ha Is ~ partlnaciously thrusuug
in the way. Congress must base . care
% leave no hindrancps VI its own lbss-
y hind, nor b block In aud wey the plan.
open road which i opened IN spite Of
the Prcsideu't protest last spring and
which many earnest. honest, loyal men
in the Souht. with Sheridan aud Sick
los aud Stanton sud Grant 10 aid them
hare bean striving With all their stran-
9Th % fellow eser since
For II needs particularly 10 be OBJ
served ia commenting upon the course
u the President. that the counsel and
s. stimulating encouragement which have
guided hiln ia his latest crusade base
not bnen such as IA any way to impli-
cate the southern people N tbs down
fall plainly visible at the end Of the
raco he j. running With fate. His adj
Wilson's have been Ball aud Binckiey and
northern politicians Of the many grades
which come between the willy schemer
Of many intrigues aud that shallow adj
yeniuIer Of many professions The
southern allies of the White House jun
10 have been remarkably few. The NM
uonal Intelhgencer, our neighbor the
Post. And Tor i feg days the New York
q Herald, have given more material sup
port tLan any southern sheet which can
n pretend ~ influence or consequence =
The faith Of the southern communities
ia Me- Johnson's power 70 NIL them ia
by any surreptitous back door OF his
making hls long ago faded AMY. Per.
~ aud Hill indeed raise their voices in
remonstrance against tlle current Of af-
fairs IN che channel which Congress has
Indicated and the evil which they do
in poisoning the pubtid mind IN their
sections is not 70 bc lightly estimated
Bat there is certainly nothing hike a
general indication OF practical sym
4 patty in the South with Mr.. Johnson's
q opp0siiion % a method Demonstration
INCIDENTALLY unpalatablc 10 the old rul-
ing class, but probably accepted by the
8 great mass OF the people rs much better
than no reconstrnction Mt all which is
MI that the President has the power TO
olfa.s ets.9e
The elections speedily 10 follow the
completion Of the registration, and nj
ready appointed in some States will de-
termine for as exactly the relative
strength Of these varying opinions,
What We wish to point out is that III spite
d VI MS VIII = NHsFAtuN@ EANteh ~ ANntbAN
his lost cause, his spiteful bat impotent
displays of executive ugliness. hls APP
peals 20 South that lost trust in him
and North that rcpudiates him. the
situation Of matters IN the work Of re-
construction stands, in the essential
= particulars. precisely where Congress
has left IL The republican party strives,
s whatever may be tbs slandcrous asser1
ton Of It's opponents TO the contrary to
get the southern States back a. quickly
rs ~ consistent with tho obtaining the
requi9its guarantees al allegiance 70 oar
nationality and justice 10 al men. The
President puts himself in the way. In
thrustIng him Qua Of il. we must rcmem-
der that be stands alone, and so con-
trisa that 30 blows directed at him shall
fail upon the States working their way
by the prescribed paths back 10 the
home fold Of peace and unity. We
must remind ourselves that though
those States contain men still rcd with
rebellion IN spite Of his cleansing par
donk atin defiant IN chorus with bis
keynote Of bitterness, ready perhaps
10 support him in any extremity OF OPP
position 10 the viii 81 victorious peo-
Tsao, they include in ssill greater pro-
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