The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-01-05

The Radicals are talking ali tie time
about ''rcconstruction.T what Il there 10
''reconstrnctG" The states have not been
destroyed. No state succeeded IN seeding.
None Of our institutions were overturned
10y the rebellion. The Union was not dis
solved.
But The Radicals assume that all these
things happened. They take the position
that the rebellion was suocess--that
States were destroyed and the Union dis
solved. According 10 their theory there
should be only twcnty-siN stars upon the
nag
Assuming this, they declare that the
Union must be "reconstructed." How
First by dissolving the State governments.
WHAT Dissolving State governments
Then they are Stdtess II not, what ncces-
slty for dlssolvlng them, or resolving them
into Territories Then, after knocking
"thc ten Statesn into pieces by an act
of Congress. the same wiseacres propose
to reconstruct" them ION the line Of
the 10th century = and TuAD. STEVENS has
introduced bin for that purpose. How
I lA'NRAlNNiN'Af INV uWllN WI AuN INflllN WI
u state government How shall Congress,
which was created by the states. rebuild
the States which made It, after destroying
themg
FIrst-The destroycrs propose to "cdu-
catc' the people OF those States up to their
own ideas which they call the line of the
10th century Massachusetts, Puritanlsn,
with the Religion Of nate, belng the stand
lard.
Secoad--rhe people Of the ten States are
to be ruled us subjects, in subIuguted prov
inceS. This Is a part Of the system Of the
cducation--to learn the people To become
subjects, and II Is remarkable that they are
60 bc made subjects OF Congress,who, under
our late system of government, were
representatives or servants of the people.
l=7had-The ten States are to be educated.
TO begin Nith, by u Government established
by Congress. This Government will pro-
wide Governors and other officers for them.
! IL viii authorize negroes to vote IL will
declare that most of the white men shall
not vote. With this condition Of the voting
population, all arranged by STEVENS and
SUMNER, Ehey will direcJ elections to he
held for conventions. The negroes OF
course will he in the majority of all who
are permitted by Congress to vote; and ig-
uorant, indolcnt, dissolute, the disunon-
lists think it an easy task to use them.
Their object is to make now constitutions.
allowing negroes to vote, and dsfranchis-
ing nearly all the whites and to insert u
clause in those constitutions that they
never shall be changed without a five
siNths vote Of the Legislatures, and al
least lour-iilths of the voters
This they call Reconstruction" It Is
dissolution. IL changes the character of
our Government
Congress was never authorized to do
lanything of this kind. 1t cannot do It
without violating the Constitution and
changing our form of Government.
The war added no new power TO the alR-
thority of Congress. 1t gave that branch
of the Government no new authority
Congress never had the right 10 change a
state Constitution--it has no such right
now. such power would he dcspotic. But
SrEVENs, who assumes that the Constitution
of :he United States, and State Constitu
tlons' must be set aside, proposes to do that
which Congress has no authority TO do. II
Congress is mad enough to follow him. 1t
win be the saddest day this country ha.
lever seen.