The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-08-28
The President VS.. Stantol'
From the New York Herald.

Mr.. Stanton's suspension is not only
necessary to the proper settlement o. the
personal issue between him and the Presl-
dent, but it becomes indispensable to Mr..
johnson If he would so apply the recon-
struction condition of Congress as to.glve
the whites of the South fair field against
the negroes. But is there not some danger
in this thing Of makinga martyr OF stanton
TO his advantage as a Presidential cahdl-
date There might be if he were lett stand
ing alone as martyr. But there Will not
be any such danger if the whole five com
manders Of the FIVE Southern military
districts are made martyrs of at the same
time with their removal. The honors OF
martyrdom, in being thus divided among
half q dozen martyrs, will be neutra'lzed,
and so Mr.. Stantons calculations upon TINS
score will signally fail. This then, is the
proper line Of action for Mr.. Johnson-the
suspension of Stanton. the removal OF the
FIVE military commanders, and the substI,
tuition for all these of other men who Will
cordially cooperate in the execution OF the
laws Of Congress according to the liberal
ideas and purposes ofthe President towards
the white populations of the ten States
directly concerned in opposition to negro
supremacy. ,,.
Upon this broad and general issue Mr..
Johnson need not be afraid OF throwing
down the gauntlet to the Radicals in our
approaching Northern elections. Ley u 7
appear, and let it be fairly understood, that
while Southern reconstruction under Sec
retary Stanton and the present Southern
military commanders under his wing means
negro supremacy in the South, and the
return of perhaps twenty or thirty negroes
as a beginning to the present congress
from the Southern States, the execution Of
!. the laws of reconstruction aimed at BY Mr.
! Johnson contemplates the supremacy OF the
Southern whites, SO far, at least, as to ,eS
Glide negroes from Congress, and we shall
have al issue which will change the face O
Z things even this fall, in the elections o
PENNSYLVANIA and New York.
The whole issue in the South depends
: upon the spirit in which these laws OF re
construction are applied. If the restrlc
!. tions against rebels are vigorously enforced
!. while the negroes; without questions, ar
r. freely admitted to the suffrage, as they nav
/ heen 50 far, the negroes will rule in to-
+ work of reorganization. and send whem the
! nlease to Congress. II, on the other hano
d the restrictions against the Southern white
IS are somewhat relaxed, and the require
o msnts to suffrage are fairly applied, to tn
t blacks. the white majority where it exist
IS in any Southern State, viii be brought INT 2,
If action. and white ascendancy will be tn
N result. We believe, too, that under tn
a system Southern reconstruction may pc $
" fairly accomplished as to compel even u
r Radicals Of Congress to accept IT.; Tor II u
lr idea Of universal suffrage has now gone
n far that it cannot be arrested, that oth'
4 idea ola general amnesty is close BENIN
,;r IF JefY Davis, ON the bail volunteered
10 leading Radicals, can be turned loose sur
ID " we need no longer delay in letting ell q
~ smaller fry Of the rebellion 60 scot-lree.-
to Now, then, is the time for President 81
nd son to make the issue we have suggest
between this method Of executing the ia'
q. Of reconstruction, which means Sonthe
3, white supremacy, and the Stanton metno
"a. which means Southern negro supreme
ed and twenty or thirty negroes in the y !:
m Houses as beginning before the expl'
ok ton Of the present Congress. Let =
r. johnson prepare at once to try New 70
,ofI and Pennsylvania on this test. and ne y
tn discover before the reassembiing OF V
bt- gress that they are not yet ready TO DC j
fled by Sanlbo in the United States Sena