New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-09

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Of ore proposed au order orced 50 and %; tn %
s@sHsel from Tie State bePsrt%sHt IT,,
t ii S s a q years '11 age so@5 vote I'D
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sis,ed both yays CONSIDERING question On Which leie TS De
Of 9sS s' s e a y 'P Ne Il. zoe Sa G
p end ed ne to read y ard explain 10 TIE members OF tue oA
q The Nor cafons Proclamation excluded the cOlore people from
suffrage DID it ncti A. That is nv recollection Of ~
the point Of ,pasei 4 No. Sr think there va. eucos!
a by 90 s,5 5 op S1nE %. D 20
@y pc oe, wa. 70 co The President thst there
@ sas' siGi Ss sSsS 's siE g ~
as the ' Sa E EGS fF0 order
Wa t, a % FROM sb d..4r '' ss @ 'i
ho,d issue from the Thisry department OF ron ne Sa h
plsisees North Carolina proclamation
O. Did Mr. Lincoln during administration ever sulmi. TO bis Cab
met agree suy plan Of Reorganization Not to ny know"
O. You bA,. expressed opinion power isue rroelams
S to 5s .ay OD yOS the fn va, g OF IL.
10 be accomplished under sueh plan Of reorganization IN other %ST
Congt oOald hare no rgh regulate and control ~ Ny
State the Federal Government ujeet 70 he controlling power oil
violating law hut hay performing their duty IN en-
pose lien and M suppose that tie sSsi Ts,y Of such Organizations
would with the making power Of the Government Ig bow
O. ou understood that question Of legality q ycur
long eeHr. Il has 81 70 Be dt,i@igsa Sy cc5srs.
Court be The political power Of Congress question
e Can yo1 state whether lie North Carolina proclamation
ADOPTED n TIE shane N which Vas Is,snei by We lse4t OF
% There could not have been material modification without ny
Thea that the project which from the President originally
II is manifest from this that sr Stanton was not the
responsible originator Of the plan which was adopted
the secretary Of state from Whose ONCE cit it emanaed
the responsible author and designer is equally mani
the blacks the suffrage Is equally evdent-though
he finally gave his assent TO the instrument produced
then understood TO he temporary and provisional, sub
ect 70 the future action and control Of Congress Mr.
regarded it, We find the secretary state reeitng in
the proclamation the fact that the Rebellion had left the
B Bsg5s Of the Rebel States "s'.s Z y f''a sgs"
Again we find him the Path Of July 1865 telegraph
Ing Nh ShaIkey, the Provisional Governor Of Mississippi
that the President to interfere with Cen
@ I'm ProeeednS me GoyeTpmeHt Of the Sj2e
restored ,oih TIE GRproraI o. Congress lEx Doe ~ al
TENDER We md Mr. Seward in answer to the claim put
forth by Provisional Gov Martin of Florida That the for
nation Of new state Constitution would restore Florida
to its proper Constitutional relations TO the United States
Informing him very pontedy that it be distinctly
would be sltect 10 the decision Of Congress I'd p. 2c5l
Mr. johnson claims 10 be responsible Tor the conduct of
the Executive Department. Does he admit his respons
bity Tor these dispatches OF his Secretary Of Sate OF
he must and must admit himself bound by them
Aud vet In his message at the opening Of the following
session OF Congress in December he suppressed every
such ntmatOn and astonshed the country by announc
ing that he had fully reorganized and reconstructed tile
Rebel states, and all that remained for Congress TO do
pass upon the naked question OF the regularity OF
Representatives they had elected and sent TO Washington
having sort OF authority over the Rebel states them
selves although The tracks ot our victorious armies ~ere
stl fresh and distinct upon their soil And from that
day to this he has persisenty resisted every attempt 81
Congress treat the governments organized under Ills
orders provisional and temporary.
Who then. has committed the ofenSe II II be one, Of
changing front on THIS great question OF the powered
Congressi Who has been the early the original opponent
Of granting 10 the colored the ballot for his procc
ton and for the security OF the country aeanst another
rebellionl Not Mr.. stanton, surely. His opinions on
these subjects have ever been the same aud Mr. johnson
knew them we'll from April 1865 down 10 the time OF the
suspension And yet at the end Of two years and four
with him. it tTanspres that these opinions
cannot be tolerated and Mr. johnson discovers that
public considerations OF hi9h character require MS
N Is obvious that this Is only preext. and that
new motives for getting rid OF Mr. stanton existed g.
August last except such we have already pointed out
At any rate your Committee have in vain searched Tor
Another and special ground Of complaint alleged
against III the Message, Is that lie omitted 10
Communicate 70 the President elegraphc dispatch of
Gen Baird dated the 2oh Of July 1866. relative TO The
SewOreans: and that the Secretary did send the
General instructions requested Tho language OF The
The dispatch Of Gen Bsd Of the 2ah usk' for ume's iHiire
Oa shd BIZ letter Of Tie is sf detailing Ins ,s, oi 1n
Which 10 skd for not seat s not the fn or tie error
wLost nsirucopsi but Tor al omissions o al error ~ Al failure,
vheu r,,Eaols mt have lreveld TN, ea.9y is
President opesly and potny held resonn9e ntst'j N
waiting for proof tie eeiuq,scy Of ile rst va Ls-ea ~
moi respOusbe dHqen The elesp'tor was IN @ power
sdrse 70 eaa,oh Tor Ill he ti.pss No egfris
than myself bs, Gen Bands request was Io bGgg 10 ny none ~
hand
given proper the riot VII Cd arose on The a'ng Of
,sy Tat would be g1.a Instructions even u bs cpai,h had
reached se hui all must admit iA oehio have had The op
In another part OF the Message speaking Of the riot
which occurred IN NcwOleais Oh The SO,h OF july 1906
H.s5 no, remind ii, Sent, Of med, ,ror
again AZ tho sd that the President Was VARIED
These passages from the Message show plainly enough
that the purpose Of the author j. 20 prove mat ne ad no
opportunity TO prevent the riot and slaughter OF mat
bloody day. and is. therefore, free from the responsibility
OF which he speaks, and that his failure 10 prevent the
IA Justly chargeabe 10 the secretarys delinquency IN not
sending Gen Baird instructions aud in withholding non
him rhc PRESIDENT the dispatch Ieced IN other words
nermittjne the riot Although II not incumbent on
your Committee 10 inquire into the PIcsdeht Ie,pohs
billy in respect the ameutable event, yet ~ In demon
stratng the groundlessness Of this charge they Ind ~
necessary 10 show the Presidents responsibility, be
surely will have reason TO complain Tor the caise
self naturally challenges careful consideration OF The
facts First then is there reason for supp9sng tha sr
fDown TO him Immediately on us receipt by Mr. stanton
have taken such steps as would nave aVeISu te ioti
Second was Mr. Stanton ia fault IN not sending lnsiIuc
tOns 10 Gen Baird OF such character rs to have secured
the same eDd} And third, he IN fault for not COM
nunicatg the dispatch TO the Presdent9 The dispatch
is as follows: ar. . c,,..
ION gDyiE w. grAsTos S,erstary Of Var: Convention
been called sanction Of Gov Wells 70 meet here on mon
Tb City Authorities thnk II unlawful
srd propose to up Gresrg the deeges have given no
on,, On the warned the parties thai should ROY
such action without Instructions 10 1lA ae''
from ths President Please Instruct me by telegraph , -
n was received at the telegraph office I'm the War De
parnent al after 10 o'clock on the evening
Of the 18th, which saturday but not delivered TO
Mr. Stanton till the next morning Sunday suppose the
president had then 1t, what would he probably
have done Would he have ordered Cen Baird TO
abstain from preventing the arrest OF the members OF the
~ Inc General nrOpOsed 10 do unless other