The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-08

enduring peace, Dy dlsIrancnlslDg the blacks
and giving all power to the Rebels, of whose
chivalry and magnanimity he cherishes a most
exalted opinion. We hold, on the other
hand, to universal amnesty with impartial
suffrage. ... ....
Mr.. Reverdy Johnson aud the English Press
-Our Negotiations with England.
From the N. Y. Times. r-.-
Mr.. Reverdy Johnson makes great progress
with his preliminary and informal diplomacy
in England. Mr.. Roebuck, member for Shelf
field, has been the most bitter assailant of this
country in the House of Commons and the
loudest in expressions of sympathy with the
Rebellion. But Mr.. johnson has bearded him
in his den, and chosen the very scene of many
of his acrimonious TRADES against our Govern
ment and people, for the delivery of couple of
speeches that are likely to have an important
effect in bringing about the result which Mr..
Roebuck and men like him have done their
best to hinder-the establishment of perma-
nent friendly relations between the United
States and Great Britain. The reception of
Mr.. Johnson's speech at the Master Cutters
feast is reported to have been warm in the ex-
treme, and proves that the people of Sheffield
are not to be held accountable for the anti
Union sympathies of their representative or
for the silly and offensive talk on American
subjects in which he so frequently indulges.
But the tone taken by the London press, in
responding to MIR. Johnson's friendly express
sions, is OF greater importance than the merely
local manifestations at Sheffield. The Times,
in commenting on Mr.. Jolnson's speeches,
reciprocates with warmth his aspirations
for peace and friendship, while the language
of the Standard is still more significant. The
STANDARD is always the supporter, and to
certain extent the organ, of the Tory Minis
try, and its tone would seem to indicate that
while the English Government thinks il
rather hard it cannot settle the matters in dis
pute quite in their own fashion, they are still
willing, with little grumblipg perhaps, to go
little further in order to insure the friendship
which, according to the Standard, England has
''always wanted" 1t is true the Standard did
not always use this sort of language, but there
is no doubt that for our part We shall fiud the
heads of the present Administration, espe-
cially Mr.. Disraeli and Lord s anley, fully as
reasonable and well disposed in their dealings
as Lord Russell or Mr.. Gladstone, to say the
least. The Times assures Mr.. johnson that
the coming elections and their possible result,
the overthrow of Mr.. Disraeli, will in no way
affect the progress of the negotiations. But
for the present Mr.. Johnsons business, in the
strict official sense, is with the Tories; and in
discussing the prospects OF a settlement of
pending questions, we must take that fact
into consideration. Mr.. Disraeli probably ap-
preciated the rising power of this country as
soon as any English statesman of the day,
and he has never in any way given signs of
anything but friendly feelings in his Parlia-
mentary references to this country. Besides,
he knows that settlement of the questions
at issue between the two countries would
strengthen his Ministry, and gain for him very
great credit from the English people. There
is every reason to hope that Mr.. Johnson will
find matters smoothed for a satisfactory under
standing when he comes to serious business
with Lord Stanley. And he has done well in
abandoning the restraints of old-fashioned
diplomacy and addressing himself to the
people of England as well as to their statesmen.
The Failure of Reconstruction.
From the N. Y. Herald ..-
The recent action of one branch of the
Georgia Legislature, declaring colored citizens
ineligible to Office and vacating the seats of
twenty five negro members, is only one out of
many illustrations of the total failure of the
radical policy of reconstruction, both as a
means of restoring peaceful civil governments
to the eX-Rebel States and of strengthening
the Republican party through the instrument
tality of the Southern electoral votes. Since
the adjournment of Congress it has been grow
ing more and more evident every day that four
or five of the seven rehabilitated States are
more likely to cast their majorities for the
Democrats than for the Republicans, while
the increasing instances OF violence and law
lessness recorded by the press indicate that
the policy of Congress has not proved
panacea for all the evils under which the
Southern has suffered since the cessation
OF the war. Indeed, from the fact that
Virginia, Texas, and Mississippi have re-
Gently been peaceful and civilized commu-
mites, as compared with Arkansas, Georgia
and Alabama, it may be inferred that ra-
dical reconstruction is rather a damage than
a benefit to a State. This is certainly an
unfortunate result after four years of Con-
gressional tiDkeripg and patchwork, and
affords poor return for the millions that
have been added to the burdens of the people
IN. the effort to engineer the conquered South
ern territory into the Union as radical States
by the aid of national bayonets and negro
voios. 1t is not surprising under the circum-
stances TO find the Republican organs and
politicians advocating the early Ieassembling
of Congress to review its work; but how is
the mischief to be remedied in the short time
intervening between the latter end of Sep
tember and the November election So far as
Georgia is concerned the case is full Of embar-
rassment and trouble for the radical doctors
| When the apprehension of negro stampede
over to their old masters first fell upon the
Republican party it was proposed that the
right to vote in the Presidential election
should be taken from the people of the South
| and vested in their Legislatures chosen under
the Reconstruction programme but in the
case of Georgia even this policy would be use
less, as the Legislature itself has proved
politically unreliable. Some Republican
organs have suggested that inasmuch as the
Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment pro-
vides that ''no State shall make or enforce any
law which shall abridge the privileges or i'm
munities of citizens Of the United States the