The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-24
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these s.afes Gsder Ike acss Of Congress
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he declares in the same doc1Dent1 IN
deg which the election for President
and TIes President can be hsid therein,
must Be derived from Ehs Governments
/ Icsti.ured before March, 1871" Thai Is
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tagd tie Governments formed uEoeE
I Conversational authority, ard pEo4leiE
recognizes a. still valid the Govern
| mems formed under his o=n orders,
which Congress fos good Feasors seius-
ID TO sanction
/ What foI1ossI II, AFTER the Withdraw
/ Al Of the military from the recanstrue4ed
| States. their respective Governments,
or aGF Of them, De confronted with
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plain that any application TO the PEesi-
dent for succoT would Be diSFegaKdsd.
Sappose, for example, Gov. Holden, Of
North Carolina, 10 the presence OF ditn-
cultIes which he Is unable, upaided, to
overcome, appeals 70 the President for
ass5stsBes IN maintaining the laws
Ehzl must b the Presidents Response?
; He viii sekDo SiedRe the receipt OF "a
pzperu Transmitted shy and under the
name of ". ". Holden, who therein
: writes himself Governor OF North Car
! oliEa,1 and ne will bTuz4uely inform
+ the said Holden that his GoTernossbip
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. zuecor solicited viii be refused On the
other hand, Ar.Johnson, foiloStng tie
logic Of bis clearly eI pTesssd opinions,
must acknowledge the authority OF
E Ex-GoT. Worth, whom Congress dis
: placed, and sustain the authority Of nis
government, whose title Nj. Johnson
still pEOcisims valid, Notwithstanding
= under the law. The result will be, that
E the power of the Federal Government,
!, so far as il Is controlled by SIR. john
, son, viii be ezerted against the exist
1 ing governments, and in favor OF CON-
, bInAIions formed to give effect to the
governments set aside by Congress.
For the time, The President viii be on
1 the side Of the TevOlutionisls, and
: against the governments under which
the States have been restored.
Is cannot be said that We dwell on
an imaginary danger. Nothing il
Q more ceTIain than the determination OF
= the disafec:ed whites, il possible, TO
n take into their own hands the voting
for the Presidency. Tbey mean to make
. it "a white mans election" unless re-
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E Hampton has confessed so much, and
, his views ana purposes are echoed by
: every shade Of the Southern opposition.
Tbs whole question turns upon the
. ability Of the existing Governments 10
enforce their authority and to secure
, the holding of an election In confoTni-
" with the laws. And these Govern.
msnts may be unequal TO the task,
unless assured before hand of Federal
help, If necessary. Such an assurance
: would, perhaps, be sufficient; for il
, | would teach the revoluLiopiStS the
j hopeIeEsness oftheiF schemes. AT pres
/ enI the ASSURANCE is On the other side.
The Blairs and Wade Hsmptons plot
? and threaten with the knowledge that
the President il with them.
Now, the obvious dutyo of Congress is
2 in some way to provide for these con-
Iiugencies, How and with what means
they should be guarded against, it is
: the business OF Congress to decide; but
the country may we'll ask that the
. method shall be efectuHi. There may
be no actuAl necessity for Federal in
Terposition but if there is not, 1t Will
2 be because a readiness TO uphold the
I recognized State Governments is too
palpabIe to be nisundeEsIood. Thus.
Congress may, by timely precaution,
avert serious difficulties between the
period of its adjournment and the Pc
r riod of Resembling or by negligence
invite them.
The duty extends further. Whatever
in the Eemotest degree affects tie
smooth working of recouslruction, if
yet Incomplete, should be finished.
Nothing can with safety be left TO
chance. 1t will not do to trust, how
ever slightly, to the good faith or the
good Will OF the President, whose hos
TiliIy 10 the work Of Congress, and the
/ government OF the South, is too dam.
, gerous to be treated lightly. Congress
must do for itself all that the require
msnts of an eventf1l interval may rem
i, der expedieut; and It will imPeril the
! peace OF the South. aud of the country,
IL 1t leave any part of this duty uufiu
tshed. The time win be well spent that
is employed in fortifying the results
of reconstruction against its enemies,
open or concealed.
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