The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-24
GtreGttelErgtrrce
A POLITICAL REVIEW.

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Johnson VS.. Observation-Disclosures
His support In Said Opposition.
The Condition Of the Country WhCl
He Retired.
IIrItiEa for Tie HtGiigtMcer,
The inestimAblc privilege OF the balln
should be exercised with careful and 10
telligcnt regard 10 the well being Of I'll
government, Of which eaCll voter is
constituent part. To this end an OCCn
sional review Of the policy Of the govern
lnCnt and Of the course Of the people
representatives,, executive aud Legislative
Is essential. In this correspondence 1t i
proposed 10 present in contrast the actor
Of thcpolitiCal power now in the ascenlcn
Gym this nation and that Of the opposition
Tho completion Of the work Of recon
struCtion and the establishment of suita
bic financial policy, arc the two grca
labors now incumbent on this nation; 0nC
1t is the duty Of each voter in the land Il
exercise his right Of suffrage at every op
pOrtunity, with continual view to thu
effect thereof upon the settlement of thcst
questions, butmOre especially should there
be proper preparation and answering
iultilmGnt Of this duty in view OF the
pending Congressional elections.
Let us, therefore, consider the cOnditiOr
Of the Countryat tllc close oftle Admins
tratlOn Of the National Government pre-
Ccding the present, the course Of those
who conducted slid administration, and
Of such MS oppose and such rs favored tho
method Demonstration now well alvnnc
voice.
In this consideration VIC have first &c
deal with Andrew johnson. In speech
at Nashville, June Q, 1854" ANDREW John
son trnthfully said: aTCtf,y
"Gorernnients en-. and 6udht to Do eIanged
and amended to conform TO Ito acantS, and b
tic requirements and progress Of tho 1,eoplt
and tie enlightened spirit Of tho ago."
At the close of the war Of the rebellion,
the people Of tho States which had been
in Instruction were "deprtYed (by their
own acts) Ofall civil government" Or to
use tic language of President johnson, in
October 1865, "the State institutions tcsre
proStruted, laid out on tho ground, and
must DO taken up (by the General Govern
ment) and adapted to the progress Of eUcnts."
In his first expressions OF opinion and
enunCiations Of tho policy, which would
govern his action as President Of the United
States, in an address, April 81, 1855, only
sixdays' after Ills Inauguration US success
s0r to the. martyrcd Lincoln, .he,feEeFred
his hearers las be did in almost every sub.
sequCnt speech he lnade), 10 his past rs u
sure Indication Of his future course, and
reiterated whit he!had before said, that
Traitors must be made odious; treason
"must he made odious; traitors must be
punished and impoverished; their social
"pOwer must DO destroyed and every
"Union man and the Government should
"be rcmUneratcd out Of the pockets Of
"tloSe who have inflicted this great suf-
"lering upon the country" ~ lTl.i.iiLs
Referring to the character Of the Gov
ornment and TO the Constitution of the
U. s., (Of which, by the way, he took &C.
casiOn subsequently to speak once or
twice, if we mistake not, he said:
ut provides that tic United States (that
is the great .lntcger) "AIGR guarantee to
"eaclt State (the integers comprising The
whOleO Tin the Union a Republican form
"of government" p
May 90, Us, he issued proclamation
ErOUi&0nGl Governor of
North Carolina, ind within the next six
weeks like proclamation Of appointment
Of o Governor over Mississippi, Georgia,
Texas, Alabama, md Florida respectively
was issued, thus declaring his belief inthe
necessity Of military supervision and con.
troll. VII
In December, 1865, in his message to
Congress, lle urged the speedy restoration
Of MeAe Sttes.8 Z 7 Gf ~
Congress us in duty bound, called upon
him to furnish tECintormation upon which
he based his (alleged) opinion that the
lately insurrcctiOnary Suites were fl to
participate in tho conduct Of national NJ |
Eairs
The response, clearly showed that the
Presidents conclusions were incorrect,
md that the first prerequisite 10 their
their loyalty had not been dc.
VCloped so as to DO nanifestly secure, or
10 dispense with the necessity of such
conditions and guarantees as would pre-
2ludc the recurrence Of another rebellion;
ind Congress- tllcrCtorcto provide for such
and guarantee, refused To re-
it0re- my Suites without them. -
The president continually disregardcl
he will Of the people, rs above expressed
~ their representatives, contenled! not
)nly that said States Ind n right to immc-
late representation, but tllat until such
Omission alE legislation affecting them
vas unconstitutional and unjust.
In interview with Geo. i. Stearns of
Ta.,' October is, 1865, he opposed negro
utIragc, one of the safeguards Which
jOnggess indicated as necessary, and said:
1t would breed a war of races"
February 2, 1850, to q colorCd dCIega.
ion asking his assistance in flvOr of laws
the amendment prohibiting sla.
cry and for the security Of equal rights :
'ctOrO the law, he replied, with the asser-
ion that laws establishing universal suC:
rNgc would result in great injury TO the ,
phitc man and in the shedding OF the
loOd and sacrifice of the lives OF ColOrd :
tch, growing out Of the prejudice aud re.
eminent between the races, attempting to ,
lAke IN assumed condition Of things OK. !.
3tent while slavery existed, the basis for ,
policy adapted tO70 state Of freedom, :
ptE endeaVoring to continue the effect Of
he policy of the shareholders.
He advocated tho Acknowledgement Of
he whites who had opposed the blacks
nd would have prccluded them from their ,