The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-22
ANDREW JOHNSON.
HIS VIEWS OF vALLANDIGHAM 5
PLATFORM.
uE STILL HAS FAITH IN THE PEOPLE
WHAT HE THINKS or SHERMAN.

ur STILL HAS FAITH IN THE PEOPLE
WHAT HE THINKS or SHERMAN.
Correspondence Cineinnan Commercial
KNoxvILLE, May 90, ls7l.--The quos-
ton was asked of Mr.. johnson what he
thought of the Vallandigham departure.
al haven't read the entire platform" re-
piled he; "but from what hear of 1t there
are some sensible points in it. But we
must not depart too much. SO TO speak,
there is as much danger in getting too far
middle grounds, which it is the best policy
to occupy. The trouble is, that some of
our party want TO accept too much and
others don't want anything 1t should
not be the policy of the democracy
to threaten to use force against
! the reconstruction acts or
against the recent amendments.
! There is lawful and constitutional RENE
! DIV for every i'll. Our party is n party of
| peace, of law, of order We wantno vo-
! lent measures. In my opinion the letter
of Frank Blair to Broadhead, at the eve
of the last presidential campaign, did
great deal of harm. Why? Because it
| was so written as to be construed into
threat that in case the democracy came TO
power, they would use force against the re-
construction acts. Now, we should not
threaten force, nor anything like it. There
is a peaceable remedy, and that remedy is
in convincing the people that the last two
! amendments TO the constitution and tn,
| reconstruction acts are wrong. 1t is
within the province of the people
to alter these things If they will.
The true policy is to accept all these
things as accomplished facts, but at the
same time leave ourselves free to hereafter
urge their abrogation at the bar of reason
and Justice. / have always had great
faith in the good sense and intelligence Of
the American people. We must appeal
to them to remedy these evils, but do it
in q lawful and constitutional way. An
other amendment can be adopted that will
do away with the evils Of the last two.
have no faith in remedy through the
courts. 1t must be done at the bar of the
people. Therefore l look for remedy
in the future, and / am not going to say,
and no other democrat should say, that he
accepts the reconstruction measures and
amendments rs finalities, and that no a.
tempt will be made in the future to get
rid of them in lawful and peaceable man
ner. We should not commit ourselves to
any such absurd doctrines We should
boldly proclaim that we accept these
amendments and acts as the law of the land
now, but that we will hereafter use every
honorable means to convince the people
that they should be abrogated and re-
pealed. If the people will not do it, then
of course it cannot be done. But for Us to
say that we will forever close or lips
against these iniquities is id nonsense.
asked Mr.. johnson what he thought Of
Gen. Sherman as democratic nominee
for the presidency.
SHERMAN" said he, sis ,mart man
and shrewd man. There is no doubt
but what he is looking forward to the
presidency, and if he cant get it from one
party, he intends to from the other. He
is not very particular about parties. In
course Of time he expecte to be presidcn',
but he is in no particular hurry about it,
His chief aim now is not to lose his popu-
larity, and to be ready when the golden
moment comss. lie is military man,
and don't care much about parties. lie is
a good deal us Grant was after the close of
the war. That little fellow had quite Il
notion of going with the democracy for n
| while.
"He wds formerly II democrat, was he
not ??
NO he wasn't anything. He didn't
nave SENSE tllOuHl' ilt lIt~ E'l NV i'ab
of his own. Sherman is as much smarter
man than he N you can imagine. Free
quen.ly they have both come in to see me
| on business. Grant always stood back
and let Sherman do the talking. The lit.
tie fellow felt his infcriority, took back
seat, and let Sherman transact the business.
sherman is man, while Grant is nothing.
Yes, sir, he is just nothing
But the republicans will be apt to re-
nominate him, don't you think ~
appearances indicate that they will
They have got him and seem inclined
to hold on to him.
"No," replied Mr.. johnson che has got
them. They cant get rid of him. He is
in and intends to remain in. He has got
the patronage and that infamous ku
kluX bill to back him. That Ku-kluS
law is damnabe iniamy. Twenty years
ago it would have shocked the American
people like electricity