, 1880-08-03
"a JOHNSON GENERAL" !"
The Claim upon That Title Estab.
lished by Gen. Hancock.
What It signifcd in the Days Of
Reconstruction"
rha Black Codes-Thanks to jeff Davis
The New Orleans Riot
Murder In Texas.
ou,rageous Features Of tho Regime with Which
uen. Hancock Was identified, md Whlth
lie Sought 10 Pespriuate.

Outrageous fel|uFeS vi tAc hebtMo NltH Nnltu
Ven. nau,otk 11as identified, md Which
lie Sought 10 perpinute.
Dtirnit T'ost.
In the Philadelphia pTt'A OF jan. 10, 1s0e, John
". for,,cy, nt rrcst nj tho cnMpulgll blographor
Of t;rn. ". s. fIanrock, sai1:
Hancock, 4 !1l,SsnH uEHEnAr.. assumes
sn s 5 o,s q s ts aay M'fS ~ 'ssSs sCs4 j. n'is liz
Satiot.. \ loyul meeting In Texns iB assaulted
Is Il n,ol, u '|c!lnnt trt!nrs ,ul tlispcracA by
,rs;c Iy st,s,ic hoitcst 1illccr. who fOrgc.s tho
'hc,v poIIcy' which now re1gns ut Now orlcnt1s,
arr rricAseti ty llancocls, for TINT is virtually
itrin,ter Geuern. q tho United states army, II
Inass uniformed III hlte,"
On tho previous tlth Of December bfr. Forncy
nlso aAt.l IN tho Press:
We rcnr very much that Philadelphia Is
f. to have tho lloIlot, or wintGvor II 1nnr lc, "
'i;nrsrAar Hfttr his 0ttH heaH."
Tic three worls,
~ IoIlNsox rESrnAt,"
Clearly ,rscrthcd 0cn. I1at,rack's rctations To
Reconstruction, and were mule appropriate by
uiher circumstances thun THO general nBsont OF
Ioynl public u,ll,tun to their justice. Gen.
IIaucnrk was selected by I'resldopt- johnson
h!msrlr 10 succeed Con. Ghrritlnlt, anA beforc
departing for New Orleans spent weeks nt
Washington In constant consultation Mt tho
White llo,.sc. On Dec, Is, 1867, rresldUnt
johnson scHt to tho HO1iac or Representatives
epcclul mcasnrn recommending n vUtu nf thnnks
Gen. ftuncnclt for his ctilsrso ut thoSouth, md
on u,any ncfaslnns ut that tne pointed To events
III lalco&k'a command Ns tho fruit and justin.
cation Of bis own iabDrs. Tltc Dcrnorrhtlo plat
fern Of laIs, which Gen. Hancock so heartily
inorse,l In his rccent1y-rcpnblishel letter to y.
Glnvcr, ilso devoted Qrle paragraph to m cx-
hs policy.
All these circumstances make pertinent to
tho present campaign ztatoment uf whit
Johnson reconstruction Ens, and ,ylRt thu term
IA Johnson GcnerMl" meant. Whnt follows ts
complied from tho rccurtla and history OF tho
years immediately following tho War, anl can
b. verified by my one upon m examination Of
the authorities.
TIE RECONSTRUCTION CONTEST
between Andrew Johnson and bis Democratic
and other followers may bo thus summed lip III
bslcf Tho collnpso of the Rebellion necessarily
left tho South without civil government. When
the Wnr closed tho Constitntions Of those Stntcs
repudatcdt the Constitution Of tho United
etatca; tholr laws wcr65 hostile to tho Union;
they treated UnIonIsm rs crime; they en-
forced slavery, and tito "biark code" was
Itlei, tho constitution md laws of for
cEil nhd !lpatilu governments. To hnvo
tIu srrcmsF una t havo n9tey merat ics aes
iasus,n,ts nt,d Statutes 10 Continue IN rnr.e
wo,,l,i inyo left tho sccelny States. with tloir
,n.na nse G5 o. tao uiio nut
a.ldlsnutets by few. The hoqu0stions TINT followed
shn t Nv wtt M OF .nG Government
aI wI,nt snji c ia minn2 T tqsot p1 ~
tho pee ar Tia NortI icifoyn,t ,Enf tbn ss Tn,s. ~
lasvU branch Of tho Government VIM tic protier
depository Of suei! vnst political powor, and
TINT II was Of tho highest Importance that here
qucrcd seetn: , Conr9nas I'll 3 I as 1e ect ee,,s
Until ncceulUcr, 1856, and Andrew johnson In
M,s tno Interval 9ssumea TINT reconstruction"
aud proceeded ut onue 10. dcyalop whit wis
MY rontcY." ......
son l ne sied ie cI En- pyGsla
lew exceptions, from iii nenalties Yor the,r
sub,cr!bc 10 mn 0th nF S't,irr .aitys Sor 9i'o,.
pvclanations followed or9anIziny Pr1ovisonnl
esrjtin II II the s states which
Kxl0, ia ueel tiricgntes to cn,,VsntInnS ~ " ~
41net.'t tho local Constitutions and restore tho
Il" Fso! 10 i9Har rEatons With
x! wh!s Yts I1a.ie essential to he' rseslsen,isl
anEnl thu Secession ordinances. 10 fornaly rec.
" Iic nnoitton 0I slavery nt1d 10 rcpudtafo
unaisputcI inastery Of tho situation. Untlcr
custitutinna m,tnrti' in91ts",,p!ss Melo nc!u,
eacted. md Senators ai, Gonsrcssen electeJ. .Ws
bctoru hid bcp1, in nrn,s nSninst rim finvnrns ns
Wr Rssi ,S Whsn Gosf,sss net il PeseaSes she
s..as,r a1 uu, 1o,..aos ;" novussms,,, asvoanaao,
1, rho pa,,.,' s E.. s"nos .'"., .osEnsnhMA
~, ~ the N0uth rs valid ond to admit the Senators
~. a,,l HeurcaentntlVes blectG thnrcumtlcr almost
mi Maoi,l were hntnri0i,s I!aoyn!ista In tho
IT, th congress wtpett oit ull tala work, rcna1dod
,. uu eohAureu EonlGuct1iey to military govern
h!va, hsaa, nau provided for reconstruction on tho
!1 oAsis u tho nal!tlcal B,tpkrltaey nf tho oynl
1t;ment s1nta Or that sccton unler this later leE-
Essn lin aG Ma,,,i1 acGK ot 1l %ias hS could 70
0fta ofata given power iifnlnr .''my policy" Iio
~ r 70 ~. rntofeo tho ltoconstrnctlo pets rs
he ns ,rssi ai,l s nHscfs ad Ifc9ltss He dM ts
pffstlencui /, tn,nnf',s ~ tnmatt KS! !o' M Me
johnson Goycrnutnts nail ri thn" na,vnr ~" Ky VIZ
u,,ls cuuid III i{iri t, thia nnt u. III
r ntur ln't s'.acc ~ ts a III, HUN H. w" ,nstIuet
-.
FAY TOR SLAVES WANTED.
" nov. 4, iGl, THO QoUyRiR Convention, chilled