The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-21

! astic mass meeting held in New York on
June to express gratitude to that General
and the soldiers under his command was
I intended to mask tho movement. Taking
| advantage, however of an invitation to
| be present. the President wrote Il letter
| eulogizing Gen. Grant and the army, and
| expressing the hope that those participating
in the meeting would 80 shape their good
| words that they might turn to men and
guns, moving TO the support of that General
| and his brave soldiers who were IN III"
midst of their great trials. The meeting
| faileti TO serve the end for which 1t had becn
| contr!ved. Gen. Grant caused 1t to be mad"
| known through friend that he would not
| accept nomination for tho Presidency
and that his name must not he Used by
| politicians to divide Union men.
| In the Union Republican Convention
which met al Baltimore on June Z, 1854,
900 delegates took part. Tennessee,
| Louisiana and Arkansas were represented.
| rs well as all of the loyal States. The plat
| form framed by the convention contained
! a resolution in favor of a constitutional
amendment that should forever prohibit
slavery, but nothing was said about th
enfranchisement of the negro. All of the
delegates voted for Mr.. Lincoln as tn"
nominee for the Presidency. except thos.
from Missouri, who had been instructed to
cast their votes for Gen. Grant. The
charge OF sectonalism brought in lsjH
and 1860 against the Republican parry.
on the ground that bot its candidates wer"
selected from the North, influenced som"
delegates 10 advocate the candidacy Of
Andrew johnson for President, and.
As he received the support of more THAI
half of the New York delegation and the
votes Of three insurgent States. admitted
to seats in the convention against the pro-
test Of Mr.. Stevens, he was nominated.
When the despatch announcing the result
was handed to Gov. Brough at Columbus,
he exclaimed. at is fatal blunder.
Trouble will come Of it, I know the man
Mr.. Smith is unques:ionably right in assert
ing that Mr.. Lincoln dictated the nominal
ton of Mr.. johnson. Conclusive proof It
the assertion has been furnished in the
"reminiscences of Col. Alexander X, Mcclure.
who was one of the agents employed bv
Lincoln 10 bring about the nomination.
1t seems that, for months before the meet
ing of the Baltimore convention, the names
Of several war Democrats had been con-
sidered in connection with the Office ~
Vice. President. Mr.. Lincoln finally So
lected Andrew johnson, at that time
conspicuous on account of his efforts
to restore Tennessee to the Union Mr..
Lincoln believed that to have Southern
Democrat asa running mate would greatly
strengthen the ticket before the people,
that It would promote Union sentiment,
abroad and lessen the peril of intervention
on the part of England and France. Our
authors comment on the incident is thai
the selection of Daniel s. Dickinson would
L,x I,xan Of thp ayr,,,ti
devotion to the Union cause OF an able Demo-
crat qualified for President. Or the re-
nomination of Mr.. Halnlin would have saved
the convention from making dscrimina
ton felt by many to be unjust.
The concluding chapter of this work on
1.-THE Failure of Reconstruction" was
not penned by Mr.. Smith himself. but il
contributed by Mr.. John j. Halsey. pro-
University. After continuing the narrativ"
from the spring of 1870. where Mr.. Smith
had dropped it. up to the adoption OF
a new Southern policy by President :
Hayes in 1877, Prof. Halsey recognizes
that. latter ten years Of strenuous effora
now historic plan of reconstruction wa,
shandoned. because the best = theyfht ef Tho
70 solve the social and moral problems ~
a people from without; that ed eli oonlmunity
must work out its own salvation, IT wes
70 be no longer question OF what the beet
J
Constitution with its amendments had dc
tated The question was to he, What does
our knowledge of the laws of mental and
social development permit us to eexpec',
that the expression means. could not b.
forced upon All unconvinced and opposing
South-not, at any rate. while the Stat"
exists within the nation Prof. Halsev
pledge given in 1915 by Gov. Nichols Of
Louisiana to a colored Conservative clnh
of New Orleans, when he said: Any law
attempted to be passed. directed again>t
meet with my most determined opposition
No such attempt, however, will be made,
for independently of the cons, itutiona
barriers which stand in the way, the Demo.
cratic or conservative sentiment Of III"
whole South is united against such action"
Equally pathetic, in the light of recent
legislation. seem the words of Gov. Hamp-
ton. spoken in June, 1877. to an audicno"
at Auburn, n. Y: Il say to you. men &c
New York, as say, at home. ! owe my ele"-
of them voted for me- knowing
that had been good friend Of their rae
and knowing that was the first man aft"r
the war to recommend that the righ' II
I have never yet changed my opinion upon
this subject. Knowing this. they s'I>-
tanned me in large numbers, and am happy
to say that nearly all the fears Of the nor
lRnoIdIlt are passing away, ana tneH ar
satisfied that they will he dealt with in all
respects as citizens of South Carolina
To the foct that these pledges, givnn N
the two st orm centres OF resistance to ~"
Amendment. have not been real
led the new Stale Constitution adopfi
in several Southern States hear witness.
II Is further acknowledged by Prof. Hal>ev
that the overwhelming opinion Of the North
o-day denies that these pledges could have
been enforced by continuance Of tho
policy. That is why re
may fairly assert tn at Reconstruction has
'ailed.
THE II(E.PRESIDENT'S ROOM.
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