Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-07
Extracts from the Diary of Alex del Mar

ognized II when he saw Il; for it appears
in almost everything that Johnson said.
wrote or did. He always disbelieved in and
denied the right Of secession.
2 when he became president he was
an opponent Of negro suffrage"
Quite the contrary: he said the negroes had
the same rights as the whites, but that in
order to vote intelligently it was necessary
for them to be trained. This is precisely
what Mr.. Taft says today.
3. From a casual roadside conversation
with Mr.. johnson. reported by his former
Marshall. Mr.. Boutwell, says that ut must
be accepted as evidence, quite conclusive.
that in February. 1866. Mr.. johnson was
then opposed to the policy Of the repub-
lican party. He was opposed to the disso-
luton of the union, but not necessarily
upon the ground that the union had a SUI
preme tight to exist" Answer-Just the
opposite. Mr.. johnson repeatedly declared
that the union was designed to be a per-
petuity and a republican example to the
world for all time"
Answers to Boutwell,.
T. Mr.. Johnson $ Inauguration speech
in the senate chamber, directed apparently
to the diplomatic corps. excited a%pplehen-
sion.' Answer-Mr. johnson simply re-
peated what Mr.. Lincoln had already said
in a formal document Here the difference
between the two ex-governors was most
marked. Mr.. Boutwell, was easily in
fluenced by foreign "appr%ehensions," espe-
cially aristocratic ones. He had his eye
Upon Mexico, upon Napoleon, upon the
London haute finance, upon everything and
everybody who threatened the perpetuity
OF the union. Indeed, Mr.. Boutwell, him
self admits this, where he says that John
son adopted without reserve the policy
of Abraham Lincoln as president" which
included viewing "as enemies to the peace
and independence OF the country the eff
forts of any power to obtain new footholds
for monarchical government on this CONT
nent."
s. Said Mr.. Boutwell: "Mr. Lincoln in
his last speech declared that the seeding
states could become member of the Amer
lean union only by the organized action Of
each and the concurrent action OF the ex-
listing national government" Answer
Mr.. Johnson held the same opinion and
language.
Space forbids any further consideration
of Mr.. Boutwells apology for the impeach-
ment. for that was evidently the design Of
this remarkable paper; but there are one
or two other points that need Ietouching.
Mr.. Boutwell, in conclusion says that there
was no evidence duplicating the senators in
the receipt of money or other valuabl con-
sideration' for their votes on the impeach-
ment trial; and that after the expiration
OF Presidents Johnson's term Of office the
consumption of whisky throughout the
United States more than doubled; in both
OF which statements the present writer is
happy to be able to concur with him.
Mr.. johnson frequently referred to his
past career when governor of Tennessee
as an earnest OF his future policy. He
said: III there shall be found in any rebel
state even 5000 men good and true they
will be deemed sufficient for the purposes
OF reconstruction" He reiterated the Mon
roe doctrine In reference to the occupation
of Mexico by the French forces under
Macmillan and plainly intimated that now
that the civil war was closed the attention
of the administration would be directed
among others matters to that Objectionable
invasion. There are reasons for believing
that 1t was this intimation, coupled with
the hostility of the British financiers. who
had invested $500. Co., 900 In confederate
bonds. and other large sums in confederate
warships, confederate blockade runner and
confederate cotton, which was the founda-
ton of the subsequent and wholly I'm
American attack upon Mr.. Johnson and the
later Intrigue which grew out OF IL and had
for Its object the overthrow OF the govern
ment and the installation OF Ben Wade as
a evolutionary president. The intrigue
and tho impeachment were American; but
the initial attack. as will presently be
shown. was essentially British; not British