Year: 1866

and refuse to consider the claims even OF those
men who fought in the Union armies, and were
loyal and true to the Union in the darkest
days of our wer. In order to sustain them
selves before the people in their oPposiuon
to this plain, sensible and practical Pian'
they are continually asserting that inc
President is trying to force them to open tne
doors of Congress to the leading secessionists'
They know that If the people once fuiiy
comprehend Mr.. Johnson's position they Will
rally TO his support en- masse But by system
of Misrepresentation they hope to create pre-
;udice against the Executive, secure their own
reelection and an endorsement OF their course
in rejecting all claimants for seats from the
South.


The effect of the two systems will be directly |
opposite II that of the President could be
adopted it would strengthen the loyal Union
men in the South, and, from necessity, make
them the nucleus for tho controlling party IN
all those States. The people would at once
see that their only course, their only salvation,
was In the election Of men who had not been
prominently identified with the secession cause;
while, on the other hand, the policy announced
by Congress places the few men who remained
loyal and true to the government during the
rebellion at the mercy Of the old secessionists
and destroys their power and influence at
home. The late rebels will very justly say to
such men az Maynard, Stokes and Mar
vim: You might as well have united with
us in the rebellion. You have gained nothing
by remaining loyal to the United States; for
now that the war il over you are received no
better by Congress than we are. So long as
Congress places the loyal men Of tile South in
this position there is no possible chance for the
growth of Union sentiment in those States.
The people cannot see how they are going to
gain anything by electing loyal men to repre-
sent them in Congress, and the result is that they
are daily losing their strength and influence at
home. Thus, while the policy of the President,
if carried out, will strengthen and increase the
Union sentiment of the South, and make those
men who remained loyal throughout the war


the basis for the governing party in that sec
tion that pursued by Congress embOldens the
secessionists and continues the political control


of all of those eleven States in the hands Ofthe
very men who led the people into the mael-
strom of secession. This is the issue between


the President and the radicals Lot the peo-


pie take their choice.


But the radicals are determined that the issue
shall not be made up in this way. They, there
fore are laboring night and day and spreading
false statements of Johnson's position before
the country in hopes of misleading the public.
They adopt for this purpose the cry that the
President urges the admission into Congress of
all who have been elected in the late Iebellious
States. There is not shadow of truth In this
assertion. But they have an object In thar
persistence in these statements They arc de-
termined to keep the Southern States unrepre-
sentcd until after another Presidential election,
and take this course to justify their action be-
fore the people. By keeping those States out
they imagine that they can secure the election
and thus obtain another four years control Of
the government This Is the secret OF all their
movements. Party and power, instead Of the
interests Of the country, are the motives that
actuate them. If they are permitted to carry
out this scheme, then we may look for another
revolution and more bloody scenes than any
that we have heretofore witnessed. Suppose,


for instance, that in the election OF 1868 the
parties are nearly evenly balanced in the
Northern States, or that the radicals have only


ono or two majority in the Electoral College,
and that the Southern States, which have been


decided by the Supreme Court to be States in
the Union, although not represented in Con-
gress, should hold their elections and give their
electoral votes to the conservative candidate.
The result would be that we would be plunged
into struggle at once for the possession of
the government. This is the logical result and
the sequence TO the present policy of the radi-
GALS 1t would be a struggle both fierce and
relentless. This the President wishes 10 avoid,
and has designated policy which will secure
q peaceful and permanent restoration of the
country, without any danger Of collisions
hereafter If the people desire an early and
amicable adjustment of the aTsirs of the nation,
and TO avoid all breakers ahead, then let them
rally to the support of the President. But If
they desire another war, another revolution,
they can have II by sustaining the radical Jaco-
bins. This Is the issue, and the people must
not be deceived in regard to IL.


The SuPPLY OF CoTToS AND THE PRICE or
CoTToS Goops.-Just after the surrender of
General Lee, in April, 1865, We presented
an estimate of the amount of cotton on
hand, in store OF concealed in the South
ern States, and showed that in our judg-