President Johnson And The Returning States

Delegatiou after delégation from tbc so-callud scceded States cali upon tho President, asking Lis proteotion and veutilating their views. Ho rucoives tiictu kindly and treats them frankly. In no j singlo instance has Lo withhefd bis decided polioj irom them. It is interesting to note tfaat these delegations contain men with whom he at in (Jongrews, and several oí' them were his intimates, and enjoyod as much of the confidente that so silent a nnau ever bcstows upou others. His worda to ono mny be taken ai a model for all. He aska them if they do not think his polioy right, and they ulmost all reply that they eoncur in that which cannot bc avoidod, however it tuay be deplored. He says that if lliero are any of thein, either the peoplo or politicians, who have u hope that there may be a gradual abolitiou of slavery, or a survitude in the 6hiipo of the apprentife systein, that in no contingency can slavery ever be revivedT They must dismiss that idea forever ; slavery ík gono, novor to bo built np again. He te'ls them that if thoro is any expocta tion of the assumption of the rebel debt H ia absurd ; that not a dollar will ever bo rccognized by the government. To this they reply that they do not expect nor delire to pay it themselves, or to ask others to pay it for them. On tho question of negro suffrage he refers them to his recently announced sentiment I hoar of no oase io which he same deplorable titory is not told by theo men.