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War Declared

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Day
14
Month
July
Year
1865
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Public Domain
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The radicáis havo f rmally doclared war against the roonatruction poliey of the President, and it ia to be wagod to the bitter end uiilcss he reconsidera bis prou " lamations, und granta - what no radical of comtnou senas will claim be lias any right to grant - universal uffrage - that is to the uegroes. A radio.il convention hug boon held iu Faneuil Hall, from wbich an imposing ooromittoe ha derived authority to iasu an addrcss, ind has issued it. Of thia nddresg negro suffrage is tho pivot nround which overytuitig levolves, on vdiieh the vvorld i'self turna, and of courge tho tine qua non for the preservatiou of the goveniment, for without it is ordained by tho President, Massachusett and tho radicáis will withdraw their itipport frorn him, and, perhaps, reavive to seceda from ihe Union. And this radical addross ia not all. Wendbll Pmu.irs gpoke at Frumingham, Mass., on the -tth inst.,and marked I out a prrgramine for the rejection of all members vi Congrcss comiug up from tho reconhtruotfd States, uiil thoge States shali not only have nánctioneíí the constitutional amendment aboligbing lavery, bnt shall hare conferred tbs right of sutfrago upon tho negroos. In thiri speech President Johnson i bttterly áenouaced, and is tuld thut his " present poíby is worse thun an error, " it is a crime." The radio.lg are told : " I don't count the President ou our " side. At present he is a forcé on the " other ido. He 8 to bu flauked or " subdued, to be converted. His attitude " is to be chsnged ; if not tbo republio '" is gone. My poliey is the poliey of " General Grant - I pn poae to movo " immediately upon your worka. Mr. ' Johnson, you aro wrong ; your plan ' is wrong; it bears within it the seods " of death to tho republie ; wo meve " inatantly upon your works. Wo Mira" mon the public, Bnd expose your plan " show thtit your attitude is fatal, hope " that you will change it, and if you '' won't change it, theu roll the wheels " of tbo republie and crush it and ou." - Aüd much more of the game gort. And Hbnut Winter Davis gpoke in the erno vcin at Chicago, on the Fcurth ; aud od the samo day, iu Washington, Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, mounted the same platform. Aud 'lioso enunciati ns aro being endorsad by all the radical republican leaders. - " Negro suflrago " is the wutohword, snd President Jou.nson is to bo oompelled to viólate hii official cath and ostablish it or be " crushid.'' What saj the people ? L3T Prior to the recent hanging of the four conspirators at Washington, Judge Wylie of tho criminal court of the Dii'rict, issued a writ of haluas corpus iu behalf of Mr. Sbbbatt. Maj. Gen. Hancock, to wboni t wai diruoled, Hcknowledged service of the writ, and made return ofjtha same, ondorsed by President Johnson, directing a suspension ot ihe writ, and ordering bias to execute tlie sentence of tbe military coramission. The court thereon announced tself powerk-ss to euforue the writ, and that no further steps would be tak-en in the mntter. We take it tbat this special eusponsion of the writ was not only an ackn owledgment that foriner proclainutious of general suspension had ceased to ba valid, but that the jurisdicticnof thj military commiseion could not be sucCL'ssfully maintained before a civil court. The precedent is a one, aud now thwt tho war is over we may well expresa a hope that it will nJt be ropeated. Thecivil courtshave jurisdictiou and are alone competent to try parties chargod with conspiracy, murder, treasoD, or Bi'mor offences, and if there was ever a oeaessity or excuso for military ommiesioQs it no longer exists. The guilty deserve punifshment, but let thern be tried in a way that history will approvo. L2L" Pamphlets come to our table " thick as hops," advocating a "protoctive tariff," and'6oinbatting the " perniciuus doctrine" of freo trade. The manufacturera of all grades are' unwillkig togivo up tbe largo profis they have been making during the war, and so seok to have Congress legislate to continue theiBi - We do not believo in tho doctrine of protection as advooated by those in the interest of our manufacturera, and we do believe that the no"er the governineut cn approach to freo trade tho betler for all classes, and that certuinly will not be vcry noar as long as tho " national blessing" - that ia tho national debt - Jav Gooke's agent teHa about is perpotua-ted :u its present magnificent proportions, A cevenue tariffjust now, and for Aometüneto come, ought to eatisfy tho most : ous olamorer for protection. It v?ll ', centfiiiily be " high " enongh. Tho ducer of the country should have a i vigilaut eye an their legislatorg. The tirst mail tniin from Mobile to Montgoniery stDce tbe olotjc of the war, kfl u t li- 1-t. '

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