Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-24
A BITTER ATTACK Upon THE PRES
- EnEET
The Delaware County Ind Fire.. Press
thus gives vent to the real radical policy
in regard to the President. II says
CUT LOOSE FROM HIM.

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in regard to the President. II says:
CUT LOOSE FROM HIM.
% II Is daily becoming more apparent
that President Johnson has sold out the
Union party His policy does not enl-
body even a shadow of the moral sentl-
ment of the antisiavery party which
slaced him in power. He is going il
| alone, on his own hook, and is car
! rying with him none but those who
are mere hangers-on, place hunters,
and seekers Of party spolis. There
is no righteous sentiment IN the
breasts of the loyal men of the North
! in favor Of the restoration Of the rebels
/ 10 political rights in such haste while
/ the cOpperheads are ardent supporters
and admirers of his policy. President
] Johnson, Notwithstanding the OF re-
I peated assertion that he is only carrying
! out the line Of policy settled upon by Alr
! Lincoln, has not in his breast one OF those
/ generous impulses which shaped the ac-
/ ton OF his lameuted predecessor, and he
l has none OF that genuine sympathy for
the oppressed which dictated the Eman-
cipation Proclamation rs an act of justice
and humanity toward the cOl0rcd race.
Mr.. Lincoln believed ia the doctrine of
equal rights. President johnson ignores
that doctrine, and inwardiy resolves that
the negro shall be held in a state of sub
iugation to white rule, and has shaped /
tle policy Of his administration accord |
ingly.
''He IS, in every sense Of the term, a |
representative Of the opinions Of the DEM 1
Ocratic party, as they were before the |
war, upon al matters touching the negro 4
question. Now, since the war has de
stroyed slavery, he, as do all Democrats,
ranAY,e- ifs fIazff1Yatfau "a q vol faaf hg1f I
he goes no further. lie Is the antipode
in sentiment of the spirit Of the Republi-
can party which elected him, and is, in
every essential particular, the represent
ative Of the opponents of that party.
We undertake 10 say that, had q
Democratic President taken his seat
upon the death Of Mr.. Lincoln, he could
scarcely have Cone farther in extending
rights and privileges 10 the rebels than
has Andrew Johnson. He has pardOned
and restored TO their political rights, in
the Government, nearly all the promi-
nent rebels and has placed the loval
people of the South in subsection to
traitors AMI arrant rebels. He has given
the rebels much more than they asked.
He has made not only more than
they expected, rebellion and treason
by setting up those
which secession had OverthrOwn. !
He has taken the sword out of
The hands of the enemies Of the Govern
nent, but put a crown upon their q
heads, and has made rulers of the con-
luered and subjects of the conquerurs.
We arraign Andrew johnson as faithless 7
% the trust repOsed in him, and we cut
oOse from him. We no longer aeI1nowI-
'dge him as our leader, or the head ofthe
great Union party which saved this ma
Hsl.H FraHrH a
on, fOrcetfui that he should be the expo
lent Of the sentiment Ofthe Union party,
las undertaken 10 force it 70 follow his
leadership. We refuse TO follow such q I
.uide, and the sooner the party shall cut
pose from him the better il viii be for
he country. The people, under the plea
I party necessity y should not suffer to
- led headiOng into evil. We are for
arty just so long as party is subservieut
D principle, and whenever il ceases to be
D, then we cut loose from its meshes."
HD- Gen. Jordan has been so Sc
erely handled by the press, both North
nd South, for his ungenerous attack on
lr. Davis, in kIarPer's Magazine, that he h
now trying TO apologize. Wecopy the
.llooing from the Lynchburg RepuJE-
43:
90 It is due 10 Gen. Jordan TO state that
q has written letter to the Baltimore
'0-ett", in which he disclaims having s
tended any personal attack upon Mr.
avis, or any desire to prejudice his cause
the eyes OF mankind. He claims that | c
IS only purpose was % contribute to the
stOTical information of the country. 4
ut his best friends must confess that
en-. Jordan has been unfortunate I'm Sc
citing his organ, as well as his epithets
I'd his arguments. He viii never be i
lie to recover from the bad effects of
ther, and if he was ever entitled TO any
putation as a General, he has Justly
rfeited IL n a critic