The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-04-28
President Johnson's Record.

Now that Andrew johnson has been sud !
denly elevated 10 the Presidency, every act
and word of his life that may serve to indi-
cato the policy Of his Administration 10 i'm.
portant especially as he is in tho habit of
referring all comers to his record, and de-
clarIng that he has no new professions OF
promises to make. That our readers may
know what his record in regard to the Re-
bellion is, We give tho following extracts
from speeches mado by him in tho United
States Senate. before that body bad been
purged of DAVIS and his reasonable associ.
stes. If Mr.. Jobnsop, as President, will
but enforce the doctrines therein epunci.
oted, ns his whole career affords ample as.
suranco he will, It will be all the people ask
at his hands; but with nothing less will
they be satisfied;
| rExtracts from Speech in United States Senu to,
March 2, Is6l.l -
But thero are men who talk about COW
ards, courage, and all that description OF
thing; and, in this connection, l want to say,
not boastingly, with no anger in my bosom.
that these two eyes Of mine mover looked
upon anything In tho shape of mortal man
| that this heart feared.
Mr. President, 1 was going on to remark,
| in reference to q general allusion to treason,
that, if individuals were pointed out to me
who were engaged in nightly conspiraciesr
| iu sccrct conclfves, and issuing orders di-
recling the capture of our forts and tho
taking of custom houses, would show who
wero the traitors; and, that bong done, the
persons pointed out, coming within the pur.
view and scope of tho provisions o! the
Constitution which have read, we're the
President of tho United States, would do
as Thomas Jefferson did, in 1906, with
Aaron Burr--I wonid have them arrested:
an d, if convicted within tho meaning and
scope of the Constitution. by the EtevHdl
God, WOULD EXECUTE THEM, Sir, treason
must be punished. It's euormity, and the
extent and depth of it's offense must be
made known. The time is not fa, distant,
,fthts Government rs preserved, lis Consfttu
lion obsyed, and its lars eTecutfd IN erery
department, WHEN SOMETHING OF THE KIND
MUST BE DONE. ..rt n..n .E.s
Extract from peech in the United States
.,,. Senate, Feb: S lS6ll r.'..
| ] have been told, and have heam 1t ro-
peated, that this Union is gone, II has
been said III tnlS cnamDer. tHat IL ID IU .thc
cold sweat of death; that, in fact, it is really
dead, aud merely lying in state; waiting for
tho funeral obscquios to DO performed. IL
this BIO go, and the war that has been made
upon me in consequence of advocating the
Constitution and tho Union: is to result IL
my overthrow and'm deslructioni and tha,
flag, that glorious flag, tho emblem of the
| Union, which was borne by Washington
through a seven years struggle. shall be
struck from the Capitol and trailed in the
dus.--when this Union is inferred, Ivan,
no more honorable winding, shoot than that
brave old flag, and no more glorious grave
than to DO iptorrod in tho tomb OF the
, Union. For it ! have stoodi Tor i'll viii
coutiune to stand; care not whence th'
I, blows come; and some will find, before thi
thing is over, that, while th0re are blows 4
bo given, tboro will bo blows to receive, an'
that, while others GAP thrust, there are 9th
: ers pbo can parry. They will fDd that i
is gamc that two oan play at. God, pro
sorve my country from tho deso'ation tina
is threatening hor, and from treason an'
. traitors ra asl s5u-ss e
, ia there not SOM chosen curse, i.zl
! Some hidden thunder in the stores ei Heaven,
h Red with uncommon wrath, ioblns the man
Who owes his greatness 20 obiscoun'ry's rum