The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22
THE PRESIDENT,

To those Democrats who are impatient be
cause President johnson does not at once break
with the party which elected him, dismiss all the
advisers OF Mr.. Lincoln from his councils. and
reverse at one stroke the extra-legal acts of his
predecessor, commend the following observa-
tions of the New York News:
"1he necessities of his position constrain the
President to temporize. The Senate, the House,
the Cabinet, all the public Offices, being in the
j hands Of the factionists, he could not possibly
huEe pressed back, OH his. elevation to Office, the
! RIGHTEOUSNESS Of the hour within the restraints
of law. The compromise which became thus,
to considerable extent unavoidable neces-
sity Of the circumstances by which he has been
surrounded, constitutes, however one of immi
nent danger to Mr.. Johnson's political fortunes"
| That there is truth in this last remark, as
we'll as In the whole paragraph, we very
| conscious. But we base our faith in the final
constitutional course Of the President upon our
knowledge of the whole sntecedents Of bis life,
which have so moulded his character as to make
him, even in opposition to his own will, the
natural foe to the anti-democratc ideas of the
radical faction. In addition to this security, the
whole record Of Andrew johnson bears the evil
dence Of an unswerving unity Of idea and pur-
pose, without the shadow Of turning or the
suspicion Of treachery. The principles of con-
StIlutlunal uCttcIdcy are nOG OH!y lnQSSDlub1Y
! interviewer with his very nature, but that nature
is remarkably simple and consistent, and his
whole course, both before, during, and since the
war; answers to a single key, and that key is
devotion to the Democratic idea Of the Union,
under free constitutional government.
1t is at this TINE of the most extreme impor-
tance that the democracy should maintain their
faith in the President, and continue to give him
unwaverinG support. Whatever the firrlness
OF a chief magistrate of the republic uulcss sus-
tanned by strong party he must eventually yield
to the pressure Of an active faction. And there
is no Democrat, however impatient he may be of
the continuance of military rule, or anxious for
the return to a full and free government Of law,
but will admit that in the matter Of most imme-
date and supreme consequence, the restoration
Of the South, the President is Practically in
complete accord with Democratic ideas In the
very nature Of things the continuance Of military
rule must soon cease, and the habcas corpus,
with all civil immunities, be restored to the
people We can them under such circumstances
we'll afford to wait, and while all unite in the
persistent expression Of our opinion that popular
rights ought never to have been encroached
upon, and ought to be immediately restored
every sentiment Of wisdom, patriotism and party
policy combine to induce us to consinae to
strengthen the hands of the President in his
cndeavors to perform faithfully bis first and
highest duty by cordial approval, and chari-
table consideration Of the difficulties which pre-
vent the immediate satisfaction Of all our wishes
-BOstGn Courier