The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-05-31
and brain. Et. johnson is a Democrat.

we use the word in its English sense--of
the jackson type, Dem ocrat, that is,
with q tendency toward equality as well
as freedom, a restlessness under law. a
disposition to oct in emergencies with
revolutionary energy or violence. His
mind has none Of the bias toward legality
which his life as a lawyer had impressed
upon Mr.. Lincoln, none of that desire
for moderation, as In itself good, which
SO distinguished that great man. On the
contrary. he places the will Of the people
above the law as distinctly as Danton
ever did. "What," said he to the people
Of Tennessee in January, when already
I elected Vice. Pre- sident, and as he re-
marked, placed above "all double-dealing
and demagoguism"--" what are govern.
ments? They come from the people; you
are the people, hence you can not do
wrong" "It is sufficient Defense" he
continued, to charge Of overstepping
the laws, to be sure that you have saved
the Republic. The people must some-
times take the law into their hands, and
do desperate and irregular acts to save
the life Of a nation.' Indeed, lie pre-.
ferred. in the emergencies, irregular acts;
for permanent changes in the law left. he
thought, unpleasant memories, which
were better avoided by temporary and
explicit acts, utterances Of the will Of the
people, "wkich can make and unmake
law" which, obviously, in Mr.. Johnson's
mind, is law, provided, always, itaccepts
the Union. That, or in other words salus
reipublice. is as supreme an object, in his
mind, as ever it was in the mind of Ro-
man patritian or Partisan Septembriser.
There is nothing we know of in that,
which Euglishmen can blame. We also
should do strong acts, if the life Of the
nation required them; we, also, indeed,
did do them when only the future OF a
dependency was in question. But the
tendency Of Mr.. Johnson's mind is to do
them when it is possible to dispense with
them. to prefer strong measures to legal
means, a. the swfter and more direct
road. Thus, he rejected Mr.. Lincoln's
plans of emancipating for service to the
Union, as too tardy and incomplete, and
hurried back to Tennessee to secure per-
manent, uucompensated emancipation by
a constitutional change. To secure it, he
had almost to overturn society, by sys-
tenn Of test caths, but he thought that the
emergency" warranted that desperate
remedy, and be succeeded in his design.
A convention, composed Of loyal men,
abolished slavery forever, but even this
was too slow for the strong-willed Cover
nor. While the dicussion was still going
on, he stood one evening on the steps OF
the State Crpitol. and there uttered these
remarkable words: "Colored people Of
Nashville--You have all heard of the
Presidents proclamation, by which he
announced to the world that the slaves
in large portion Of the seeded States
were thehceforth and forever free. For
reasons, which seemed wise to the Presi.
dent, the benefits of that proclamation
did not extend to you or your native
State. Many of you consequently were
left in bondage. The taskmaker's scourge
was not yet broken, and the fetters still
CALLED your limbs. Gradually this ini-
guilty has been passing away, but the hour
has come when the last vestige Of it must
be removed. Consequently, I too, with
out reference to the President or any
other person, have proclamation to make,
and standing here upon the steps Of the
Capitol. with the past history Of the State
to witness. the present condition to guide
and its future to encourage me. /, An
drew Johnson, do hereby proclaim free
dom, full. broad. and unconditional, to
every man in Tennessee r. q a'f@
Not man to be "guided" that, rather
a man OF Jacobin instincts, who, once
satisfied that cause is that Of the people,
strives to carry it without laws, by intense
will, and, if necessary, by the exertion
of that popular sovereignty. that majesty
OF mere volition, which laws human and
divine were alike intended to limit.
The New York Tribune says, that a
lady correspondent bees as TO suggest thati