The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-08-16
From the NelO York Ddily Ne,cs
To His. EXceIlrncy. ANDREW JOHNSON, PreiS-
dent Of The United STATES:

iV HIS. LACCHCuUJ. hUUhEW JuHNNUkg HTelS-
dent Of The United States:
To you, Sir, President of the United
Stales, not by the expression of the will OF
the people, bat by the fearful agency o. an
assassin, we appeal in behalf of the repub-
bcsnisn OF our country. The peculiar cir
cumstances of your accession 10 power make
you, more directly than yonr predecessor,
the representative of the will of God The
people have therefore the right 10 expect
from you, to demand from you an admin
islraiion unhamPered by partisan infuen-
ces, and guided by solemn apprec ialion of
the intention of that Providence that has in
vested you with respons 5iliies gre aer than
have ever devolved upon mortal man
Your authority is not the creature of suffrage;
no Sir; you are annointed with human blood
as the conservator of the political attributes
of the Republic. We are aware that, sur.
rounded as you are by evil counselors and
partisan inniguers, and tangled inahe mesh
es OF aPolicy that is not OF your conception,
nor your development, the appeal o.
journalist who is under the ban OF the dom
Inan; party, viii have no force beyond its
Influence upon your own conscience; bn, ii
is to that conscience that we address our
selves, and TO The purer essence Of your man
hood, your Judgment, and your American
ism in those honrs OF self-com munion, W hen
you are free 10 consult your own convic-
tons.
You have been educated in Democrats
ic school, ard the earnest and able political
efforts of your early manhood have been in
vlndIcation OF Democratic principles. Has
the acquisition OF power made you an apos-
tate from the creed under whose inspiration
you burst the lramels of low birth and 2ov-
er,y ard emerged from obscu rity into the
sunlight of fame We do not believe it.
We are convinced that the tenor of your an.
Iecedents exhibits the true nature of your
present political faith: The words aud The
sentiments that you have uttered in behalf
of Democracy are TOO eloquent, TOO strongly
i'm pregnaied with the quality OF truth and
candor,t to admit of the suppostion that they
were spoken for expediency or to subserye
a ulCt6 pcISUUdI dulOltlOus w IeEdIu YOU
as a Democrat at heart. and therefore we
are not hopeless in appealing TO you in your
day OF power, 10 fulfill the promise of your,
antecedeuis.
We do not ask you TO espouse the Demo-
cratic cause N partisan significance You
were elected TO the Vice Presidency by
Black Republican votes, and You were ele-
vated TO The Presidency by The crime OF an
assassin. Yod are not beholden 10 The De-
mocracy for The position you Eow hold, and
the Democracy have no partisan claim up
on you beyond what's involved in the iden-
tity of your opinions with taeirs. They ex-
pect therefore less from you than if you had
been raised TO the Executive chair by their
snffrages.- But they expect, aud they have
The right to expect, that you vindicate The
republicanism of the common country Sir,
look al the record of The Federal Admins
lration sihee the close of The war, and, upon
your conscience, answer, has it been rspub-
Iican in spirit or in substance When you
were invested with Presidency, there was
no organized armed opposition 10 the Fed
eral authority TIE Southern Conlederacy
had been conquered, It's armies had surren-
dered, the Southern people were helpless,
submissive and disposed TO renew the re-
Ialious OF iniefseclional fraternity and
concord. Yod were inauguraied al the
threshold of peace, and your mission was
one that the patriot could fulfill with Joy and
pride, for it was simply 10 accept the prof
fsred hand of riendship.io eface the traces
OF civil strife, TO sci in motion The machine
ry Of recu perstion, and 10 reinstate The peo-
pie in the full enjoyment of their republi-
canism. The glorious opportunity was
yours TO commence your administration by
the abrogstion of arbitrary power and the
resumption OF ;he formula of our politca
system. You were restrained Gy no plea OF
were hushed; he sweet accents of peace,
beseeching habtaIion in our land, were
echoed by the voices OF the exhausted aud
bereaved populations who, al the Norih and
at The Sonth, ask 10 join hands n fellowship
and in oblivion OF past anta2onlsm. Ii was
given 10 you, Sir, as The frsl acl Of your au-
lhority to set the Executive seal upon this
bond Of reconcIled brotherhood; but alasI-
have you not suffered the sacred summons
10 pass, if not unheeded, al least unobeyed?
II was offered TO you, by the hand of Provi
dence to open the doors of American bas-
lies and 10 strike the word forever from our
vocabulary; TO restore judicial forms. and 10
com pei tho subordinaiion OF the military TO
he civil authority; 10 give back 10 the peo
pie Their writ of habeas corpus and their foil
rights OF ciIrzenship; to exercise The Godlike
prerogaiive OF clemency toward your con-
nnefed conniryme n: TO cav 10 the world and