The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-15
The Great Political Rsce-Who VIII
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Chief Executive Office he has made himself
the great man of the country. He is now,
in fact as well as in name, the President of the
| whole United States. His policy and his
speeches show that he fully appreciates this
| high position, and is determined to administer
| the government so as to promote the best in
terests of the North and South alike. While all
| our other statesmen are more or less sectional,
| Andy johnson is truly and consistently ma
| tional. For this reason he has made such rapid
progress in the respect and affection Of the
American people that no party has yet been
able to overtake him. The politicians of both
the republican and democratic schools feel
that if they can but secure Andy johnson they
will secure everything, because all OF bis uni
versal popularity will then be credited to their
account Impressed with this idea, they are all
in hot pursuit of him; but thus far he has man
aged to keep decidedly ahead. This state Of
affairs does not arise from the fact that Andy
Johnson is going too fast, but from the fact that
the politicians are going too slow. The repub-
licans are loaded down with the niggerheads,
and the democrats are overweighted with the
copperheads. They may puff and blow and
| get up steam, but until they can get rid of
these impediments they cannot hope to over
haul Andy johnson. They are tied to niger
headsm and copperheadism, like the Winooski
and the Algonquin to a wharf, and their efforts
to make winning race are laborious but un-
successful
| The democrats seem to have adopted the
theory, originally preached by some highly
| imaginative brain, that because Andy john
| son was once democrat he will stop by and
| by, wait for them to come up and surrender at
| discretion. We can see no signs of any such
| a conclusion to the race. If Andy johnson
| was once democrat he was also once re-
publican. Since he has entered the White
House he has dropped all partisan afinities,
and is now simply, solely, sincerely and COM
pletely the President. We have seen with what
careful impartality he has avoided the at
tempts made to induce him to discriminate in
| his official action between the North and the
South, and it is quite improbable that he will
be any the less impartial between the republic
cans and the democrats. He approves OF both
sections and Of both parties so far as they are
|
| ton or party so soon as 1t puts itself in the
wrong. Under these circumstances the race is
perfectly fair one. The party that reaches
Andy Johnson's position first will win; but
neither of them has the right to expect that
| Andy johnson is going to turn back and run
into the very arms Of his pursuers. This
| truth, which we hold to be self-evident, sug-
| az hot vvip rtv wi
probably be the one which first cuts loose
| from the heavy weight that drags it back and
retards it's progress. Observe Andy Johnson
attentively and you will see that he has no
niggerheadism and no apprehension about
him. This is the reason why he runs 80 well.
So long as the republicans insist upon hauling
Sambo along with them, and stop, every once
in while, to minister to his wants and do him
reverence, they cannot catch Andy Johnson. So
long as the democrats carry great Jumps Ofcop-
per in each pocket, the Chicago platform on their
shoulders and the Ben Wood faction hitched
on behind, they have not the slightest chance
of gaining the prize. Let both parties drop all
their burdens, sever the connection between
themselves and their impedimemtd, and put
|
along as swiftly as Andy Johnson, and one OF
them may capture him before Merry Christ
mas.
When we take out our telescope and exam
inc the position Of the racers with the most
scrupulous attention we are able to report
that while Andy Johnson is ahead and the
two parties are nowhere, still the republicans
have gained a trife upon the democrats. The
appointments made by President johnson and
the result of the Maine election may account
for this slight but significant advance. There
appears to be, also, growing disposition upon
the part of the republicans to let the negro
take care Of himself and push on more rapidly
after Johnson, and this of itself is an indica
ton full of promise The democrats, on the
other hand, still stick to their burdens, except
in this great State of New York, and here and
there they are manufacturing more rope to tie
themselves even more securely to the heavy
weights that are pulling them back 1t Il
not strange, therefore, that the republi
cans should have advanced q little II
front OF their rivals, although they are
still q long way behind Andy johnson
The advantage they have secured is not very
marked; it is scarcely observable by the NAKED
eye, but yet it is an advantage, and every little
tells in race like this. II the republicans dc
sire to win, let them be careful not to throw
away the chances. At any moment the Negro
they are carrying may begin to cry for some
thing or other-a vote, perhaps, or q fret
farm and they will have to pause and nurse hin
while the democrats jog sioog ahead. Or els
Senator Sumner, acting as high priest, may cal
upon them TO fall down and worship the ebon.
idol that he has set up, In which case the demo
Gratis may beat them while they arc on thei
knees. If the democrats persist In luggint
80 much copperheadism over the course how
| ovor avian these incidental DELAYS will not avail