The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-05-31


johnson.
Jealousy objects to any democratic com.
mendation Of the President, but 1t Is i'm.
possible not to admire the Jack sonian style
Of the man. 1t has even been coarsely in.
simulated that candy" is disposed to insist
on . mode Of settlement discreditable'
70 Us as . nation; this, Of course, is an
overflow Of political bile from the stomachs
OF those who anticipate trouble in conform.
ing him to their peculiar whims. He
cannot be fanatic, and We advise place.
holders and place. hunters to do as did the
Chicago Journal in = late issue, viz: state
the negro suffrage case IS near non. com.
initial Is possible, and wait till tho Tenncs.
sean announces his opinion. The idea
that JOHNSON can keep, or that he wishes
to. keep, in the good graces Of the long.
haired, spirituaiistic, free-love, negro.
equality mad-men, whose every effort is to
create discord instead of harmony, is SO
absurd rs to require only mere MENTION
His instincts as man, the humility of
his origin, his general good sense, the sue.
cess Of his administration, his fame as an
Executive officer and his known desire to
secure Union Of hearts and hands as we'll
as Of lands, al assure US that loca: factions
and personal animosities will not be encour.
sged. We like him for al the indications
Of genuine Unionism which thus far have
characterized bis Prcsidentia! course, and
If The opposition insist that it is not our
place to praise man for whom we did not
vote, it is al the same TO u.s. A friend who
knows him since 1sls, tells US that candy
JOHNSON has more sense and more uiN than
all the cabinet put together" This being
The case, delegations Of hypocritical IRE.
formers" viii not end . tool in him to
further their pretensious pisty. "God,"
says our friend, governs the Universe, and
johnson will manage his part of the re-
sponsibility as becomes one anxious to be
approved Above when tho finsl report is
made" -,
1t is stated that when the torrent Of
calumny Was rained upon him BY the lead
ing Administration" presses, after the
Inauguration, he remarked to an acquain.
lance, "Never mind-I will outlive these
slanders." Little did the once humble
tailor then dream that the voice of the
slandercr would be attuncd to notes Of
suloKy. Zone turn Of the Kaleidoscope,
and patronage vas in his hand" Behold
the change! The Journal Of Chicago, the
lndePtndent. the Gasetts Of Cincinnati and
hundreds Of other journals, sustained prin.
cipally BY public benefceaN saw At oncs
how "nohle son Of Tennessee, Pfovidsnce
in our affection, had selected to guide a!
through the wilderness" We suppos'
that the Wisconsin Legislature, which
almost passed vote requesting 9TH
drunkard to resign and relieve the nation
from Disgrace will, on its next meeting
pass resolution resembling the proceeding
relating to "the distinguished man who nov
occupies the highest standpoint Of any
Executive on earth r.
In our own paper, paragraph OF tw'
w. copied and perhaps few lines written
showing the feeling Of that extra reHnes
postisn Of bis supporters who have fanciee
for years that their special mission from
god Of Revenge and Hate (such as they
conceive the Bsne(icent Father to bel is K
rAsp down the crudities Of natural liberty
70 that form Of obsequeousness which vii
root ont individual thought and action, and
10 its plses rear the insolencc Of religion,
tyranny and political rancor. The world
has bad enough Of this in the Spanish
lpquisition; in the prosecutions of both
Catholics and Prosestants in tho wars Of
York and Lancaster; in the witchcraft Of
New and Old Eng!and; in the history Of
Roese Williams and the Quakers. There
ID now . man at the helm who, like Hamlet
cannot be played upon o. flute, and those
who are calculating on his susceptibility ID
asttsrJ o. 10 fear, will 6nd early enough
fIe thsis comfort that b. i Union man
for The -saks Of the Union, and not to secure
tbs illustratina Of cob web theories which
practical life has long ago exploded.
We like him thus far. and cur faith ia
his future course 10. such that no amount Of
purchased laudstion from those Who fear
him. shall divert us from giving q, cordial
support to his Administration.