Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-27

poreries to.ihis Dew danger. We irnF
they viii cry aloud and space not
Henry Ward Beeehsf preached ano,he
political sermon On sunday cysbise
last,'to place hiingslf fAt before II
congregation aii1 its e5tst r. ifs has
been charged win writing % adieles ],
the New York Independent which Il
tackled Pleeiden' Johpsou with grea
bitternesY, and witch we're calculated &
prejudice many u The presi snts fof
mer friends against BIS policy Of recon
struetion. These bad Impressions Mr.
Bsechef sermon was designed to re.
move. lie very empbaticaIly disagreed
with the articles referred to, as.well az
With Wendell Phillips BE ayows very
high opinion Of President johnson and
regards bis pcIiey a. gise spd wortbi
the support Of The coapGy..4s e ~e
y sell = ~ /
Az the risk Of making some Of our
Democratic cqtemporeriea alex al the
stomach, w corr ilia morning report
Of the conversation between President
Johnson and George +. stearna. a Massa-
chuselts Radical. After AZ interesting
interview With the President Mr.. Stearas
went to bis howe and wrote out. 10 the
best Of bis recollection, the conversa
ton that vas held, especially that por.I
ton relative e reeonstruetion Lest he
might do the President an uuinten,ioual
injustice, ha then submitted luia written
statement % gsls. lJolDg6n for bis ap.
proyaia and correction orreiection The
President made souo verbal corrections
and feturaed the document for such dis
position as Mr. Stearna saw proper TO
make Of II. This gives i AT the au.
,hority Of the Presidents own signature,
and i may BE- Regarded asa correct cx
position Of hs yiewa. 80 u4gpmY
Tho President d Disposed to feel
amused At iba efforts making by tho Do
y. y. .
mocracy 20 tsap him, and, DO doubt, lie
equally diverted At the foolish anxiety
mahifeated BY some Of his friends on
that account lie is satisfied that tbs
Democratic party, now that il has dis.
covered that he IS 10 Advance Of II, IL
making very creditable Biferts to come
up TO his standard, which be hopes lhsy
may ultimately attain But, ixien once
they raach the spot which ,he President
now occupies, aud arc preparing to en-,
fold him in tbs embrace Of their loving
arms, they may hnd that, ike John
Browns ghost. the President il atm
marching on, aud if they ever expect
TO overtake him .ihey will have to re.
double their diligence, and travel with
jet more rapid strides As evidence of
this fact, The President declares that he
is In favor Of allowing those negroes who.
have served IN che army, and those who
cAn.read and write, to vote, aud believes
ahas this privilege win ere long be con.
eeded 70 them, He further declares
that, were he in Tennessee, he would Ad.
vocate the Acknowledgement of certain
classes of the coIored population, and
use BIS influence toward accomplishing
that result Our neighhors OF the CeH-
vter viii, no doubt feel ike making wry
faces over such an announcements but
they have so far committed them
selves, With other Democrats papers, in
support &c the President, that we do not
see how they eau well back out,
The pub ication OF Mr. Stearn's letter
ought also to silence the clamor Of the
so-called radical members Of the Union
party. They certainly must discover by
this time the. they have nothing to gaiu
and everything 70 lose ,by1beitS silly do.
nunciation Of the President aud their
hostility to bis policy They have become
aGrighted AZ he saseit spec'aele Of
the Democracy giving IA thels adhesion
70 bis policy, and imagine a thousand
terrora which, do not exist. Let them
be true 20 themselves, 10 their priuci.
ples and party, to the memory Of the
lamented Lincoln, aud 10 President
Johnson, his successor and worthy i'm
itator. and they will find all think work
out TO their satisfaction and ussrirraIiua.
But they mays BY q foolish opposition,
defeat the very ends at which they aim,
and build up the very organization,
hatred Of which has thus indaced them
10 Withdraw their confidence from the
President, because he mas met IFS appro.
hatiou.