Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-12-25
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p0lity Of President J9AnsSAE that anythingk
Is stosbe gaihed1n theinsidelbg hard lFords q
against biWj they, will soon discover their
mistake. lie is a man so strongly ttitrehchIi
ed In the hfesbect and ic0nfitle ehceh of 1thed
people that All ifmputationsnupOH him1aIel1
sur9itoOfaooiii inpon their aNth0ys,u 81 baifl,
If Senator Sumner deems it his duty 10
oppose the RECONSTRUCTION methods or tfesoA
ldent yobnsph, he has the Clear right to do
so,n ana ifqie would cOlIfineIhimself. 10 .tatr
ARGUMENT; would he listened to resp peettpl1)
lyalBqtghelh has damned Rls Ia cause = ss ~ tge !
President Johnson III tbe faessakGsenbEoo
the Senate, RESPECTING Ithe TeoRliti9n and I
feeling of the South. b 4, he had IL 10 bis
power to show that the President had been
| misinformed, the country wotAd have beerK
Obliged to him for the cOrrecti0na lFBn6
when he charges the President with de-,
| liberate intention to whitewash and de-
ceive, he affronts the good sense and the
decent sentiments of the people. President
johnson was sustained in all he said by the
report of Lieut.-Ge1. Grant; but his bare
representation ought to be, enough OF ltselii
to shield him from all such aspersions as
| this Senator has vented upon him. 'sq ioligi
| Mr.. Sumner is fond of abiding to his
long Senatorial experience. Well, there
are two kinds of lessons which may be
| learnt by experience. The one is Hiost
commonly expressed by the 1prOverb,that
| experience makes fools wise. But expert
epce has also another teaching. 1t has, its
evil, as well as its good side; it tends not
only TO eradicate errors, but In BONE cases
to confirm and make them inveterate.,i In
other words, it'acts not only on the under
standing buto the, feelings, and while 1t
Is generally supposed to enlighten 'the
former, it not unirequently warpsand dis
torts the latter. The cause for which a
man has suffered becomes sacred in his
eyes, and the, feelings which these. suffer-
ings have called forth are apt to become
more violent and more intense just in pro-
portion as they ought to die away and sub
side. We fear that Mr. Summers peculiar
experience has peculiarly untitled him for
any leading part Ia the great work of re-
cOnciiation. He starts at every Southern
bush, as an old fashioned lord of the
bludgeon and the lash. We doubtwhether,
to his dying day, he will cease to see red
whenever ne looks southwards. Yet, how
ever excusable this may. be in him, he
should avoid abusing those who do not see
as he does. At all events he should make
an exception of one so high in official posi-
tion and public estimation as President
johnson. F |4 E'fHf luIi F1g..Tru
1t might indeed, be wished that calmness
and moderation should pervade all the dis
cussion upon this great subject of recon-
struction, in both branches. ltwould be a
public misfortune if it should be made the
means of distracting the great Union party,
and inhaming all the old sectional animosl-
( ties. If every public man were under all OBJ
legation to speak and vote under the gray
est sense of responsibility, and in, the most
sober Christian spirit, those at Washington
are under that obligation now. We do not
deprecate discussion. II maintained as it
should be, it will surely bring out in bolder
relief the grand wisdom of the PRESIDENT
policy. But let justice and dignity control
it. The public mind is unusually intent
upon all That now tfanspires in the nation
al Capitol, and will bevery quick to mark
any departure from this plain and para
mount duty. .-s.f, ...-..f..,.,. ... ..'...