The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-11-15

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and Bishop Lynch, Of Charleston, states
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From the Constitutional Union.
The Republicans Mistaken in An
& I..6e9 drew Johnson t3d, Eaee3
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We presume by this time the Republi-
cans are quite satisfied that they made a
| mistake in Andrew johnson. They bear
up, it is true, with the equanimity of the
Spartan boy, but a profound perception
of, this horrible fact is gnawing at their
vitals. They made a mistake in suppos-
ing the choice of Democrat fer the post
/ Of Vice President would. entail upon them
no practical inconvenience. but merely
/ bring votes to their ticket, True, Mr.
| johnson was. for the Union and for the
Government as against the secessionists,
but twhy !? Because he hated his own sec
! ton with their and; for their, purposes of
oppression, plunder and revenge By
no means. Mr., johnson believed that
the true interests of his native. section
| lay close adherence to the Union, and
if he struggled against the secessionists
for four years of war, it must be also re-
| nnembered that his whole political career
had been one Of resolute opposition to
the New England fanatics, whose inces-
SAINT agitation of the slavery question final
| ly eliminated, just as Mr.; johnson and
other Union-loving men of the South
and North always dreaded, in a bloody
and ruinous civil conflict. This class of
politicians Andrew Johnson knew better
than they knew themselves. It was not
merely as abolitionists and reckless, agi-
taters that Mr.. Johnson opposed their
designs. He saw that they were system
latically corrupt and unprincipled. They
lwere the advocates in Congress of every
Icorrupt largess and every venal project.
Unless measure was ajob, or contained
lone, it had for them no merit. They
aimed to plumber the poor by exerbitant
tariffs, and to augment the national ex-
Ipenditurc in order to create an apparent
necessity foEan Increase of the public
burdens and of the profits of the manu-
facturer. The leading spirits Of this
!. party we're the same set who once affected
close monopoly of all the decency and
virtue, and this too with an insolence of
pretension that bore an exact proportion
to their own need Ct those essential quail
ties.
There was probably no man of the
Democratic school whose sturdy cham
pionship Of It's faith had made him so OBJ
fnoxious to this class as Andrew johnson,
but they did not the less expect him to
take the word of command from their
Hips when the death Of Mr.. Lincoln de-
volved upon him the important functions
of chief magistrate. Mr.. johnson was
told to be good boy, and to behave just
as Mr.. Lincoln would do under similar
circumstances. He had been elected Vice
President, and it was not intended by the
managers that he should have any share
in the power of the Government, but for
that very reason he must look up CRATE
fully and confdingly to the chiefs of the
Republican party They sustain him,
only provided he did the things they want
| ed him to do In the first place he could
not too closely copy that good man--Mr.
Lincoln. If he doubted as to the text
the Republican divines were quite able
to supply his ignorance and deficiencies.
OF course, any change in the patronage
Of the Federal Government would not be
thought Of, and need not now be discuss
ed, since Mr.. Lincoln, for whom he
might be considered .as acting, had alrea-
dy filled all the Offices. AS to the South,
the course for him to pursue was perfect
| IL plain. It lay in three things: The
summary execution of all the leading
rebels, confscation Of the lands of the
white people and negro suffrage. These
talismanic measures would re7establish
the Union which the swords Of Grant and
Sherman had entirely failed to do, revive
harmony between the two sections, and
ensure, peace and prosperity for the
whole country. The Office of hangman
had always been popular character
Let President johnson assume it and his
reputation in history would equal that of
Mr., Sumner, or even the distinguished
Gen. Butler. AS for the country at
large it was obvious that as the nation
had thriged and prospered under an an
nual outlay Of thousand millions per
annum, any cnrtailment of this expendi-
ture was too dangerous an experiment. 60
be yentured upon The tariff, if changed
at all, should be doubled. Military rule
was vastly better in dealing with the
Democrats than the civil tribunals, and it
might be very judiciously adhered to
Throughout his whole term and not chang
ed, at least until they had elected and in
stalled successor to Mr.. johnson. That
successor, of course, he could hardly ex-
pect to be- luck having done more for
| him than he deserved or than they, in
tended. ss9ges aa 4ts9' a99
/ Now, such is the singular perversity
of human nature, that President johnson
actually refused to carry out this delecta-
Bile programme. He has sulked decided
| ly when it was proposed to put him into
leading strings. He has mind and a
will of his own--3.a ripe experience and a
Isagacious intellect, and the lessons of
Democracy we'll learned in a hfe1long
sconfct with the spirit of Federalism
stand him in a good stead now. He
knows we'll that the people of America
are thoroue hly devoted to the principles