Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-03-20
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BEA ktt. Hgnl5 WIZ Ilss bise,
clercd gentlemen Of bis pattern affect Ia. be
highly scandaliztd at the exhibition OF drunk
enuess by Andrew johnson, on the fourth o
March Mr.. Beecher ,it seems was present
and witnessed the wonderful spectacle with
his own eyes, lie saw the Bible whirled
by the incoming " p about his head like a
cap when a man gives three cheers, and heard
the maudlin appeal TO Messrs Chase. StHuton
aiid Ktales, TO beiihbfihed il they Hdiditt g6i
their po,Cer from the people-and ,gercnt all
| p'ebe{qns, Mr. Sgueers was in the habit pi
cdiine his SEMINARY for yoa,h tsaishob ior
morals" andltAe office Of the New Yo5k II.
dependent isA Wareroom OF that descri ption,
in which themost devout sentiments ana piobs
spYI4Sstiops ave alwaySiq be bad at n very
low figure. ihf. Beecher is chief saeslnan,
and the JolInsonian orgies OF March the 9th
afforded him fhchance of running off vast
amount Of old stock which had been SLIM
bering ON the shelves for many yeara The
spectacle Of an inebriated Vice President hic.
coughing out bis oath OF Office furnished such
n text fcr adlsCourse on temperance as hardly
turns'hp ohcefn an age The staff of the In
dependent rolled up the whites Of their eyes
nnd the sleeves of their coats and entered
vigorously upon the work of demolishng the
crumbling ruins Of Mr.. Johnson's reputation
| They were piously resolved that not a speck
OF moral mortar or single vlrtnous brick
should Indicate the spot wh~r" 'ho unfortu-
nate geDllemsn's character once stood. They
demanded ian dpO1ogy on resignation IA
most cruel alternative, for an apology would
be confession of shame, which would de-
grade the offender without conciliating the
public, and resignation would cast him back
among that very lowest class OF plPbeians
from which ne boasted with such untimey
and indecorods gIee, he had risen. Me- j.
has neither put on his peniteplial sackcloth
nor laid aside his official robes, nor win he
do either. The fpdependeata aud Mr. Beecher
have clamored in vain,apd we are heartily glad
OF 1t, orgood reasons which we are going TO
tell
we believe that we felt as keenIy as any
| body the disgrace which Andrew johnson 3
indecent display brought upon this country
But we utterly denythatany AboIitionst has n
right to complain Of his behavior on inaugu
ration day--to he surprised at it, or to make
moan over it, On The contrary, sorry as wac
the spectacle which he presented Az he tot
tered ON his feet in the Senate house over
which heqwas TO preside, and stamm cred out
his Official oath, this was highly reputable
and extremely DECENT performance cbinpa7ed
witli1a thousand traRsaetions Of wlHelIha was
guilty before he Was put in nomination for
the Vice PresldeEcy, and which Brother
Beechek g. Co not ohly recorded without a
blush, but urged as arguments for placing
him on the ticket His reign in Tennessee
nev or saw q day as ereditable to him as that
memorable fourth of Match on which the
smiling parliseus Of Abolition declare Che
ien' IL Is oad thing 70 get drunk, wei
pdmlt ana an extremely unlueky thing to do
so 80 puple'y ana on great occasion But 1t
= thopsand tunes worse to oppress the
weak, 10 pVeriurh Jaw. buoVert Jusllee, d's-
iranchlse lne hopest c'tizons oil n great Com
il0 mo'nweath, ana set amen sconndrela upon
tneir neSks' As Mlii,!!afy Povernor OF len
nessee, MT johnson d,d all lhese things long
before 'he Da,''tnote ~ convention adopted hiu
ilely and repeatedly, ~ you hear a man talk
ing ABOUT n,s coNS1e"t,olidE f'ghtS, spot himi
ne as a Tdttor' Dld the delegates who
placed tn's man IN no1m'nat,on, nom and the edito-
RAJ most whleh applauded their work, fancy
mat 10 could take solemn oath to support
tnat oohsthn'ioh ,-ot wmch ne spoke habitu-
any WIN such contempt without steady
ing ms nerves ior the work WiIh
SPIRITS ana woshlag the aohorrcd
pledge down win strong drInkf Did
not Mr.. Garrison, that Abolition Gauialel ai
whose leet the seandaiized Beecher and his
orethren are content 70 SIT, teach for n quar-
ter oil century the doctrine that the Const-
,pp9n Of the United states y covenant with
gentleman when he comes to seal a bargain
WITH death and bell under the solemnity of an