The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-10-11
The Democracy and President johnson.

they have President already III power
and elected by their enemies, who Is doing
for them exactly the work IN the great en-
terprise Of reconstruction which they want
dome. and which they would expect their
own President 10 DO. This, certainly, If II
he 30. is blessed state OF things for them.
Every man Of them voted for nOn-cOerciOn-
ist Pendleton, and yet luckily the cOer-
zionist Johnson, having been elected
against their utmost exertiOns, is doing up
their work right merrily.
The Chicago Times boasts that il Is the
only really loyal paper IN that city, mas
muck as it is the only one which fully sus-
tains the course Of the President. IL must
be very interesting news to the President
that the Times has turned loyal, especially
when its columns afford ample evidence
that when johnson was a loyal refugee in
Tennessee, that paper would gladly have
recorded the cutting Of his throat by fS
traitor brothers at the South.
The Port Huron Commercial cypbers out
the existing state Of things thus:
Not Republican State Convention has
vet fully and fairly endorsed President
JOhnsOn's policy, while every Democratic
State Convention has. one Republican
State Convention minnesota has directly
condemned the Presidents policy, and the
rest OF them have taken exceptions 20 and
by inuendO condemned bis "mild and gen
erous method Of reconstruction. Not one
Democratic Convention has done so. some
Of the Republican Conventions have set
Stanton above the Presiden., and four 9th
ers have endorsed negro suffrage 10 which
Johnson is opposed. No Democratic Con
ventiOn has thus opposed the Govern
ment" Taking all these facts together, we
find the only true and efficient support
which is accorded the President, in his ar
duOus abOrs for the restoration Of the In
ion, comes from the Democratic party
The Free Press announces that tile
greatest triumph mich IL as possible for q
party to accomplish IS already ours, and
puts out the following encouragement to
be copied by its country cousins, and be
believed by the verdant ones:
1--WE have reasonable hope that We
shall soon be able 10 announce that the
time-hOnored principles of the Democratic
party are again cOnptetelyta tie dSceHden-
cy at Washington and in most OF the
States"
Now, gentlemen, our advice to is to keep
cool, and not get unreasOnably excited. 1t
will be a very long time before the people
will put you " completely IN the aScenden-
cy at Washington again. What did YOU
do at the White House when you were there
LAST The people have not forgotten, if
you have. Your imbecile Old Fogy Presi-
dent Buchanan, elected to preside over
and preserve this great nation, allowed it
to fall 10 pieces: siv States withdrew in
less than that number Of months and Or
gained a new nation, with another Presi-
dent; and what did Buchanan do. With
the eyes Of all mankind upon him, he stood
trembling with terror, rubbing his eyes
s-"I-caR't-c0-erce sore reign state -
Did not We. as a people, present pitiable
spectacle, just them
AS the Democracy are anxious To restore
the ancienTOrder of things. We may reason
ably suppose they will look up some young
er FOgy for President. like Gov. Seymour.
who, when IA southern bully talks a little loud
will seize the speaking trumpet, and
startle the whole nation with the proclama-
ton. "a Southern brother complaints" il
is tune 10 Pause and NEGOTIATE :"
No: the rebels were all Democrats; and
their brothers at the North have encour-
aged them 10y declaring we could never
conquer them; by declaring the war q fail
ure; 10y opposing the raising OF troops; they
denounced our Generals "a butchers, q"
" brutes and beasts. but praised Davis,
Lee and Johnson as the highest types Of
Christian gentlemen; aud their teachings
led to the ASSASSINATION of President Lin
coin.
And now that the rebels have submitted.
-" whipped but not conquered" rs some
OF them express it-their northern brothers
are not only rejoicing in the readiness with
which their enormous crimes are pardOned.
but would be glad 10 see them all restored
10 their original power and influence. They
would like 10 see such bloody traitors a.
Davis and Lee transformed into model Il. :.
Senators next December: and while they
raised to heaven their perjured hands. YET
red with the blood of our heroes, TO take
the oath OF Office. their Democratic breth-
ren would see in them only the most anna
BILE christian gentlemen. Does not Lee go
10 meeting every sunday, and did not Da-
Wis, in his family devOtions in Richmond.
pray so loud as 10 be heard in the streets
But let US take a sober look at some of
these brilliant prospects OF the Democracy
l. President Johnson is. in every sense
OF the word, southern manly birth. ed
ucation, residence, property, family con-
nectious, and extensive Office holding
through long series of years. He has
long acted with the Democratic party i'm
pOlitics-a party not usually over serupu-
Ions in its objects or means OF obtaining
them. Besides. until the last four years. he |
has been a Shareholder, and must there I
fore, be supposed to have more or less OF |
f~~~'-e~t fAN. " AlAl CLASS. NOW. |
to suppose that such a man, who has scarce
ly visited the North, when made President
should 60 in al once fercely for universal
negro suffrage, Ike sumner orWendel Phil
lips, is utterly absurd. 1t IS expecting
without reason or good sense. And vet
President Johnson has strong sympathies
ior the coIored people OF the South. With
IN less than two years he addressed in
Nash'liie, an assembly Of several thousand n
colored people, and expressed his deem in
dlSnation at the numerOas wrongs which he
had known to be heaped upon them ~ a
race, and particularly those growing out Of
the helpless condition OF the women: and
when the whole assembly shouted for him
to become their Moses and dellverer. he
solemnly pledged himself that. as opportu-
nifty should offer, he would 10 all in his
power for their relief
As 10 The colOred suffrage question in the
states II has been stated, with much an