The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-11-03
The Lc:,don Times on President john
sons cS.sc.,


sons Eo.:cy.
Whoa the people of the Northern
States elected Mr.. Lincoln for the Sc
cond time, they were moved by
happy impulse to choose as the second
magistrate Of the country Andrew
Johnson, of.Tennessee. The office of
Vlce-President is, in itself, of little
importance, and though Oh two former
occasions a Vice-President has sue
ceeded to the Government of the Re-
public through the death of his supe-
r1or, we may presume that the expec-
tatlon Of Mr.. Johnson's accession to
the higher Office was hardly present
to the mind of any one Of those two
millions Of electors. Those who chose
hlm wished to pay compliment to
the most energetic ana jealous Of the
few Southern men who had remained
faithful to the Federal cause. and it
may have seemed to them that by
electlne 4 Tennesseean they declared
empAatlcauy the non-severunce OF
seeded State from the Union. But
the great crime of April last has given
supreme power to the politician who
otherwise would have filed for the
next lorlr Years the dignified, but DOW
erless. Office OF President Of the Sc
nate. All parties were startled at this
sudden change Of men, and there were
probably few but the most extreme
who looked on it without alarm. Mr..
Johnson must now receive the credit
of having disarned groundless fears.
and disappointed cxtravagant hopes.
We cannot tell what thoughts have
passed through his shrewd and ener-
Sctlc mind during those five months OF
unexpected rule-hcw much he may
owe to the SOLDERING responsibilities Of
his high ofice--how much to the
counsels OF two or three able men who
have been schooled to government
amid the difficulties and c;lamities OF
waG-low much to Lis own Southern
extraction. and to the fcllow-feeling
which lie avows for the seceders iii
everything but their secession. But.
whatever the motives which influence
his po!lcv. the Americans have found
ID MI. Johnson al abic and success
tul .nagistrata. Nj. Lincoln is said to
have me,litated IL tie last days Of his
HE large amnesty, and the restora-
+lon OF the South to its due place in
the Union. When he fell. it was not
nnna-Hrally thought in America that
: ste,Her rule was to be instituted, ana
the Ze"lots Of the Republican party
fastened 10 accopr Nj. Johnson as
tAelr leader, with the hope, perhaps,
tn&t tAey might use him rs their tool.
These expectations have, however
vanished. Within 4 month after the
Presidents accession TO Office, his
leaning towards . moderate policy be-
o;tl2 10 appear, and though il was re-
ceive{ with marked disappointment
hT q strong party Of his own sup
ror-ef~, Ike effect OF it on the con-
quere3 South was 50 favorable and
.1anluiiizing g that he las perseve.ed in
Ii, anal It may he expected to charac-
to!izr his whole tor,a OF office.
Bi- sc think Nj. johnson. il, his
liberal treatment of the South in al
these matters, shows political wisdom
and 4 tr'e appreciation OF tie differ
encos which have divided the two sec
tons oE the Republic. The principles
which he enounced III his speech to
the Southern delegation at Washing
ton the other day, are consistent both
with his former acts and his present
policy. They are simply that the
Union mast be maintained at all ha-
yards. by any means, and against any
men or party; but that the Union,
once secured. the rights and political
independence Of the States are the best
guarantees of national prosperity.
Slavery is gone and tha rebellion is
over. This being the case, tbs re-
storation OF all the States to their for
mer relations with each other and