Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-05
Tho Position OF President Johnson
POltIicalty.


Tie editor Of the New York World. wbo re-
Gently had an Interview with President JoHssoS,
gives tho following impessiousss 10 bis views
upon the future policy Of the country:
Doubtless the circumstance i singular that
sithin year from Ms election the Cbiet Msgs
tratc should tao The sscoesssf che great snd hrs'
measure Of bis administration impefilled by the
giumph a. TIC polls ~ zss yess men Who e.ecsee
aim. Bss zoe circumstance ssAs fs explanation
rather IN his dleaty t. political principle than 10
"a AR sahdsiiiy- AF.a--oansOn mas perslsteuty
avoHea himself 10 be Democrat De AvOWs Is
| to-day As carnestly rs b. asose1 Z % tie Gordon
| oi SJufhern chiets1ius whose united assaults be
( received end spul.ea on eve floor vf the Senate
IN tue hrst DAYS Oh the rebellion. Since have
Dot euisyec, according ~ toe Republican Jour
nAss. opportunities OF personal Intercourse with
| Hts EzceileEey, tbis statement that President
! JOhilsen tS-da7 Gyows himself a Democrat, may
/ seem too emphatic - come from But We
nevertheless persist ~ s.r,isg IL truth as con
| naently rs ii 40 had nesro the avowsl last week
| from his own lips ne nnaianous Indorse-
meRs OF tie great, 1rst, aud moment6us
measure eff Ms administration -by the Demo-
Cratic psEty Is iris,a tacis evidence, st least. OF
the probability sai tae truth OF che
| syowal. ~ or should sny one be surprised CT 10
| Democrats who resented President Jobnson's
running on the ticket with Mr.. Lincoln
have 40 right TO pFoloug their resentment II the
II result OF his election IS the advancement OF
Democratic principles And the Repsolicans
who called themselves the Union party cannot
resent this avowsl that he isis Democrat with
out writing "hypocrite" OF their own ioreheads
, for abandoning the name OF 'SRepublcas" and
taking that of u nionist."
1.-The name does not stick 70 them now IL will
stick no better than old postage stamp with
: the gum of, IT, nov that the Union is no longer
IN danger from any quarter they assaii the man
tor renewing his ancient party ties whom they
put their " U uon" ticket to strengthen il. pre-
cisely because he was a. Democrat.
President johnson, therefore,. perceiypg as he
must that the success of his plan tor the I'm me
date restoration of the Union hangs. upon the
victory of the New York Democrats, succeeding
If they succeed. and falling IL they fall and also
also ayowIng himself IN such confidential inter
. course as the Republican journals deny 10 u.s. 10
!, be now, as he anciently was, Democrat and
nothing less, il stands to reason that be has de-
lsrmined 10 cast his lot With those who support
this great measure OF his admnstraton--ths
; Immediate restoration of the Union. TO be sure
, those who oppose this measure elected him. anC
those who support il opposed his election; bu
. blood is thicker than water: the Issues OF on,
year ago hot the issues of to day and npoE
:, the issues of to-day President Johnson and tn,
= Democracy firmly united
General Butler, in his speech at Worcester De
fore the Massachusetts, Republican Convention
stated apparently as the result OF an interview
. with the President, that His Excellency regarde,
his plan for ia. nie diste restoration OF the Unoi
: as g" 40 experiment" We can imagine 20 conf
- dences ntrusted to General Butler which woul.
not under al circumstances be denied ~ Us bn
whether or not the Republican journals weI,
right in representing not having, aud Gen
Butler as having, had such confidential com
muuication with the Chief Magistrate. VI
assert positively as if we we've speakiu;
% 10 bis behalf that be does net regard bis plan a
/ can experiment in any such that il
{. which General Butler uses the term We asser
Ell distinctly that President Johnson has determine
ar stand fall by tbss plan of his for the D ma
+ date restoration of the Union, which mas receiv
a ed the approval Of the entire d mocrstic party
Is He stakes the oi mis- Administration upoI
- lis success and we may add. he stakes upon j
Il also his present aud future place ia tae his
1t tory OF the country Those who sustain MS plsI
y he will sustain Those who oppose it he vii
lr oppose