Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-25
REPuBLioAr LoATBINe oF ANDY
JOHNSON.

JOHNSON.
The Republican press generally, upon the re
pert Of the scenes connected With the insugura-
ton Of ANDY JOHNSON a. vics-President' de
clared Il vas disgrace 10 the nation, ana
demanded either bis resignation or deposition.
When be became President. however, unexpect.
sdly. the tune changed. and the same men Who
had been bitter in their denunciaiion Of him. be-
came disgustingly syehophantic in their lAuda-
tons This sudden change Of base dictated
solely by selfish considerations-the desire to
continue under their control the immense patron
age Of the Executive. ASpY JoHSsos's MOTTO rs
about reconstructirg the rebel States. or restor
Ing them TO their places in the Union. are not at
all pala,able to the radical Republicans Like
the Journal, they tolerate his views because
they can't help themselves. and prosounce il an
experiment which they hope will turn out well.
But bis appointments Of Provisional Cover
nors do not suit Thorn at all. The idea
Of taking Southern men. in all but one Instance.
to perform the duty of reconstructiDg and put
ting In working order the machinery Of govern
ment in the late rebel States. is. in their view,
horrible One Of this class, the type of all
thus expresses It's DISCUS, of the action Of the
President:
"Is there any case on record. in the history of
great rebeliions and civil wars, where. after the
rebellion had been subdued and the war
brought to a close. the conquering party turned
round and gave up everything by appointing or
restoring to power the very men and party that
IL had just subiugatedi In other words. where
the conquering party appointed its enemies to
powerI
Suppose Henry A. Wise, Robert Toombs. G.
O. Clay. John O. Breckenridge, and other men
Of precisely their character and standing in the
South. should be appointed by the President as
Provisional Governors Of the late rebel States
they of course taking the prescribed oaths of
allegiance and of Office. which they could and
doubtless would readily do-would il not be Just
a. We have said-appointing enemies to
poser-tbc enemies whom have just con-
queredf No one doubts this.
But what better has he done and is he doing 7
Who, and What are these men whom he has ap
pointed TO the important offices of Provisional
Governorsf We venture TO say that the differ
enoe between them and the men we have named
Wise, Toombs, Breckenridge & Co.'s so
little, that the difference in the result Of their adj
ministrations would be too light to be perceptbe.
or too trihing to attract notice
I'VE would not turn our hand foe the differ
snce between the administration of Gov. Perry.
Of South Carolina, Tor instance. and that OF
Henry A. Wise or VIM. Smith, of Virginia, or
any other leading rebel in the South who has
taken, or may take. the oath of allegiance Ii
will so turn out. The President, whether he
knows il not. is rapidly putting the South in
the hands Of rebels and restoring the enemies of
She Union TO power J"
Now II that Is 90, pretty strong evidence of
Republican loathing of ANDY JOHNSON. we un
dsrstand not the force of language. The Re
publican papers generally have published the ad-
dress delivered by Governor PERRY, one of ANDY
JouSsoss appointees. on the 81 of this month,
In which he says il Is a humiliation for South
Carolina to return to the Union. and the submis
sion to Federal authority is pronounced to be an
act OF necessity. not Of choice. Ia the same
speech he lauds General LEE "a the equal Of
WASHINGTON. Ofcourse such sentiments are de
nounced by the Republican press as entirely in
consistent with his present position But it ap-
pears to make no difference with ANDY JOHNSON.
Gov. PERRY. recently on visit to Washington.
vas received most graciou.ly. he makes no sx-
PLANTATION OF his address, and prominent South
Oarolinians who wDtwith him Justified it as be
ing adapted to the wants of the community among
whom il was made" In our opinion, the Jour
nal. and the Republican papers of that ilk, have
about az much admiration for ANDY JOHNSON
now as they did after his Fourth of March exbi-
afraid to say so. That's all.