Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-10-12
pIsINTERESTED DEMOCRATIC
TT ADVICE.

= ADVICE.
The Democratic journals are filled
with advice and exhortation and
warning and bids for President John
son. Except when the father of the
Democratic party offered to the Son
ofGod all the kingdoms of the earth
if he would become subject to him,
no bargain with such an absence of
consideration on one side and such
a sell on the other has been attempt
ed as this, in which party infamous
in character, with hardly foothold
in the North and subiugated in the
South. with no possessions that it
can call its own, offers its support to
Mr.. johnson, if he will raise it from
beggary and give it the offices. The
New York News actually pleads this
beggarhood of the party to show that
Mr.. johnson can secure it by pur
chase. We quote its argument
showing why Mr.. johnson should
support secessionists for Represen-
tatives of the South instead.of Union
men, and the same reasoning is con-
tinually made to convince him that
he must lift up the Democracy of the
North - .-
president johnson will not stand
in antagonism with such members of
Congress as may have been identified
with the Confederate cause, because
he has sagacity enough to foresee
that he can always rely upon the
support of those members. They
have no political home except with |
him. They are bound to him by
their beggarhood Of all partisan power
except such as they may share with
him and derive from his favor as a
chiefmagistrate, identified with the
interests of the Democratic party. |
He is sure of their sympathy and CO.
operation in carrying out his policy
of reconstruction, but he would not
be sure of the support of Southern
members elected by virtue of their
Union antecedents; for they do not
depend upon him to secure their
foothold in the political arena. They
are as likely to 60 over to the radi-
Gals as to abide with him. Mr.. John
son knows that the Black Republi-
cans will soon declare open war
against his Administration. He will
not be so unwise as to oppose the
election to Congress of men of whose
devotion In that struggle he has the
amplest guarantees. The Southern
people may rest assured that the Ex-
ecutiye influence will be used to Sc
cure a repeal or modification of the
test oath, and we do not think that
the radicals have power enough to
resist an influence that is founded
upon popularity that grows from
day to day, and is strengthened by
an earnest and wholesome public I
sentiment"
1t is rather pleasing to have the
Democratic party pleading its abso-
Lutte beggarhood of all political Offices
except such as they can get from Mr.
johnson, as q reason why he should
take them to his embrace, but it is ]
not very complimentary to his sa
gacity. We like to see the Democ-
racy grovelling in the dirt, and con-
Tossing itself mendicant with no
chance of existence unless President
johnson filings it some cold victuals,
but really beggarhood is beggarly
inducement to Mr.. johnson to desert
the great and powerful party that
elected him, and which is bound to
control the North, and has subjuga-
ted the South. The father of the
Democratic party did it more cum
ningly. He pretended to own the
Kingdoms that he offered to bestow
if the Son of God would become his
subaltern. Rut his sons plead the
"beggarhood" of their party as a
consideration to Mr.. johnson to sell
himself. Butas Mr.. johnson already '
has the Democratic party at his feet !
in the attitude of mendicants, with
out bestowing even crumb, its con-
ventioDs rivalling each other in adu- I
lation of him, it seems to us that the
situation is quite satisfactory as it is. |
Gin. Gazette /