The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-18

WHISKY AND TREAsoN.-That Aud rev
johnson, Vice President Of the United
States, was drunk. when inaugnrs:ed. and
outraged. in . frightful manner. all the
fact, and It is being noticed with ext-aor-
binary freedom Of speech. The indignant
virtue Of the public has full scope, BUTT
might not be improper TO reMem Der, when
INDUCING the wrath that is entirely proper,
that Mr.. JOHNSON is not the frs: OF our
public men who have advertised their
drunkenness in the Senate Cham neY. At
intoxicated, q great portion OF the time,
during the late session Of Congress. and
new recruit for the drunken salsAc b as jus,
been obtained. And, II the exact truth
were told, in plain print, If the persona.
habits Of = great many distinguished in
dividuals, good people might be seriously
troubled n their minds, and the ''in:sera-
be denounced. Mr.. johnson had been
drunk for some time before he reached
Warrington, and found that bad place to
sober-o6 In. It IL rather expected Of a
s'great man. there, that he shall, consume
. large ration Of whisky. The Vice Presi-
dent elect fell in With his old friends, aud
the temptation to have good time was ir-
realstible. The presumption was INDUCED
that, as he was an important parsonage, he
would be competent to contain much whis-
Ky; and that, a. he had reached Ell official
altitude quite conspicuous, he should work
himself up to a corresponding personal ele-
walton. There was little NATURALIZATION,
and the poor man is disgraced. O.her
drunkards viii look sorry, wag their bloat-
ed heads. and pity him. Congressnen.
who take gill OF whisky at a drink, will
grieve over the dreadful dishqnor that mas
come upon ''our institootions.n Il is all
right. Let the Vice Presideat be the vic
tim. He may work great reformation IN
his associates, serving them in the capacity
Of an Awful Example, His inaugural
speech may prove the most elhcien: tenn
perance lecture ever delivered in The com.
try. II he were sentenced to be stoned TO
death tor his sin, in the eastern pa.tieo OF
the Capitol, and it was necessary to ind a
committee Of Congressman who never
drank whisky to cast the first stone, his
chances to escape execution would be rea.
sonably good. 49,
The most noticeable comments that we
have observed in the press Q; she country
regarding the 4th Of March ex exhibition 81
some Of our national in{irmi,ies are those
OF the Cincinnati Enquirer. Wequose from
the leading article OF that paper OF yester-
day the following:
Eve believed tina: there could be no rea-
sonable public, or even party, reliance
reposed in man who was in the sense he
(Andy Johnsonl was, social and political
lapostate, and who did not hesitate. in the
face Of those who had known him from bis
youth, to receive and enjoy the wages of
his spostasy. We take no pleasure IN the
contemplation of the scene wherein he was
the prominent performer, and yet we can
not Close our eyes to the appearance OF q
measnEe OF retribusive justice which it ais
plays as well e his party as to himself. It
| is species of cclmination--the workirr
out Ct 8 purely national l'.nationeu'N Is
probably n,isprint for rassoaau result
Judas banged himself, because 4 sense Of
lis seifdegrad ation was xiuauppoftabie. =
Mr.. johnson took to whiskey, and h;s
character, during months past, has exhib-
,sed all the phenomena Of conflict with
asmseli, which he strove to suppress by
urowning his faculties in intoxication.''
That is to say, Andy johnson is IAN apos-
sase: = Judas traitor because he did
11oIJoin the gang Of conspirators from his
Ssate ana section in xheir crusade aeainst
TIE Nation. So outright an expression -. Of
'1dsootytn dossrineW7th the fraitors Of "a