Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-06-13
Democratic Praise Of President johnson,

Inc - mO'tdIt PdItIe are mHB'up t'uucn
trateI effort to Appropriate President johnson
and just now are dividing their admiration be-
tween that iunctionary and General Sherman
The amnesty proclamation, and the order re-
spectng the .reorganintioni Of North Carolina
nave furnished them the occasion to rush into
warm eulogies Of the tirmness, and true Oemoc-
racy OF Mr.. johnson and they complacently
announce that the President has turned his acA
on the New England and other radicals With
Jpen arms these democrats gushingly welcome
him to their bosoms.
President johnson will be more surprised
han anybody else at praise from such guar
ter, and we make haste to say that be has not
deserved it; il be had, the country would have
more cause to mourn the death Of President
Lincoln than heretofore What is it in Ptcsi.
dent JOhnsOn's course that is thus receiving
Democratic commentator Eo has proclaimed
an amnesty which, as the face of it excerpts
almost every prominent robeln the Goniederacy
from its merclful provisions, and is far more
stringent in it's limitations than has been hih.
eric supposed would be agreeable to Democrats,
Il offers pardon only to the masses Of the south
I'm people, while it carefully eDumerates all
The chyalry, who have 20 long been the ADM
ration Of the Democratic party, and leaves them
'out in the cold. f" II is entirely acceptable
generally and in detail to all Republicans trad
lcll' or otherwise, and has been, without ex-
ceptl0n, commended by them IL is remarkable
lhAn TOR ts general o15f VI pardon. Certainly
President johnson has, in this amnesty, turned
his back upon no radicals except Greeley ana
Philips, who, by being in principle hostile to
capital punishment hay3 been turned Into adj
vocato Of clemency to all rebels. II the Demo
Gratis like this Je1'r'onIAn typ) Of hostility to
treason, it IS evidence Of har conversion, and
not Of the Presidents disagreement with the
Republicans
Bat his pretended democratic admiration Of
The amnesty proclamation is forced. Their
present one ~ to praise the President, and, il
possible. persuade him that thew are hi, only
supporters IN the country, and that they can be
relief On. Their great admiration OF him IL Ow
my 10 their belief that he is opposed to negro
suffrage and they have hope.-whicb ia no,
very well founded, and in which they are sure
to be dislppointed-tbat he ia in entire har.
mony and sympatbv with than an this oues
don T,cy non, III, R,o,hIc,, nro.s and
party will =, far t,ke i..,e with tha p,ss,dont
On thu matter a, toc,mn,l him T., f,ll b,cs
upon D ,m,c,.t,e .,oo,,, and in..I,ne him tn
listen u Dsn,,a,ic lly5l in Tie e,nluet of
bis administration. Ia this thew mi,tlke both
the chlrlo.sr AMI prtns,ole. of "a, pre.,de,t
and the K.n,,l,,,, ,,.ty OIL. tboy will voro
soon learn.
Ia. R.ua5licln ua,ty. ~ such has taken M
p,.i,,o, IN f,yor NJ ne,eo ,nF.,,,. ,r,o Do,,
oeraie Marty AZ sncb has ,aks, M ro.;,ior
Ia,ain,t n New.n,o.rs. ,,d o,li,;cioo, bolor,-
my 10 both p,rtis, h,ve lroelv exnressad IN err
views, and Will do 50 hereafter, We think the
mai ,rity of tbe Ropablic,n p,rtv nreferred tina.
President johnson should give the work Of r..
construction to the loy,l p,ople Of the S,utb
rrespectiye OF c,lor. beoanse it believed that the
true and only wly to build IN from the wreck
I,tp,i.l.u sjs.s,y Oh .rs. h,n.s. AMI righteous
f4,utio,o Sate governments The n,i,rity
If the d ,m,,rlcy. throngh It's old sympathy
with IN, aris,5orlsy and eng 8 which have h,tt.
.rt5 rui j the Slave States prelsrr,d that thu
blacks should h, =,1,toJ,d from IN, r,,ht. af
suffrage. President johnson ds,ru3,ei the
lexeed,ency Of piyln, bl.ekssalIr,rs. and doubt
lea whsth,- hc had any risb 81, give il to them
and hls order Is therefore, more in agreement.
In it, conclusions. with che wishes OF the Dem.
oc-ats than with those # the Republicans. But
this is no.hIo, m,rs th.u happ,nei ia the cas-,
TOT tennessee and L,ulsnnl, aud Democrats
hive not. untl recently. been proluse in then
Animation of that kind Of reconstruction Anc
,hs Dsmo3atle prlis, Of the N.r.h CAROLINA
scheme of fee,ns,ruet,,n il only an cxp,ai,nt /,
eet Pas,iep, Johnson b ear. aud induce hun ia
reG.y. tbe.. eremic. ntns,r, snfV,a,o ara nj,
I,nly ira, friend. and snadm,t supporters
rn.y will ana, 6,l howoy,, ,f,bey a,tcnrt :,
pY,sne tbei, oraiso Of ANDY Jobnson that the,
no.t turn sir hacks ANN ,bsir own nrinci.
pe, and record. and 20 in the front oiradIc,sn
La. aft ,,,asu,ns ex,ant that oc ne,tn sniT.,,e
But the sinking party is in such desperate nee,
of something to cling to, to save it from ute
destruction, that II is not wonderful it thu