Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-18
THE WAR UPON THE PRESIDENT.

1.-THE WAR UPON THE PRESIDENT.
ANDREW JOHNSON has been lately ac-
cused Of treason. To what has he proved
traitor? He vetoed the "Freedmen's Bureau
Bill" In this he rescued the Government
from a great weight of Indebtedness to be
incurred in the promotion of evil and the
perpetuation Of bad blood and strife, without
a single compromising good. He vetoed the
Civil Rights Bill" and in 50 doing vindi-
Gated, while asserting the supremacy Of the
Constitution Of the land, as the primary
foundation Of republican freedom. He We
toed the bill for the admission Of Colorado
rs a State, because its population was scarce
tentative in Congress on the basis Of repre-
sentation in the other States He has as
serted that the rebellion was at an end, and
that there was no fnrther occasion for open
war, or social or political strife. He has
denounced as not only unwise, but unpatri-
otto, those who would sacrifice the Constitu-
ton upon the altar Of party.
For this the President is accused "a a
traitor. When did he fail in adherence to
the Union? or falte- in its support when
endangered? When did he prove recreant
TO his convictions of duty in sustaining tbs
Constitution and just laws Of the country
On what occasion was it that he waverec
during or since the wonderful contest be
! tween the armed hosts of the sections
From the standpoint of Federal supremacy
over all other supremacies, he has stood as
firm and illustrious as the most trusted anC
the most honored. While the war for thC
Union lasted, he was trusted by the friend,
and defenders Of the Union. Since it La
closed, and he has engaged, by virtue nc
less Of his judgment and convictions THAI
of his great Office, in binding up the wounds
and removing the scars left upon the body
polite, he is pursued as a traitor by tn,
rabid enemies Of the Union who have Away
distinguished themselves as the opponent
of the Constitution.
Ten years ago there existed in the Nortl
the bitterest foes of the Union. By thei
| agitation and destructive measures the,
alarmed, insulted and drove the Southerl
! people into armed resistance. While tn,
latter have been put down and punished anC
have returned sincerely obedient and faith
fully acquiescent into the fold of the Union
its other and cowardly enemies spring for
ward from the retreats to which they fee
during the era of blood, again to continu
strife and perpetuate discord. As heOppose,
the former, ANDREW JOHNSON is now op
posing the latter; and as the former wer
crushed, so must the latter be if we are +
| preserve the Constitution and the UniOl
together and inseparable. lie knows tina
the one cannot exist without the other, an,
for endeavoring to preserve both he is de
nounced as a traitor. These pursuers Of tn
President would, if they could, to-morrcy
cast him into the dungeons of Fortress Mon
roe, and bring him to trial and to the scat
fold with JEFFERSON DAVIS.
These are the facts and are significant O
two points which should bear with the great
est weight upon the minds of the American
people-the one is that the President who i
the true exponent of the Union, the Consti
tuition and of law and republican freedom
must be sustained-and the other is, tina
otherwise the institutions Of this countr,
will pass through the processes Of confusion
despotism, anarchy and finally to total ruin
1t would then be given to authentic histor.
though too late for our redemption O
beneft-that the traitors of 1866 now pass
ing as Radicals, were the destroyers of tn
Union and the wanton and reckless author
of our overthrow rs a free people.