The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-04-28

Andrew Johnson Preslder' ~ rr.;.os
States, in a speech deiiv~ rsa !. N,sbrius - tha
9Th of June, 1864 noed ,hio ,snnnoro.
:, this carnage and devastation +? 1t
was 'D Il treason might be put down and traitors
pAnished. Therefore say that traitors should
take back seat ia the work of restoration. If
there be but five thousand men in Tennessee loyal
TO the Constitution, loyal TO freedom. loyal to
justice, these true and faithful men should con-
troll the work OF reorganization and reformation
absolutely. say that the traitor has ceased to
be citizen, and in Joining the rebellion has be-
come public enemy. He forfeited his right to
vote with loyal men when he renounced his citi-
zenship and sought to destroy the Government.
My judgment is that he should be sub
jected to severe ordeal before be is restored to
citizenship. A fellow who takes the oath merely
to save his property, and denies the validity OF
the oath, is perjured man, and not TO be trust
ed. Before these repentng rebels can be trusted,
let them bring forth the fruits of repentance.
This was the doctrine entertained by loyal
men everywhere, and met with warm response
from every patriotic heart. They hold to the
same doctrine to-day bit does President John
son I?
We remember that when, ia 1861, State after
State was being whirled by the madness of the
hour into the vortex of rebellion--when the Rep
resentatives and Senators from the Southern
States were leaving the Halls of Congress to aid
in the work of disorganization and treason; how
Andrew Johnson stood firm to his countryis
cause, and how, in the Senate Chamber of the
Nation, he hurled anathemas at JEFF. Davis and
his compeers, uttering his memorable sentiment
that if he were President of the United State,
by the Eternal God he would hang them."-
Later we see him as Military Governor of Ten
nessee, using this remarkable language:
" BIT, in calling convention to restore the
State, who shall restore and re-cstablsh IT 2
Shall the man who gave his influence and means
to destroy the Government Is he to participate
in the great work of reorganization Shall he
who brought this misery upon the State be per-
mitted to control its destnies If this be so, then
all this precious blood Of oar braUe soldiers and Of
feers freely poured out acW hare been acdntonly
spilled Al the glorious cictories By our noble ar
mics soHJ 90 for naHgM, and all the bdttte.fetds
qchich hare been s0on nth our dead heroes during
this rebellion aciu hare been made memorable IN
cain. Why all Ills carnage and devastation IL
acas that treason might be put down and traitors
punished. Therefore, I sag that traitors should
take back seat in The acOrk Of restoration.
Such utterances as these made Andrew John
son Vice President of the United States, and when
the assassins bullet removed Mr.. Lincoln from life
and the scenes of his great triumphs, Mr.. john
son succeeded him in the Presidential Office He
came to the exercise of his high vocation posses
sing the love and confidence of every loyal man
in the land ; backed by the good will of the
people. and their determination to support him
in every effort towards the good of the country
and the punishment of those who had brought
the great evil of war upon the land. Even later
still Mr. Johnson told q committee of the Vir-
GINA legislature that call The responsible posi-
tons and places ought to be confined distinctly
and clearly to loyal men - ''that if there were
only FIVE thousand loyal men in State, or less
litical machinery of a State, those five thousand
men or the less number are entitled to it.' Re-
lying upon these professions and promises, the
loyal men of the land gave to President Johnson
q cordial support, and were prepared to render
him every aid and countenance in the arduous
duty of properly reorganizing the rebeious
States. But President Johnson disappointed
them 1t must be admitted that he has forgotten
his old political frieuds. his professions of other
days, and that he has, and is now, seeking new
alliances and promulgating new dogmas. His
first step was his denuciaton of Congress, desig-
mating them as traitors, DC, in his celebrated
harangue from the steps Of the White House, and
following this comes his enunciation of the poll
cy that the Southern States representatives
should be admitted Immediately TO seats in Con-
gress, notwithstanding they come there fresh
from rebel armies and places of prominence and
trust in the Confederate Government. These men
knew that their martial expectations have been
crushed that they have no armed power to make
further resistance to the Government, and that
they must look for compensation for the past to
their political management and manoevering. So
far from having regrets for the terrible war into
which they plunged the country, they are proud
Of the part they played in it, and their sole sor-
row is that they failed of success. The Southern
leaders do not talk of seeding again, because
they know they cannot. But their views and
feelings have not altered They are not less dis
loyal at heart than when they had formidable
armies in the field and with their convictions
unchanged, their bitter prejudices unremoved,
and their hatred of the Union intensified rather
than diminished by their defeat, they demand a
place among the councillors and rulers of the
Nation. And this place President Johnson
would give them. He sees no danger in their
immediate admission. Congress does see danger,
and is not so weak blind and imhecile as to SUBJ
NIT to the rightful sacrifices Of blood and treas
ure which we have sustained without intrench-
ing against their repetition.
Union men everywhere must regret the antag-
onism between the President and what would
seem to appear as the best interests of the coun-
try. But that antagonism exists, and itbehooves
every thinking man TO understand and be firm.
Common prudence demands that we should take
security for the future, and although President
johnson may think differently, it is no less the
duty Of that party 10 stand true to their princi-
pies The good of The country demands it, and
to follow President Johnson into the ranks OF
his new-found friends
----z%s.----
The DEMOCRATIC FINGER. John Van Bu-
rem, in his late Albany speech, said
SIT is remarkable that all the Federalists who
have been elected have died in office, and the
Vice Presidents who have succeeded them have
been good Democrats. Harrison, Taylor and
Lincoln died, and good Democrats succeeded
them. Do you not see the finger Of Providence?'
We see the finger very clearly-it is the right
forefnger, resting on a trigger, Immediately be-
hind Mr. Lincoln's head. We see the pistol fred
while young Democrat" so called, leaps
down upon the stage, shouts sic ssmper tyrqn-