Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-24
THE PRESIDENTIAL TRIP.

Ii II Is posslOIe, AOW ZIG SNS'N'"N NOe
les and struggles Of immediate home con-
Germ, let Us turn our thoughts for a mo-
e TO the political situation" in the
East. And 6rst we have TO note the con-
clusion Of the Presidential trip, and its es-
tsblished results. There can now be nc
concealing OF the fact that it was planned
and conducted as an "electioneering'
tour. 1t is too obvious for denial, that
the map Of the Middle and Western
States was "chslked' for the journey,
with this prime objec, in view TO gain or
establish favor, even to arouse enthusiasm
for the Presidents policy. 1t was be-
lieved that the presence and speech Of the
Chief Magistrate OF the United States at
the appointed hating points OF the route,
would conduce in large degree TO prose-
lytism for the ranks OF the Johnson Dem
ocratic Party. According to our judg-
ment, nothing Of intention here involved
IS palmer than is this ascersained, demon
s,ra,ed result: that the trip has been a
losing move {; that instead Of winning
supporters to his remarkable position the
President has ~compacted the strength Of
his enemies, deepened the hostility TO him,
and added MANIFOLD to the power Of his
opposers by the rspulsive character of his
ddresses and his conduct. 1t seems as
though in his council chamber and office
to-day, President Johnson must acknowl.
edge TO himself that his "trip has Been
of inealculsble injury to him as the "Tri-
bune' not of the people, but Of
the rioters and rebels Of the South.
II he shall ever improve occs-
sion to say that he is gratiEed at the his
tory Of his journey, the charge Of demency
will pass its emphasis and. perhaps, its
apology from Secretary Seward to Andrew
johnson. Where and by whom he was
cordially welcomed, where AID by whom
he was derided and denounced, despite all
considerations Of respect 10 his high office,
constitute plain points for his recognition
and remembrance such as a man not
"gone daft must accept as assurance Of
his great unpopularisy among the masses
Of the North. The people Of the commu-
mites where he was treated with q disdain
tina, could not be disguised are as proven
bal as any in the old, Eastern States, for
entertaining an enlightened regard for the
place he holds. Nothing short Of a pro-
found hatred, engendered by causes almost
too painful to recspitula,e, could have ad-
mit,ed vehement expressions Of scorn and
detes,ation before his face and amid the
%pronouncing Of his sentences.
While we cannot conceive that President
Johnson really misapprehends the lesson
of his recent circuit, we do not expect a
candid confession from him concerning it,
much less q reform and a return to his
Union integrity on account OF the instruc-
tons he has unmistakably received from
the people he has visited. All the prooa-
bilities are that he will be the more obsti-
nate in his reasonable course, because he
has been rebuked where he expected APP
plause, and has had his principal, almost
exclusive favorable greeting and hurrah
from the late opponents Of the war for the
Union. More pardons, more postothces
will be issued, tending to the endorsement
10y HIMSELF of that policy, which was
first fully proclaimed through the Phila-
delphia platform and the Presidents speech
which accepted and commended it. For
tunate, beyond all hope, would it be, if
Andrew johnson should now see the error
Of his ways, and endeavor to compensate
for the evils Of that past by acquiescence
in the certain, future policy OF the loyal
majority in the Nation. The slightest in
dication Of his disposition to take again
his place as a Union man would be well
coined by the people, even a, this late day,
and when his action is becoming Of insig-
nifcant and consideration.
II the President will not be taught of
his receptions, let those who are disposed
endorse him well consider the meaning Of
his journey. II he is blind to the voice of
the reasoning and patriotic multitude
surely no, all Of his followers are so stu
ased and constituted that they must per-
force deny, as he may, and doggedly keep
on in the path he proposes to pursue.
Read the story of his trip. mediate upon
his words, look at the record Of most Of
his public a~pplauders, note who indig-
nantly refused to even extend to him the
hand Of official welcome, and from the
programme and through the performance
gather the moral of the whole affair. Do
this seriously, and you canno. abide any
longer among the ranks Of his apolopists
or supporters.
SMoNToN, correspondent of the San