Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-03-08
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+ During President Johnson's speech on the 22d
in Washington, he made use of the following Ian
guage:
"Men NAV talk about beheading and usurpa
ton but when I am beheaded want the Ameri
can people to be the witness. [ do not want il
done by inuendoes and indirect remarks in high
places to be suggested to men who have assassina-
ton brooding in their bosoms. Others have ex-
claimed that the presidential obstacle must be got
ten out of the way -. ........ .
81 make use of a very strong expression when
say that have no doubt the intention Cos to an
cite assassination and get out of the way the OBJ
stacle from place and power
| This has been sneered at by the Jacobins as the
od captonduna of demagogue who sought to ac-
qulre sympathy and consequence by pretending a
danger which only existed in his own magma
ton.
| /. About ten days ago Wendell Phillips deliv-
cred lecture in Albany. in which he said that if
the President opposed the Republican party in its
policy of restoration he ''osa obstacle to be re-
noced This language was obviously in the
Presidents mind
2. On the 3lst of January, Thaddeus Stevens
delivered violent harangue in the House of Rep
resentahves, in which occurs the following Ian.
guage:
''Now, sir, since [ have referred TO that. be-
leve an right for 1 have no doubt this is the
proclamation, the command of the President of
the United States, made and put forth by author
1ty III advance and at the time when this Congress
was leg1satlng on this very question:; made, in my
Judgment, III violation of the privileges of this
House; made IN such rag Hlat centuries aQo had
1t been mate to Parliament By q British Kinq ii
ecOud hare cost him his head -
B. Last Sunday night Dr.. Cheever delivered a
sermon in New York, from which the following is
a sentence:
eff any of the rulers should persist in their
present career of wickedness and to refuse to do
unto others as they would be done by, Mot He
sCOMld htke them ont Of lie scQy'
4. The Washington correspondent of the Sun
day Mercury writes
''There is reason for belle ing that the Presi- |
dent knew what he was about when he charged
upon certain radical leaders DETERMINATIONS to as
saslnate him. 1t is said that immediately after
his veto message, information was forwarded to
MI johnson that there conspiracy among
certain negroes for the purpose of numbering him
nsp1red' as the story ran, by certain Radicals of
ne John Brown stripe. The story may be incred-
bic but 1t should be remembered that like I'll
'ther fanaticls, the anti-savery agitation has de-
yeoped some very violent types of character.
mere are certain enthusiasts who really believe
hat 1t the mission of the nation to confer eoual
ty upon the negro that the time is propitious. E,
nd that the only obstacle i'll the way is Andrew
ohnson Were some one else than he occupying ,
ne PRESIDENCY, the present Congress would enact {
negro suffrage and the equality of ne ,
roes before the law. That the action of these 7
'retched people be traced to- Sumner and
stevens is, of course, Incredible but the remark
BILE statement of Stevens in the House. without l
ny provocatlon, that the man at the other end .
the avenue should recall the fate of Charles the
irst excited the supicions of the President and,
ogether with the information he had received led
, the remarks he made the subject of his per a
onal assassination -
5. Among the associated press dispatches from i,
Washington, under date of Feb. 25th, is this: e
=" The stories about the discharge of department W
erks have this foundation, that one has been dis y
larged for expressing wish that some Booth
ad been at hand to assassinate the President dnr
lg the delivery of his speech on the Odd o.
g. In his commentary Oh the veto message, Sen c,
or Wade said: ID
Much had been talked about the Presidents n
ashed traitors to in and deliberate with ~
y and lay down the rule that he who wishes m
lis is no better than traitor himself If Jeffer il
n LAWS were i'll the place he could do no w
ORE "
Is there no significance in these straws ~