Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-05-19

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nv lU'Yerk - shs(sh its
"wsshington corrs a1eat u AXES a
eowardly attack upoa - = Bohsson y
charging him with NJ - - worn
less paper o. "givens NY" e2oe 'ooo
Of Government propsi ssasitius Of rails
roads, rsusdiae stock. isea end uiatsrials
and il il said that - rsfssn b permit
proceedings to compel teynsnt or to re-
cover possession Of this immense amounted
public property" TAs people Of The Uni
ted States need not b ts1d that this is q
gross distortion Of facts. amouotios 70 q
vile calumny. The character Of Andrew
johnson, for honesty md integrity in every
public position no ever GIled. stands too
high thus to be lied away. We have look
cd all along. - il were, for certainty, Tor
the opening Of . virulent, and aggressive
warfare on the President, ever since he an
nounced his pstsiotie and truly national po'-
icy for the restoration Of the Union ; We
had no idea that he could safely trust him,
self in the bands of the "half way men,
who were running with the hare, and
holding with tho hounds !" dnd we hat
hoped also, that he would = onoo havs -
sumed tho use Of his prerogatives for hi
own safety, and the public good. Tha. b
was slow 70 use biz power sas more credit
able to his feelings than hisjudgmcnt tina
he was credulous, and unwilling to str,k
boldly and At once, was excusable. $" lon
as respectable number Of the psrty whic
elected him to Office assumed to sustain hi
policy but their cowardly and treacherou
detection, SO soon allowed by the fagran
assaults of their masters, will leave him n
course open but hold defiance aud stubborn
resistance by every legitimate means in hi
power. The Radicals mean war upon thu
President, and war to the knife" thu
miserable crew Of slime serving conserva
tives, who have 70 paltered, and promised
are foresworn End faithless, and will bscoin
the mere camp>followers Of Stevens, Creole,
q Co., and it now becomes Andrew John
son to look to his own position. and conn
the forces with which he must sustain
the fcrccst and most deadly onse
that n statesman and polical leade
ever before encountered in this coun
try. He has won the confidence an,
support Of the Democrotic party by his up
right and loyal policy, and that great organ
ization, without fee or emolument, is read
to stand by him to the death in this ISSUE
There are also few brave and true men i
Congress who have come out from the part
which elected him, and stand nobly by h
fortunes such - Cowan, of Pa, Rossea
and Smith Of Kentucky and one or tw
others. The President himself must no
act let him call around him true and reli
bic men in whom the people can trust l.
him use his full constitutional prerogative
and be ready for the shock which will sur
ly come, and he may hope 10 meet it
safety, unharmcd and triumphant to ii
end. There should be no hesitation, I
doubts, no compromises, with traitors
imbeciles every leader Of a cohort in who
he relies should be tried Of and unquestio
able faith and courage-evcIy moyeme
which he now makes with immutablc Diet.
mnaticn. The enemy are upon him, di
ciplined, determined-it is their last de
perato chance and to lose point with the
now, may be destruction to himslf, and di
astrous TO tho nation.