The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-04


his liberty no went to Boston, where he stole lot Of
goods from the sidewalk which he shipped for Yopkers
1t at tho latter place. while calling to look after the
stolen property, that no was nabbsd by detective
The johnson Platform-The RaIiyimg
Point for the Great Party OF the Coun-
|, try.
The politicians Of the country are still sore
ly exercised and deeply agitated over the
Presidents veto message and his bold speech
delivered to the people at the national capital
on Washington's birthday Andrew johnson
had borne so long and so patiently the studied
insults Of the radical faction In Congress- had
quietly submitted to their encroachments upon
the prerogatives Of the Executive, and taken
no steps to arrest their work Of disunion, that
the Jacobins began to believe that be had
neither the courage nor the ability to contend
with them, or attempt to arrest their schemes.
The veto was therefore unexpected and fell like
q bombshell in their camp. Before they could
recover from the CONSERVATION which this pro
duced they were again stirred up by his
mastery speech from the steps Of the Executive
Mansion. The effect Of the veto and the speech
has been to destroy the old party lines, and to
cause an upheaving Of the political ele-
ments slmost equal to that caused by the bonn
bardment Of Fort Sumter. The great ques-
ton which now agitates the politicians.
both in and out of Congress is, where shall
they go in the future? These events have de-
monstrated to the politicians that they cannot
shape the issues to suit themselves, but that
higher power has defined what the issues shall
be- 1t is thus that the President by bold and
mastery stroke has opened the way for the for
nation of the great constitutional party which
shall govern the country. His record, past
and present, furnishes the platform for such a
party, and gives to the people the rallying
point for future political struggles for the main
tenance and preservation of the Union.
The facts which we published a few days since,
taken in connection with the recent events at
Washington, are sufficient to show that his plat
form is broad enough, long enough and deep
enough for every true Union man to stand upon
and successfully contend with The enemies Of
the republic in whatever guise they may come.
Not the least remarkable feature Of all this is,
that the same manifestations Of approval by
the people marked the utterances of Mr.. johnson
now as on former occasions. There were the
same manifestations of applause from the gal
leries in response to his clear defence of the
message, as those which characterized his as
saults upon the radical disunionists and seces-
sionists In 1861. Their echoes will be caught
up by the people now as then and reverberate
throughout the country. Already VIC see un-
misialable evidences that he has struck the
popular chord, and that In ARA gning the
Northern revolutionists before the bar of pub
win shape political events and secure the final
success of his administration. We see II in the
effor ts of members of legislatures and polti-
clans on the stump to attach, in some way,
their future policy to the Presidents skirt.
Nor need we look beyond Congress Cor proof
of this fact. Many of the republicans in both
houses who have boon led away from the clear
ly defined principles of their party by tho de-
| lusive theories of Stevens and S.lmker, are now
trying to grope their way back through the
mist which surrounds them to Che point which
they started from, when Andrew johnson was
made their candidate.
Evory days developments furnish additional
proof of the wisdom of President johnson in
marking out the policy Of his administration.
Not only is bis present course consistent with
his past record, but it is also IN accord with the
DEGREES and decisions of the Baltimore Convcn-
ton, which nominated him. This shows the
folly of the representatives of that party in Con-
gross accepting the disunion heresies Of the
radical disorganizers Of that body. That party
has made record during the war such as no
other party, either in thu or any other country,
has ever secured for ITSELF Had ii been true
to itself, ii could have been the ruling power
of the nation for generations TO come. But it
has wandered so fur from It's principles and
become so thoroughly identified with the revo-
lutionary schemes OF the Jacobin faction, that
1t Is doubtful If II can ever again recover its
prestige, but must give way for the
great constitutional party which will now
rally around Andrew Johnson's policy and
platform. The resolute stand OF the President
on The constitution OF the country, his bold de-
fiance of both secessonists and dsunionists, Is
the buglc note which will arouse the loyal
masses everywhere, and cause them TO shake
off old associations, cut loose from old combi-
nations and unite in the popular movement to
reassert the principles Of our government The
people sustained him when he made war on
tie secessionisis and they viii now stand by
bim in bis struggle with the disunlonists.
While his course in this respect meets with
public approval. he has offered the only true
solution Of the troublesome question in refer
ence 10 the freedman. Amidst oil the mist and
confusion which The radicals have thrown
around this subject, we find his record clear
and satisfactory. The radicals have been en-
deavorlng to force upon the country, under the
pretepce OF friendship for the negro, a policy
| which Senator booliite stated in his Now Haven