Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-04-27
President Johnson.

one to the Soldiers and Sailors, the
other to the Negroes.
This with his 22d February Speech
in which Charles Sumner and Thaddc-
lis Stevens were arraigned as traitors,
form an Coz, in the liao'y Of III
Il pu liz. N.ycr ocloyc has TIC CHI,
executive Of these United States lcii !
the vantage ground of his high Office.
and descended To uttcraacc so IA,
ofpcrsoaal rancor and SO expressive 81
pvtu.a1cc an d impatiGn &c toward.
those WHO might differ from him i'll tn
poi:y to lie adopted in alministerin.
the government.
Never before has any President re
sorted to the nd cgt'nIum r@ges @.
stump efforts, to vindica,c his oilicla
n rs as arainst the criticism of tn,
people or their Representatives l,
Congress. Yet President johnson
when called upon to acknowledge tn
compliment of visit from a body o
his fellow citizens, sees fit to brCa>
away from precedent, aud the wei
established rroprictics which attach to
administrative and executive officers
the world over, and harangue a pro
miscuoas crowd upon the solemn ant
wcighty cabinet questions of the day
One thing cannot bc disguised and
may as well be co. f s cd, it is this
tLatth Presidential cXccntricitics-
not to call them by q harder name
arc extremely notifying and humi.ia
ting to the American people; and w
can but believe that President John
sons own check must have twingcC
with shame when in response to hi
intcrrogatory, "what is the veto pow
cr?" Il voice came up from the hetcrc
gcncous and mixed crowd before hin
to pat down the niger"
This it will be remembered wa
when he was nominally addressing
few soldiers and sailors, but really
street rabb!c which had assembled +
hear andy give it to Congress, an
the radicals. That voice from tn
crowd shows the animus Of the ma;
which was before him, and how tho;
who 90 in for putting down the nj,
gers" regard the late vctoes of I'll
Frcedmcn's Bureau, and Civil Rirh
bills. They evidently look upon IL
President Us on their side, and tn
alone ought to be q sufficient admor
ton to him to change his course, #
when traitors and open mouthcd n
GRO hatcrs applaud hi. action, to 10y
men, it is q sure sign that ali is III
right, that to say the least, he is in bi
company.
1t has always been and is now v
believe, accounted good taste for IN
to say but little concerning the thin
they have done, or the things they
tend to do, and unless there is an {
ccption in the case of Presidents, t
public jud gmcnt will condemn :
most cXtravagantly egotistical
these speeches of the President.
NJ. Johnson says that during t
late rebellion, ''hc took his positi
where the enemy could be reach'
and where mems lives were in d;
ger" Suppose he did, put his DO
in the way Of rebel bullets-wh
however was not the case-would
LOOK well for him to be mouthing
to the people? Who ever heard
Scott, Grant, Sheridan, Meade or T
~, rccounting their military exploit
None but the Jack FHstqf order
soldiers do this, and who ever d,
it, you may be sure is a believer
Falstaff'S doctrine, that "discrctior
the better part of valor."
Such at least is the opinion curr
in military circles and if Mr.. 10
son plumes himself upon his milit
service he must find no fault WI
weighed in q military balance.
Let it here be understood that
one denies that Mr.. johnson ha.
time past rendered valuable servicC
the country. 1fhowevcr he spends
remainder of his days in bragg
about that service, we can but feel, t
the recollection thereof, will not
entirely free from alloy to his fric'
and the American people who have
come jointly Interested in his faI
and we earnestly hope he will
overcome the vapory habit of sol
ing his own praise, and devote
remnant of his official term, to tho
tablishment of harmony between
self, andCongrcss and the people,
the country may be speedily resto
to The condition Of thrift and prosr
ty which blessed Us before the
aad which we hope will not again
disturbed for ages to come.
GENL. STANNARD.-Mai. Gen.
j. Stannard has been mustered ou