The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-27
THE PREss-sENTENCEs.

Ine hlcnmOnu DtSputcn says
The conclusive and unanswerable
Message of President johnson cannot
fail to have powerful influence over
the Northern people. g9fi.if
The Boston advertiser says
Whatever chance there may have
been that new Freedmen's Bureau
bill could harmonic the conflicting
views of the President and of Congress,
Mr.. johnson seems to have purposely
destroyed by connecting the matter with
the general question as to the representa-
ton of the southern states,-a question
which Congress will settle for itself.
The Richmond Sentinel says q j
We defer much that we intended to
present to-day. to the speech delivered
by President Johnson on the 22d, to an
immense throng which, after endorsing
him in public meeting, proceeded TO call
upon him at his residence.
The Baltimore american says
We laid before our readers yesterday
the speech of President johnson, deliv
cred from the Executive Mansion on
Thursday, to an assemblage composed
principally of what was known during
the war as Copperheads, southern sym
pathizers and returned Rebel soldiers
The following is from the National
Hatelligencer of Saturday: Hstg
JoH hhs irt as might have been expected
continues to occupy the first place in the
thoughts of the people and in the dis
cussions of the public press.
The Philadelphia Press asserts that
the display of President johnson has
caused the hearts of true men to burn
with shame. The New York Expres,
says nothing, but takes the Tribune to
task for having made the following OBJ.
servation. ir5et o. n1
| 1.-THE Presidentcontinued his disjoint.
| ed and incoherent harangue for abOutan
hour and half Many find consolation,
| imview of its extraordinary character,
charging its Inspiration to the same mis-.
| fortunes which Overcame him at the In
| auguration. However this may be, it
| caused only sadness and deep humilia-
| ton to every loyal listener"
This, the E'rpress says Is a base hint,
(which implies the gravest possible
charge against the Chief Magistrate of
the nation. Is it true, in fact, or is it a
falsehood coined to disgrace the Presi-
| dent? So far FROM speaking one hour
and a half, the President spoke but an
hour; but this is a small matter, while it
is very grave one to intimate that the
President of the United States was
drunk" 7...
The New York Times says little, on
account of the Iateness of the hour, but
the following shows the animus of the
writer: 5i5t
ut will be seen that he INDUCES in no
roundabout phrase in dealing with those
whom he believes to be seeking the de-
struction of the u MON; nor does any
consideration of official dignity or Ell
quette deter him from meeting, in the
most direct and open manner, their i'm
piled menaces and denuncations. Pre-
sident Johnson has for some time ceased
to regard the men whom he names as in
any sense representatives or members of
the Union party. He believes them to
be, in principle and purpose, Disunion-
lists, and in his remarks he treats them
accordingly" 81, 6ls 4Feg =
The following, from the New York
Post, is the more remarkable when we
consider that Mr.. William Cullen Bryg
ant, its editor, was one of the most ac-,
tive in getting up the recent meeting in
New York :oIs sle- nj % 2l'
"When Mr.. Seward rose last night in
Cooper Institute to defend the President,
he did not know how greatly the Presi-
dent had just offended. In the singular
and i'm some respects unfortunate speech
which Mr.. johnson made Yesterday
afternoon in the White House grounds,
he struck right and left, and in his zeal
to party attacks which haveunnecessarily
irritated him, hit friends and foes indis-
criminately, and even gave himself one
or two knocks, which will cause him, il
we are not mistaken, more suffering than
the worst blows Of those whom he
chooses to think his enemies. Wv
1t is matter for regret that Mr.. john
son should so far allow his resentment
to get the better of his Judgment as to
forget What Mr.. Seward very truly OBJ
served last night, and what all malicious
men in Congress and in the country con-
starltly bear i'm mind, that the difference
between the President and certain lead
ing Republicans is a question of meth
DDS for obtaining the same end, and not
one of different ends. 1t Is no excuse
for the President, that those whom he
singled out by name, for personal vitu-
peration, had already offended against
him in o similar manner. When Mr..
recently spoke in the Senate of
the Presidents policy as embarrassing
he only shocked the conntry's sense of
propriety thereby, and felt himself
obliged, as quickly as possible, to explain,
and apologize for his rudeness when