Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-10
A Radical Tribute to the President

The Presidents course since his accession 10
power has won him golden opinions at home
and abroad, and some of the highest encomiunis
that have been passed upon any public man in
our day and generation have been passed upon
him. The extreme radicals have originated IL
tribute to him which is perhaps more to be
valued than any yet rendered. This consists
of memorial to Congress asking his impeach-
ment This memorial is said to have been
prepared in New England, very likely under
the inspiration of Mr.. SUMNER, and to have
been put in circulation throughout the country.
Their complaint is that he has acted like pa
triot and not like radical. Balled in their
unrighteous and vndictive schemes by the
Presidents steady perseverance in his recon
struction policy, these Jacobins turn upon him
with the fury OF desperation
The memorial states that not only has the PreSi
dent adopted a obstruction policy, the manifest
effect aud object of which is to exclude Congress
from having any lot or part in the settlement but by
pursuing his own impracticable and minOus
scheme, he has given the lie to all his former profess
siOns has Knocked ut and insuled justice and law,
degraded the dignity Of his great Office, and is, n
lar as he can restoring To all their former rights Tie
unTepentant enemies Ui the Republic, and armng
them anew with power as if it were his purpose to
reconstruct, not the Republic, but the rebellion. =
The pardOning power We are told, has, in his
hands, become means To abolish justice for the
public ruin lie is keeping the negro in a condition
more oppressive even than slavery itself; he is Sc
curing the interests of 'treacherouS, landed aris
tOcracy,' while the freedOm-lOyng people Of the
North behold themselves cheated Of all the cgiti-
mate fruits of their enormous Sacrifices The me-
mOTalsts then say; To leave in office three years
longer man who thus abused his power by crel-
ting conditions that carry with them the germs Of
another civil war, the undersigned consider treason
to the republic. They deem it necessary therefore,
that this man, on account of the violations of the
Constitution under which he holds his authority on
account Of disagreement, and on account of his
contempt for the laws of Congress. shall be I'M
peached and removed from his office The memo
rial concludes with the assertion that the nation
has right TO know whether its irst'servant is APP.
pointed As an autOcrat, or AZ republican officer.
From such a movement the President has
nothing to fear. 1t is the last resort OF foiled
malignity, and will rally to his support all the
sound men throughout the country. The more
closely his reconstruction policy is enquircd
into, the higher will he stand in public cstima-
ton. While we cannot contemplate such 4
movement without concern, rs tending To IN
tlict pain upon the eminent public servant ut
whom il is aimed, we yet derive no inconsider-
able satisfaction from the reflection that such
frantic displays must also tend to widen and
deepen the gulf OF separation between the eX-
treme radicals, and the rejecting and conserva-
tive men in the Republican party.