The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-20

the feeble and vacillating poor Pierce and Blu
obanan. Tho master Of poor Pierce's admins
tration was JEFF Davis, his Secretary of War;
he was the evil genius, the Jack-o' Lantern
that led poor Pierce into that criminal and dis
astrous venture, the repeal of the Missouri COM
promise, which brought about In Kansas the
overture to the late Southern rebellion. The
Marplots and managers Of Buchanan's admin
istration were those reasonable conspirators In
his Cabinet-Cobb, Thompson and Floyd
traitors who, in laboring to bankrupt the
national treasury and to supply the disaffected
Southern States with arms and munitions Of
war, were among the most efficient organizers
and contributors to the late rebellion, under
the nose and with the consent Of Buchanan.
He could not dismiss these conspirators, and
from his timidity and his fear Of the conse-
quences Of acting boldly and bravely he soon
ceased to be tho master and became the ser
want Of the holder spirits Of his Cabinet. We
guess that it was only by permission of Cobb,
Thompson and Floyd that the President argued
in his message for q protective tariff against
Cobb's Treasury report In favor Of free trade.
Andrew johnson was brought. up. in the po-
litical school and near the feet of Andrew
|. jackson. With more genial and generous
nature, johnson possesses in high degree the
resolute will and unainching tenacity of pur-
pose Of Jackson. He also possesses longer,
more varied and instructive political training
than that of Jackson, and broader and more
comprehensive views Of political questions as
practical statesman He has all the advan-
tages Of all the teachings Of all the great
events that have marked our political history
from Jackson's day down 70 the present time.
He has the examples Of Jackson and Lincoln
to guide him on the one hand, and the ex-
amples of poor Pierce and Buchanan to warn
him on the other, and especially in reference
to the Cabinet. Abraham Lincoln was the
most amiable and forgiving Of men but. for
all that, he tolerated no would-be dictator In
his Cabinet Chief Justice Chase will bear US
out upon this point.
1t becomes, therefore, the policy and the
duty Of President johnson to shape his Cabinet
to his own well considered and fixed purposes
on all the great questions Of the day. As in
the cases Of Jackson and Lincoln, the great
body Of the people are with him. In making
his Cabinet unit he may be opposed by the
present Congress, but he will be sustained by
the next Let him therefore prepare for that
which appears inevitable-the carrying Of this
question of Southern reconstruction from the
present Congress to the people.
The Recent Ovasaen - the DwsthsS Or
wilkes DsstA.
Ths country papers ere Sonmsnting sEtsn-
sively upon ths recent ovation to the brother
Of Wilkes booth ct ono Of tho theatres Of this
city, and re ct . loss 10 eemprshsna its osusss
and il noraL Tho ovation Wa, indeed,
very curious AFFAIR. The theatre was crowded,
and among The audience sat Mr.. George BAN
croft who il soon to deliver the eulogy upon
the murdered President, by the invitation Of
Congress. More than this, the theatre has been
almost equally crowded every night since Mr..
Booths temperance, although there Is no
impRAsement In his acting 70 justify this remark
able Increase Of patronage. Previous to tho
assassination hs was regarded % very re-
spectacle 6ct0r-ols Of ii11e Dssi 81 he native
American school; but although hs oftep
appeared in this city he made no such sensation
and was greeted with no ovations But just In
the nick Of time, AFTER he had exhausted his
audiences here by very long engagement, his
brother sssassnated the President, and Edwin
Booth clutched the dramatic diadem ct single
bound. So far % Mr.. Booth Is concerned his
remunsrativc notoriety Is quite accidental.
Like Farmer Acorn, in Toodles, he had
brother, and this brothers crime made him
famous. Manager Stuart is the person who
must receive whatever credit accrues TO the
shrewdness with which he took advantage of
Wilkes Booths celebrity to get up the Edwin
Booth ovation, and who must be congratulated
upon the pecuniary results His theatre, which
had been the least successful In the city, is now
the most prosperous of those establishments
which do not advertise In the New YORK
HERALn In fact, manager Stuart need not cd
vertise in any paper at present. for the ovation
Is still continued. The spirit Of Wilkes Booth
Is quite advertisement enough.s
The rural philosophers may wonder at the
strange phase which the assassination tragedy
that 20 shocked the country has at length as \
snmed; but We have long since ceased 10 be
surprised at any freak Of human nature. Ham,
let shows how imperial Cesar, dead and turned
to clay, may stop hole 70 keep the wind
away; and II IL not more singular that the
popular feeling In regard to the martyred PresI-
dent should be utilized by keen manager to
give fclat to the performances Of the brother Of
the Presidents ASSASSIN. In the circumstances
which attended Mr.. Booths temperance there
was everything TO crafty the morbid taste
Of the populace. Edwin Booth Is very like |
bis brother Wilkes In physique, although bis
moral traits are widely different The theatre
st which he performs IL that Of which Wilkes
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