The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-16

ANHttStNt AAN puOttCuIte ut w ubns
ington City, one of the Presidential or
gans, is undertaking to explain that
Mr.. Johnson hns been very much inn
posed upon in many OF his appoint.
ments by leading members of that
glorious democracy which has so
recently been defeated and routed in
every State but two in the Union where
elections were held" 1t says:I
''The President has always adhered
to the general rule, never to remove a
Republican from Office unless he was
abusive of the administration and its
policy to restore and preserve the
Union, and in the event of such remO-
val, always to appoint n soldier or
conservative Republican or War Dem
ocrat. lfthere has been any variation
from this rule 1t has not been the Pres
ident's fault. We believe that he and
Gen. Grant agree that the Southern
man who took musket and entered
the rebel army and fought bravely TO
establish AN Independent governs
ment, and after getting whipped to his
hearts content, laid down his arms,
acknowledged his error, asked for par
don, and expressed a desire to be again
admitted to the privileges of citizenship,
Is an honest man, and one who can and
ought to be forgiven; but that n North
ern man (copperhead) who took sides
with the seceSsiOnists against this Gov
eminent, encouraged their rash and
wicked acts, aPplauded their efforts,
mngnified their deeds, praised Jeff.
Davis AS n great statesman, and Robert
4. Lee as the greatest of generals, dis
couraged enlistmentS into the Union
army, recognized the rebellion a sue.
Sess, acknowledged the rebel conTedera-
~ a republic" and actually declared
the Union dissolved is a dishonest
man, ought not TO be forgiven, and
should never be returned to place or
power under this Government
The Immediate cause of the above
disclaimer from the Republican, on be-
halfof the President, is, as 1t seems.
the recent appointment of some man in
Massachusetts, named S. b. Phinney.
editor OF the Barnstable Patriot, to n
lucrative position under the Govern
ment. II leaks out, since his appoint-
ment, that in his paper, on the nth of
April, 1865. in speaking of Mr.. john
son, then Vice President of tho United
States, he made the following remark !:
should Mr.. Lincoln die. Mr.. john
SOU becomes the PresidGnt-and such a
FTesluenu There is bat one WRV to Os-
cape the living disgrace. and that is for
him TO resigu-peuceG6ly II he tgiH.
FORC1BLY IF NEED BS.r
The editor of the Republican con-
siders 1t very outrageous that the
author of such an utterance. should
have received an Office at the hands
of the President. And he regards
It as a mortifylng fact that the
case is only one of many. He says
that the President 'shas been deceived
by those who are endeavoring to GRASP
place and obtain power" This declare.
ton from the Washington organ may
betaken as hit at the committee in
West Virginia who had in charge the
distribution of the spOils. Our neigh.
Dor, OF the rebel organ, is in the same
hx with the Barnstable editor. It seems
that both of them were so unguarded.
not toreseeing their fine opening In the
future, as to denounce the poor
unfortunate Vice President, as unit for