The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-03-21
The Presidents " Ground

The President SAYS in his recent address
20 the Baltimore COpperheais that "ne
stands precisely on the same ground upon
which he stood in December, 1850 - This
accounts for his incapacity 10 understand
the feelings OF the people a. The present
I day. America does u0. stand precisely
upon the same ground where il stood in
I 1900. II a. the mighty events crowded
within the past Eve years had no effect IN
shaking Mr.. JOhus0ns ground. such is by
no means the case with the American peO-
pie
Shortly alter the Senator from Tennessee
took "hls ground oa Dec. l7th aud lslh,
1859. his Governor Perry. of South Carolina
and other rebels took theirs, and fred on
Fort sumter The " feuds aud differences
which. in Mr.. JOhnsOn's opinion, break out
sometimes in the best ot families soon cul-
minated in blood Mr. Johnsons ground
was sul unchanged; but that OF The Amer
lean people underwent some considerable
change The people rose ia their might
and put an end forever ID these An'a1lo
ieuds ard differences, aud. since slavery
was az the bottom OF them all 10 was felt
universally that nothing was done until
that institution Mr.. Johnson stiu calls
it aIi inslituu0n) was und0ne.
Mr.. JOllsOn's ground however remained
unchanged In 1851 and IN 1862. aud In
1868, and IN 1864 aud by his own aimis-
sion he stands sun precisely on The same
ground "a IN 1900. Thousands % heroes
lel. bat Mr. Joauson's ground was uu-
changed Foreign nations aided the reb-
e., IN driving our shipping from the ocean,
out Mr. JOhnsOns ground was unchanged.
Mexico was invaded at The insIlgauon of
the rebels; bar Mr.. JOhnson's ground was
unchanged Mankind. which bad Withheld
is sympathics from u, while We withheld
our sympathies from The slave. applaaded
the heroism or our soldiers ana sailors as
sOOu rs Abraham lincOln'5 Emancipation
Proclamation had cOnsecTaled our cause
bat Mr.. JolusOns ground was unchanged
Alter having lost all the military forces
ard all tho hopes for which tney had sece-
dcd aud warred, nothing renamed 10 the
rebels Dut % wreak a foul aud lmpuicut re-
yenge upon the SLAYER OF slavery and The
saviour of the lawful government oi the
United ates. Abraham Lincoln vas con
seguent'y assassinated ~ one OF their min
IONS, blt Mr. JOhnsOn's ground was stu
precisely The same as that upon which be
-t00i I'm lsG0. though TINS murder lifted
him into Mr.. Lincoln's place. And now.
when Congress and the people are eng aged
the nation 10 reap the frult OF these i've
eventiul wears. Mr.. Johnson denounces their
efforts simply because their ground has
been changed since 1860. and MS, as be
himself ayows, is still precisely Tie same
now rs then
Jefferson Davis. Alexander II. stephens.
Cobb, Breckenridge, Benjamin. Sliden and
Mason, also stand precisely upon the same
ground as they stood an 1860. al least In
their own estimation. and as II now APP
pears also 10 that OF Mr.. Johnson. Since
the President pleads 50 far guilty IN recall
i, and standing by the distracted and
l' 'oly slavery and rebel period Of 1850. he
must not be surprised II he Is sharply re-
minded 10y Congress and The people that
the gull OF six years that stands between
hlS ground and THEIRS embraces centuries
/ OF glOries and triumphs Tor the preserya-
tea e. h, a.Illl ssS ~1e scil 8 1fb aass1 rGc-
! tible iuAeriiances OF future generations, as
those bequeathed by our fathers IN deliver
ng the American colonies from English op-
! preston Chicago Tribune.