Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-12-07
TIE PRESIDENT.

ence to another column adheres to his policy
In spite of the passions of party ond the mad
meas of fanatitisnl. In the face Of crushing ma.
iorities. the abuse OF the press aud vengefu
threats of impeachment he maintains his
consistency. stands by his pligh,ed faith
and bottles manfuily for the princirl es
of our fathers, the Constitution and TIE cum
tryl The time will come, after tho PASSIONS
Of the hour have passed away, when ca!m his
tory will do Andrew johnson justice and us
sign him place not only among patriots aud
heroes. but in the lirstrous ,hrong Of the
"iaith full aud true" 1t tecms incredible tha, |
such a course the President recomme nds-so
in unison with good feeling, good sense. good
policy. and our institutions to. say nothing ,nf
generosity and Justice. .ould fail to meet the
approval Of an intelligent people But it
seems that the dominant faction not only re.
fuse TO accept it, buS are SO much opposed to
it that they will undo all that hos been done
towards reconstruction and the restoration Of
XII IDLY sen; ments and business relations he
tween the .,ctions for the purpose Of hcginhng
| the work "dc noro.'
I'pon The f,iM of the policy Prcr"nnded TO
| them 10y tn. President, the States Of the South
| have abolished slavery. rsnounced secession ns
u practical doctrine, ard repndiatei the Con-
fe,lcrate debt. They have clnaged their Con-
| s;:tulions, orgau'z.d Legislatures, elected Gov
errors. made laws confirming to the Civil
Righ!s Bill, rut The whole machinery Of State
Governments into operation. and made consid-
erahle progress towa,ds establishing order AID
fraternity among the people All this and
much more has been done III carry ing vut the
| Presidents plan. Yet, i, Is uow gr"vely pro
posed, by wny"f fastening rec"rsruc, ION and
precipitatng the Of good feeling to over
throw all this. in utter disregard of prorri.ty
wisdnm and policy, ami in violation Of the
riighted faith Of the :,.. IL Is now propo-
| scd 10y Congress to sweep away all that has
been d"rc, and 10 commence anew the work
of reconciliation, nni,y aud fralcr.liey hy the
love.crca.inc appliances Of pro. cript;ons and
| piilag". exile and the gibhei President
Johhson's plan .: recons rue!iun is now in op
pcr"tion and nearly completed. it is not onl,
wise, just aud politic-emhodyin every argu-
mcnt and sentiment calculated 10 touch tn.
generous and the just-Jut it is noic tie plight-
| cd taiM Of the not,on. How much have we
heurd..ubout the "sncrci national faith" pledged
!" '"e S'''"hS't'at"h VI 'lT. I-tH-
| coin, which all men kno4 wus withuut the
authority Of law, and against the Constitution.
! and as Mr.. Lincoln himself said about as op
erative "us the Pope's bull against the cone,l''
Yet mow, when The very existence Of the
South is Involved in lhe fuilh due to Mr.
| J"hnson's wh ole line of conduct and repeat ed
Procla'n"ti ons not one word is heard Of The
| 'plishtcl faith Of the nation IL il, however,,
| something 10 mitigate the wr"".. and to vim
| dica!e tie honor Of man that Mr. J"Euson hi.n.
self stands firm, unseduced and unawcd
"Among The f"ithl-es faithful only he
Among innInicrable false. unmoved,
Gnsliaken, un$eiucrd, unte,rItied,
His Loyalty he kept, his love, his zeaI.'
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Estate Sale Of r. G. S.,arp decd, on the 2lst
. inst, in the neghborhoud Of Due West.
considerable amount Of property will be so'.!
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| another column, anI give them o call. They
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| decd.
! See notice Of J. r. TolLert, Executor.