Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-08-28

lowing are his malignant comments ON the
interview between the President and the
Committee of the Philadelphia Convention
The 9 Dead Duck, in an agony of alarm is
whlstling to keep his courage up. I.
LETTER FROM OCCASIONAL"
WASHINGTON, August 10, 1866.
The supplemental scene of the 18th of
August farce, enacted at the White House
on Saturday afternoon, was in fearful har-
meny with the well rehearsed performance.
That which every other appeal has failed to
reach since the assassination of Abraham
Lincoln has finally been found and penetra
ted-namely the heart of Andrew johnson.
The Roman sternness which resisted the in
| vacations of the true men who cast their votes
for him for Vice President, to avoid the con :,
taglous companionship of those who
I covered him with calumny- the frequent
solicitations of the friends of the poor freed
men-the eloquent aud impressive demon-
stratlons of the eolored soldiers of the Dis.
trlct OF Columbia after they had fought for
nag and the country so savagely and continu-
ously assailed by their masters-tlse proofs
of the persistent outrages of the recent rebels
frequently laid before him since the meeting
OF Congress and eliminating in the dreadful
tragedies of Memphis and New Orleans
this Roman tirmness was tenderly affected
by the Philadelphia Convention, and was
finally captured by the spectacle of Governor
Orr, one OF the leading rebels of South Car
DINA, and General Couch, the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Massachusetts. de-
feated last year by some As 900 majority,
:" marching arm>in-arm into that vast assem-
blage 1t is something to put Andrew
johnson In good humor. He is always on
excellent terms with himself, but it is worth
much to awaken his sensibilities for others.
even it these are the men who employed the
basest and meanest devices to defame his
character and to defeat his aspirations.
Mr.. Reveray johnson, the author of the
pleasant and courteous speech presenting
San authentic copy" of the proceedings Of
the Philadelphia convention, (himself one of
the most thorough and influential opponents
of Andrew johnson in 1864, and therefore
in the full and consistent performance of his
duty, when he rendered. honor to that indi-
| vidual, now that he has become the leader of
| the combined copperhead and rebel
forces must have smiled at the curious
changes wrought in a very few mouths
| Senator johnson himself is not bad actor.
Few know better how to use personal and in
| tellectual advantages, and none appear better
in the Senate or forum. But when he stood
face to face with Andrew johnson, and heard
him declare that the action of the Philadc-
phia convention SO affected him that to use
his nanlesake's own language, 81 could
not finish reading the despatch to one asso-
ciated with me in the office, for my feelings
overcome me-" the Maryland leader must
have thought that nature capable of such
emotions was a curious composition indeed
Magnanimitysis good thing in its way,
aud forgiveness better; but the experienced
| AYn1.y- Inr,r i I
is a man who at one fell swoop forgives the
representatives of the worst rebellion that
ever cursed humanity, and persecutes not
simply the opponents and destroyers of this
rebellion, but his own advocates, apologsts,
and champions ~ And, as the tears suffused
Andrews eyes at the reconciliation between
the two classes of his worst slanderers. the
same eyes flashed the most baleful light as
he threatened vengeance upon his offending
friends! In the circle around the President
of the United States on Friday last, listening
to his miserable whine, and gloating over his
reiterated pledge to maintain policy which
has produced nothing but disaster, which has
filed the land with new divisions and ami
mosities, were not only venomous Copper
heads, but was conspicuous rebels, people who
during the war either fought under or SYM
pathised with the war flag of Davis Among
these noticed such men as G. T. Tucker,
of New York; John w Stevenson, of Ken,
lucky John G. Shorter, of Alabama; the
Infamous villain, 81. G. King, of Louisiana
j. l.. Manning, of South Carolina; D. NJ.
Barrenger, of North Carolina James Bar
bour, of Virginia George w. Cass, of Penn
sylvania; S. E. Church, of New York, and
others.
Now it would have been an easy thing to
prove that nearly every one of these persons
had, withip eighteen months frequently writ
ing in language so offensive that if their new
patron and themselves could have seen this
language in company they would have turned
away nightly disguised and ashamed of each
other Nothing makes the croekodile cry
but the presence of saffron for, says the old
authority, s'7 The crocodile knors himself to
be all poison, and saffron to be all antidote.''
And it is not unlikely that the Presidents
weeping was produced by the sudden appear
ance of the conscience, which. says the mighty