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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY q, 1865.
rag PRESIDENTS ASSUMPTIONS.
One Of tho coolest assumptions IN the Pres.
ident's recent veto message Is the following:
..The President o. the United Etates stands to-
ward ih~ conntry in a eomcwhat different altitude
tru1n that OF amy member Of Congress. chosen irom
sineie district or stale The President - chosen
by The people Of all the States Eleven States arc
not ii prceeni represented IN either branch Of Con-
BTees."
It IS true that no member Of Congress came
into his present position through bullet
hole. They were NIL elected by ballot, to fill
exactly the places they now ill. In this re-
not critntnnlly, 10 differ from the President,
who attained bis present poatlon solely by
the too skfllful MIN OF m assassin, a fact which
ought 10 make lin modest In the discharge
Of Ills duties, Being the accident
Of IN accident md not the the choice
OF the people In any eensc, it III becomes
him 10 lecture members Of Congress on the
fact that none but the loyal States voted for
them. Ills Insertion that "thc President Is
chosen by the people of all The States" is
1alschood as to himself. He was chosen to
TIE Vice Presidency ly the same number of
States that chose CONGRESS. Il they are but
u "Rump Congress II he was rump Vice
President, while MS President lis constilu-
cncy Is narrowed down TO but ono man. And
yet this Presidential Accident ~ plumes him
self on being elected by the whole people,
while Congress Is chosen by only part. The
constituency from which they derive the
power TO lcEislate, Is at least as large IS the
10 veto. Mr.. johnson oughl to know that,
even without any precedence of his present
course, there arc several hundred men who
would have been nominated by the Baltimore
Convention sooner than himself, had the
death OF Lincoln entered into the coussdera.
tion Of the Convention as an impending con-
tingcncy.
As II was hc was nominated for the Vice
Presidency in the Baltimore Convention By
lew loyal men from Tennessee, Arkansas aud
Louisiana, States Which had no vote In the
electoral college at the time, and whose dele
gates sat In the nominating convention only
ty courtesy. There being but tllree OF four
LEGAL politicians at the South, and the conyen-
tion being besufled into desire to nominnte
Southern uniouist, by good feeling towards
.1o,s ta,nno..r- a,,.;@a.r :. ea-ase
,,,.on ansrar 1o,nsoa ~. ,[os.a"a :.
tLorrht him ~ crrn 4or ,he 1.;,, pros;5e..-
1.,,t t.,.o,,sn tta,a w.s ~ ~t,,o~ ,aS.1 S.,,,,
Clan In the SoutA whom they could nominate.
And get thls Is The man who coolly lectures
Congress on the fact that lc Is the choice Of
"1o's fsolAc'
~ sooue "ns nc aom1natea tnen Inc
Nnv4e " ToIpclneao press 1ea ey the New
aolA "o'a anu enaca1so mes. placafoeo
u'la 10 n oootlsn t4ioss aoo a1unken sol,
ata con1lasleo nun IN no nattef7nE terms
VIA 'ne a'snlneu eh.'suaa STATESMAN Geo.
H. eoo,clon' oi onlo'
=. eo lu5 foul aoa1h2 st1ens.n 10 ouf ueket.
.ae nonauon ~as political o1unaet, anu
~ Ms hno" t4a' eou,e VINO so'eo iof Laneoln IN
I'o '.aaeeo ~ eotc .. aAi ~ 'so9 f1snee 'naa
Nu1e ~ .A"e" vonnsua' lug announce
u1 ~ .e nu4A'son ose astea 1alke POT
.,oa ., ~ - 4nA n N.Puusa' aoo .oe
az A,ue0 4s. '1ues ~ |ae" ee1s 11al
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,st, " .a1s. - : ,,s,,a,;n et..a - Isns.aa
oAtn y. o..ee ~ . . ts s. ~ ~ %4ns
ness ana lne scenes "n,cu Aase siten naa
cmiicncc to the While House from the day
of Lis entrance On the duties Of his Office to
The late act OF aposiacr. including the rcvela-
tiona Of the Baker-cobb cas-: relative to par
don brokerage, and his speeches to ae1c6n-
tions Northern and Southern, ore all OF 4
piece; and calculated 10 make loyal Amer
lean blush with shame.