The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-11
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.

The Speeches OF President johnson and
ahe Efect-Increased Bitterness OF Feel
ing the Result OF the Presidents Policy,
Etc. Etc,
EVENING TELEGRAPH SPECIAL ooRRRePoEDKNCE ]
BALTIMORE, September 10, 1866.
The conservative friends in this latitude Of
President johnson seem to regret very much
some of his careless speeches made on his West
eTn tour, especially that at Cleveland, and the
more recent one at st. Louis. These, l fear,
have been Injurious to himself and his cause
policy" If it may be SO termed. Though Presi.
dent of the United States-the highest honor
that can be conferred upon any human being in
the civilized world-yet there appears some
thing bordering almost upon basphemy when
even this exalted functionary undertakes to
draw a comparison between himself and the
Lord of Life and the Apostles whom, pre-
sume, he considers his Cabinet and particular
advisers.
lis TO be deeply regretted that so thoughtlcss
and indiscTeet speech was made by our Chlei
Magistrate, or that he allowed himself to be
pFovoked into bandying words with, perhaps,
irresponsible parties in the common crowd. It
would be infinitely better If our President could
have gone quietly on his holy mission, and laid
aside all political disputation, avoiding even the
appearance Or suspicion Of aGrmony. It It does does
his dignity behind HIM. going forth at this
critical juncture OF American affairs to get up
dissensions and array himself in open hostility
ae anst the Congress-the law-maklng power oi
the nation. :,
II would not only be melancholy but disgrace.
ful and injurious beyond language TO de5crlDe,
if all could be convinced, as the President would
have them, that our Congressmen and Senators
were a set of knaves, fools, and dlsunlonistS. II
even he thinks so, 1t is the part OF prudence Tor
him to keep that lamenIable fact secret. until
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better Congress is chosen. Inc very attempt at
bringing into disrepute those 10 whom we must
look for protection, and IN whom there should
exist confidence, Is calculated to domuch harm.
IL is not human nature, neither is it reasona-
BILE to suppose all virtue appertains to one man
and all corruption to Congress. For the respect
l bear towards our President, and the hope
entertain in the future the desire l have to
behold our Union restored and harmony and
eventual happiness trump phant-let me beg tnat
President johnson will henceorward carry his
dignity with him, keeping in constant remem.
brance he is the President OF the United states.
All this say as his friend.
What the cause is | will not at present under
take TO say, but the truth is palpable. that more
bitterness Of feeling, in political point of
view, exists here now than did whilst the war
was going on There is, too more outspoken
exempli6cation Of dislo Salty, and less homoge-
neousness in society. We.are getting at dag
gers points rapidly. and none can tell where
the end may be. This, in my judgment, is the
last way in the world to restore the Union.
enmues tostered and encouraged. Instead OF
the President making war upon Congress,
thing over which traitors gloat, his aim should
be- to harmonic, having in view peace on earth
and goodwill towards all men. In the nurtur-
ing OF TINS broad, generous, Christian principle,
there will be found Divine sanction.
By paragraph in tne san, observe that our
stale authorities have concluded to commence
paying the bounties to Mary land soldiers, which
have been long and uniusty withheld from
them. There are certain restrictions, however,
to be complied with.
Thomas Gallon, a welLknown resident OF
Western Maryland, in whose case the jury on Il
former occasion could not agree is again on
trial to-day before the United States District
Court, Judge Giles presiding, charged with
passing several hundred dollars counterfeit $50
notes on The Flrot National Bank OF lndianapo-
lis, Indiana. The counteIfeits are well executed
and calculated to deceive.
From this hence, until after our lall elections,
we are likely TO have intensely exciting times
in the political arena, Large numbers Of per.
sons are still being registered.