Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-03-08
polititaI.
EXECUTIVE PATRONAGE


1t is no longer questionable that
President johnson distinctly announ-
ces that no one who refuses to support
him in his demand for admission to
Congress of claimants for seats from
the rebel States, nearly all of whom
are disqualified from taking or refuse
to take the oaths imposed upon other
Senators and Representatives, shall re-
ccive or continue to enjoy any OF the
patronage which he holds in trust for
the patriotic and betrayed millions.
Now that the organs of George b.
Mcclellan and George II. Pendleton,
the sympathizers with jefferson Davis
and John &. Breckinride, aud those
who went SO far as to attempt to shift
the responsibility of the assassination
of Abraham Lincoln upon the should
ers of Andrew Johnson, have become
the mouthpieces of the President Of
the United States, one of their daily
declarations is that the radicals must
be removed from office, and that no
man can hold place under the present
Administration who does not register
its new dccrees and approve the policy
laid down in the recent veto message.
The President himself takes the same
ground, explicitly promising his decla-
rations to those who came to him ask.
ing these places, (Which belong alone
to the people of the United States, and
which are now, from irresistible indica-
! -, 10 tfarnl I,rnn1..aSt
many bribes among disloyal and mer-
cenary politicians with ~the warning
and the threat that he intends to con-
fine his favors to men who freely give
: themselves up to his policy. Upon
this point we desire to call the atten-
ton of the Executive and the people
to three historical adnonitions
!, First. The experience of the admin
istration of John Quincy Adams. AT.
ter the House of Representatives had
decided the Presidential contest, by
electing Mr.. Adams to the Presidency,
in February of 1925, most vigorous
and extended effort was made to secure
; his reelection. Many of the ablesi
and purest men in the country support
. ed him. The young and powerful
statesmen, Clay and Webster, led the
Adams party and We're confident of tri
umph. The Offices and the other pat
ronage of the General Government,
were employed with courage and per
severance worthy of these ambitious
and daring men, and the pure person
al character and lofty abilities of theii
candidate attracted to his STANDARD
hosts of the wealthy. aspiring and in
huential politicians. What was the
result? Of 26l electoral votes, Gen
eral Jackson received one hundred an(
seventy-eight, and John Quincy Adam,
eighty-three.
;. Second. The experience of Johl
Tyler. This contemplate recreant ha,
at least the defence OF saying, whel
he broke from the generous party tina
elected him, that he did SO in favor O
what he called principle-while hi
selfish hopes were stimulated by tn
prospect of support from unite'
A. South, and from the recently defeate'
Democracy, all the more ready, there
fore, for recnperation and revenge
Harrison and Tyler were elected i
1870, not because the Democratic pal
/, ty was in a minority in the country
a. but because the people longed for
It. change. The Southern leaders had b,
en- come suspicious of Martin Van Burcl
His celebrated message that Congress
had the constitutional right to abolis
slavery in the District of Columbi
gave mortal offence but the fact ths
he had been renominated through Ill
= influence and prestige of General Jacl
liz liz son, who was always disliked by II
Die nullifiers, was chief element in h
ire defeat. Taking advantage of thes
'ed divisions. the Wing party, adroitl
commingling exaggerated pictures
national debt and profigate expens