Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-09-21
From the Chicago Journal. 3sag
THE PkESIDENT ON TIRE STUMP.

THE PkESIDENT On TnE STUMP.
The cup of the national humiliation
Is filling up rapidly, and by the time
the President turns his face homeward.
it will be filled to overilowing. When
Mr.. Johnson tooi< the oath of allegiance
as |icc PRESIDENT of the United States,
he seems to have sworn especially TO all
that is contained in the first Of the two
words that then constituted his title.
Ephraim was not more artlently joined
TO his idolssthan Is the President to his
vices. ,,s.a.fs7y u,
But when we averted, our face with
unutterable shnnle from the spectacle
in the Senate. Chamber, on the 4th Of
March, 1865, We elung to tho assurance
that that, anyhow, was all we would
have to endure in the way Of mortifca-
ton for our beloved country, on account
OF the behavior Of its highest official.
Spare him." cried tho forboaring and
charitable President, "don't cut him off
for one mis-step, however rhumiliating!"
"For heavens sake lforbear!" Joined
in multitude Of influential voices, as
the storm Of Indignation swept the
land and leaped the ocean, drawing ev-
erywherc, according To the motives Of
observers, lanehter, jee,s, and tears.
We did forbear.7 And especially In
the frightfnl hour Of assassination did
the suffering, loyal heart forbcar,
swallow Its shame, aud rasolutely con-
tlde pgain IN Andrew johnson. He
was our Prcsident--a black mark for
tho day In which he became soi aUHe
WAS all we had to lean upon. We shut
our eyes, sealed our mouths, bit our
lip, and, with the memory of tho
shameful Fourth still ranking In our
hearts, we palllated, and excused, and
forgave, and forbore nay, for tho mo-
ment, We forgot tho hiccoughing Sin.
cohcrcncy'', Of the inaugural debaucl,
In tho enthusiasm with which we
greeted the new Presldent's iron words
of loyalty and justice. 1--WE forgot tho
scene Of his walking unsteadily "arrE-
in-arm' with negro down tho steps
of the Capitol, glorying In the then on
~ too conspicuous fact that he, John
son, not Sambo,) was a a"plebian," and
we thought only of his sonorous and
resounding resolution to go hcnceforth
''arm-in-arm"r only with those who
go for making treason odious" and
traitors criminal. '' '"' r'''l@'..,.'' y
From that day TO this, Andrew John
son has never opened his mouth In pub
lie, without adding to the public
shame. Never was public conf.
dence more outrageously abused; new
er was public disappointment moro Bit
ter, prevalent or profound. Whether
We consider his political policy or HIS
personal behavior, Andrew johnson is
pilloricd before the people as the most
disgraceful Chief Magistrate that ever
presided over their destinies. Step by
step the shame went on. We refer now
exclusively to the behavior of the man
on public occasions, As the words We
have alluded to have turned out to be
not iron but ironic, so the words that
have followed them have degenerated
in dignity, in proportion as they haye
IN~'N" III poiAtltss.
After the harangue of Mr.. johnson
from the balcony of the Executive
Mansion" on the hallowcd ed, we
abandoned all hope of him as an off,
odal who could understand the proprie-
ties of his position, or appreciate the
sensitive pride with which our people
regard it. On that occasion he sunk
even lower than he did on the 4th OF
March, since his friends concedc that
malicious billingsgate cannot be charg-
ed to its authors inebriety. Again the
national heart was stung to the quich.
With all tho humiliations IL had been
called upon by a cruel Providence TO en-
dure, it had never had brought TO its
lips bitterer cup than this. or all the
sins, political and personal, with which
our Presidents have been charged, mono
have so wounded, pained, and morti-
fled our people, as those offences against
public decency which are exclusively
the sin of President Johnson. James
Buchanan RETAINED from personal or
partisan illusions In his public address,
cs. Franklin Pierce was uncxception-
ably circumspect on public OCCASIONS,
and even Millard Fillmore and John
Tyler, the predecessors of the present
incumbent in treachery to political as
sociates, never had the execrable inde-
cency to make n partisan harangus
when waited OH by mob, headed by
brass band. g#l m .rsz-, ysrss
Yes, II, was left for Andrew Johnson
alone, of all our Presidents, to use his
high position for the purposes OF self
aggrandizerfient to employ the Execu-
tive patronage as a bait for mercenary
politicians, to sully the good name Of
the Republic by bringing opprobrium
upon its most august Office, and in the
official capacity of Chief Magistrate to
stump the country for political fac
ton. Yulgarity could sink no lower,
audacity could ascend no higher, inso-
lence has no pitch beyond. 1t were o
relief TO know Of a truth, what is prey.
alent rs q rumor, that the Presidents
indeccncy has the same source as his
''incoherency," and that the. ono as
well as the other is attributable no less
to occasional intoxication, than 70 in.
hcrcnt ill-breeding.
L .. 4s.
A curious dcjeuncr was given In Paris
on Sunday In March, by Madam NJ
whose enormous fortune, million
sterling, alleged beauty, seat on horse
back, horses, carriages, hotels, stables,
ETC., are things daily talked Of and dis
played in Paris. The guests assembled
in a long gallery draped with green cur
tains. Breakfast was served-eaten
coffee and cigars followed and then q
bell rang, and all the draperies were
suddenly withdrawn. And where did
the guests find themselves? In tho
stable, where were eighteen horses,
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