The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-02-20

SPEECHEs OF PREsIDEST JOHSsON.-We pub.
dish to-day abstsact of three speeches recently
made by the President of she United States TO
delegations who called upon him at the Execu tive
Mansion in Washington. These speeches salts
~ US that Mr. johnson is great and good man
THAT he is trying to do what he believes to be
,Iight-and that he is opposed out-and out to the
radicals who now rule Congress. We hope all
. our readers will peruse the remarks made by the
president. especially those to the Virginia and
Montana delegations.
1t will be seen that the President says he is not
candidate for reelection, and that aspirants
Who are forming combinations are not in his way
that he can afford to do right and that G cd be-
ang willing. be intends to do right. That is the
language of a patriot, and if practised will make
Andrew johnson the greatest man who ever oc-
cupied the Presidential chair.
We. direct particular attention to the following
remarks of the President made to the Virginia
delegation
1T is necessary that the representatives of a
State should have all the qualifications necessary
and then they are entitled to their places. Repre-
sentatives must be loyal to the Union and the
Constitution. If representatives qualify them
selves in good faith then they entitled to their
places.
by going into this rebellion we have erred-in
returning. let me say. think all the responsible
places should be filled by men who are loyaI and
oy none others. If in State there only five
thousand OF such men, only u sufficient num-
Der to take charge Of its government-these five
thousand are entitled. if all the disloyal.
In passing through difficulties it would be
better to present who unquestionably
loyal. This being done. the day is not far dis
fant when the people will decide. If we do our
duty. the people will sustain and support U.s. and
tho States would soon resume their rightful rela-
lions -
While the President is standing up for our
rights, it is certainly duty to sustain him in
every way possible; and however much our pre-
ference, may be for men who were fully identified
with the Confederate cause, ought at present
to select men for prominent offices who are &C
e.ptable to the President at least, whose cleo
ton will not cmbarrasS him. This would be
prudent and wise policy. In these times must
not let our Prcjudices control but must act
in that way that will most speedily relieve US
from our difficulties. OF course consider q
who a decided friend of the South in the
late loyal any in the country,
but it should be remembered that the President
and others do not always see exactly in the same
way that do; therefore, repeat, that we
SHOULD when possible with our ideas of what is
honorable, select meu for office whose course
cannot be pnraded and referred /" by the radicals
for the purpose of embarrassing the President
by these remarks don't mean to acknow-
ledge that any disloyal man has been elected i'll
North Carolina. but we do mean to say that q
majority of the voters have not pursued the most
e1pedant course in selecting officers, considering
the extraordinary and peculiar circumstances by
which surrounded. There is no Govern
ment office that would could accept; but
decidedly of the opinion that the offices
should be given to those who cap fill them and
who would their influence to secure the re-
storation of civil rule to section.