, 1866-09-04

oiAfeAt FoeseuAAsrs Oh Tue war, ana
against the abolition of slavery itsclfs The
long-headcd me7 here among the John
son party express their surprise that
Seward should not have prevented
the President from indulgins in this triline
with the great cause Which the Abolitionfsts
have initiated and consummatcd. and In In.
dnlsing in coarse and violent language which
would not excite astonishment, II used by
the National lfsse!7igencer or the World, but
which In the mouth Of tic Chief Magistrate,
dfsg1accs the cause which he aims 10 revive.
1t Is keeriy felt that the coEtemptuous treat
ment which the Philadelphia authorities
have metcd out to Mr.. johnson, and the
Albany Senate to Mr.. Seward, express far
more ccomprchcnsise!y the scuse of the Nation
than the inscnsate shouts of the excitement
loving crowds In Broadway aud the Central
Park.
Another feature in the Presidents har-
angues is much commented upon here. Willie
the whole demonstration Is intended 20 pay
homage to the memory of Douglas, the
President stGdlously abstaincd from men,
ttoning the name Of Abraham Lincoln, the
lifelong opponent of Stephen A. Douglas.
aud the great President whose martyr death
Htlcd johnson into hts ill.fated power.
Those who observed Mr.. Jotnson's course
Turing his Vice Presidency. kuuw how OBJ
noxious he made himself 10 Mr. Lincoln,
how he dogged his every step and took every
opportunity to- thrust himself in the fore
ground. 80 as to assure the world that
he, Andrew johnson, was to be the
coming man, and that Linco1n's policy was
played ont. Mr.. Seward Is fully aware that
the people know that while Lincoln was the
noblest exponent of the people-neycr tat
tertng their passions, but always appealing
to the.r highest conscientiousness-
Is their most :guoble representative, ever
ready to ticklethem with honeyol phrases
about the Constitution. Mr.. Seward was so
much afraid Of this parallel drawn betw cen
Lincoln and johnson, that he actually
found it necessary TO assure one
Of the Philadelphia Convention del
sssntes, :, S;r. fdr % dqys 1a, before The
oath that johnson vas literally carrying ont
Lincoln's policy. Fortunately no ono chai-
lcngcd the Secretary's declaration, and he
was thus relieved from thtremorse of adding
perjury to all his other crimes Would Lin.
and Civil Rights bills! Those who were
with Ar. Lincoln from he :i.o:nenl :. his IN
stallat}on to TINT Of his de1tu can bear Y t.
ness that Mr.. l inco'n scornca the idea Of
haring any policy Of his owr a, TINT his
iottiest ambition, consisted IN act
Prcsider. ever ruled in % tie wh:te
House who knew bette. to llscriniA arc Le-
tween the genuine peoplc-the vtrtuous and
noble masses of the rural population Of the
Free States-nn4 the rutlians In high and
low life whom johnson recognizes as the
people, because, forsooth, they are now after
his own mind and unhallowed by the great
lessons Of humanity and civilization which
the Abolftionists md the war hsye engrafled
lyon the national neart.
President wields Imperial powers, aud that
hIs measures, beginning with his vetoes aud
eliminating In the Philadelphia Convention
anc thts clectioneering trip, are predicated
upon the prcccacnta Of Louis Napoleon, who
ia elated By the acclamations ofthe thought
less and the toadyism Of the press, while he
better class Of the. population look on sui
+ While this is frankly admitted by the john
son mcn, they express at the same time au
not to be gulled and bul1ied like the French.
and they really look with terror upon this
barefaccd attempt Of converting this great
nation Of freemen auto the subseyvient sub.
jccts Of new o1isarchy. They look With
positive misgiVirgs 1por this attempt to
a9utaclaE Q puEtlE VIil1aoH u0etllc 10 the
abolition Of slavery. and oEe1awe the Com
gress Of the United states by aftcr.diuuer
speeches and theatrical professions to he |
gave cin Douglas Place, accompanied BY the |
Cabinet, aud the representatives Of the army |
and the navy.
Even the friends of johnson begin to oues-
ton the success Of this <tupendous con
epiracy against Congress and the people, and
they all say, eHe Is OVERRIDING it.' This is
the opinion Of Southern men who have
grown hoary in the tricks Of the old Democ-
5Iasy, and beho1ding the new, storm which
they deplore the zeal Of the President, and
cxrlalm with tears In their eycs, ssUeayen
preserve us aguinst our friends.h
I find 1t useful to converse with these
southern ss symPathizera with Johuson--and
their conversation gather tho really vul-
uefab1e points Of our enemy, while in con-
versing with our political friends, I e,.;n nu
new information. though l feel inspired bY
their tl words. What these brethren say: Is
mark that in infaming the North agafnst
Abolitlonists, he rep1nuges the country |
into al Its. old agitations and makes the
sonth inaccessible to Northern emigrants,
without whose cooperation the South
Soldiers Conventions, be actually calls up
the demon of civil war by inciting the sol
d1ers, truc to Congress, to hold Conventions.
thus setting the precedent for military men to
niS themselves up with politics and making
grant. contradiction to Ills peace proclama-
tion- The southczners say that Southern rc-
and regeneration will bp rctard.
I'd anc not accelerated by all these dcmon-
STATIONS, and that the PreaideE,'s friendship
df9s the grave Of their country.
You will agree with me that the opinions !
of these southezners are entitled to consider
adcu- They, better than any Of u, know |
that the crowd who now crouch before John
son are the same who crouched before Blu.
chanan AID before their oligarchy. They add,
With delightful t,aritte, thai they would mover
have clung - long to slavery and would
never hare ycn:uEed upon secession and war
L the rich rabble in the Fifth avenue and
The poor r4bble IN the Five Poluts bad
not satisfied their mind: that their
North, but, on the contrary, favorcd,
It was thus, they say, that they have been
ured to their defeat, and they admit that
hey have only learned too late that behind
Ill these noisy and abject Northern paftl-
ans, stood the conscience Of the nation, -
embodied IN the great New England mind and
he descendants Of the Pilgrim Fathers all
,ver the States. They made the fatal mis-
AXE Of believing that there WAS no conscieue
eft fn the North, because the conscience
excitement. They add that they repeated
'ver and over again the old nursery
'ong about the old Pro-slayery Constf-.
ntion and with much greater a tgumenta~
i've power than either johnson or
,cTard Or Doolittle, and yet they could not
conscience vi the North. The tremendous
:hauge IN the character of. the nation since
he establishment Of slavery made them CON
ldent that the country had ontgrown the
and Was ruled BY 8 Conscience
8 superior to that which animated the old
institution that whfr1 4