, 1866-02-17
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY II, 1866.
TIRE EXECUTIVE.

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suppression Of crtticiam CT Presidential pcr.
vcrsity could only be justified upon the
ground Of Its utter impotence in misleading
the minds Of The people, IN bliehtiny the na.
toms fondest hopes, and indeed VIC find puail-
1animlty and recklessness stalking unblpsb-
1ngly about In the fictitious garb Of rcluct-
ancc to din tue prestige OF Presidential omni-
science or under tue plausible plca OF refrain
Ing from disrspcctfal structures, considering
that they viii only result in causing pain to
the Chief Magistrate It Ia moreover ALLEGED
by those Teasoneza, that bis real ini1ueuca
Whatever ILLS personal opinions and occasional
differences may be, Is after n11 80 much hem
med In by constitutional limitations, as to
make hiE wrong headed notions only rebound
eventually TO his own disparaRcmcnt, with.
out the least detriment to the public Interest,
Whatever may be commendable in such q
tortuous estimate Of Presidential funct,ons
from point OF view of official etiquette al
personal courtesy, the American people yet
prefer 10 Canvass the proceedings OF thel.
chlel servant In frank and straightforward
manncz, and thosc, moreover, who thus nm
desrate the vast personal and national inf1u.
cnce Of the President are In our opinion nurs-
Ing 1lost Iropoeterous fallncy, at least, II
IL p1vdicated. no doubt in some instances, upon
aconhdcncc In the Weldon Of Congress, and
above all In that OF the people Ia the free
States, who nsked their NIL IN the oyerthrow
OF the 6laTcho1dcrB' armies and ofslarery. md
who arc not Mt all likely to succumb to fmbe-
c1hty while their hearts are still throbbfnn
with the glor1es Of victory.
The wisdom Of the people and Its rcpresen-
tativcs Is certainly our only anchor Of hope,
but while our faith In IL is ~unboundcd, As far
as all loyal citizens are concerned, who fought
for Union and liberty, VIC are as fully con
vinred ofits ForthlesEness as regards dlsloy-
alists who rcbellcd agninst the Union for the
sake Of slavery, or dlsadccted sympathixets
with freedom. Now 1t IL upon tue LAT
ter class Of more or less untrustworthy citi-
zens That the Presidents deplorable slima
tion from the public sentiment in the Free
States, has already produced most dIsas
trous influence, not only In exciting them 10
new and criminal hopes Of their restoration to
political supremacy which, having brought
on one civil war, may also rcHndle the flames
ofanother, but also In miserably battling the
condderate hopes Of magnanimous people
who, In their guilclessness, looked upon the
adoption Of charitable and conciliatory
policy rs the noblest guarantee for q return Of
loyalty, and the obliteration Of nll feeling
ofhatrcd and bitterness
Indeed, II Nr. johnson were endowed WITH
the consummate tact and the euarkab1e 1ntui-
tions Of his great predecessor, he might have
been worthy heir Of Mr. Lincoln's indicated
policy, and exercised mercy. without com.
promisin. justice. But, alas that the man.
lie Of the great nlno,.ian has not fa,,on ,a.s a
trpciously unon thc former san.4a. % ~:
Tennesaeei M Ji,co,r,e .r-o.t sa..e 80
paticntlv vait,nr om;as, s,i ~. .,....,,"4s -
Ills oxn hcarf nnd o,, ~. ,,raa,,,;., ~
own ,pdoroent ann ern.,-,s,aa ~ ..s y. IN
festations of The ,erca, bodV ~ ~. 49, ~ -
fore he spoke or carY;od mi b,a ner!nn,1 nn;n-
ion in case Of its rrce,vino ~. ,,nc,;e9 -,
that supreme tribunal of nnh,In on5r,.,n ~.
before he restpnea 1,msc,f ~ rs1;a,,:s,, 49,
own notIone hnverer dae,,,. ,oot.s T.. -
victiop or cherished IN hi. Tripd a. soon ~ ~
had gathered indnhl,ab,a evidence ~ .sa,s ~ s
jarrine with the will or The conc1ns;ons ~ ~ ~.
constituents. II Ia f,p fb5s nro,idc,,,.1 nj.
icy, At opce 80 lot,y In fts unreserre5 srh.
mission To the rpost t.ssent,a, dcmoc-ot,, a.;
Of popular soverripnty. and 20 ,or.,r ~ ~.
absolute sclcabnec1tfon md ren,n,sst,oa -
Ill personal vanity and intellectual nridc that
Abraham Lincoln gradually cononcrrd MT
only the implicit confidence Of thnss WIN
sympathIzed with his sentiments thonph 4ta..
NAV have son,..,,no. 5.-,,,-..1 'le.
indro,en+ In, ,Isr ~ tr,a.a N.-...9 -
being a,S1e ~ III, tben,es,vs. M ~ ~ -" .s
cenda,,t l,un,anI,r ana 1noro, or,na.,,. 49, ~
man, vet were each and nlI n,13ent,r sno1,
bound by the rtnerrfnp wisdom and ~, 49,,
common .eense of th,4 model pros,5aat
And s1. ,F1,en 1he 1ost ,,ra. - fnsa1.z
in favor of ,ncrrr 1or 4ba s.1,., ....,S . &C
fslluo, on,y ,non the n.,,ons, haa1 ms,,. ICY ay
The thttllipr pat1os of 3 ,,ar,,nc ,nnn..1on ~ ~
the noblcst sn;r1i ot tbts or anra1o ~ - 49,
same t,,nc win al, fba snt,o,i,,. ~ n,'sar
Magistrate. vhnsc tart w5sao,n s1,5u ~
m anti, ~ ,,,,,,l,t1. ~ go - 80 a.- . n1
.,ror.,, ~ ~. 49, s.e.e s'eu
lion and TO the shores -. Inv 11nion s ra., ,orsd
and rerencsated by the aho,It,on of s,.rerr
Ever since his death the conntv VA. ln1,ed
by this immortal r,rcattoc or " TInoo1n,-
snr,-nstions into a sor, n r1.c,5 no,-,a*.anas
with n n,1,cr that nretcrds a., on--,. 49,. 49,
ctlnct. and though 1he,e ,r~r, r,.,1 ,a,.s;,.
anps on the eubic,.t thcr. va ar.-, 49,, 4
lion on the pa,f of the neon,e and rs ernon.
enta in the nress and The forur, n 1,va , f.t, j;
trial to Mr. Johnson.s experiment.
But The evidences of their faI1urc horo ,s,,,
accommodating with sucb for,nidab,. sn,a,tv
that whilst We vet cxu1t IN The restoration, ,r i
peace, VIC arr we'll nigh aratn on the brink ~ \
war. The Southeruers are as hostile as ever
in their feelings FIR tho United States. and
Northern men can hnrd1y settle in anv mart of !
the slave States without being As much ,no-
1as4 e.d as 1,n{cro 41A ,,... Ta-..- -