New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-20
HREAD AND GUTTER POLITICS.

BREAD AND BUTTER POLITICS.
Tile Uorld, in enumerating the benefits it expects
to realize from the Philadelphia Convention, very
properly puts at the head of the list the bread and
butter which will enure to the gaunt and eager
Sham Democracy. 1t says:
First II sewers the connection between President johnson
ana inc the & Of the eounry is atested by the We
hement struggles which have always been made by point
S os been deemed Ire greatest victory which can be
achieved politics. The power OF That officer even ne
were The borer that could be picked up in
the street equal through the Veto to that Of Of both
Houses OF Congress- lie is also CommandernCbef of the
Army; he negOates all treaties he appoints all ooes and
through his subordnaes he has the collection and dbse
Of the immense revenues Of The Government In t9e
hands even Of the commonet and least sagecous man tins
woud be great power bat in the hands OF statesman Of
agacy experience and Of strong rcsoue character Ike
Nj johnson IL is gigantic The success OF the lmadepna
Convention which has in all respects answered the e1peea
tons and satisfied the wishes OF President johnson "a
him effectuay from the RePuOncan parry ana aals ay
whole influence Of the executive branch OF tue oo'ehmn
against its policy"
The effect of this influence is strkingly evinced in
the columns of The UOrd 1t is not long since Andrew
johnson was held up to seorn and loahng in its edi-
toral5 as "a boorsh tailor" low, drunken brute,
and his policy as Military Governor of Tennessee, his
speeches to the Nashville Blacks, and on taking the
oath of yice-President, were printed by it to let ITS
readers comprehend and abhor the rhany beast that
the Republicans iosting into the second Office Ia
the country. No public man of our time-not even
Gen Butler--has been held up to such unmltigaled
popular execration and disgust a. Andrew Johnson
Said that Journal when he was nominated for Vice
President:
1.-THE onl merit We can discover in this Baltimore ticket
the merit Of conssency is oil OF pieee TIE ta d9es ol
shame the head the head shame the tai ran spHR
balloon and boOTish tailor both from the back"oodS oon
growing up uneouih gnorance they wS1a T ma 90 sgc
subject for Satire poet who migAt celebrate tne IN s
strains as Dean Swift bestowed on Winston ana Dilon OF
Arisiophanes that seryile domaeogue, Hypcrbolu"
Then, You see, he had little or nothing to give
and was not likely to give whatever he might have to
Tie HoridS side; uov Judas has gone over, carrying
his bag with him, and be has instantly become "a
statesman of sagacity, experience, and OF strong
resolute character" The Bord stands ready, we
doub. lot, to make affidavit that he was sober as
Judge when inauguraed, and made one OF the ablest
and aptesl speeches ever delivered
The Bread aud Butter politicians could hardly wait
to finish up their Philadelphia Convention, such was
their dagerness to outstrp each other in reaching the
White House and putting in for their sces. The dele
gates from New-Hampshre were among the first at
the goal when they procecdad at once to fire speech
at the slicer, and TO read him the following:
R,soird by the united cation for the State Of New
Hampshire to the National Unijn ConVentO on now IN session
OF both the Administration at Washington and tho people 10
the country from he riis now Impending Eyer a.
States tiht Hs ConsDrers PEy eaH.oi DC 'a'a1sa e as
,-ioe and patronage Of ne if~i5s'as t % ss'
via he real enemies the Cnou nnd We Eel confident that
With earnest coop ration OF he ExeeuuYc Department 81
ne G meni We can -eafn Conservative members II
Congress az the next election
We beg leave TO second the motion. Mr. John
son polcy has the natural and enthusiastic support
of every Coppcrhead in NewHampshire, and of not
another man beyond the influence Of his Bread and
Butter Unless il be understood that every Repnbli-
can holding Federal Office Is TO be removed If he
stands by Congress and his party, there will be no
Johnson mon in New Hampshire but tho lifelong FOL
lowers OF Franklin Pierce aud Edmund Burke. Aud
It will not DO to give the Oiees Democrats; for that
will be a waste Of the Bread and Butter. far as
political influence is concerned. says dispatch to
The Herald
o." Democratic member Of the dccriioa said he believed
10 .no te upouinous sentiment the Dsm0ofae party In
New 1mpsAsc when be deyled thai ey did not dssIre
on o cd ueon onscrsaiisc spubcan-ihAi the Demo.
cratic piy would sustain the ffe'a'H' "0-' 10 'H'
oficcs." o..
Mr.. Johnson. of course responded in sweet accord
with their prayer. Says tie dispsichaioresad;
M, Jlusop replied thst We have policy ard pin
ci, recosaz,d and laid down b. ,he st Intelligent able
aud patriotic body q men mat has ten on'ened saee 'hs
tbs pol these principles would be tucf OF those who
receive fcc aud patronage from the Govrnment IL wa.
dqy bc Admin Owed tse that stengh and power
sboud b. given 70 maintain the principles declared
nv hs great body Nsone who mt this week In Con-
yention ut Philadelphia"
So we are now to have the line drawn between those
who have hitherto acted with the lepublican-U Union
party from principle and those who followed il for what
thew could pick up-or tho old Boo. bunty phrases
It. 'because they did eat ftho loays and were filled"
Let the Bread and Butter men stndforth
The Experimentation party gaze Mr.. johnson his
office They might have continudto enjoy its pat
ronagc by simply suuendcng the Blocks of the soutl
10 the vengeance OF their late taaknasters. BY pass
inethe Civil Rights act, maintaining the Frcedmen's
Bureau &C., they have made In their implacable |
enemy They had to choose bctwm snrrcndcring tho I
lowly and despscd 10 the wrath oae proud and pow
erf and giving up the vast patrooge of the Federal
; Executive; aud they nobly stood their principles ,
and their faith and let the Offices Because of their
fidelity to Loyalty ard Liberty, tir are hunted by |
the man they placed in authority im the places they
owe not to him but to the People. Vhateveriae mag
belar them in the future they ny well be proud /
| of the record they are making to-G.
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THE POWER OF RHOvAL.