Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-10
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PC sh9eked NJ What they describe as Presi5
dent yohnson's Want Of dignity IN noticing
Dppt6brious Words hsPag aott BY pers0nsdn
the crowdsii ile addresses and lbasticularly,
by d scene. of, this kind tat Cleveland, where
the Presidents, Setorts ,effectualIy silenced
rude fmpertiheHce.H Ks conning from Rg2
pnblicais, criticism o. ltbis Kind hardly.
deserves keplyy since it, can hardly be fhonr,
est. a party which. has never complained
OF Chief Justice Chase for going about the
country making stump speeches, fas' sud-
denly grown fastidi6usr ,Ehe Chief Justioer
ship Is not a political office, and none ff0f
| Chief Justice, .Ghases,. predecessors eyer
permitted themselves, to make political
Speeches. The Republicans profess o. great
kyeneration for President Lincoln, who, of
AL the Presidents, we ihaye ever had stood
the lowestil the scale Of personal bearing.
The ingenious youth Of the country will,
no doubt, re Improved and edited when
such a model of clerical and official pros
priety' as lParSol- Governor eIBroynl0W ex-
cuses himself from speaking, as he did in
Philadelphia, on. the ground that he had
too much respect 'f0f the dignity of his
position TO oab0utmakingstamp speech
es like a foolish felloW that is, PRESIDENT
AS against Brownlow and the Republic
cans, il would be, ridiculous to make any
opher reply to such criticisms than to
rhold the mirror up to naturepJ and let
them see rheir own image. But as it Is easy
to suppose animadvt rsionsi might be
made on the Presidents course by per-
sonsof more sincerity, i5 may not be outof
place to observe that the value put upon a
stiff sense Of official dignity differs with
different persons, We appreheud that the
mass OF CITIZENS like their Chief Magistrate
ba' TnSA a,
to them in a. state-paper style. I'VE.
suppose that President Lincoln's broad
JOKES were strong element of his popu-
larity. They showed, in the estimation of
the honest AHA hearty y-working classes, that
he was not what they call ''stuck up,n be-
causehe happened TO hold an otfice,l Pres
ident JohpSOn's tespasses upon dignity are
OF Il different Kind, proceeding from his
straightforward difecthess of purpose and
iTTasciblc TEMPER There is nothing in the
Constitution W prevent thepeOple electing
such a man TO high office il they please
ana in another Tennessee President that
we once had, such d temper was eompati-
BILE with a successful administration and
uneXampled personal popularity r.g.r.
In 1888, President Jackson and his Cabi-
net left Washington, as President johnson
and his Cabinet have now done, tonlay9 the
cornerstone OF 'UOuulnbHJ.l W init on
their way, President jackson was insulted
by. young mau named Randolph, a leu
tenant IN tue navy, who had been lately dis
missed. Randolph thrust his head into the
bPresident's face while he was seated at a.
table oil board OF a steamboat, and tried to
pull his nose,r General jackson expressed
regret, after Randolph had escaped, that he
was Seated insuch aposition that he was
not quick enough tointliot personal chas-
tisement, which he declared he would have
done on the spot, if lie had not teen taken
at Disadvantage. 1t might have been
more diyhifed, perhaps, IN a President Of
the United States to surrender such mis-
creanbto the law instead of giving him a
Gaming; as it might in, President Johnson to,
have taken no notice of bis interrupter in
stead Of anriihilating him bykeen retOrts.
Such promptitutIeoi address may be against
high OificialetiqUette; but it at least shows
Vigor of character which is not likely to
stop at small obstacles or be scared by small
criticisms Cromwell and Luther, we be-
lievashad the same careless 7intrepidity in
such matters that is eyinced by PRESIDENT
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