The Shasta courier., 1866-05-05
The Situation.

Il
The following from the Humboldt Register.
50 completely expresses our views, and does
It 90 much better than We could. that We re
produce it. and bespeak for it careful read
ing.
- + TIE PRESIDENT.
As We have remarked before, the matter of
dinerence in views on which the President
fonnded his vetoes. need not have amounted
70 an estrangement between the President
ana bis party. A good many features in both
Diiis we Edd1d'6t.ject t., as he did the Civil
Rights Bill. in particular. is too loosely
drawn, and may occasion trouble. But his
mdaner Of differing made it apparent that he
meant to rule Congress-to make it subservi
that he had read and approved the measures
ne so suddenly revolted at.
Hon. Jnhn D. Baldwin, member of Con-
gress from Massachusetts. gives the following
description Of. the man, and his manner of
delivering that speech, destined to bad and
enduring fame, on the 22d February Bald
WINS views are instructive and suggestive:
What the President said is before the
Country. How he said it my poor words may
fail TO tell. For the first time | stood near
and looked closely on the man. In the course
Of an eventful lite / have seen many men of
willful power and force, but never before have
lookedion one so thoroughly embodying the
evil spirit of revolution. 1t will not do to
underrate Mr.. johnson. He is terribly in
earnest and withal vindictively cool. A tho
roughly paced demagogue, his inconsequen-
| tial logic, his egotism, his repetitiOns, his
thorough belief in himseIf.and his popularity.
are elements of strength when he faces such
assemblages as were arrayed about him yes
terday. Andrew johnson is an able man
how able never realized till yesterday. All
results are involved in his policy. Had he a
Cabinet able and as desperate, the dire re-
suits which the near future would bring.
could hardly be named now. We stand on
the verge of fierce strife, to meet which the
Country should gather its strength and grid
up its loins. This man is no weak Buchanan,
and he means to crush CongressOr e crushed.
Mr. johnson is man Of stalwart mould.
just above middle stature, he is so broad
shouldered, firm set, and deep chested, as al
most to seem below it. He mas a large head.
1t is compact home for his fiery will and
brain. HIS face is marked, strong oval out
line, powerful under jaw, well defined but
rather sharp chin. wide, straight mouth.
full, flexible lips, skin coarse in texture, but
firm. complexion swarthy, hair coarse black,
streaked with gray, nose small at the root,
but full and large at the no tris, which ex-
pands and lifts as he speaks, broad, roomy
forehead, beetlng, bushy eyebrows, beneath
which are pair of the coolest. hazel gray
eyes ever saw in a human head these are
the ouhines of Andrew johnson.
His voice is clear, harsh, powerful and
penetrating. When he seems speaking with
the most excitement, he is evidently the cool
est man in the world. ] watched him with the
awakened interest one of who felt the mag
ntude of the crisis the speaking was creating,
and am convinced that all he said was weigh
ed and measured, and meant to bring about
certain results. When the tumult of ap-
plause which greeted his strongest denuncia-
around. those cold eyes and that crafty smile
could be seen calculating the entire scene and
its accessories.
Concurrent testimony is abundant: the
President seemed iniuriated by passion
He made it a personal fight. He had hoped
to go down in history as the man who had
reconstructed Country torn by civil war
and the sections estranged ty inimcal fac
tons Congress, exercising its proper func-
tions had created a committee, and framed
a policy ~ govern the States in returning to
| their places in tie Union. This was quietly
dore with. no threat, no menace. no cbal
Ienge. no allusion to the President. But it
was taking the g Dry. Johnson seems to have
conceived, out of the pretty little niche he
/ hafspsant to occupy in history-it was dis
regarding the kingly prerjgative he had
usurped. His Jealousy was ar used. and
his Indignation came fast. And. alack. his
pnpse minister-the venerable Secretary Of
State-seems to have felt that one Of his
many laurels was struck. None are strong
at all times, and Mr.. Seward seems to have
been taken in weak moment. The glories
Of the administration he claimed. as he had
been accorded, a lions share in. lie stoOp.
ed to concur in, the Presidents ignobie ii.
rade.
These things thrilled the people of the
| loyal States like an electric shock. They
radieaized thousands, who had hoped to see
the reconstruction accomplished on mlder
easier terms-terms less humiiating to the
people of the revolted States.
Now, with the history of the past two
months before it, the Country is prepared
for still further exactiOns. If the people of
the South choose not to accept the situation
| as presented by the recent ACTS OF congress.
the Country is prepared to stand by Congress
in forcing upon them universal suffrage. 1t
is not because the North is governed by the
councils of the f,natics who have in quiet
times vainly stricken to engraft this policy
the North has not hearkened to such teach
ings. But, the sentiment now is, If the
South must be governed by one or the other,
let il be governed by loyal negroes, rather
than by disloyal white men, Good men in
the South have seen the alternative, and
have pleaded with their pe' pie to accept the
offered terms. rather than lose all by an in
sane attempt to disregard the understood de-
termination of the Country they have failed
to destroy by civil war and can not subvert
by strategy. We hope the people of the
South will learn wisdom from recent events,
and conclude to return to their duty. without
! having to come under the local rule Of their
late chattels. 1t would be mure distssteful
than the rule Of the hated Yankees.
GoSE TO WEB FooT-Our old friend and
boss, Charles L. Fisher. Esq, after spending
a few days in town last week, seeng his
friends, tcok his departure again for Sacra
mento, to make arrangements for moving to