The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-06-04
Personal WAR UPON AMERI-
CAN PREsIDENTs AND ITS RE-
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tie WIN inciuens VI pi..ei anu INTENSE parry
s'ri'e' our poht'cai DIVISIONS are Oh sucn
nature 'nA' tney ehgenoer nea'eu ooh''o,
'ersy' aniihA'eo oeoate, ana, Us nat'er Vi
course tne principal candidate anu rep
reseh'a'iVe s tne cnie' pom. VI a''aoA'
majority Oh instances 'niS cohn,c'
Oh passion mas oeen nariniess' anu the
DAY aiter the presidential eiect,ons' which
ioiiowed upon an emoit'ereo canvass
would md the country submissive ana quiet,
ana the viii OF the people, as expressed oy
the ba!iot' mas peen accepted as hnal' and
been met with general acquiescence' But
our experience furnishes several prominent
examples OF Issues mace oy rresidents' 10
winch their names became attached, and who
were thereby made the objects oil political
animadversion and powerful opposing com
binations. All such issues have arisen either
out Of the exigencies Of the times in which
such Presidents have ruled, or from mterpre-
tations OF the fundamental law ana the ehuh-
ciaton oil primitive principles OF government
demanded in the administration oil AFFAIRS
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SON had policy; LINCOLN had a policy All
metwith extreme oppositioh' ana parties were
not only ranged adversely 10 these Pohcies,
but In the controversies which grew out OF
them the most unoridleu oeiaina'ioh ana .ne
most unParuohaoie personalities were huried
upon tne respective rresidents VINO were
iuentineu WIN thetn' lhese rresidents went
W .he PeoPie On tner prmciP,eS anu lucas
"hu "ere in'"ri"o'y anu sr"huiS Su''aiiieu'
oAtAASoN was 'no aiu-OeHre[ VI
Deih'or"'i1 iueAs' Us "shih'' - oonSoiiu''ins
OF monhEcn,cai 'ehuehcieS inere was no
nrmer iriehu oi inc Union, Ut no inoIe ar
oeht pene'er IN tne strehg'h ana uuraoiil'y
OF 'ne American Government 'nah lncNnS
'trfhhSoS' ne was Inc onA,nPioh .! inui'
Ndaal ireedom' tne enemy Oh prescription
anu was the a'o"ea opponent oi cehtraiiza-
uon OF power or OF restraints upon the I'D
erues OF inc cinZen, OF tne dighities ana
rights oil the state. Inc pohcy OF JEFFERSON
was TO make the Government and the con-
Victlons OF the masses liberal and kepubll-
can. In the chaos OIL puohc mnd winch
existed at the commencement OF the century
when n uisuust was MANIFESTED IN the eNper-
lnent OF seltgoVerhmeht' ana was urged
mat the federai power was hsuihcieht' ana
needed new accessiohs from the states ana
people ne stood oy the people, and by the
arrangement winch preserved the states,
claiming Tor the Government that It was the
strongest on earth Tor In danger the masses
would rally Tor us defence. The early pre-
dictions OF JEFFERSON have been FULLY real
led and the late war is the most glorious
and enduring ILLUSTRATION oil the wisdom and
faith oil the great apostle OF republican ideas.
But he was assailed as Jacobln In politics
and an mhdei In religion and the englnery
OF abuse was put 10 ils iuilest use 10 de-
nounce his policy and degrade his character.
lie was triumphantiy upheld oy inc people
and IN MS second naugurah address ne says
OF his administration, that the artillery OF
the press has been leVehed against u.s.
charged with whatever its righteousness
could devise or Dare he also ADDS that II
was interesting 70 see "whether Government
conducting itself In the true spirit OF the
consututon' win zeal ana purity and DONG
no act winch IL would De unwilling the whole
world should witness, can be written down
by iaisehood and defamation. The expert
ment mas peen tried. You nave witnessed
the scene. Our iellowcitizens looked on,
cool and collected. They saw the latent
source rom which these outrages proceeded.
They gathered around their public function