Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-22
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The Presidents Temper. and craIIE

Generel HalpiDes editor of the Ne,oI
Citiz a. has means of knowing whereof he
writes when The subject is the President Of
the United States Tie following iaFticle9d
are therstore Of particular interest ;IQtE-
From the New York Citizen, Nov. II. '''o
PRESIDENT JoHNsoSs PostfioNLTi
position of President johnson, in view oft
me, popular verdict apparently cast against
his policy by the recent State elections,
would be difficult to oAnyipabilc man of leasu
nerve and diFectnesss Of PURPOSE But the
President, Ii we understand him correctly;
appeals from the hasty and heated j1dgM
menJof the people, 8slexpresseddn nthe re-
cent State elections, to The calm second.
thought which invariably follows every
great political 5sittcess. RI He iy in favor Of
calling, a National Convention todtakenn-n
der consideration the present state OF the s
whole country; and meantime, will pro-
eeed inatleevtnl ltenorfOfl his way, ,exercis-
ing bis constitutional rigbtaf jpdgmentond
all measures submitted Tor his signature By,
Congress, faithfully executing all thelaws
Of country, and-executing, with special
fidelity and zeal, al laws which have beeRW
passed Without his approval. For the rest,o
IL is likely that several changes in his Cabi-"
net will immediately follow,I1if they
do not precede, . the next "a meeting
Of Congress; but it is Questionable, as
to adhere to, Mr.. Secretary Seward, ont0
let him 60 abroad on foreign mission,
His best friends urge that, without change
In the State Department, there can he no.
change in the foreign policy of the Adj
ministratiOn; and without change in the,
foreign policy, all minor concessions to the
popular will must prove abortive. They
point to the fact that Mr.. Stewards friends
have not elected one Assemblyman in this
State, aud also that the majority against
the Administration is heavier in AdbdrD,ad
Mr. Stewards home, than anywhere else
lin prop0rtion) from Montauk Pointlto the,f
Lakes That Mr.. Stanton contenplates'
quitting the Cabinet when his next and
closing report shall have been completed
and sent in, we learn with sincere regret.
from many sources entitled to credit but,
should Mr.. Stautonso retire, twill not 'betoL
accept any foreign mission whateYer, but toB
resume his station as aprivate citizen, and
to look after those personal and family I'M
terests which have suffered so severely from
his long and arduous DEVOTION to the bestq
interests of the Republic. ,.ut
[From the New York Citizen, November III
Mr.. JOHNS ON FOR Mr.. GREELEY 1t nav
surprise some persons to learn that Presi-D
dent johnson is unreserved in expressing
his hope that Horace Greeley may be SELECT
ed to fill the vacancy in the United States
Senate from the /. tate of New York, toibe
caused by the expiring term of Senator Ira1i
Harris. OF course, President johnson, if
he had his choice, would prefer theseiection
of some gentleman holding views in har-A
mony with his policy; but since, from the
complexion OF our Legislature, it is clear
that some Radical Republican, must be
chosen, the President freely avows his pref4l1
erence for Mr.. Greeleyoas tnelmanOE kiud-ot
liest heart and clearest head on that side of
the House in ouriState. Mr.. Greeley, Pres
ident Johnson says, has long welded and
! seems increasingly to, WELD vast ire -
sponsible power of public opinion and
that it would be better for the country TO
make him realize the responsibilities Of
power in some official station so soon as ltgT
may possible. The Presidents is satisfied.
I that Mr.. Greeley in the Senate of the
United States wenlb hesitate to; vote for
mlny m, iures which, as editor of theTrib-
ane, and with only isuch superficial study
as editors can afford to public Questions, he"
might be inclined to urge; and since tile
Democrats. and Conservative Republicans 7
of our State Legislature are in hopeless
minority, why should they not unite of'the
generous oppOnentwho was the first of his
party to demand merciful treatment for
the rebellious States after General Lees
surrender, and who has never ceased to
urge that JeffersonDavis should be either
legally tried by a civil court or be dis 4
charged on bail if such trial should be
found impossible? So Mr. johnson talks. u