The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-08-10
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and irredeemaLly wicked. JUDAs IscARIoi
/. ARNOLD. GEoEoY, BUCHANAN, vALLASDrouG
and JErr. DAVIS are all inscribed by histor.
on the roll Of infamy, and to this black lsi
another name is added, ocllpsing In iniquit,
its predecessors. Chief among these peer
in bad deeds. his name will be held in exc
Grafton IN all timo. II the administration
oiBUcHASAS found depth in political Grim,
and corruption, hitherto unattained, that o
ANDREW JOHNSON has reached a deep tha
10 bottomless, beyond which plummet hai
never sounded.
Far better would II be for our country
to-day, were JEFF. DAVIS, traitor as he is
the Chief Magistrate Of the Republic, and
ANDREW JOHNSON an inmate OF Fortress
Monroe. OF tho twain, the Confederate
Chief is the more worthy man, bottor al
heart, and superior In honor. Look at the
two characters; JEFFERSON DAVIS openly
declared his treason in the Halls Of Con.
gress, withdrew from his seat in the Senate,
aud announced his'purpose Of waging rebel.
lion against the Government of tho United
States. lie became the Chief Of the insur.
gents, and for four years deGed the mil
itury power Of the Government, with all
the resources and strength that his wicked
ingenuity could devise aud command. Bad
as no was, he was an open enemy.
How is IL, with ANDREW JonNsoKH So
curing the confidence Of the great loyal ele-
ment Of the Union, that element which has
saved the Government from destruction,
and signally defeated the frenzied attempt
upon it's life by the most gigantic rebellion
tho world ever knew--he has gone from
good to bad, and from bad to worse, until
to-day he stands, a besotted betrayer of the
people who gave him power--falso to every
principle of manhood, false to every tic of
friendship, false to the great Union party,
false to his country, false TO humanity, false
to God. BoUted aud spurred, he seems
determined to ride the country to destruc.
ton, deaf to every entreaty-deaf to the
prayers Of loyal millions, Ho has tramplod
upon his solemn oath, trampled upon his
oft-repeated promises, and not content with
these, ho is seeking to-day to cut in twain
tho great arteries OF patriotism aud loyalty,
and open wide the nood.gates of treason,
rebellion, anarchy. riot aud blood. This Is
the great crime, or series of crimes, fer
which ANDREW JOHNSON stands condemned
to-day at the bar Of public opinion by his
own countrymen,
Step by stephe has descended from his
high estate, until to-day he stands in line,
with those who have boon leagued with
treason. With the enemies of his country
ho holds counsel, with them he plots aud
plans to Judo oil that American freemen
have gained by their triumphant resistance
of rebellion. He has betrayed his country
into the hands Of its enemies, and proved
faithess to every vow that ho has uttered
and every pledge that he has given in be,
half Of his country'n interest
II there still remained hope in the breast
of any Union man that the President was
not wholly lost to the esteem and conf. |
dence Of loyal mon, the facts and incidents,
which have been developed in the recent
butchery of Union men in New Orleans,
Danish all such hope, and give him up as
an irreolaimable apostate to tho high trust
lie has so shametully, basely, wickedly be.
trayed. AS such he will be branded in the
Iuture annals OF the country he has wronged,
aud his very name will henoefor,h be the |
synonym of dishOnor.
The horrors that we're enacted In New
Orleans, on tho 30th of July, rest upon the
bood.stained soul Of ANDREW JoHNsoN, as
much as do the atrocities of Salisbury and |
Audersonvlle on his companion in guilt,
now incarcorated within the walls of For.
tress Mouroe. Forty Union men murdered
in cold blood, and over hundred wounded, |
and all the direct result of tiny policy"
AT the beck and nod OF this man, who oocu.
pies the position held by tho lamented and
beloved LINCOLN, tho pentup fires of rebel
hatred are unluoscd, and the streets of the
Crescent City are drenohed with the blood
of murdered patriots. Oh spirit of Treason
dark shade of Rebellion lecherous blight
of Slavery when viii the cup of thy mi
quity be full
In spite of his oft.repeated assertion that
Louisiana is a sovereign State OF the Union,
the President demands of ,hs Governor to |
know by what authority no had issued
call for the assembling of u Union Conven.
ton. Then virtually deposing the Cover.
nor, he places at the disposal of the Attor.
ney General of the State, the United States
military forces to aid the rebels in suppress
ing Convention of Union men, peaoeably
assembled, And TO inaugurate the carnival
of blood, he follows it up with this FIRE
brand" UsURPArIoN MUST NOT ne roLSRA.
TED " Rebel vengeance thus received its
cue. The President would no. only not
interfere but he would cooperate with
them. Backed by the strong arm Of the
Executive, tho rebel Mayor. at the heal Of
his rebel police, went TO the work Of death
with as much glee aud satisfaction as
pack of wolves with appetites whetted with
hunger.
The man that declared that Treason must
he male odious," places at the disposal OF
a rebel General tho military of the United
States to aid the civil authorities in st.
Bartholomew massacre Of Union men. The
man who has declared that Traitors must
take back seat in the work of reconstruc.