Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-01-26

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sustaining ~ President
By these words we mean not merely
the duty Of supporting him in his general
course, but Of Strengthening and encour-
aging his best Tendencies as a statesman,
SO that his course shall OF itself command
the support Of TIE ioyal masses. 1t is
possible that there has been delinquency
in this respect, - i mentioned by Ag-
ate,' the abls Washineton correspondent
q the Cincinnati Gazette, whose earnest
! loyalty Is beyond qusstion. He presents
the case 20 strongly, and tits one SO wen
! deserving the attention Of the public, that
We copy nearly the whole of his remarks,
q follow:
/" # ever ! party made greater mis-
take than The Union party did last sum-
uer, there d no record Of it in the histo-
~ Of politics. Their President had been
murdered; the Vice President thus sue
ceeding 10 the power, was Southern
man; the rebellion had just ended, and
the Southerners we're seeking terms.
Under these circumstances the Unioni.ts
did not surround their new President;
seek 10 sustain and encourage him, and
give him tangible proof at once Of the
support and the loyal expectation Of the
party to which he on ed his elevation. On
the contrary, they-let him alone. All
1sunifner long this Southern President lived
and moved and bTeathed in an atmosphere
Of Souiherners. oh, for bracing breeze
4 from the Green Mountains, to stir the air
Of the White House, exclaimed one Of
the few who staid to watch. But the
breeze never came. Now and then,
Northern Congressman ran down to Wash
ington for day, found the ante-room Of
the Executive Mansion full Of rebels, and
left 10 disgust, without seeing the Presi.
dent, or after only I hurried and not very
good tempered interview.
Meanwhile tho President. generous and
full Of sympathy for the fallen, saw only
their good side. If there was malignity,
il wss reserved for the freedmen; If there
was left the hatred against the North on
which the flames Of war had been led, it
was all turned sgainst the blood thirsty
Sumnerites for the President there were
honied words. and the fairest spoken prom
itea. Those Who might have informed
him better. avoided him; those who sur
Founded him coustaptly found their own
interest IL leading him astray as to the ac-
tual facts of the case.
r. under these circumstances, Mr.. John
IN bas been led 70 different conclusions
ffum those Of bis party, what cause is there
for wonder
To this day, I fear, there is too much Of
the same blunder. Union members have
feard that the President may turn against
item they don't IKE some things he has
done. and fbev either keep away, as do
dozens whom I couh name, or, as in other
eases. beo;n their Interviews by assuming
tbst he i thinking Of going over to the enc
nv. Not lo0r 90, an eminent radical
e.me "a Wsdinrion to have frank talk
With the PrssidsA he had helped to eject.
when be was taking his leave the rresi-
dent said / Hish ! could see and have
sfee ta,ks Ike iris With more men OF your
vsv If th;nkipe, They don't seem to
come to me freely = the other s'de oo'
II would surely b ioexcusable in those
tho have .coees u the President, IL they
IN "a t.rn to accpent the power which lies
81 psraooal frssadI ness, social intercommu-
r;cst;on end the Erect representation Of
81. ov.r~heIu;neb entiment Of the North.
-, unaffected bv his AZ.