The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-29

HARLEACION DAILY
tribe They are universally read that they
cannot, In common decency, take such liberties
with truth as ID done every day by the host Of
provincial journals. The Radical sheets Of
Cincinnati, Chicago and Detroit, are habitually
unscrupnlous, and full Of the bitterest invcc-
tive The press of the smaller towns in the
interior is still worse. They can fearlessly
say waat they list, strong in thc consciousness
Of not being read outside Of their sstown.:' We
must not forget =. D. EcEs:;:, and his .stwo
dallies'' in Washington and Philadelphia In
the calendar of infamy they merit very con-
spicuous place. Is it asked why we dwell 50
long on this subject! Because the press, more
than oil other instrumentalitics, manufactures
public opinion; and it is fair to infer the
character Of this Dor popuA when VIC are thus
enabled to scrutinize the teachers.
No phrnseis more common Of late with North
ern politicians than that of the verdict of the
people" Does any one ever ask how it was
obtained? No, and for good reasons. The
National Republican, in a recent leader on this
subject, enumerates the ISLANDERS that were
NNA>">>S ~
vass,--by means Of which this g verdict was
secured They studiously taught the people ia
believe that the President was endcaTorirg to
obtain despctic sway, and that, on the assem-
bling Of Congress, he would secure to the South
crn States representation with the aid OF
Federal bayoncts; that ,'o.1SsoS would resist
Congress and revive the rebellion taat he re
fused to have JEFT. DAVIS tried for treason.
whereas now it is found that Judge CuAsE is
responsible for this tergiversation and delay.
They told their constituents that JOHNSON
was turning all the Republicans out Of Office,
and putting in Copperheads; that lie was a
party to the assassination Of LINCOLN that he
was q drunkard, and q man Of dissolute habits !;
that lie and MIR. SEWARD were screening JouN
~ SuRRATT from justice, when, ut that very
time, the agents of the Government were TAX
ing the necessary measures for his arrest
They employed BRowRLow, HA511LToS, RAN
DoLpH, and others, black and white, who
travelled through the length ana breadth Of
the North and West, known as The Southern
Loyalist Troupe These men were specially
hired to tell the most fragrant stories about the
South, and infame the popular mind against
the President.
They charged JOHNSON with having instigat-
ca the New Orleans riot, when now it is found
hy the official papers, that Mr.. STANTON, the
only Radical in the Cabinet-neithcr answered
Gen. BA1RDs dispatch Of the 2Sth of July, re-
ceived two days before the riot, asking for
: instructions at once by telegra ph,' nor per-
n a1 1ha ~ -
answer it, and thereby have prevented the
riot, and that Mr.. STANTON, therefore should
be held resp ponsible for the riot and bloodshed
in New Orleans in July last
They told the rsop1e, IN s1t4el Circulars, that
4Arnnr1r JoHHsnN rrn. engaged in o plot to de-
stroy the majority Of the Republican members
OF Congress ty railroad accidents or poison
They told the people that lie was in league
With the Pope, and was preparing to establish
nm permanently in this country. They told
the people .hat ANDREW JOHNSON was usurp-
mat he had committed high crimes and
i-s1sdemeanors, and on the first day Of the pre-
sent session articles of impeachment against
him would be introduced into the House.
They now forget ell these, not to say IN
warrantable and undignifcd, but infamously
wicked and utterly false assertions, says the
Republican Such has been the stock in trade
with which the public mind has been flied by
the Radical press and orators during the whole
Of the last canSass until many Of the good peo-
pie come to think that the Chief Executive Of
the nation sits in the White House upon a
throne, and has cloyen feet and horns upon his
head complete devil =
The people will not forget these charges It
was through them that q terrible prejudice was
wrought up against the President, until We have
what is now called the verdict Of the people,"
SENATOR ROBERTS, Of Texas, paints horrible
picture OF affairs in that State. Ho SAYS that
tWenty-seven hundred freedmen have been mur-
dered within year, and the persecution Of the
Etunate blacks is SO fearful That thau ara