Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-05-19


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matter of taste. many wIil no doubt
consider the Utterances quite undlg-
Lified. and unbecuIning one who
fills the exhalted position of ruler o..
the American people. But un-
doubted earncstne>s. determined
fir,nncss. aud the self-approving con-
sciousness of upright purpose, shine
forth in every line of this speech.
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wise aud judicious, or indiscreet and
imprudent, still it is the same inde-
pendent, fearless, decided and self
reliant Andrew johnson. lie clear
ly has a very determined will of his
own, as well as Judgment of his
own, that he does not hesitate to fol-
low in preference to that of Congress,
Court or Cabinet.
Nature and his free Western
training and self.education. have
stamped him as a man of the people,
aud for the people, or, to use his own
words, the tribune of the people.
His courage and free speech are
worthy of admiration even by those
who do rot agree with him in opin-
ion, and disapprove Of many Of his
measures. At the present crisis in
national affairs. his is just the sort
of character that is needed to stand
ut tie head of the Governmental
man of:ndomitablc will, bold utter
ancc and independent judgment.
Far better the errors and blunders of
such a man, than the cautious ter
giversation and polite submission of
a man of weak nerves and timid pur-
pose, seated in the Presidential chair
durrg the trying exigencies of the
national interests ust at present.
What he says of his past sacrifices on
behalf of the nations welfare is lit
orally true. lie has shown his patri-
otism at the hazard OF life. liberty,
property and family, during the
days of secession rule in Tennessee.
If in his position he pardons too
much his former enemies and per-
secutors, and contides too much in
them, it is at least the mistake of
generous nature, if it be not in fact
the true instinct Of Il just Judgment
towards those whose real character
he best understands and appreciates.
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grasp too much power in his own
hands. But he ~ evidently thinks
that a faction in Congress does aim
at this very result for themselves.
lie, therefore, now strives to pre-
vent the assumption of arbitrary and
unconstitutional power by these
men, with the same zeal with which
he used to oppose the mad schemes
of secession and rebellion. The
danger from secessionists and rebels
is past, in his opinion; but the dan.
ger from fanatical factionists and
Federal or Congressional oligar-
chists, he deems present and threat
ening. lie is just as much afraid
now of the centralizing and mon
archie tendency Of federalism in the
domina It party. as he used to he Of
di-integratine. dividing aud anarchic
tendencies of secess;onism. in the
ultra democracy that ruled the
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