The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-10-04
sAgkSDN STANDARD.
RI ii IiasslAI = /, q ..,.....,.aeCr. .u, 4 ises.
). ,lFpoq ths Alsniie MonIhIyss
2'ho Johnson Party,

The,President otihe United States
hss, 50 SIM gGlpr,a co,nhiRStioH of defects
for the oIses ef 4 Constitutional magis-
tate thst he conld have obtained the
opportunity TO misrule the lmtiou only
ByTtisitstiou ct Providence. lnsiucere
No !wsll ~ stubborn, cunning as well as
onfeasep6ble, vain AS well as ill-temper-
ed, SFeesly of popularity as well as arbi-
trary insdlspositioh, svteringil his mind
40 well rs liked m bis will, he pitss llll
his eh,hactet the seemingly opposite
qualities ot. odemagogue and aul0clat,
xndcontefts the Presidential chairinto
as.nlap ora throne, according rs the i'm
pplse SeiEes-himto caj9le orto command
Doubtless much Of the evil developed in
hin is due to his misfortune in having
been lifted by events toa position which
NJ hacked the elevation and breadth Of
intelligence adequately to ill, He was
cursed. with the possession Of a power
slti sIthority which no man Of narrow
mind, bitter prejudices, and inordinate
sen estimation can exercise without de-
praviRg himself as well as injuring the
nation. Egotistic to the point OF mem
tai disease, be resented the direct and
manly opposition OF statesmen to his
opinions aud moods as personal afroit,
and descended to the last degree of lit
tleness in a politicalleader, that of be-
traying his party, in order to crafty his
spite. He of course became the prey OF
intrigucrs and syeophants, --ot persons
who understand the art OF managing
minds which are at once arbitrary and
weak, by allowing them to retain unity
Of will amid the most palpable incon-
siStencies Of opinion, so that inoonstan-
ey to principle shall not weaken the force
bf purpose, nor the emphasis be at all
sbated with which they may bless to-
day what yesterday they cursed. Thus
The abhorrer Of traitors has now become
their tool. Thus the denouncer OF Cop
perheads has now sunk into dependence
on theirlsupport. Thus the imposer of
conditions of reconstruction has now
become the formost friend of the UNI
conditioned return Of the Rebel States
Thus. the furious Union Republican,
whose hHangues against his political
opponents almost scared his political
friends by their violence, has now be-
come the shameless betrayer of the peo-
pie who trusted him. Aud in all these
changes offbase he has appeared su.
premely conscious, in his own mind, of
playing an independent, consistent,
and especially Conscientious part.
Indeed, Mr. Johnson's character
would be impelfeetly if some attention
were not paidto his conscience, the pu-
rity of which is a tayorite subject Of his
own discourse, and the perversity of
which is the wonder of the rest of man
kind. Asa public man, his real posi-
ton is similar to that offs commander
OF an army, who should pass over to
the ranks Of the enemy he was commits
Bioned.to fight, and then plead his fndi-
vidual convictions of duty AS iustifca-
ton OF his heachery, In truth, Mr.,
Johnson's conscience is, like his under
standing, mere form or expression Of
his, will. The will of ordinary men is
addressed through their understanding
aud conscience. Mr. Johnsons under
Handing and conscience can bo address
only through his will. lie puts intel
iectual principles and the moral law in
the possessiye case, thinks he pays them
acompliment and adds to their author
ity when he makes. them adjuncts ofhis
petted pronOun "my"; and things to
him are reasonable and right, not from
any quality inherent in themselves, but
because they are made so by his deter
Mutations. Indeed, he sees hardly any
thing as it is, but almost everything as
coIoIed by his own, dominant egotism.
Thus he Is never weary Of asserting that
the people are on his side; yet his meth
cd of learning the wishes Of the people
is to scrutinize his own, and, when act
ing out his own passionate impulses, he
ever insists that he is obeying the pub
lie sentiment. OF all the wilfuI men
who, by strauge chance, have found
themselves at the head OF a constitution
al government, he most resembles tho
last Stewart king ofEngland, James H.;
and the likeness is increased from the
circumstance that the American James
has, in his supple and plausible Secre-
tary ofState, one fully competent to play
the part Of Sunderland, "A. .u
The party which, under the ironical
Designation Of the National Union Par
ty,snow proposes to take the policy and
character Of Mr. Johnson under its
charge IS composed chiefly of Democrats
defeated at tho polls, and Democrats de-
featod on the field OF battle The few
xpostate Republicans, who have joined
its ranks while seeming to lead its or
Canizaiion, are Of small account, Its
great strength is in its Southern sup
porters, aud, fit comes into power, it
mast obcya Rebel direction BY the
traachery, of the President it will have
the executive patronage on its sde,-for
Mr. Johnsou's conscience" ia of that
pedaiiaF kind which finds satisfaction in
aTraying the interest of others against
theft convictions; aud having thus the
poweFteL purchase support, it will not
fail 81 those ntehns Of dividing the North
which eoae from corrupting it. The
party uAlerlwBiSh The war for the In