The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-05-15
JON NSON,

Nay 0tn, was en'ioiJ "0'
making. Mr.. Ingersoll, of Illinois, IN
the course of his remarks, said:
The Southern aristocracy and the Pres,
ident to boot would have to succumD 10
the power of Northern patriotism, lighting
the battles of liberty aud universal justice
A false issue had been presented to the
people, and the President had dcne what
he could to mislead the people but he
rMr. Ingersoll would do all in his power
to unmask the deception which the Pres
ident of the United States would impose
upon the people.
expressed his belief that there would
have beer little difficulty in restoration if
the President of the United States had
conscientlously and honestly discharged
his duty to the country; if he had more
Judgment and less ambition more patrl-
otism and less egotism. But the Presl'
dent had desire to make himself con-
spicuous, and consequently, blinded by
ambition, he refused to do what 1t was
his plain duty to do-cal a special ses-
sion of Congress at once. Andrew John
son never had been with the Union
Republican people at heart IN the
principles on which the war was
fought. Andrew johnson was es-
sentially Southern man with the
preiudices, the animosities, the hatreds
and the superstitions of the Southern
people. Andrew johnson had never been
recognized by the southern leaders, who
inaugurated rebellion, as one of their
peers, so that he sacrificed nothing when
he refused to 90 with him. He was, to-
day, filled with the poison of the malaria
of slavery, which he Inherited in his in
fancy and in the ripening years of his
life. He had talked loud Of the black
ness of treason when it was his interest
to do so-when he could remain in the
United States Senate, or have authority
as military governor of Tennessee !;
but 50 soon as he was clothed with the
powers of the President, and looked to
be elected in 1868, he whispered In the
the ears of the rebels that all his talk
about Furnishing traitors was mere gam
mon, intended for New England and Hi.
nois. The President had pardOned his
old friends, aud had betrayed the party
which gave him name. He had given
the lie, by his own actions, to the senti-
ments which he had expressed within the
last four years. The time would come
when Andrew johnson would be so low
that none would be so poor as to do him
reverence.
Andrew johnson would 6nd that when
he dared to set the Executive power in
opposition to right and eternal principles,
he would be but a rush, and would be
overborne by the sentiment of the people.
Andrew johnson himself has made trea-
son odious by his treachery to the party
which elected him. If Andrew j Johnson
had not been traitor to the Government
and the Constitution of the United States,
he had been a traitor to the party that
elected him, and to the principles that he
had proclaimed in 1861, aud that had
found response in the hearts of all loyal
men Instead of being the man entitled
to the confidence, the gratitude, and the
love of the loyal American people, Andrew
johnson had only the love, confidence
aud support of the late rebels in arms,
and their sympathizers and apologists in
the North The American people had
suffered and were capable of suffering
great DEAL but it was too much for them
to be affected with rinderpest, trichiD8,
cholera and Andrew johnson, all in one
year. Andrew johnson was a cOusumate
d.magogue-on of the most unblushing
demagogues that existed in the country.
Andrew Johnson, in his speech to the
soldiers and sailors, told them all he had
sacrificed for the country. What had he
sacrificed? He had not suffered as much
as the humblest private who fought in
the ranks at Gettysburg. The humblest
private in the ranks was entitled to more
credit and honor than Andrew johnson
was. Had Andrew johnson ever been
in battle? Had he evet smeiled gun
powder? Ever encamped in the SHOWS
of winter? What had he suffered I? He
had suffered the position of United States
Senator, and the position of Military Gov
erDor of Tennessee, when he occupied the
snug Executive mansion in Nashville,
wore a brigadier Generals straps on his
shoulders, and was toasted aud feasted,
and had sentries posted at his door, while
he was snoring quietly during the silent
watches of the night
Andrew johnson, consunate dema-
gogue as he was, had told the blacks that
he was their Moses. Instead of being
their Moses he tried to be their Pharaoh,
and he only wished that, like old Pharaoh,
he had been swallowed up together with
the hosts of his armies, at the present
hour, in the Red Sea of destruction.
IL kaI;ound 4hnt w ilIlnn, II Saruaxd