, 1866-09-11

A. JOHSSON'S CLEVELAND SPEECH.
Too Much Of 4 Good dThInS-Coratocuxx
Of ahe New York Timer.

Too Much oF Il Good dThIn=-conncn&s
of 1he Mem York Timer,
TErom the New York Times, 7th i.s,sn,.l
land. remarked that s. be did not care aboyr
his dignity, In our Judgment this Il yrestr
IL to be regretted. The American psdsSA
care very much about It, and can never sec it :
fergotte1 Or laid aside without profound sor-
row @ and solic1tuds. Mr. johnson Is not
Ae 1s President Of the United states, at
clsVeiand Us we'll us At Washingtou--whiIe
acasessiHE mass tueetin" Is well "a wheu
presiding at Cabinct council and whatever
ne =. Lmay 90 or say A. either place, carries with
II al The weight aud 1ntiueuce Of his hiyh
position So lar as ita effect mon The pnb;ic
mind Il concerned. what be SAYS In pabIIc
speech has precisely The same imuortance M
what he says 10 message TO Congress and
he should. IN Justice 10 himself, to the people
to his care. be Just IS cnnsiaeratcs 5nst IA
In the ether. %A'~ ~'S >>S
The President ut Cleveland, as elsewhere
upon his tour, has met thousands OF thn,n
~ho 90 NOT endorse his polsey-and amons
then'> as matter Of eaurse, there hay.. hrefs
good rlany men Ut rude uauuers and very
!oH conception OF the ptOprietics Of auch oc-
caF1ons:-aHd &c Las been subjected At their
hands to tarnts and reproachcsx more or less
d'srcsPeettt,l and insulting. lie has made
geair lstaxs II sstesnE upon them Or in
President Of the United States cunuot enter
upon Ut e1chanEeu eufcpithets with the bruwl
ers Of mob. without seriously COMPROMISING
his official character and hazarding interests
700 uomenteus to be thus lightly lrnperiled
lie may safely leave the vindication OF his
ossleial acts, especially against such assault.
70 h{s friends; and mere personal afIfonts Il
fs atserlF beneath his personal or official
hafueter to notice or eyen tn hear. >.
=, The President. 70 excuse for the tenor Of
habit when attncked to defend himself This
IS MS natnfc, and Il has Indeed been the
habit OF his political life- Ills po1iticas s,1c.
cesses have been Eon by hard blows. and he
has been compelled, ut every stage Of his
easfess, eafs, TO- confront tGstit'ties Of the most
understand how difficult It is Tor him to
change In this respect, OF to realize at once
the wide difference between the resuons3-
hffitIes Of dis present position and those Of 4
popular canvass In a border State during i,
give all due weight to the effect oT such :,
tanning upon mind naturally tenacious Of
lis own convictions, and a character uttcrIv
tucapao Ole Of weak co:npliauces. But th;s
mass Of the People dud it more difficult to
make such allowances-ana Thousands and
tens Of thousands, whose judgments assent
10 the principles which the President renr,,e
sents, arc startled and bewilicrcu bg liz.
a7lnnsf II which he advocates them,
1t T. great mistake on the part of fhc
president to assume Or suppose that The
great body ct the people In tile North who
lisscnt ttonl his views, arc enemies Of the
ntnn. OF nte seeking consciously to dcstrny
It. We believe the policy ttcy fayor to b..
31anctt With infinite mischief to th,. country.
ana With great peril to its peace and pcrpc
tnlty. But they seek Nh such result, They
are sill under tho Influence Of the pas,iuuA
aroused t'y the war-passioss essential. 49,
the war continued, 10 its vigorous proseeu,s
h.G. anu shared BY the President In common
with the Etrat N:ass or tl,e lnsaI and pl-
triotfc people of the land. Tie Zine has
CONG when the public good demands that
they should te moderated and aIlarcu-
lie President, in his great work. Is
III advance Of the nation. Knowing tho
Southern States and people, from personal
association with Them, better than do the
people Of the Sefth, he has had stronger re.
liance upon the sincerity Mtd good aIth with
Which they have accepted the results Of the
war, and has been more rcndr to trust in
THUR renewed devotion to .h. .o.e1ns,cpt
aI,d.tfc tag Of our ctulmou country. It il
Of the utmost Importance that he should
lmpart to the people Of the North something
ct the eontidcrec shcl he dcls 50 strongly
h1mselt-that he should aliay their unjust
appEshensious, calm their aroused rescnt-
nenfs, mud moderate the Passions which. ~
IN eserr great community, survive the canses
which gave thcr1 btrtll. This Is q aeeyicc
which tis position e1nincntly qualities him
TO perform, and it Ia pf much more consr
aEenec than the Fetort Of IN insulting. spcech.
hr the rrbukc Of bad manncrs In 4 mi.cvl.
iaucous and Irresponsible crowd.