The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-02
Andrew johnson and Andrew Jackson
The Moral Power of Moral Courage.


From the Herald.
The strong and earnest vetoes of Andrew
johnson carry us back to the stormy times of
Andrew Jackson. Brought up in the same
school, and fighting his political battles under
Jackson in the same State, Johnson, in one
great essential especially, is worthy represen-
tative of Old Hickory. We allude to that high
quality of moral courage which enables man
on the right course to confront and overcome
all impediments To the exercise OF this quality,
this readiness 10 assume the responsibility on
critical occasions, we may justly attribute the
moral power Of Jackson's Presidential policy
and the popular strength and the long success
sion OF victories OF the old Jacksonian Demo-
cratic party.
General jackson was first elected President
! upon the glory of his battle of New 0rleans-a
| small affair compared with that Of Admiral
| Fauagut, and mere flea-Dite compared with
| the Vicksburg, Chattanooga, or Petersburg
! operations OF General Grant; but it was
| grand military lesson until all our previous
wars, armies, and battles were dwarted by those
| Of our great Rebellion. New Orleans, however,
| would hardly have served jackson for a secoid
! tenn. Upon the merits OF the first four years
| Of his Administration depended the question of
! his reelection. Had he been satisfied with a
passive submission to the will OF Congress he
| might have had an easy time, but there would
have been nothing left of him upon which to
! make even a respectable fight Tor the success
financial monopoly, the old United States
! Bank and in vetoing the bill for the renewal of
its charter he consolidated the elements of his
| Administration, and fixed the majority OF the
| American people around his standard, in the
name Of the Democratic party.
His decisive method for obtaining harmoni-
ous Cabinet; his prompt and effective treatment
OF South Carolina in her nulhhcation movement;
of France in regard to certain indemnities, and
OF refractory officeholders right and left, and his
frequent collisions with an opposition majority
in one or the other branch of Congress, and
sometimes IN both, all contributed to strengthen
nm win the people as man who was not to be
frightened from MS course by dangerous OBJ
stacles, nor diverted BY the allurements of eXpe-
diency or popularity Bu il was the war with
the United States Bank, ana fine moral courage
he developed In tnaG conhlc( with "the bank
| monster" that made him irresistible before the
people. Thus the moral heroisni of Jackson
l built up that great national DemocrAic party
T | which fell to pieces under the mbecilMas and
e coWardice of poor Pierce and Buchanan ihxoly.
9 ing us in all the horrors of the late Rebellion
: Out Of this Rebellion and from Tennessee we
J. | have in Andrew johnson disciple and reprN-
sentative of Andrew Jackson; and in the vetoes
e of the Freedmen's Bureau bill and the Civil
p Rights bill we have in the highest degree re
d production of the moral courage of Old Hickory
y as illustrated in his bank veto. The fight in the
{ one case was against a powerful hpancia
|, monopoly; in the other it Is upon the large
u issue of the blending of all races of men IN thi
n country-whites, blacks, yellows, reds, an
Il browns, Caucasians, Africans aborigines, MOI
coils and mongrels-upon the common level {
II political and social equality, President join
n son. against a two-thrds majority passing tn
measure in each house of Congress, has boldl
taken his position against this startling reVOl'