The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-08
win the President Stand Hi. erounds


the real Union men of the country
those who are in favor of healing the
wounds which the war inflicted upon
the country, instead cf keeping them
open to tester for years. The New
York Times is the only journal to
which we can look for an answer.
That paper bears se,ni-o6icial rela-
ton to the Administration, which
gives Importance to its utterances;
and these we have thus far never
failed to find sustained by the Presi-
dent. Anxious to know the probable
course of the President with refer
ence to the Stevens amendment, we
have consulted the columns of the
Times, and found the subjoined salts
factory declaration:
SIT is imagined that by bullying,
and threatening, and insulting, Mr..
Stevens can dri g President johnson
from his p'sAG IN? Is it supposed
that party LAY be everlastingly
frightened by the crack of an over
seer's whip, or perpetually misled by
cries devoid of reason, and appeals
which, though full of sound and fury,
signify nothing? If these be the ex-
pectations, we tell those who cherish
them that they are doomed to disap-
Pointment Andrew Johnson stood
firm in the Senate with traitors
around him; firm in Tennessee, when
tirmness. for the Union exposed him
to trouble and death, and we are
confident that he will not shrink now,
with the public opinion of the nation
overwhelmingly in his favor.
'sAs to the Union party, we are not
less snre that it's usefulness to the
country and the prolongation of its
power as party depend upon the
restraints which it shall impose upon
the schemes of the radical section.
Its worst enemies are of its own
household. If these assaults upon
the Constitution and the Executive
are to be continued, the Union will
be In greater danger from the doings
of professed friends than from the
Vaccinations of its most malignant
enemies.
'sThe time calls for forbearance,
moderation, magnanimity. The coun-
try stands more in need of practical
legislation than of the previous
question and the prescriptions of
Legislative quacks. Shall it be said
that the Union party is unequal to the
exigencies of the situation?"
The Times is not satisfied with
s'fending off," It attacks Mr.. Ste
vens boldly. We quote little of its
sharp satire:
e'To man who had dared any
thing or done anything beftting a
hero, we might be disposed to listen
with respect. But that men who
never shouldered musket, nor eA-
posed their precious persons to danger,
should now scold and hector, and
talk about terms which conqueror
may dictate, is simply intolerable.
And when Mr.. Stevens, who, during
the war, attempted nothing more for
midable than the drafting of absurd
gold bills, spits his venom upon the
President, and impugns the saga
city and patriotism of Andrew John
son, the people will not be long in
deciding to whom their confidence
should be given. It is against this
patriot, tried and true-against this
statesman, endowed so eminently with
qualities peculiarly suited to the
crisis-that Mr.. Stevens presumptu-
ously and insolently proposes to array
the great Union party
But satire is not ALL The Times
can threaten, too. ''Nay, an thou'lt
mouth, I'll rant as we'll as thou"
Would Mr.. Stevens behead the Presi-
dent ? Then, Mr.. Stevens shall be
beheaded. We quote again
''Mr. Thaddeus Stevens and his
radical friends are not unlikely to
overshoot their mark. Their fiery
zeal will, in due time, defeat itself,
and bring apon their o.rn heads the
punishment aciM achich they threaten
Others. For all this agitation in Con-
gress, this piling up of amendments
to the Constitution, this denunciation
of every man who differs from them,
this anxiety to disable and punish our
fellow-citizens in the Southern States,
is in strange forgetfulness OF consi-
derations which the statesman who
would live must ever keep il view. It
presupposes the continuance during
peace of public opinion which ac-
quired force under the excitement and
perils of war"
And finally, the Times declares that