The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-05-01
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whas Hease sDd give three cheers, o.
Prtsdsai q tbs rnilei S,afss vii con-,
oas ssd address them upon puddle affairs
Consfess has lsArao3 from experience q
expect upon ihose occasions = very tey er'
ard nog very digni6eJ criticism of iu poll
q sad conduct Tie people pto are Re.
sponsib!c fsf The elevation q NJ. JOhusoe
arc not iess certain that every such event
vii draw from the President remarks en.
titely unworthy d Bis high posi- loa, aud
we'd calculated 10 Disgrace tie couatry 10
lbe opinion 81 foreign nations.
II said that Ia taking advantage d
these occasions 10 e1plaia aad justify b,
policy, Mr johnson b0i follows tie exam,
pie u President Lincoln. II Prc.iieur
Joaasoa follows the example q BIS great
predecessor IN making tie speeches, il i.
greatly 70 be regretted that BE docs not
follow bis example 10 the style aud spiriI
Of Bis remarks. Mr. Lincoln never mis-.
took Tie steps OF the White House f0r a
stump o. a Western prairie. lie never
suffered the prejadiees and spites Of tie
politician TO lower the dignity Of the Exc.
ca'ise. When be differed from Congress
IS he sometimes did, It was not his custom
TO call lis leaders traitors. Ills language
was always the language Of 4 man who
bad Arguments 70 offer, and not abuse.
IL MAS the saying Of a famous writer Of
the seventeenth century, aud a f~arorite
90 lia,ion with famous writers since bis
time, hat no man was ever written dow n
bot by himself. President johnson should
remember that men can be talked down
more easily by themselves fhan by their
enemies. The criticisms Of Wendell Phil.
lips and Charles Sumner could never have
injured him bad not bis own conduct prov
ed that their criticisms were just. Every
time Andrew johnson takes the stump
agsinsI hls supposed enemies, aud calls
them hard NAMES, and de6es them to injure
him, lie lowers himself more Than others
a pull him down.
la these speeches the third letter Of the
vowel-list occur With extraordinary fre.
quency. ard the steps by which Andrew
johnson arose from humble life To the
Presidential chair are recounted quite too
often. II a stranger TO our history should
Depend entirely upon these speeches for
Information concerning Us, he would come
TO the conclusion that Andrew johnson
wa our only great man, and that he was
. very grea, man indeed. Such a person
would hardly suppose, after readiug the
Presidents repeated occur OF his toil-
and suiieriugs, that there were a million
others whose lahors and sacrifices il
the common cause we're as great as bis.
In his recent address to the eolored mon
the President is reported to have said -
II thank God that my efforts have contri.
buied as much, If no. more, in accomplish.
ing this great national guaran,y,than those
Of any other living mar ia the United
States We have had Presidents with
more wickedness than brains, bat we nev,
or before bad q Presiden, guilty Of so mucI
egotism and scli.laudaiion in one sentence
IL Is not pleasant 10 contrast the humbl,
,russ in God and the people Of our former
President, with the selfpraise Of this pc
liiical Pharisce, who takes the Whit,
House for a ros,rum and The world for ar
audience, and thanks God ne is bigger
than other men.
Mr.. Johnson's vigorous oraiory is al
directed against those who SANDER and
,radoce him. II they are slanderers The!
require no answer. Their structures d,
not concern his private life but his public
policy, and Of thai the people are compe
tent to judge. II he is 50 confident tha
the people are on has side, Why not lcay,
his defense to ,hemf II he il quite sur,
that bis course ~iil be approved, why
trouble himself 80 much about the attack
which arc made upon III Men who fee
,hni they are right arc no, 50 sensitive 4
criticism. Those who are assured Of ulii
male triumph can afford TO wait. Wal
e mar In Mr.. Johnson's position, perscna
attacks and passionate expressions are sign
Of conscious weakness.
Since The recent speeches Of The Presi
deal many Siii find il impossible to en-
tertain their former opinion Of Mr.. John
son's ability. II is nc; the i~nvsriable Gus
om 81 great men 10 talk about themselve
ca public occasions. A mar who IN time
ef pubic excitement and national peri
can fad 10 better theme than his y ser
viers viii hardly reael The level o. jack
soa ard LlBoola. Rgo'ssm is not e~ssentia
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