The national Republican., 1866-11-14
HOW THE PRESIDENT II I'M.
POSED UPON-A SINGLE CASE
To ILLUSTRATE 1T.

"The appointment Of Maj Phinney to the
Office Of Collector, at Barnstable, restores a
competent faithful officer to q position for
merly occupied by him with advantage to
the Government, acceptance to the people
and honor to himself The Major was active
in the support Of measures to suppress the
rebellion during the todr; his course through
The whole contest ,oas gouerned by The an
stincts Of patriotism, regardless Of other in
fuences, and we are glad to see a just dppre-
citation Of has services"
The above public announcement we shall
employ as q text to show how President
JOHNSON has been deceived by the leading
members Of that glorious democracy" which
has so recently been thoroughly defeated and
routed in every State but two in the Union
where elections have been held.
The PRESIDENT has always adhered to the
general rule, never to remove Republican
from Office unless he was abusive Of the ad-
ministraton and its policy to restore and pre-
serve the Union, md in the event Of such
removal, always to appoint soldier or Con-
servatiye Republican or War Democrat.
If there has been any variation from this
rule il has not been The Presidents fault.
that the Southern man who took a musket
and entered the rebel army and fought
bravely to establish an Independent govern
ment, and after getting whipped to his hearts
content laid down his arms, acknowledged
his error, asked for pardon, and expressed q
desire to be again admitted to the privileges
Of citizenship, is an honest man, and one who
can and ought to be forgiven; but that a
Northern man (copperhead) who took sides
with the secessionists against this Govern
ment, encouraged their rash and wicked acts,
applauded their efforts, inagnifed their deeds,
praised JEFF DAVIS as great statesman,
and RoBr. f. LEE as the greatest ofgenerals,
discouraged enlistments into the Union army,
recognized the rebellion as a success, ac-
knowledged the rebel coniederacy as "a re-
public" and actually declared the Union
dissolved" is dishonest man, ought not
to be forgiven, and should never be returned
to place or power under this Government
Notwithstanding this, such men are some
times returned to place and power for the
same reasons that Major PuSNEY was,
whose copperhead record We have faithfully
described above The italics in the paragraph
which we quote from the Post are ours.
"Colonel" GREENE will undoubtedly appre'
ciate their meaning without explanation
Others of our readers will not, therefore we
purpose to explain:
lst. S. b. PHINNEy was never in the wal
Of the rebellion, hence the Major appended
to his name was probably obtained from ser
vice in the Massachusetts militia where thu
gallant Colonel GREENE, Of the Post, OBJ
tanned his rank. PHryYEY and GREENE
"iought, bed and died. side by side in the
same company"
I'd. That Major" PHIySEY was "a compe
tent, faithful officer" to FRANK. PIERCE and
JAMES BUCHANAN may be true as they viewed
it, and so has been Mr.. CHARLES f. Swift
"a competent, faithful officer" to ABRAHAM
LINCOLN and ANDREW JOHNSON; therefore
why turn him out? We will answer tn,
question right here: because Major PHIS
SEY came here with his copperhead friend
and uttered falschood, to wit: that Mr.
SWIFT ras radical and bitter opponent o
the Administration, and he (PuNSEY) wa
indorsed for the place by CHARLES g
GREENE, Of the Boston Post, as person FAC
tive in the support Of measures to suppress!
the rebellion during the war; that his cours'
through The whole contest was governed by
the instincts of patriotism" that he "dt
more in his to,On TO raise men and money Il
put dorn the unholy rebellion than an,
other man in BarnStable," &c, &c. How
far "Colonel" GREENE was influenced by
PHINSEY to write this statement we canno
say. Colonel GREENE can answer for him
self Influenced probably by the same wire
pulling and lobbying, General CorCH, tht
new Collector Of Boston, wrote q strong let
ter indorsing the patriotic war record of thu
gallant Major" PHINNEy for the place helt
by conservative Republican who was ther
supporting the Administration policy of re
storing the late rebellious States to theiI
several legitimate places in the Union.
Sd. We know, and Major PHINSEY
knows, that the statement in the Post that
he was active to suppress the rebellion dur
ing the war is barefaced Misrepresentation
as PHlNYEY's own editorial record, made by
himself in his own paper, the Barnstable Pa
triot, will show, from which we quote below
4th. We protest i'll the name OF common
justice and in defence Of The president, thai
PHrSSEY's appointment was not given to hin
in consequence of "a just appreciation of his
services" or that it was because TIE PREsI
DENT believed that the major" was governed
by the "instincts of patriotism" regardless o
Office as Colonel" GREENE would have ua
believe PHIYYEY got his office
First. Because the true position Of Mr.
SWIFT was not known to The President, bu
was msrepreseated by PHINNEY and hi
friends.
Second, Because Col. GREENE, of the Bos
ton Post and Gen. CouCn, Collector Of Bos
ton endorsed PnIYNEY as u spotless patriot
and earnest and active War Democrat
throughout the war.
Now, what are the incts: