The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-24
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William Of Orange and Andrew Johnson
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TN Quotations Of WILLIAM OF oRANsS 70
49, WING marty of England were OF no oral-
49, character. They had been chieny ihstru-
..an,.l In bringing him from n comparatively
.n.onrs position on the continent, ana placing
-, ON the throne Of a powerful empire. IN
80, for their devotion to his cause, they
~ that no would become like other
Tincs in similar circumstances, a party
,ooder and not the head OF a nauon.
they not only demanded that ne snouio
chow favor to none but the .doniihah.
nortv Int that he should adopt all their opo
,.r,v yrudees. and help them to be aVehgeo
mon their enemies. Such had been the I'M
,arvine results of every political victory, from
,no commencement of the civil troubles OF the
saven teenth century down to the Revolution.
A Roondhead triumph; a Cavalier triumph;
,na Wing ascendancy, accomplished by the IA
thor Of the Popish plot the Tory ~ascendaney,
o,tained by the detection Of the Rye-House
,,,ot-were each in their turn followed by q
sanruinary prescription. OF the alternate
butcheries, the last and the worst was that
which was inseparably associated WIN the
names of JAMES and JEFFREYs. The men VINO
brought WILLIAM into power were oeht On
exactirc a terrible retribution for all tney
had undergone during seven disastrous
wears. In the words Of q historian OF
that period "The scafold OF SIDNEY,
"the gibbet of CORNISH, the stake al
(which ELIZABETH COURT had perished III the
uhames for the crime Of harboring a fugltfe,
q the porches of the Somersetshire churches,
"surmounted by the skulls and quarters OF
"murdered peasants, the holds OF those ia
..maica ships from which, every day, the car
cease of some prisoner, dead OF thirst ana
.sfoul air, had been flung to the sharKs-ail
!" these things were fresh in the memory OF the
"party which the Revolution had made for
ga time dominant In the State. Some chiefs
q of that party had redeemed their necks by
s.pav;np heavy ransoms. Others had IAN
"ouished long in Newgate. Others had starved
:. and shiyered winter after winter IN the gar
81 rets of Amsterdam. 1t was natural that, In
!" the day of their power and prosperity, they
s.should wish to inflict some partof What they
had suffered. During a whole year they
..pursued their scheme of revenge. They sue
"ceeded in defeating indemnity bill after
Sc indemnity bill" If WILLIAM refused them
the qualification of their vengeance, the con-
sequence would be the estrangement OF the
only party in the kingdom which was Jealous
in his cause.
Nevertheless, not for an instant did that
great man falter in his immutable resolution
that the glory Of his triumph should not De
sullied by cruelty. Sorely perplexed and ma
rassed by the difficulties of his position, and
often longing, and sometimes even threaten
ing, to leave those turbulent islanders TO
themselves, and return TO his native land, he
never hesitatedin his liked determination to
compel the yictors 10 be merciful, and leave
no arrears Of blood TO be settled at the next
triumph of their political opponents. ellis
was peculiar to himself. 1t was
ssnot the clemency of an ostentatious man, or
"of a sentimentalman, or of an easy-tempered
"man. It produced no fine stage effects. 1t
"drew on him the savage inyectiyes Of those
"whose malevolent passions he refused to
"satisfy. It won for him no gratitude from
those who owed to him fortune, liberty, and
%''lfe." But none of those things moved the
great and wise ruler whom Providence in its
mercy had granted to the British nation.
That nation soon discovered that in the deli
cate and fragile form which was all that stood
between the successful party and its victors
was a will of iron, and a soul that, flashing
through the eagle eyes, mastered the sternest
of the proud barons around him at a glance.
He had saved the islanders from the des-
potism of JAMES, and he now resolved TO save
them from the vindictiveness Of each other.
He risked his popularity with men who had
been his warmest admirers, to give reposea and
security to men by whom his name was never
mentioned without a curse. 1t is needless to
say how he triumphed in that Act of Grace
the passage of which he at last secured in both
Houses by a unanimous vote, and which has
stamped his name with immortal renown, and
saved England from being rent to this day by
proscriptiye factions, each as 1t prevailed,
avenging in rivers of blood the wrongs it had
suffered.
ANDREW JOHNSON has the opportunity Of
achieving for America hat WILLIAM OF
ORANGE accomplished for England. Like him,
he seems to possess q wonderful calmness Int
intensity Of determination, and n greatness Of
soul which rises above the atmosphere of
party, and embraces in its comprehensive
glance the interests and welfare Of his coun-
try and his race. 1t will be q glory such as
no American, with the solitary exception Of
GEORGE WASHINGTON, has achieved, If, by his
wisdom, frmness, and comprehensive tolera-
ton and patriotism, ANDREW JOHNSON shall
save the United States from a fate like that
from which WILLIAM OF ORANGE delivered
England, when every great explosion, and
every great recoil Of public feeling, was accom-.
panied by excuses and c~ruelties which make
humanity shudder.
Sound Doctrine.
That the ardina principles OF republican
government must, Of necessity, be put in issue
by the questions presented to the Federal