The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-29
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wEs az szesealsgiy weak AID irDPoiiii:
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tFsi: Of character thzi il alInozt d.
splsab-s for IL nsznDsss and liit!snsss-
II indicates = ssd Izck Of dignity, a
want Of breadth and scope Of somprs-
hsuslon, personality Of aim and a
naErozasss o; rssoaress, III bzhitiDs
tie EIgbss: posItIon in the laud.
To z4y the least, Il zss = traDsaetIon
almost eontempubls in it, smsllnezs.
TIE Presldent Of the United States
EEou!d b - nearly a. possible
an impsrsonsI, and surely al
impartial. character. He can not al
fora to deal out odIOu- discriminatiOns
Of zach gross and grz,ultons nature,
and filter away the public respect by
iGdivsd gsiizins himself with the petty
Tz.alE!ss Of competing nsNsmonyers.
One can not think Of great, calm, self
reliant, sell respecting, and ssIf-zp-
precis,inz mind descending 70 such
q species offolly.
Bat the act u in keeping with the dis
pO.ilion people aye nOH inclined to as.
crlos to The President. It seems TO be
ia consonanee with his general mental
and moral conception OF the fitness Of
things. SsTspapeF men especially. viii
Be apt to accept It as about fair Enags
Of hin cslibre, and. IL We mistake
Oh LAA~y - IA AAA1 b77A~AhAVH
once to estimate Hnd speak Of Ar.
johnson from that stand point. What
else can he expect from tbemr He has
made IN almost direct challenge 70
their rsssutments a. a class, his own
pariisanE Included. The New York
Herald, = great HetssPapeT, we ackboWl-
edge. j. known a. the Satanic" press.
.Ea=
puIouA Journal, devoid Of anything like
mora. stability, conservative to-day
and radical tomorrow. sud hfppant,
srratic. Uperfciai and pirsiical IN near
L. all its ways. We can imagine the old
man Bennett, its proprietor, laughing
in his sIssvs at this bid Of desperate.
igrSaken, yet vain and morbid man.
for his support, a. If the New York
Herald ever supported the failing for
tunes Of any such character beyond a
paying paint. Poor Ar. johnson relies
upon broken reed If that Is his best
holt" A. this crisis of his career. Any
ipd.ciUus Newspaper man could have
t0gd him that much In advance, even if
HE long experience and native intui-
tlons were 20 wholly upavaiIing rs to
REQUIRE sueh information.
No public man in this country, Be his
position what it may. unless he Is ALSO
Iuisiy enrrenchsd in n triple armor Of
principle, a nd has his quarrel unmis-
tsksbiyIus', can afford 70 ignore, much
less to scout, the sympathy of the press.
And Of all executives who ever sat in
the Presidential chair, Mr.. johnson is
lust The one who needs to be propped
up. for he Is az near bsrelt OF the moral
element in the estimation of the peo-
pie as 1t Is possible for such a Junction
arg 70 be. Among thousands there Is
a fierce feeling or utter contempt for
him; contempt for bis understood i'm
mornlities; contempt for his rude and
vulgar ego;isn; contempt for his be-
-lisved political treaeheryf and contempt
for his weakness. perpiexity and des-
peration. Among thousands OF others,
this feeling Is shared in less demon
strativs degree, and among thousands
more, again. there is a sort of IistIess
indifference that takes bat little ac-
count OF him one way or the other.
The NdtiOEdI LntelIi1sReer, his organ,
is authority for asserting that even the
Office holders OF the country share,
more or less, the most active OF these
feelings aud opinions in regard to the
President. We quote from number
OF that paper before US, rs follows:
"wben the philadelphia Convention
proclaimed the talismanic cry OF Ell
deity TO "a restored Union," it should
have been made the touchstone of Fed
eral service in every department of the
Government. Was it done? Let the
various District Attorneys and United
States Marshals, who are now in
scornful aftiiinlion with the defiant en-
smies OF the Administrations, answer.
Let the crowd of Treasury officials,
who are collecting the revenue, and
making the Federal assessments, whilst
laboring night and day TO bring tho
President into odium, Dear mournful
witness. Let the vast herd Of post