Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-04-24
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Knoxville, Tenn, April "a, 1857.
From the Chicago Republican.
The Breaking Up.

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When President John Tyler, became
President by the accident of the death OF
Harrison, he was accepted by the party lna1
had elected him with an abiding conhueI ~,
is his official and personal integrity. ne
had went tears at Harrisburg when the nom
inating convention put aside Henry gay
and sstbe .nnion of tho Wings for the sake
nc tho Union" came as freely from his ups
as from those Of any other Inen ~ Sor,1,.oss
party At the first session u I;ro
after his Inauguration, he soon pl.To' ..o.oad
self in opposition TO his parry ,-on NO.
all the great party measures, 1 ~: .Iooo
go. o o.,r,ent He denounced the Con-
s..oas 30 3 cabal. and its eaucuses as SELF
s-,;s,,,od despotism. His Cabinet, pro-
.s,;,r, esrnstIv against bis treachery to the
$500 eosS ,bot had elected him and to the prin-
PP;rlcs which they sustained before the peo-
liz remained with him IS long as il was
PPossible for them to do so with honor to
Themselves or Justice to an outraged people.
Az the close of the session of Congress, the
Wing party, with not over half dozen OK
ceptions, united IN public address re-
pudiating all political relations with the
President. The Cabinet, with the excep-
ton Of Mr.. Webster, then resigned, and
John Tyler was left desolate. He had
neither party nor friends. He rescrted to
the policy Of removing Wings from Office
and appointing Democrats, but he made no
real friends by the change. The Democrats
accepted the treason, but greeted with con
tempt the idea Of making the traitor their
leader His half-dozon friends in Congress,
after long and varied regulations by both
parties in the Senate, got Office but they
shared with their chief the full measure Of
popular contempt.
History is but repeating itself in the case
Of President Johnson While we would
have preferred the retirement Of the Cabi-
net in body, it's dissolution is now an as
certained fact Mr.. Seward will remain, as
Mr. Webster did, in the vain hope that the
Democratic disgust for the President will
not reach him. Father Wellcs, who never
had public life before, will probably follow
johnson, as be would follow any other Pres
dent, as long as he is allowed to distribute
the patronage Of the Navy Department;
and Mr.. Mccullough viii continue as the
head Of the Treasury Department.
When Mr.. Clay reproached the Demo
Gratis of the Senate with having personally
called upon President Tyler to congratulate
him upon his betrayal Of the party, the
Democratic Senators of that day repealed
the intimation as an insult. Even old Blu
chanan would not permit such an aspertion
upon his sense of honor. Times. however,
have changed, and the Democratic Senators
not only congratulate the President person
ally, but they issue an address urging their
party to contribute delegates enough to en-
able the Presidents half-do COMPRESSION
al supporters to get up convention in
which the betrayal of the Union to its
enemies is to be glorifed and exalted.
There is no longer the least hope Of a
union between the President and the peo-
pie. The breach between the President and
the Union party is now broad and deep. 1t
is not to be bridged over. He has aban-
doned the household into which he came
with damaged character, and where his
previous faults were kindly covered with
the mantle Of charity, and where he was
honored az he had never been honorcd be-
fore. He has gone out from among those
who lifted him from obscurity. He has
gone forth, not with gratitude for the gen
crosby Of which he has been the recipient,
but with curses and threats upon his lips.
He has gone out, not after surrendering the
station and the honors which were bestowed
upon him by warm-hearted patriots, but
retaining them that be may use them to
encourage and foster the spirit Of rebellion
which tho country had reason TO believe
was subdued
There was a rebel Government some time
ago in full blast at Richmond 1t was en-
gagged in efforts to break up the Federal
Union. Since the accession of Mr.. John
sou, that Government at Richmond has
been dissolved, but its policy and its spirit
have been adopted by the Government at
Washington. No Cabinet Of honest Union
men can with honor hold Office any longer
They do right, therefore, to resign, and
give place to men who, having failed at
Richmond, may prove more successful at
Washington.