St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-11-22
.AndreW Johnson.
BY j. X. w. SLOANE.

II utIiui' oicCtA ny iO Hledll3 duroC-
able to the eye, may be instructive to the
understanding.
Some men appear to be raised to posi-
tions OF cminence that their virtues may
shine with 4 brighter lustre; others, that
their defects and vices may be more con-
~picuous. To the former class belong
Washington and Lincoln to the latter
belongs Andrew johnson.
The present incumbent of the presi-
Dental chair is chiefly remarkable for the
lack OF all qualifications essential to a
position SO dignitied and responsible,
while, by some mysterious fatality, boun-
titully endowed with all the opposite
qualities in rare combination. If we
were asked to describe, what a president
Of tie Unite! States ShouM be, We could
reply in no way that would more forci-
bly, convey our meaning than by saying,
IlIM AutiIer Joi'p>on Is not. II, on that
sad 10Th OF April, whose mornin. hours
were laden with the heavy tidings that
Abraham Lincoln, mortally wounded by
an assassin, lay dying, and again, that
the president was dcad,-any friend of
his country had attempted to conceive
the sort OF man that his successor should
not be, the result could not have differed
materially from the character of him who
now holds that high position.
Andrew johnson is TIE result of the
worst influences of slavery. That ac-
cursed institution has made him what he
is. In lis polluted atmosphere were de-
velopcd and ripened those qualities which
make him the disgrace and curse of his
country. ''Scratch Il Russian" said Ma
poleon, land you will find Tartar be-
meath" JohnSon's patriotism and oppo-
sition to slavery We're surface coating,
ccncea!ing the old tyramical, negro
halin. spirit that lay beneath. The
country has been cruelty deceived and
disappointed. The president has broken
every pledge, and given the lie TO every
profession made before his elevation
The voice OF Andrew Johnson OF Ten
ne-,re was that of Moss: the acts Of
Andrew j Johnson. president OF the tn;ted
states. have been those Of Pharaoh.
When he was fairly seated III the prcsi-
dcmtal char, one OF his first uttcr;lnccs
which reached the public ear, was that
infamous talSehood, accompanied with a
prot:ne oath. that this Is Il white man
government. This was soon followed
Uy the famous Swinging round the cir
cle' threats and from that hour until
this, lie has been 4 more malignant and
more dangerous enemy to the country
than was ever Jefferson Davis with lie,
and the Confederate army at his back
Wendell Phillips struck the keynote o
hi, policy when lie told the country tina
ii had the rebellion now cncamped III tht
White House.
1t is not of his political conduct alone
but also OF his moral character that W,
. propose to speak. We simply declare
what i known TO the world, because he
has taken no pains TO conceal 1t, whel
we state that Andrew johnson Is grossl
Incorporate. Ii is bitter, humiliatin:
. TACT that should mantle the check OF ever,
citizen of the country with the crimson
blush of shame. Tell it not in Gath
. publish it no: i'll the streets OF Askelon
that the highest interests OF this grea
country, III the very crisis OF her destiny
:. have been committed to the hands Of a
- habitual ,!runkard. There Is not 4 rail
road company in the country that wou
employ Andrew Johnson with his pres
ent habits There is not prudent mel
chant in the land who would rive hil
the charge Of his business. Aud yet, til
c, HIGHEST office of the nation is held b
p !.im, and at this hour he dictates the n;
lionaI policy. The dissracetul scene 6
the time OF his inauguration rs vice pre-
llcut, and the Illuminating display ot la
= summer, are fresh in the memory of al
Lost to all sense of shame, and lndltfe
v ent to the ordinary proprleties OF llte, |
l faunts his wickedncss in the face of II
nation and before the world.
Other public men have been protane-
:. the more is the pity; Andrew JohnsC
is the first president, so far as we know
who las mouthcd his blasphemies in Il
presence OF assembled multiludes.
IS We pass in silence other vices OF
more dcba>ing kind. Sufficient Is op,
iy and manifest to excite any other teelil
=. than that OF satisfaction or respect.
ol The vanity OF the man would be som
thing amusing in Il sphere less consplc
70. Gus and responsible. He has talk
about himself until he is ironically desi
= mated ..the hmtJie individual" |
speaks us pompously OF the position
occupies as though he were the elect
the nation, ard not ''thc accident of
v. acciIent.' Inflated with the batteries
der the cunning sycophants who pander
his vanity, he imagines himself the IL
MY OF the nation, and firmly believes that
'oa, is playing the role OF Andrew Jacksi
ria, Ills favored friends and advisers are N
4us 4 destitute OF principle, unknown to
t,ir. tir. adventures without charac
=. OF influence, Indeed. the presence
., any noble quality subjects its posscssor
1n,i- NO. malice, and exposes him to the "lo
is. cXpcctoration,' OF his vulgar abu
ns! jis. The proof OF this Is i'll his TRADES agai
,t, :ns Stevens, Sumner, Sheridan, Phillips, q
more recently, that popular christ
:, Oh soldier, General Howard.
is4t '.' lie talks about the people with all
igt:' gI,. oily tiucncy OF the consummate del
tils tfli gogue, while welding all the power
a. at his command to battle the natl,
ons, will. In alliance with the men v
y. sought the nations destruction, and W
- having treated him heretofore with
WA. erelgu contempt, now use hlm as Il
: IN plant tool, he seeks by every means
rider rider baIk the purpose Of those who poured
and their LloOl like wafer and their treas