, 1867-11-22
sesident johnson and the Democratic
PARTY.

! - $50 oeen teltcited on tue Qemocrauc gains
! Maine we are not informed; but his share Ct
be credit is inst as great in one case as in an
ther; or to speak more bluntly, 1t 10 nothing in
ither. We do not deny that the great reaction
lught 10 give him considerable satisfaction, al
hough nothing be has done had any tendency
. produce il. As patriot honestly desiring
hss re,admission Of the Southern States, he
gea.s Of s>-5ss, Sc, be glad to see his adversaries
,,S,usrs ssa1 to SS.s@od @ M RPSs g ss9s NJ
toisei 80 the ioy OF the democratic party. We
should be quite willing to beat the bush and let
4 him catch the bird, If the country should there
by be benefited. But inasmuch as President
Johusop has no proper Identification with the
democratic party, and as = false impression of
that kiid would be . drag OF the reaction, it
may net be Amiss TO place the subject in its true
light. The zeal with which the democratic press
has defended the President 90 far as it deemed
| him right, must lead nobody to suppose that be
isiu any degree responsible for US, or we for him.
He can take no just offence at our repudiating
bis modes Of operation, since he has uniformly
discarded and repudiated ours.
Mr.. johnson is in no sense democratic Pres.
ident. We did not elect him; we have no claim
upon him, nor have we ever set up any, except
the common claim which all citizens have upon
the Chief Magistrate, that he shall honestly sup.
port aud defend the Constitution. If Mr.. John
son, elected as republican, had ever become a
from such reorganization Of the personel of the
administration as placed the government in dem
ocrstic hands. But no such reorganization has
been made, Instead Of a Cabinet consisting OF
men whom the democratic party respect and
cOnide in, President Johnson has chosen to be
surrounded by republican Cabinet, from the
FIRST day of his accession until now. He has had
occasion to appoint several foreign ministers;
but in DO case has be appointed democrat in
Oood standing with his Marty GenaraI nir
most respectable of bis appointees, though call.
ing himself a democrat, long ago dissolved his
connection with the democratic organization.
Mr.. Bancroft is a modern libeler of the demo.
cratic party. Mr. Brown, Mr.. Raymond and Mr..
Greeley, who have been successfully, but unsuc,
cessfully nominated to the vacant Austrian mis-
sion, are highly respectable gentlemen, but they
have never been democrats. General Fitzpatrick,
after carrying New Jersey against the democrat.
ic party by a campaign of venomous scurrility
and defamation, was promptly rewarded ny the
mission to Chile. This was more than neglect;
more than ordinary affront it was an open in>
suit New Jersey was the only Northern State
which the democratic party bad carried for
Mcclellan and our pride would have been touch
ed by its loss even if it had been taken away
from US by fais means. But when outrageous
scurlities prevailed against us in the house of
our Chosen candidate, the immediate PrvmO'
tiOn Of the head libeller to full foreign mission
was an act which laid the party under no deep
obligation to the President. We did not even
complain of this insult, for we had no claims
upon Mr.. johnson, and there was no good reason
why a republican President should not appoint to
Office men who had rendered acceptable services
to the republican party. We must not be un-
derstoOd 10 make these illusions even now, in q
tone OF complaint. They are only intended as
proofs that Mr.. johnson has never been, nor eTs
sought to be considered democratic Presi-
dent. We happen to agree with him on point
which be differs from the rest of his party; but
that must not be taken as endorsement of
his maladroit, unstatesmanliks, unpopular ad>
ministraiOn.
Mr. johnson not being democrat, we are un-
willing that with his great weight of unpopu-
larity, he should be clAssed as such. The con.
tentiou between him and Congress is light
within the republican party. Toe distracted
condition of the country is chargeable upon the
party that elected both the Preside t and the
majority in Congress, and we expect no relief or
remedy but 10 the overthrow of that party. The
republicans cannot hI upon US any part OF the
odium which has resulted from their own suc>
cess in the election. Let the fault lie where it
may, we are responsible for none of it. We have
not been 10 power. We are no more answera-
bic for the republican President whom we did
not elect, and have not been permitted to advise,
than for the republican Congress which has kept
up perpetua! quarrel with him. Mr.. Johnson
is vodr President, Messrs. republicans, not ouIs;
from your party be has taken all his responsible
advisers; on you he has bestowed all his offices;
he has kept you in power by mistakes and blum.
ders more serviceable to you than cooperation;
and whether you deem him a blessing or bane
its origin is in either case, to be traced to your
selection and votes.
In the recent talk about Cabinet changes, the
republicans have been willing to favor the i'm
preston that Mr.. Johnson intends to form dem
ocratic administration. Even If be were willing
and representative democrats would consent,
such an arrangement would be every way unde-
sirable Its only effect would be TO render the
democratic party responsible for blunders and
mismanagemeut, perpetrated against its judg.
ment and in contempt of Its wishes. We should
gain few patry offices without influence, and
20 into the Presidential election vulnerable
by all the weapons which the republicans could
hurl at Mr.. johnson. As be gave US no aid
when he might have aided us, why should
we now, when be has no longer anything valuas
BILE to give, imperil our own cause by assuming
the burden of his own unpopularity? As things
stand, the republican invectives against Ar.
johnson impeach their ability to choose good
President. man might as wisely think to
to improve his social standing by living with
somebody repddiated wife, as for the democratic
partf to expect any advantage from adopting, in
the last days Of bis unsuccessful administration
fettefed President, elected by their enemies and
popular with nobody.-N. Y. World.
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TEE CHURCH AND rHE SABBArH.-This charac>
teristic feature of the first day Of the week is
| one of the most remarkable in the history of the
world In mountain recesses, in rural hamiets,
| in hosry cathedrals, and humble chapeis, in
ships far of on the sea- in the distant wilderness