The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-11-28
aEkbfNa MATTER ON EVERY pA'GB
The RetiriIlg President.

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r6s Washington i Esprsss pres cor comments as fol.
8 lows on President johnson ,'.aes ss''
N Presidept Johnson Was once one. of. the
chief idols Of tho Republican party In look
iDgbac ITO that still recent period I'VE arc led
( TO note the rapid changees ees that have followed
Who could havesbclieycd that theepthusiastic
whorshipper Of Heste erday would .be tho fero-
cious scrucifers of to-day? Has tlcyidol
changed kspg issaisdi :a, 1,IS a.. rsja
NJ lna few, mouths moro, President ,Johnson
wtllEetire from his exalted position. ,Itimay,
with propriety, be asked,f1 Wherein is he diff
fersat now from what he was when he first
tNsai his scat ia the eExccptiscrchair? Is there
not abundant proof that he entered that chair
With the conscientious purpose of carrying out
thepoioy ofRtesident tLihcoln2 And is it
not equally clearthat they who sought to i'm
peach President Johnson, would .;hpyet i'm
peaehed President Lihcoln,sif they, had posses
scd the opportunity? q gsfs a4s4i8 st!s ~
asIct us briefly review the career of the now
retiring President: 81 as,sro 81 81 Is ssa,,ss
sfS1 qHe has shown firm, consistent, porse-
vering attachmon to the Constitution of the
country :e A.ti3 tsasais,l;;ba So ,s.fes.
sss2. He has striyen to mitigate the severity
Of feeling that is sought to be kept alive be
tiVeen difcrentEscctions. seS i3ae S;..S
He has avoided, like Lincoln. all self
aggrandizenent. .gi6s ss,
~ Ifthere be anything different from tlsis in
fthe Presidential career. .Bofs Mr. johnson, ,ewc
shaye yet tQsseesit. Few men, in all the land,
and in all stages of its political history, have
beon moro bitterly assniled. than he.: 81 Wash
'ingtony Jefferson and Jackson had no moro
personal assaults to encounter No public
man Of our times. was ever SO attacked by
mean comparisons, by tlow. insinuations, by.
yulgar saricatures: Ills early life his former
occupation, Che MINES Of the humber offices
4 he has been called to fll,, have boen fang in
Ills face, with a pcrtinacy Of scurrility aud
MALICE without parallel. s.'@
The men, who have been guilty of this are
the very men who have lauded the lowly BIRTH
of our future President, and 'prided themselves
on the fac. that they were the admring fol
lowers Of the poor tanner boy. Instead OF
holding up a fact. which in a7Republicaahn coun
try like ours, should be an encouragement to
the rising generation, these models Of conssis
tency have indulged in all sorts Of filings at
tho modest and industrious apprentice eof tie
old North State. How constantly the Tenncs-
see Alderman has been the butt Of their ridi-
,.cple! What a, contempt was poured OH the
sshead of Che Assembly man, and Senator, and
Governor
aasAl u this has passed now, and, with it, The
scorn, and. Hatred, and littleness of soul, that
!. saw no real merit in Mr.. johnson as Prcsi-
dent. He willbo gratefully, and aAectionatc-
4 ~ remembered, however, in many o, Northern
home, and in many, Southern enc, long after
( ( his MS accusers shall have passed away.
;We might here refer to President Johnson's
!, policy, in regard to the restoration OF the
! Southern States to their former status in the
Union, ,in COZ Contrast with the Congressional r.
! {ceonstruction scheme; but VIC. forbcar. We
i may, however, venture to suggest that had the
real wishes Of tho Northern people been car
5Eicd out at the. close Of tho war-had that
! sss'fasgnaninity, oandor, and fair dealing cxhib-
tied BY President johnson, towards the South
been displayed on the part, Of Congress how.
much bettor would be The prescnt condition Of
/ our country? How much pccuniary loss
!, mig might have been avoided How much nearer
would wo bo to that fratcrnal feeling and
abiding peace 50 much desired by all
Bis History will y,indicatc Andrew Johnsons
III integrity aud patriotism. He will withdraw
from an Washington M after having passed through
,tel the most fiery ordeal to which any President
vas VA ever subjected. and feeling that in al his
factions he was guided only by what he belicv-
II I'd te bo his duty he may confidently leave the
result with his God.