The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-07-03
For the Standard


For the Standard.
On THE CHATTANOOGA, ALA, June g.
MEssRs. EDITORS My long silence has
not been for want of good feeling for you or
because of want of affection for my friends /
in the Old North State, but other duties
here which would admit of no delay.
l see you have had Andrew johnson with
you, and that in his speech he did not forget
to mention that he was not born in palace,
nor to state that he ftthe goodly city forty
one years ago without red. Nothing re-
markable in that, for we have known many
men to leave that same city dead broke"
and never thought the fact worth parade
on public occasion. But however obscure
Andrew Jobnson's going out, he returned
with all the pomp and circumstance of place
and power, accompanied and surrounded by
numerous and imposing military retinue
The fact is, Andrew johnson runs big ma
chine for his boiler capacity, and if ever
man had cause to be thankful for a lucky
star, he has. He is not naturally great nor
great by cultivation and study, but having
vast amount of self-importance, and finding
our democratic people exceedingly sn,pressi-
Die, and very susceptible to hold on 6luster, he
has reached many high positions. The one
he now fills he holds by accident, against the
will of and very much to the prejudice of
the American people, for whatever may be
| the arguments of admiring friends-who
feed on the crumbs from Andrew Johnson's
official table-he is and has been the great
stumbling block in the way of a restoration
| of the seeded States to the Union. He
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the abelitionists, contended for the divine
institution of slavery and the sacredness of
states rights, but when the struggle came he
| fell on the side that promised to pay best
To attribute his advance to the Union. du-
ring the war, to principle, is to give the lie
| to his whole political career.
You complain, Messrs. Editors, that the
aristocrisy of your capital. who would have
focked to Davis, did not take Andrew John
son by the hand. We must say that for
this exhibition of consistency we admire
them, for while we despise the heresy of Sc
cession and deplored the organized attempt
to destroy the Union, of which Mr.. Davis
was the head, his course has been consistent
and he has been true to his friends. Mr..
Davis was not among the precipitators, but
| was drawn into the rebellion on account of
his representative character and acknowl-
| edged craftsmanship; and when once in, all
| good men must admire the constancy and
| determination with which he adhered to the
cause of people who had honored him with
| the position of leader. We. thought seces-
| sion great blunder and predicted that it
would result in a war that would prove ru-
inous to the country, but though the chief
in bad cause and as such largely RESPONSE
BILE for the present deplorable condition of
the South, history will do justice to the pure
private life and exalted craftsmanship of
| Jefferson Davis-and every man who values
honor will applaud his unswerving devotion
| to his friends. He espoused bad cause, but
he went down with it; aud though the leader
| of one OF the most wicked and gigantic
rebellions of modern times, he to-day fills a
larger space in the affections of the Ameri-
can people North, as well as South, than An
drew johnson. johnson is not only wanting
! in that refinement and craftsmanship that
characterises Davis, but he keeps faith with no
one unless it be in bargain where self is to
be on the top. He helped SOW the seeds of
disunion and pursuaded the people of the
South they should fight if need be TO main
| tain the institution of slavery, and then turn
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trines; and after the Republican party had,
as peace offering to the South, made him
Vice President, he not only shocked the de-
cency of the country by appearing in de-
/ bauched condition on the occasion of his in
auguration, but within twelve month turn
ed upon those who had elevated him and
became one of their most bitter revilers.-
As much as we despise secession and trea-
| son we do not blame the aristocrisy Of Ra-
leigh for net throwing up their hats over q
man who has never been true to any party
or any body. The Office of President Of the
United States should be honored by all, but
yirtuous people are under no obligations to
pay homage to the person Of a coarse dem
agogue. And besides Andrew Johnson's
treachery to the people of the South, and
then to the Republican party, be has tried tc
deceive the blacks. After promising to bs
their Moses. to lead them through the RED
sea lying between the impenatrable darkness
of slavery and the pure light of-freedom
and appearing to favor their enfranchisement
be turns upon them, fearing playing Moses
won't pay, and wants them to sit at the gat'
4 until they become wise and their beard
grow before being invested with the night
Of citizenship.
4 Andrew johnson has been plsying for tn
succession ever since he stepped into theboot
4 of the lamented Lincoln, and finding ther
is no chance for him before the Republics
party which he has deserted and betrayed
he will wish another revolution to destro
that organization and build up party q
which he may be leader. No candid mai
who has watched the developments Of event.
cau hplsnvo that "A Andrew Joh11nnu- - ant