The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-11-28
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The Retiring, President.

s;ssS s.'l The IS Rletiring /, President. i,.
The Washington Express -ss con comments as fol-
lows on President johnson 2t
resident Johnson Was once ono. of, tho
chief fidols of the Republican party. In lock-
ing back 70 that still Lrecent period 1--WE arc led
to note the ,rnRid changes that have followed
Who could vefbelieycd, that the heienthusiastic
whorshippers oss yesterday would abe the, fero-
cious orucifers of to-day? LAS tlc4idol
changed fepg he3hSle3A, s3sss ~ nssSs
~ IR'adew, mouths moro, President ,Johnson
wtllEetire from his exalted position. ,Ittmay,
with propriety, be asked, Wherein, he DIFF
ferspt now from what he was when he first
topkii his seatin ths Execshyefchair?. Is there
not abundant proof that,h entered. that chair
with the conscientious purpose of carrying out
thePolicy ofRtesidentt tLincoln2 q And is it
not equally ylclearthat they sought to i'm
peach President Johnsonl would !'hpyet i'm
peachcd President Lincolp,sif they had posses
scd the opportunity? Ha,is fritsI lia. s.b s,e
sIct us briefly review the career ofthe now
retiring President; q s.s-6 ~ # Il A:-;aqss
sts1 He has shown firm; consistent, lporse-
Hcring attachment to the Constitution Of the
country. ~ aAi3.t es.a,,aei5y,,sg, ttss y4,.F
aia2. He hns striyen to mitigate the severity
of feeling that is sought to be kept alive be-
tween different ssections.s fs5 I Ssr 49,
sAeI8. He has avoided, like Lincoln, all self
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. slf.s-4,s,
So If there be anything different from this in
fthe Presidential career 8ofA Mr. johnson, we
have yet tusee,it. Few men, in the land,
and in all stages Of its political history, have
beon moro bitterly assailed than he. Wash
personal assaults to encounter No public
man Of our times was ever SO attacked by
mean comparisons, by low insinpatiohs, BY
Wi gar caricatuross His early life his former
socc1pation, Tho names of the humber offices
he has been called to fill, have. boen fang in
his face, with d pertinncy Of scurrility and
malicc without parallel.
The mon Who have been guilty of this are
the very mon who have lauded the lowly birth
Of our future President, and prided themselves
ON the fact that they were The admiring fol-
lowers of the poor tanner boy. Instead OF
holding up u fact, which in ar republican coun
try like ours should be an encouragement to
the rising generation, these models of consis
tency have indulged in all sorts of filings at
tho modest and Industrious apprentice Of tie
old North State How constantly the Tenncs-
see Alderman has boon the butt Of their ridi-
cule! hat q, contempt was poured on the
head Of Che Assembly man, and Senator, and
Governor! e MI
All this has passed now, and, with it, the
scogn, and hatred, and littleness of soul, that
saw no real merit in Mr.. johnson as Prcs-
dent. He Yillbo gratefully, and afectionatc-
sly re remembered, 9a however, in many Northern
home, and h in many a Southern enc, long after
!. his,g g gaccusers @, m shall have passed away.
s.ssa3We might here rcfcr to President Juhnson's
policy, in regard to the restoration OF the
Southern States to their former status in the
Union, in Contrast with the Congressional rs
]; construction schcmc but we forbcar. We
] may, however, venture to suggest that had the
real wishes of tho Northern people been car
req out at the close OF tho War-had that
! ssasaagnaninity ss eandor and fair dealing cxhib-
itcd by President johnson. towards the South
been displayed on the part Of Congress
much bettor would be the present condition Of
our country? How. much pccuniary loss
might have been avoided How much nearer
would wo bc to that fratcrnal feeling and
abiding peace 50 much desired by all.
'Sf History will yindcate Andrew Johnson's
qil integrity aud patriotism. He will withdraw
from Washington after having passed through
the post iiery ordeal to which any President
Y vas eyer hjcctod and feeling that in all his
.aetions, a he was guided only by what he bclicv-
ad to lbo his duty, he may confidently leave the
result with his God
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