Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-12-09
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WEDNESDAY,, DEC 8. 1868.
ANDY JOHNSON.

ANDY JUHNSUN.
If 1t De true, as many suppose. that
mere popularity is a condition Of notoriety,
Andy Johnson and his administration are
in no danger of being forgotten. Other
Presidents have been weak. puerile and
pitiable, it was left for him 70 be also
supremacy ridiculous. He aoou7d have
made his administr ,tion wicked, he sue
ceeded in rendering it simply farcical. 1t
seems as If The Fates had united to make
all his efforts contemplate failures
Some malicious spell apparently sur
rounds him, which robs goodness of its
virtue, strips great men of their strength
and exalts little men to high places. Even
Seward, who was once without peer in
the nation, and Who could grapple alone
with his numerous opposers IN no un-
equal combat, even be fails to give
strength and responsibility to Il e Admin
istraton, but falls into his dotage on
johnson hands. Reverdy johnson,
whom we had come 10 regard as almost
the impersonation Of senatorial and official
dignity, becomes, as the emissary of Andy
Johnson, the most cringirg of toadies in
the Court Of st James. Gideon Weles
whose high Office failed to render him
conspicuous in the exciting times of the
var, Greens into prominence under Andy
Johnson.
Bot if the men of the administration
are such egregrious failures, the measures
are no less So Soon after reaching the
Presidential chair, johnson signalized his
accession BY clustering proclamation Of
fering a large reward for the cepture of
jeff Davis, and the boys in blue who
could conquer his minions we're not long
in catching the arbitrator himself; but
Andy Johnson and the Supreme Court
which seems to be under Il same strange
spell which has bevitched the whole Ad-
ministration, have ever since wrung their
hands IN imbeclc irresolutiou as to what
should be done with him, while the rebel
/ chief has spent his time in luxurious re-
| tirement II IN travelling abroad as the
| guest Of the nations enemies. Upon a
par with this management is the execu-
ton of woman on suspicion of guilt
while her notoriousIy guilty son, who was
captured at great expense, is allowed to
20 at large on some TRIVIAL legal technical
ity. This peculiar President allowed for.
/ midable expedition to be fitted cut within
our territory, for the purpose of invading
foreign country: without objection, but
after it had moved to accomplish its Oh
iect, and after blood had been shed, he
did what should have been done long be
fore, if he had lntendel to interfere at all
I and took measures to suppress the under
taking. When he found that the current
0fpublic seutmentwas running overwhelm
ingly against him, in foolish attempt tc
stem the tide he set out on that most alb
surd and QuixoGic of all expedition8-hi.
famous swinging round the circle
raid The man who was to become the
Moses Of the Freedmen proved to be their
Pharaoh. Treason was to be made odious
| he has decked it with garlands Traitors
were to take back seats-he has exalted
them to high places. Nothing is lac Ing
to render the Administration a8tupendou!
and most contemplate failure no re-
deeming act saves it from It's miserable
unworthiness and insignifcance In his
Infinite eoneeit he arrayed himself against
the people, and as matter Of course wen
down in the conflict He dishonored The
high Office Of Vice President by maunder
ing it's sacred oath upon drunken lips, anG
has disgraced the highest position Of The
the nation by acts Of wickedness and in.
finite folly. Tyler and Fillmore were
treacherous, Pierce was mbecile, Buchan
an was ptiable; johnson has made him
self all these and besides most supremacy
ridiculous. Had he died in his "inuocent
youth" with his tailor's goose in his hand
it would have been a mercy to him, but
an evil fate preserved him for an infamous
notoriety, and he will pass from office re
GREETED by none, despised by all, the
shame of his race and the laughing stock
Of history.
JEFF. DAVIs,-The trial of JEFF Davis
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