Nebraska advertiser., 1868-12-17
WAsR1NcroN Dae O 1893

OCCs y, lCOCs
The galleries of both Houses were
crowded to-day with a large and bril-
liant audience, assembled to hear read
the last annual Message of the present
President of the United States. 1t was
a disappointment, however, the paper
being merely a communication on ma
tional affairs, containing many indie
eOrOus reflections upon thelegislative
branch of the Government. Its Fecep-
ton by the august bodies was such as
might have been expected, and such
as il was entitled to. The Senate re-
fused even to hear it read, adjOurning
before the Clerk had finished a half
dozen pages and the House, after lis
tening with rare fOrbearence to its
insults, and dreary relish of the splen-
etc ~invective which has characterized
various preceding communications
from the same source, voted that it be
laid on the table, and that none of the
public money be expended in printing
it for distribution. Gen. Sehenck gave
voice to the general feeling of the
House by eh~aracteriZing it as "a gross.
shameless, and most searulous and inn
pertinent document and despite the
faetious wrangling of Fernando Wood
and some of his fellow Democrats. the
paper was not even honorod with the
usual reference to committee, but was
laid on the table to keep company for
all time with the rubbish and odds
and ends of petitions, appeals, and the
like, which come from the four quar-
tiers Of the continent, from fools, and
charlatans, to the Speakers desk, and
are never heard ofagain after the Clerk
has once read their title aloud. In the
Senate, Mr.. CONFESS, in demanding
that the reading of the paper be stop
ped, describing it as "a TRADE ofabuse
from beginning to end, and an indie
cent attack upon the body and Mr.
Wilson said it is 1.-The nntruthful "a
wings Of a bad, disappointed man,
In fact, Notifying as it may be to ev-
cry American who would wish to see
the Chief Executive of his country
heldin respect by foreign nations. the
last annual message Of Andrew john
son, President of the United States.
was so undignifed, so ill-timed, and
every way indecorOus and ungentle-
manly a state paper, that il simply ex-
cited the contempt of both Houses of
Congress, and was dismissed to the
dusty archives without one moments
consideration being given to any one
o the smallest Gifts recommendations.
The Message has not been matched in
offensive features by any written or
oral communication from any other
President, nor by any from this one.
except that most wretehed speech I'M
the Senate on the 4th of March, 1855.
when he took the oath ofOfhce in a
way that sent a shudder through theI
whole country. Those who may have
the patience to read the Message
through will find among a mass Of
Mr.. Johnsonis usual denunciation of
Congress eulogies of the Constitution
and the Qualifications of self, the bold
est bid that a demagogue ever made
for the applause ofthe dangerous clas-
ses, intact, no less than the Reputation
Of the entire national debt. Pendleton
and other more timorous politicians
may triie and daily on the outer edges
Of this crime, but he, the President Of
a nation of honorable people, boldly
into the very abyss of nation
al dishOnOr.