The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-12-23
IfFurn the Charleston. CourierI
The Presidents Message Re-
viewed.

4tFmln the Charleston CourierI
The Presidents Message Re-
viewed.
The Senate, it appears, refused,
after few paragraphs, to hear
the message read, and the House,
instead of referring it, as custom
ary, to the Committee. of the
Wholeslaid it.upon the table.
These acts of discourtesy to-
wardst President Johnson, can
can neithsrafecs him in public es-
.timatfon or disparage the truths
which he declares. They cannot
prevent his atterances fiom hav-
ing their fun weight with ean i'm
partial history The trash is not
thus either to be stifed Or sup
pressed. There will be no injury
eithertot Mr. johnson or to the
cause ihe,espouses, from this course.
The Senate and Honse have only
condemned. themselves. I'll ey
have exhibited a want Of common
courtesy and. Il degree of artisan
ship, which reflects. credit neither
upon their craftsmanship or patri-
otism.,,a They betrayed a petty
spirit and a short sighted policy,
which will ,eeademn them in the
judgment of every right mind.
President Johnson states but
what all eontemporaaeous history
afirms, when he says that by the
application Of the simple, yet eff
tective provisions Qfthe Constitu-
ton, the Executive Department,
with tie. voluntary aid Of the
Southern States, had when Con-
gress assembled at the close OF the
civil strife in December, 1868,
brought the work of restoration
to the very verge of completion,
with the most certain prospect OF
earlv and satisfactory adjustment
of all existing difficulties.
And Of this there can exist no
doubt. The whole country are
witnesses of this truth. Posterity
with it's unbiased pen will record
this fact to his honor, and to the
iuatice of his administration.
But as the president forcibly
puts it: "Congfess interviewed, and
refusing to perfect the work so
nearly eonsummated, declined to
admit membsrs from sthe unrepre-
sented Seates adopted a series OF
measures which arrested the pro-
gress of restoration, frustrated all
that had been successfully accom-
plished, and after three years OF
agitation and strife, has left the
country farther from the attain
ment of union and fraternal feel.
, ing, than at the inception Of Con
gressional Reconstruction"
Here, ine<a few and concise
words, We, have a statement OF the
truth in aAits force and vigor. II
is brief, bot none the less foreible
or convincing. No wonder that
Congress shut their ears to this
clear condemnation, and endeav
ored to escape before it's ennnci
alton! They, tabIed:it, and thus
it was unheard in full by them
selves. The ostrich hides his head
in the sands and supposes his body
unseen. Congress buries the Mes
sage upon the table, and supposes
that it will TINS be neither hearc
or read BY the country. They
have thus placed themselves on
level with the ostrich for wisdom
President Johnson is magnani
nous where he calls upon Con
gress to repeal the tenure of office
Bill, which, while holding the Elk
seutiue accountable for the con
duet of affairs, disables him from
the power Of appointment and re
moval in accordance with tn
original design ofthe Federal Con
stitution.
And again the same elevation o
nind is displayed, where he IN