The New York herald., 1868-02-01

TIE First Big Gun for Andrew johnson.
The independent no-party mass meeting at
Cooper Institute on Thursday evening, although
proclaimed to be not . meeting SCALED to
nominate President of the United States, or
to indicate directly or indirectly the name of
any candidate for that Office" was still meet
ing designed for q public endorsement Of
Andrew johnson for the next Presidency as
the defender of the constitution, in the execu-
tive chair, agaisst the revolutionary measures
and schemes Of this radical Congress.
The Distinguishing resolution Of the platform
adopted was the resolution endorsing and
promising that this constitutional organiza-
ton will lose no opportunity Of sustaining
Andrew Johnson with all the power which is
left them as American citizens" After the
reading Of the letter OF Senator Doolittle
Andrew johnson, and one enthusiastic johnson
man declared that "Andrew johnson is the
only statesman in. the country" This covered
the main idea of the meeting In the speech
of Mr.. j. r. Doolittle, Jr his closing sugges-
ton for the nomination of man who would
try-some such man as Sherman, Hancock or
Andrew Johnson-broadly developed the spe-
ci6c object of the meeting. Mr.. Hiram
Ke!chum, however, seemed disposed to make
diversion in favor of Horatio Seymour,
whom he considered one "among the greatest
and most patriotic men in the country" But
as Mr.. Doolittle said ''you have no right to
nominate Vallandigham or Pendloton, and
thereby lose twenty-five thousand votes
in the State of New York." we should
like to know whether these twenty-five
thousand would be satisfied with Seymour.
Mr.. Reed, of Philadelphia, like the old woman,
did not care who heard him, but "spoke right out
in meeting piece Of his mind" He said that
tomorrow night (Which was last nigh) "Phila-
delphia will send response such IS never
went before in protest against the unconstitu-
tional acts of Congress, and which will glad
den the heart of Mr.. Johnson. And next fall
we Tin Philadelphia) will have an election for
Mayor, and we will elect Mayor who will not
be absent from the city fishing whenever Mr..
johnson visits our city"
This Cooper Institute meeting, then, was a
Johnson meeting, and the first mass meeting in
favor OF Mr. johnson for the next Presidency
The Philadelphia meeting Is the second, and
we presume that this movement is to be fol-
lowed up in other cities and towns throughout
the North What, then, is the prospect for Mr..
Johnson? The leaders and recognized mana
gers Of the democracy stand aloof They are
not for Johnson, although they expect to use
him. This Independent Johnson movement
therefore, should be pushed forward only the
more vigorously, in order to bring The demo-
cratic leaders and managers to recognition
OF the superior claims and tho balance of
power held by Mr. Johnson in this contest
with the revolutionary radicals. The Cooper
Institute meeting was good beginning. 1t
disclosed the fact that the sympathies of the
democratic masses are with Andrew Johnson,
and that his nomination as the champion
of the constitution against the radicals would
speedily consolidate all the conservative .ce-
ments of the country