New-York tribune., 1869-03-05

do ss II darn peascs in tile future II terrible
thing him to think that ten states should oe
sented IN CongreSs-nO matter whether they represented
rebels or loyal Then he vetoed the Cvil IenureO
Office act which not surprising 1t deprived MN OF
executive power This too, passed over his head
OF all the supplementary Reconstruction measures
met with the same opposition, WIN the same uuin"''
Meanwhile the negro massacres at Memphis and az
for their efforts to extend protection to 10y al ana
and black well white. and the discussion lIuuh,
out North and the South Of the probable elects o
extending the suffrage To the cOOred race the cnel
stone Of reconstruction had prepared CohgIS 10
assume the responsibility OF determining ivr s'oh on
what terms the Union should he restored NothlR'
however hut the perseverng bunders of Andrew John
son could have enabled the Republican party TO 20 before
The neone an the platform OF universal suffrage with
success I'm the elections OF 1866 the Republican party
Southern States we're allowed to dsranchse their blacks.
their representation III Congress should De feGuceu "
correspond with the number Of actual voters lnS pro
vision was mere pontoou bridge which to cross over
to universal suffrage In 1867 the suffrage question: hu
fairly entered into political contests ana the hep
caI standards lowered in partial defeat at most ot te
State elections But in 1868 the issue was sqnarey mace
and by this time leaders and people were prcp9e1o
ratify and ndorse IT, is about to he embodied lr-
revcrsbly into our Constitution seven OF tne d ,o
Southern States have been reconstructed on ls pasls %
doubtless the second year of President GRANTS term WI"
open upon a Union fully restored. ,.,..ou,. .d
minstration, the people have passed through e'Ea. P
revolution OF opinion and sentiment, 9hder "o nv The ma
construction policy when was sausiaSt"3 md in the
iOrlty when proposed has been OverthroWn anu III III @ ,
midst of infinite turmoil and unrest new anu WIS.,
has been adopted-One for which at his Inauguration
neither the people nor their leaders were pIealeu u
Out Of this arose ms vision OF Iec,eeyr, %
effort at forming a party, in which IL was nOt sIduHe
IT, with his preiudces egotsm, ana hardwood Oh calv
ter. he thought his personal anDltlOh was uenou VIZ
the interests OF ms country, so far as cunnng gasP
ing and remarkably successful politician may DC SUI
posed to have looked upon PATRIOTISM as any linf & %
than q pretence. Out OF the same gIeat iI,Non x
structiOn issue arose his Removals from OmSe'
which the TenureofOhico act was passed 10 iSstIa,.
his attempted removal Of Stanton in violation OF tha act
his impeachment and narrow escape from conVleuoh
Andrew Joinsons impeachment and acquttal have es
tabshed the supremacy OF congress over e IcsV ,,
ernment shall last Previously the people had an ucoh
stuonal horror Of impeachment They regarded u as
revolution In itself This supersuous exemption OF the
Executive from punishment by the laws, Is
gerous to Republic, because 1t invites 10
depotsm and leaves the people no remedy but assas
dangerous times, under more pOpu-
adrot President the first attempt to npeaGh hin
might have led TO revolution But now no one doubts
that any future Executive however popular, who should
caiy mpe.ched fairly tried convicted and removed,
without ripple OF danger to the Republic THIS "a an
excellence 10 which no monarchy aspires IL affords 10
repubcanism new vindication. whose power VIII ii-
We are not writing a complete history OF Andrew John
SONS Administration but merely seek recall 10 our
readers MS prominent CHARACTERISTICS His policy up TO
this time had two prominent features trst that the
negro should not be elevated second, that the Rebels
should not be depressed lie had said at Nashville that
he wOud be the Moses Of the coored race he proved 10
be their Pharoah. He had promised to make treason
odous" but nc did his best TO make it triumphant. He
vetoed every bill that gave the colored man chance 10
become independent citizen; he opposed every meas
ure that prevented the authors Of the Rebellion from
taking possession Of the Southern states These were the
nam of his policy To the summer OF 1900
| Then he began new and gigantic undertaking ~,
how many aber men have made the same mihtaheJ iis
vanity led HIM TO suppose that Dy uniting lhe ehtii9
SOUTH exclusive Of the Freedmen the democracy anu
the dsafccted and conservative RepnDicans, ne coulu
form party which would reC.cct him To the Presidency
With the AID Of few politicians, who would now gladly
have their folly forgotten he arranged the Philadelphia
Convention OF August, 1860 which fuy lndoscd ms Pol
lOus the performance OF Pyranus and lhshe 10y BOZ
and his crew In receiving the address Of the Con
| affav had Tttgd Ar
In listening to the address which your Distinguishing
and eloquent chairman has ast Gsyefea 'e ~
rysyaiI~d ny in the Coyeutiou when received dispatch
sent by OF its distinguished members conveying IN
terms the scene which has just been described OF South
Carolina and Massachusetts, arm In arm. marching into
tnt vast assenbagc and thus giving evidence the
two had come together again and that for the
future they were united as they bad been IN the phst
FOR the preservation OF tho Union When was thus in
formed that in that vast body Of men, distinguished Tor
intellect and wisdom, every eye was suun'rd WIN Tears
beholdng the scene could not finish reading the dis
patch TO one associated WIN me IN the Once Tor my own
justly conclude that we are acting under proper ns'
an oyerruing and unerrng Providence Is In the great
lite while after this Mr. Johnson started to swing
around the circle that celebrated stumpnc onr the first
of the KIND, devoted entirely to cuioGeS ~ himself ard
o@5jn the ,nter,a Of Hamlet" Al - Louis. where
his conduct recalled the shameful display hc made when
| he was sworn In as NCe1Tesldent, he SAID:
| know that nave been traduced and abused know
II has come IN advance Of me here, elsewhere, that
have attempted 10 exercise arbitrary power In resist
Ing laws that intended 10 be forced upon the Gov
crUueut icheers that had exercised that power orcs
Bully tor you!'l that had abandoned the party that
elected me, and that -lcheer-l-because !
exercised the veto power IN attempting, and did arrest
for time, bin tnat was called " treedmaus bureau
b, yes, that wasa traitor Ana nave been tradIrtl
have been sandered have been malgned' have been
called Judas I-crot and all that Now my countrymcn
here To night IL is very easy 10 indulge In cpthcs 10 s
to call man Judas and cry ont traitor hut when
found wanting. Judas lscarot-Iudas There was
| "a Judas and he was one OF the twelve apostles on!
| Moses too" LaugIter.l The twelve apostles had
Christ, and he could have had Judas unless be-
who has been my Christ that have played the Judas
wthl Wasit Thad. steycu.l Was tWcudcll PhLipsi
the men that stop ard compare themselves with tie
Savior aud everybody that dIer, with them IN opinon,
ous policy Is TO be denounced Judas w Iiurrah for
Aidrew johnson viii be remembered hereafter NJ one
OF the most remarkable Of American Presidents He was
we use the past tense adyiscdly-a dcmagogne Hc
had strong voice, powerful constitution, aud inoN
man ever talked more about the people and less rcspcccd
their viii lie asserted perpetually that ali power
vr,ie and def@ot The iav the rcUT5entatiyes Of e
people had made. He must have mad enormous anbI-
ton, and in another age and among more Ignorant pco-
| pie, would probably nave made himself a Dictator.
There Is a parallel which has been made between
his that Of Louis Napoleon both began 10y in.
ssug upon the rights OF the people, and both ended by
| refusing 10 allow the people 10 rule But the one
! became Emperor, and the other goes back to
mfopinnefep p''" Mr. johnson had we believe. one
good quality which he possessed in unusual degree
that his capacity Of attending to business He habit
ualy devoted II is said ten twelve hours 10 the busl
Of his department and 1t is to be regretted that ho
had better business than the pardon OF pirates and
countcrfetcrs and Cbcmes IOoutwit Congress and re-
the South TO power. No man had nobler chance
than he and such opportunity has never been 80 bad
iy used We but briefly skcched the principal Incl
dents Of career, which 10 would require volume TO
fully describe. and the moral is clear A. the at
noon. Treason never prospers and Andrew J0lsonB
Administration is the embodiment OF political treason,
not only his party but to the Republic All parties
reloed That MS term Is over; none regret u nut those
he paid 10 support his wicked ambition and his pol
icN LII Inn 4 a no