American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-03-20
A RADICAL SHEER.

tnaI, upon retiring IIOn the " NlOSt
exalted position in the gift of free
people, he has been ever minhu-
enced by love of gain; that no re-
sponsibility for wars or bloodshed
rests upon him; that his thoughts
have been those Of peace, and that
his effort has been ever to allay con
tentions among his eOuntrymcn.
The Philadelphia editor says this
in bitter tone, but Mr.. Johnson had
u proud and noble and exalted right
to congratulate himself as Ire did.
His words were spoken with lofty
consciousness of their truth. He felt
that, whether he was appreciated or
not, and whether he had made mis-
takes or not, he had rendered much
service to his country and to man
kind, and honestly endeavored to
render much more. 1t was his priv
ilegc to remember and to realize, that
Of the three departments of the Gov
eminent, his own, though acting un-
der the most appalling disadvan-
tages, had best performed its obliga-
tons. He could poise himself upon
the knowledge that, whilst Congress
had proved recreant and treacherous
to its great trust, and whilst even
the Supreme Court had faltered and
failed in a great national emergency,
he, standing up alone, had struck
bravely, however unsuccessfully, for
the people.
Mr.. johnson had good cause to
congratulate himself, in retiring from
the Chief Magistracy, that she had
ever been uninfluenced by the love
Of GAIN" and that "no responsible
ties for war or blOodshed rested upon
him. Hundreds OF charges were
made against him, yet one never was
made. Even his worst enemies,
though malignant enough to utter
any falsehood by which they could
hope to destroy him, never accused
him Of being mercenary, never charg
ed him with being influenced by pc
cuniary greed, never said Of him that
he either practiced OF counteRanced
bribery or corruption i'll any of its
forms. His was no itching palm"
He was content to be poor when he
might have been rich. Golden show
ers fell around him, yet he sought
not to stand within the droppings OF
the yellow rain. And he was the
friend of peace. He sought to give
it to all sections. He put forth his
utmost eXertiOns to harlionize sec
tiOnal divisions, to bring to the CARL
est possible close the unnatural con
dition of things left as hOrrid lcga
cy of the war, and to restore to- tn,
whole people the harmony that be
longed to them in our Arcadian age
II he had been entirely great" III
would have succeeded. He was not
aud he failed, and his failure was OH
ii the worlds calalnities.-COurier
Journal.
Strange as It might he thought
others besides Radicals have sincere,
at Mr.. JOhnson's farewell address
Democrats-Southern DemOcratstOC
for whom he has battled and endul
ed much, by defending the Constitl
ton, the bulwark of our liberties,-
Democrats have had the ingratitud
TO do it,-instance the following frol
the Jackson Clarion, of the 9th inst
USELESS LABoR.-The parting az
dress of Mr.. Andrew johnson to I'll
people of the United States, expoun'
ing and indicating his "pOlicy
Who ever pauses before the glori,
Of the rising sun, to think Of the su
that has set =
"The glories Of the rising sun
forsOoth. God save the mark
Grant is the "rising sum-" and al
"glory" can be discerned in his ri
ing, the gazer must be blest with e
gle-lise optics, and possessed of
tenfold magnifying Iorgnette!
The "setting sun"! ANDRE
JOHNSON the setting SIN No, I
sun will never set until il gees dow
in a blaze Of glory that shall leave
long track of ineffaceable brillian
behind it. Andrew Johnson has OH
lett the Presidential chair to becor
Governor ofTennessee, and in the II
distant future, to represent that Sta
again in the Senate of the Unit
States. AS sure as the sun is in t
heavens to-day, this is Andrew Jol
sons destiny. He will yet meet
foes at PlIflippi. Our contemporar,
smile, or metaphor, is malaprOpoS
But we would like to know il
Johnson had not right to s,fdr,
the people Of the United States
taking leave Of them as their Oh
Magistrate, and if there was
slightest improperly, or indelicy,
Mis- doing 30. For four years he h
been Chief Magistrate of the matt
in that position he had come
conhict with great party-the p
ty that elected him--by which
had been called tra5tor, aposta
rcnegade-had been traduced, vi
perated and slandered was it
fit, becoming and proper, shat,
vacating the Office, and taking lie;
of the whole people forever, perha
as an official, he should address Il.
few words in defense Of his couI
in vindication of his "policy," {
in showing up the faithiessness, !
fdy and degencracy of his now, III
than ever, triumphant and vindict
enemies, and the enemies Of his co
tFyi
1t was net with view alone
~dcfending his policy tifat
drew johnson wrote his farewell
dress, nor was yAat his primary
principal object it was 80 lille agal
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