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July 1, 1865
Sunbury American
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Judge Charles Mason, Col. Thomas B. Florence, and Mr. Schade interviewed President Andrew Johnson, who affirmed his lifelong Democratic beliefs, emphasizing states' rights over consolidation. The article endorses Johnson's Jeffersonian democracy, distinguishing it from rebel sympathizers like the Woods, Vallandigham, and Breckinridge.
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The President "Still A Democrat."
Judge Charles Mason, Chairman of the National Democratic Executive Committee, Col. Thomas B. Florence, publisher of the Constitution Union and Chairman of the above committee, and Mr. Schade, a prominent lawyer of Washington, had a very pleasant and satisfactory interview with President Johnson, on Friday. His Excellency gave them to understand that he was a Democrat, had always been a Democrat, and that he was too old a man to change his politics now, and that we "have more to fear from consolidation than secession; that States rights that cannot be ignored under the Constitution."
We find the above in the Reading Gazette, and trust the editor in thus endorsing the Democracy of President Johnson, is ready to discard the doctrines of such men as Ben and Fernando Wood, Vallandigham and other rebel sympathizers. No one could ever doubt the Democracy of Andrew Johnson, but it is the Democracy of Jefferson he professes, not that which led Breckenridge into the rebel army. Mr. Florence must have felt, when in the presence of Andrew Johnson, that one or the other was not a true democrat, and he and his friends are constrained to admit that President Johnson is all right.
Judge Charles Mason, Chairman of the National Democratic Executive Committee, Col. Thomas B. Florence, publisher of the Constitution Union and Chairman of the above committee, and Mr. Schade, a prominent lawyer of Washington, had a very pleasant and satisfactory interview with President Johnson, on Friday. His Excellency gave them to understand that he was a Democrat, had always been a Democrat, and that he was too old a man to change his politics now, and that we "have more to fear from consolidation than secession; that States rights that cannot be ignored under the Constitution."
We find the above in the Reading Gazette, and trust the editor in thus endorsing the Democracy of President Johnson, is ready to discard the doctrines of such men as Ben and Fernando Wood, Vallandigham and other rebel sympathizers. No one could ever doubt the Democracy of Andrew Johnson, but it is the Democracy of Jefferson he professes, not that which led Breckenridge into the rebel army. Mr. Florence must have felt, when in the presence of Andrew Johnson, that one or the other was not a true democrat, and he and his friends are constrained to admit that President Johnson is all right.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Justice
What keywords are associated?
President Johnson
Democrat
States Rights
Interview
Rebel Sympathizers
What entities or persons were involved?
Andrew Johnson
Charles Mason
Thomas B. Florence
Mr. Schade
Ben Wood
Fernando Wood
Vallandigham
Breckinridge
Jefferson
Where did it happen?
Washington
Story Details
Key Persons
Andrew Johnson
Charles Mason
Thomas B. Florence
Mr. Schade
Ben Wood
Fernando Wood
Vallandigham
Breckinridge
Jefferson
Location
Washington
Event Date
Friday
Story Details
Democratic leaders interview President Johnson, who reaffirms his Democratic loyalty and commitment to states' rights; the article praises his true Jeffersonian principles over those of rebel sympathizers.