Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-07-31
ll'tom the New York Independent
TINE COMING CIVIL WAX.

There Is talk Of another civil war in this
country. A subject so momcntous is rather
disagrccablc III this warm weather. Left To
oul own contcmplali0ns, we would prefer
green fields, mountain pines, or trout fishing.
But Mr. Montgomery Blair will not allow us
To enjoy the summer season in seasOnable
way. lie summons us TO consider anew the
shedding of civil blood. " lie warned his
hcalers' says the solemn report of his re-
cent speech at Reading, Pennsylvania, "thut
they were ON the eve OF another civil war.
the battle fields of which will be in Tie
North. - This is willing intelligence. II
makes us lean back in our chair and sigh.
Another revolutiOny "Insatiate archer. will
not one suilccy" No sooner has the blare
OF the trumpeis ended than the trumpet of
the Blairs begins. We hardly know whether
War, or the Blairs is the greater calamity.
Both would be aillictiye 10 any nation
Out oi what ashes is to burst the new flame
OF. strife? "Thc speaker predicted ~ SAYS
the same melancholy report, THAT should
the Radicals carry the elections in October.
the result wOuldbe the establishment of two
Presidents and two Congresses; for the radi-
cal sectional majority would Immediately
impeach President johnson and turn Him
out; and, on the other hand, the Democratic
mcmbcrs.oi Congress would unite with the
regularly elected members from the South "
Such is the plan. Congress is to turn oui
the President, and the President is TO turn
out Congress. Then two Presidents and
TWO Congresses are each To claim to he the
Original Jacobs, and the country is To go tc
war with itself TO decide which is which.
Now there IS something in human nature
which delights in wnI. 81 never hear drum
heat, ~ says Uncle Toby, "but my heart beat.
wthit." Accordingly, to satisfy this natural
and national desire, Mr., johnson, several
months ago, had the Kindness 10 promise Il.
u war, Just for u novelty, it was TO he IL wal
ol races. But this war is already like nott
past due, and gone 10 protest. Are we to ht
cheated out of itY Is some other and inle
rior kind Of war TO hc pamed oil upon us in
exchange lor this on which our hearts had
been setg We respectfully suggest that, il
the Presidents promise is to be fulfilled, his
war Of races ought 10 he Immediately pushed
forward with vigorous summer campaign
Gin spite Of the wcather,) otherwise he will
hardly be able to conclude il in time to resi-
his troops before opening the war against
the Radicals in the fall
But, dropping the grim Joke, and looking
ut the grim facts. what is the purpori of Mr
Blair's threat2 In the first place, il is the
threat OF. President johnson. Montgomery
Blair is, for the time bemg, President OF The
! President llcis the chiefOl-stalf Of the new
| b'lhHbh purity ne Executive nrOGlAlnls
through Mr.. Blair, that If the Radicals shnl
win the fall elections, Mr.. Johnson will moi
abide by the verdict OF the ballot-box, hui
| Will rise in revolution 1--WE call upon th,
| President, say the resolutions AT Mr.. Blair.
/ meeting, I'm the name Of an outraged and
violated Constitutions to make the Congres,
what the Constitution requires il to be--tlt
| representative bouY of the. whole people. 81
These resolp ions are to give the President
an excuse l0r appealing 10 the hayonet-- -lul
| dispensing the lorlich Congress with The
sword. Two banners will then necessarily
| be litcd--ihe banner of the King and The
banner Of Parliament. But will the barl,
ing dog Of the White House bite, after ALI
| Nevertheless, since the President himself
makes the threat of treason, il is well that
| the people should give heed For months
| the remark has been common ON Andrew
'Iohnson's lips" The next rebellion will
moi be in The South, but in the North" But
has Mr. johnson considered the persona
| consequence to himself OF rebellion in The
| Northg Let him remember that the man
against whom the North shall again rise, il
| rise il shall, whether his name he Jefferson
Davis or Andrew johnson, might better
never have been bOrnl Jefferson Davis wout
not pcaceably accept the issue of un election
| but appealed 10 arms, and now dreams o
scailolds in Fortress Monroe. If Andrew
johnson shall not peaCeably abide the issue
of an election, but shall attempt a revolt, ht
shall be lodged in the next cell, and shal
dream the same dreams TWENTY-FIVE Iowa
States, wherein every cottage enshrnes The
memory of some slain soldier Of Liberty. will
not permit the playing of pranks BY the
trickstcr of Tennessee, II is alreadya II sun
cient humiliation 10 the pride of a loyal peo
pie that the most shameless public man now
ut large-the accident OF an accident-shnult
be daily directing the movements of the Con
lederatc party from Abraham Lincoln 'sOresi
dental chair. The Executive threat spoler
by Mr.. Blair, is equivalent to public proc
lamation, saying, "Unless My Policy shal
he sustained at the balot-boX, | will scourg,
the American people with fire and sword. )
II is not the fault of this journal that the
nation did moi, months ago, crown the name
OF Andrew johnson with the laurels of Bene
diet Arnold. Treachcrous, angered and dies
peratc, he stands to-day the chief enemy o
the American Republic, DO we utter thes,
words idly? Would to God we knew how
TO utter them as with n tongue of Grcl flarsl
cpithets are easily named, and, when uniusll,
applied, melt OIL like snow flakes. But The
harshesl words that can be spoken agains
| Andrew johnson are the truest, and will re
main as the verdict of history Meanwhile
iet the Northern farmer who plOughs hii
field in peace, remember the threat of An
drew johnson To redden il next Novembel
with blood.
| sap-
A GREAT MAN.-The celebrated Dani,
Lambert was as far us Fsize is concerned
one OF the greatest men the world has evei
known. Neither of his parents, his brothers
! uOr sisters Nyprp ramorl ohlo for oi1a In,