The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-04-23

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founded on cases Of hardship, can be followed
by 10 practical results except those Of tempo
rarity tnconveniencing employers and impover-
ishing and distressing the employed. In any
case they need ofsr no serious ground for
alarm. They are but the eddies Of the stream
which is pursuing steadily Its backward course.
The SEwERs along the wharves and piers
are choked up, and are belching forth horrible
vapors ut low tide. viii the Board of Health
look after them?
The Presidents Policy Toward the Radi-
A cal Omceholders.
We learn from our Washington correspond
ence that there are indications that there will be
dscapitation of radical oficeholders shortly;
that there is great running to and fro Of nerv-
GUS individuals, with their pockets stuffed
with documentary evidence Of loyalty to the
Union and the President; that, in fact, there
begins to be q general shaking of the dry
bones Not bit too early, we say. 1t Is high
time every department Of the government
were thoroughly weeded and cleansed Of
the contumacious and hostile radicals. Dis
affection and opposition to the actual admins
tration have become both chronic and infec-
tious. There Is as much necessity to overhaul
the departments in order to preserve the
healthfdl action and vitality Of the government
as there is for the Health Commissioners to
promptly and thoroughly cleanse this city to
save US from the cholera. The hot season
bursting upon us warns us Of DANGER in the
latter case, and the state Of the political atmos
phere warns the President in the former. Keep
ing the inveterate radical opponents of the adj
ministration In Office has been source Ofweak-
ness and embarrassment to the President every
way. 1t has given them the means and
otherwise. Instead Of carrying out the views
and policy of the Executive they have been
acting in direct opposition. They have been
the instruments Of hostile faction-the agents
Of Stevens, Sumner and the other leading
Northern rebels" against the government and
the constitution. By holding Office in the vari-
GUS departments they have been enabled to
cheat the people as to the Presidents policy,
the issues before the country and the wide DIFF
ference between their faction and the admins
tration. The people said, naturally, care not
these men the agents of the government and
the proper opponents Of its views?" and they
believed them. The consequence was that the
policy of Mr.. johnson and his conflict
with this same faction have not been under
stood. More than that. it discouraged
the real friends of the President, kept large
class Of waverers, who were disposed to be
conservative and to support him, under the in
fuence of the radical organization, and created
an impression that Mr.. johnson himself was
too weak to grapple with such powerful
enemy. Some turned back with disgust, some
became lukewarm, and Q large class who are
ready always to go with the strongest went
with the opposition. All these said, the same
a Hercules said to the WAGNER, that II the
President would get out Of his difficulty he
must begin to help himself-begin to use the
power and patronage Of the government for
this purpose, and then he would rally strong
party TO support him.
In connection with this subject we notice Il
is rumored that the notorious detective Baker
has been reinstated to Office by the War Depart
@snt. TAs %sas ssaa2e. sQxaras tAs arssk
dent, his assumption and his subservien6y TO
the bitterest enemies Of the President ought
to have ostracized him forever. So far &Q3
being reinstated he ought never to have an
other Office or his face be ever seen again in
Washington. We should not give credit to the
rumor did we not know that such an act
would be just in accordance with Secretary
Stanton's general official conduct toward Mr..
Johnson IF 1t be so the act Of the Secre-
tary of War must be regarded as insulting 10
the President.
The friends of Mr.. Johnson's administration
are disposed to make every allowance for
what to them appears like a temporizing
policy, on account Of the difficulties surround.
ing it The President, too. Z sagaciOus, Wen
experienced in political affairs, cautious, and
knows his own situation better than any one
else. He may have thought the best course 10
pursue Was that Of a steady and firm passive
resistance, without acting on the offensive In
the least. He might have been abiding the
right time to enter into the contest in earnest,
carefully avoiding prccipitancy and gathering
up his strength for the fight We do not know
why he has been SO patient with his enemies.
Now, however, 1t ought to be apparent to him
that forbearance is no longer a virtue or good
policy. He must unmask the hypocrisy Of
those who have been professed friends while
they were really enefnies--the radical ONCE
holders. He must make the issue clear before
the people, and begin at once to do so in order
that they may fully understand the matter before
the elections next fall. II will not do to suffer
himself to be hemmed in and his strength and
resources wasted by holding passive attitude.
He must fight back. The radical faction has