, 1866-05-13
SUNDAY, MAY Is, 1866.


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most emc1ent olUee1a IN tne omiea STATES,
sosola1el! Tree from stain or repEoach,
q hlgh-mfnaeo ana honorable gentle
man, and therefore entitled to the
treatment q gentleman But Mr.
johnson Always taxes tne most clumsy
method OF doing thing. whether It be deliy-
cfinK an inaugural address, or granting par
dons to Col, Bakers detectives, or removing
Republicans from ,ofhce- II be had had the
grace to sisuify to Ar. Schneider that he
wished to bcstow the office OF Collector of H.
te1nal Revenue on q me1itorous n1my officer
It would probably have been placed at his
disposal. not only promptly bnt cheeFfnlly.
The fact thai. Mr.. johnson chose disreputa-
Bile mode of, bringing 1t about shows that he
deemed It disreputaoic thing IN ITSELF
The re~s Of the removal Of ME. Schneider
Is accompanied by statement that the Pres.
1dept Is looking ont tor some soldier to take
The Office of District Attorney, and that he Is
preparing to use the suil'otne freely In ILL.,
rois. he seems to have selected Chicago as
good place to begin-as the head centre OF
radical Republicanism In the United states'
Now IL Is all very well to giro Offices to sol
dfers. when It cdn be done Without VIOLA
ton Of the principles ior which the soldiers
toneh1, ana 'or "haeh aneS are Feaay 10 nen1
again bnt neilhes tne people, nor tae siea1
mass OF tue solole1a themselves, VIII sahetion
general nhssac1e or lnose WHO no4o Aosa-
nam Lneolns COMMISSIONS merely oeeause
1hey, or Lnell a11epus II GonRfcss olae' a.om
the freslaens on Inc ques'on o. so1"s nto
partnership VIII tra!tols' o'!i,, 'n. 'onospn sea
may. pcsAnPe' Is "cu pay ou' ~ nouo. 1iH
latest device seems to be to remove oitce-
holders whose principles, or whose friends,
are obnoxious to him, on Tue plea o. reward
Ing patriotic soldiers thus throwing upon
the Senate the odium OF refusing to JON MIN
in 50 commendaele work, IN any case
the5 shah Withhold tnelr connrmat'on' lhfs
idea 1s predicated upon the dciaslon tnat Inc
people cannot sec throug Andrew Johnson
As to the appointment OF Col. Mann We
lave reason to believe thai he holds nearly
tho same views politically as Ar. schne1der-
that he is now, as he always has been, In iavor
of making treason odious-that he is neither
lackeJ like Doolittle, nor rope dancer Like
Raymond. We trust that the event may prove
that We are not mistaken. It may strike some
people as Eingular-that Mr Schneider should
have been removed without cause In this un-
gracious rnanner, and another person appoint.
of the same political faith as himself But Il
1t be true, Is Is stated, that Col. Mann was I'D
applicant for another position, IN which va
cancy had recently occurred, and which was
filed by the appointment OF Judge scates
and that he had made no application lot the
Revenue collectorship, the whole affair may
be reconcilAble With honor so Tar as ne Is con