Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-05-29


The Washington Chronicle, in speaking of
the speeches at the screnade to the Presi-
dent and Cabinet on Tuesday evening, the
22d inst, says:
inc Auburn philosopher, whose last
speenlations seem TO come from healthier
inspiration than that which prompted his
iranuc dispatch approving the Presidents
birth-uay rhetoric, had rather u curious re-
sponsc from the Executive and several of
lls associates in the Cabinet last night
Ihelr speeches were like the Irishman's
echo, very different in tone and sentiment
from the diplomatic key note. The demon.
stration, as described by our reporters, was
not exactly what the johnson Club expected,
when, under the auspices of the sUdre and
plant First Assistant Postmaster General,
they resolved TO force the Cabinet into a unit
upon My Policy" The Presidents speech
was short and crusty. The Secretary OF the
NaYy's was a sort of petition for continuance
IN office. The Secretary OF the Interior sends
n note that he will go into the ranks of the
coalition" like chain-shot into Il gang OF
guerlllas. The Postmaster Generals obser-
vations were, like himself conservative and
kind Governor Dennison is too keenly
alive to THE signs of the times to believe
that in this struggle the earnest men can be
Overborne save by a victorious combination
between traitors and coppcrheads, and we
trust he is too sound Republican to help
such coalition. The Attorney General sent
an opinion which will make the Kentucky
traitors think he is by no means in love with
their friend, A. j.
The two features of the night were the re-
marks of Mr.. McCulloch, Secretary of the
treasury, and the written speech of Mr..
stanton, the Secretary of War. The intelli-
gent reader will realize what we mean when
we declare that the contrast is curiously sig
nitcant. The first was the endorsement of
tyrants treachery by a supercilious official,
who, suddenly placed in control of the peo-
pie money, criticises and calumniates their
faithful servants in Congress. The second
was the calm and fearless utterance of
statesman, who, having faced the direful
perils OF war, and studied the fell anatomy
oi the rebellion-who, having read the cata-
logue OF the services, the struggles, the suf-
ierings, and the death of heroic millions, had
no time for cheap praise of accidental power,
and was evidently in no mood for official fall
slhcatlon. Men who have been disposed to
regard Mr.. McCulloch as something more
than the well-fed fly on the we'll creased
wheels of the Treasury machinery, will re.
gretiully pender his foolish and pompous ex-
hibition. There was something almost dra-
matte IN the manner and matter of Mr. Stan.
tons reply to Governor Randal's "bread
and-butter" brigade. The very opening was
sort of cut direct; for what did they care
Tor Mr. Lincoln or his assassins? They came
10 hear no unpleasant facts. They wanted
more music like that with which the man
with the golden trumpet had delighted their
cars why should Mr.. Stanton remind them
Of the lives lost and the debts imposed, Of
the necessity of preserving the fruits OF the
war, Of the pledges TO the freedmen nv the
President, and Of the Justice of the Freed
mems Bureau bill, and the absolute necessity
of the civil rights law? Is it any wonder
that the noisy throats that howled so Justify
over Mr.. McCullochs speech stood agape
and silent at these audacities of Mr. Stantong
We have never heard the Secretary of War
accused OF being a wag but it was very
grim Joke in him 10 quote the President
against himself, and TO prove the strength Of
Tue congressional programme by the ohicc-
ton TO the third section because it was not
strong enough Secretary Stanton's speech,
after so much "wnd and tongue from the
President and the Secretary of State, and
Immediately succeeding the explosion Of Mr.
McCullDch, sounds like the strong voice of
an untronbled conscience and an honest pur-
pose IN the midst of n vulgar clamOr lie
mas not assisted to swell the torrent yitupe-
ration against a fearless Congress, nor vol
unteered to swing the censer before un-
licensed power. And even those who do
not like the man or his sentiments will hon
or his candor and applaud his courage.
A fair analysis OF last nights investment
OF the johnson Club leaves the following
product
For my policy
The President;
The State Department;
The Navy;
The Treasury
For the policy Of Congress or the people
The War Department.;
The Interior;
The Law;
The Post Office Department.
portion of the old Harrisburg bridge
was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning.
The loss was about 100000, besides a total