Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-09-25
NO. n.
lFrom the N. Y. Inderendent.I
THE PRESIDENTS RETuRN.

=, President johnson got back to the White
house on Saturday night, seemingly in as
good condition as when he started ON his
RAID. Mr.. Seward had given out. and was
Done 70 his home in an ambulance the
veneIaDie secretary of the Navy, who will
suck TO Mr. johnson while he has an office
within his gift, and Admiral Farragut being
the only members OF the cortere Who cop'
tlnued with him to the end All the office.
nolders In Washington, with Mr.. Stanton at
tnelr mead, and a company of marines from
the Navy Yard, welcomed the President
Dack from his stumping tour. Thela nlace
at which he halted was Baltimore. whose
municipal authorities refused to give him an
ollcial reception, and Gov Swami had TO
act IN the place OF the mayor. Mr.. johnson
Is certainly person of great bodily yipor
and capable of standing up under an aecu.
mutation OF insults and noisy demonstrations
wIlch very few men are able to endure He
mas wonderful faculty of making use of an
unVarylng set OF unmeanIng phrases, and a
consistent power of self-laudation, which
mas never been excelled, iii has ever been
equaled. He may congratulate himselfupon
oelng the t1rst chief-magistrate of the coun-
uy VINO mas been disrespectfully treated
When ne has appeared in public ofexcitinr
riots which ended in bloodshed of being
denied an official reception in the second
city OF the Union, and tAat city the most
liberal, loyal, and orderly in the Union.
1t cannot be possible that the President.
when he reviews the incidents of his stump
ing tour, will derive any satisfaction in the
result, or feel grateful to the counselors who
induced him to undertake his ill-starred
Journey. II he permits himself to reflect
seriously ior moment, he must see that he
and MS policy are alike distasteiul to a great
part OF the people of the North and West, in
spite OF the "oVations" which were offered
70 MS travelling party, and the flattering ad-
dresses which hungry Office-seekers recited
TO him.
There were two very notable things which
he kept on saying from the start to the con
cluslon OF his raid. He complained of as
saults by "a subsidized press, ;" and repeated
oaay aiter day, to wondering auditors that
lie might, with the army and navy at his
command, declare himself Dictator And of
course he might. He has done good many
eXtraVagant things, and, as the idea seems
to have taken thorough possession of his
brain, he might declare himself Dictator.
But II would not be many hours after he had
done SO before ne would find himself locked
up in the Old Capitol, OF occupying a case
mate next door to JEFF. Davis in Fortress
Monroe. What an insult he offered to Grant
and Farragut in presuming that he might
depend upon the support of the army and
navy in declaring himself Dictator Have
all the lessons of our four years war against
men who were guilty of that crime of at
tempted dictatorship been lost on him ?
Does Andrew johnson entertain the wild
idea that the twenty millions of loyal Union
lists who insisted on giving freedom to South
ern slaves would consent TO be slaves them
selves 1t is clear that office e-seeking para
sites, by their obsequious batteries, have
forced such a thought into his credulous
mind
All through his stumping-tour he availed
himself of his privilege to rave at Congress.
There is nothing in the Constitution which
forbids the President from scolding at Con-
gress, or calling particular members odious
names. The President has legal right to
do this but that is all he can do to Congress.
He has legal right, too, to veto the laws
which congress may pass but he can do no
more. But Congress can do a vast deal
more. 1t has the legal right to impeach the
President; it holds the purse of the nation;
IT IS the immediate representative of the peo-
pie and without its sanction and co-opera-
ton the President has no more power than
one OF the pages who obey the orders of the
members.
We trust that some sailor or soldier, at the
Cleveland Convention this week, will test
the temper of his comrades there by putting
the question to them, whether, in the event
OF Mr.. Johnson's declaring himself Dictator,
they are willing to 'back" him up in itp III
the Cleveland Convention lack the courage
to do it, we would suggest 1t as a good thing
Tor the Loyal Convention of Sailors to do at
Pittsburg.