The national Republican., 1866-07-06
The Howiing. Of Political Acrobat.

The call for n National Union Convention has
operated upon the more violent Of the Radicals as
scarlet cloak is supposed to operate upon an angry
bull.
the matter Of Inventions He is the sensation.
monger Of the hour outstripping all fbbers in his
indifference to truth, and eolipsng Munchausen 10
the extravaganza Of his conceptions. He writes
like man through whose excited brain visions of
conspiraoiss and bloody deeds and revolutions are
fitting all the time He is the titus Oates Of the
capital, ready at moment's notice to proclaim as
coming events which he knows to be i'm possible
and TO charge with wrong-doing every man who
stands in the way Of his masters. The proceeding
!: not very ereditsbe one, considering his posi-.
tion as Secretary Of the Senate. Until he was
lifted into the position Its occupant was expected
to abstain from active partisan effort. The servant
Of the Senate not Of any particular section, he was
by custom required to comport himself decently
and respectfully to all. Mr.. Forney, however,
changed all this. And now we have the disgrace.
full spectacle Of an officer Of Congress running to
and fro as the great slanderer Of all who do not
minister to his greed and ambition, and employing
the patronage at his disposal to ooncoct, print and
circulate the most Outrageous stacks upon every
public man who dares to resist his masters schemes.
As "0ccasionar' writing to the Press, Mr. For
ney charges upon the President and Mr.. Seward a
terrible conspiracy by fraud and force to the
unconditional admission Of the South to Congress.
And ,an indscriminate removal Of Office holderss'
what is called +" this stupendous conspiracy" The
man knows that there Is not shadow of truth in
the whole story. But Its invention and publication
at Philadelphia serve his purposes at Washington;
and for everything else he cares not
As editor Of the Washington Chrcniels, he full
inmates his thunder more elaboratey and arti,ti.
calIy. How truthfuly may be imagined when we
say that in Mondays Issue he preferred an indct.
msnt against President Johuson, containing these
among other counts:
"While he pardons the red-hand d rebel, he pro.
scrbes the pure hearted patriot While be calls for
the tenderest treatment Of the Southern communi-
ties that filed the rebel armies, he vetoes every
measure intended to protect the rights and promote
the interests Of tho loyal people. As he melts be.
fore what be calls the sutfsrings Of the Southern
people, he never shows the sliFhtest sympathy for
the oppressed and fiendess colored The doors
that are thrown open for the admission Of the or
ganIsrs Of the rebellion we'll in civil in mill
tary life, are closed upon the great Statesmen who
gave their days and nights to tho preservation Of
the cause Of the Republic. 30 complete Is the
Transformation that II JoJerson Davis were now In
the Presidential chair, clothed With imperial pow.
ers to complete the niissien Of the rebellion, he
could not more severely punish the men who op-
posed him or more generously reward the men who
sustained him." .I.. .
We will not pause to point out In detail the fa's
hoods which are orammsd into this brief paragraph.