Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-08-27
lPrsm the N. Y. Independently
THE LAST PANTAsTIC TRICK.

The political situation is interesting. Anv
Juncture OF affairs which reylyes the hone
OF the President's impeachment 10 welcome
The suspension of Mr.. Stanton and the re.
moval OF Gen. Sheridan are two contingent
cies which We have great hope will prove
snfficlant to incite an easy going and amiable
congress to the stern duty Of deposing the
Traitor of the White House.
The American people and their renreasn.
tatlyes in Congress sometimea do great
public act from tho highest motives; but not
oten-certsinly not always. All the great
measures OF Liberty which have made illus-
trious our political history Of the last few
years were prompted more by time serving
expediency than by moral duty. The ne,
bellion was conquered not so much through
the great virtue of tho North as through the
over-hendishuess of the South. The Fede-
raj cause needed 10 be goaded 10 victory by
the plottings Of Jefferson Davis; by the dis
aster OF Bull Run; by the slaughter of Fort
Pillow and by the horrors of Andersonyille'
How wonderful is that constitution of affairs
whereby the wrath of man is made to praise
Godl -'''
30 now, to the maintenance of the public
safety, the nation still needs little further
prolongation of that chief of its calamities
Andrew johnson. Sweet are the uses of
adversityl We still need Mr.. johnson in the
Presidential char for the purpose of educat-
ing the American Congress up to the high
duty of impeaching him next December.
A rev more tricks little more treason, an
added spice of Satanic malice in the Presi
dent, and the thing will be donel So we re.
utter Mrs. Browning's prayer, "Giye more
madness, Lordw
The Impeachment ought to have been &C.
complished long ago. The President has
held his office year too long already
Shall he be permitted to hold il to the end Of
his term4 From the time of the first plain
proof OF his surrender to the Rebels we have
demanded, and shall continue TO demand.
that this Aaron Burr, this Benedict Arnold
thls andrew johnson shall be put out OF the
way OF injuring q Government which he
nrst dlsgraced, then betrayed, and would
willingly destroy.
the most hopeful sign Of the times now
on everybody's lips is that, II the President
uses the DOW string upon MIR. Stanton and
General Sheridan, he shall himself be stran-
gled with it. But was not the Presidents
measure OF iniquity long ago full, pressed
aown and shaken togetherg Must the great
, renegade add new outrages to the old in
order TO earn his title 10 decapitationp What
has heretofore been, and what is now. the
one and only obstacle to peaceful and
speedy reconstruction OF the Unionf Moth
ing under Heaven but the treachery, malirn-
ity and baseness of Andrew johnson, He
has long been the chief enemy OF the Re-
public. Why, then, is he suffered to remain
its Chief Magistratep
If anybody is to be removed, let it not be
hr. Stanton; let 1t not be General Sheridan.
let II be Andrew Johnsonl
Congress ought not to have adjourned.
leaving the field clear for this brigand TO
carry on war against the Republic. Mr.
Johnson Is bold, bad man, and needs to
votes, and with arms. 1t Is onIv because
he has 30 miserable a minority Of accom-
plices that lie has not already overthrown
the Republic. We ask again for q general
utterance OF the popular voice in a spontane,
Gus demand for the President'h Impeachment
and deposition from Office