Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-28

upon their necks; and this of Itself will
go far to reconcile the South to his Pro-
tectorate.
To 0hom is he publication Of his letter
o1CingP It is not to be supposed thatthe
President had it published. 1t musthave
been furnished TO the press by General
GRANT himself. II so, it becomes still
more significant, as an appeal to the
people against the action of the Presi.
dent.
The sentence we spoke ofabove is this /:
" This is a Republic, where the will OF
the people is the law of the land. 1 beg
that their voice shall be heard" This is
the brief, stern, sharp language OF a
Master, and not the respectful discussions
Of a Subordinate. This o q Republic,
where the will of the people, oOastitu-
donaHy expressed, through the proper
channels, Wds the law Of the land.
CESAR marched on Rome, CROMWELL
sent away the mace of the Speaker of
Parliament, saying Take away that
bauble . and NAPOLEON led his grena-
disrs into the French halls of legislation,
to carry out that same "Will Of the
People, that is the law Of the land" with
which GRANT menaces the President.
His language sounds like that which
CHARLES MARTEL, Mayor of the Palace
and Duke Of the French, might have
held to THIERRY ", the nominal King
Of France.
It seems that GRANT had demonstrated
with the President, by a letter marked
"Private" in regard to the removal Of
STANTON. He refers to it in the present
letter, and declares that " there are mill
tary reasons, pecuniary reasons, and,
above all, patriotic reasons" why the
order transferring SHERIDAN should not
be issued. He thus denounces the Presi-
| dents intended action a unpatriotic, and
concludes with the significant and extra
ordinary sentence, in respect to the for
mer letter: at bears upon the subject of
this removal, and Ihad hoped it mould
hare prevented a." The President can
not well complain of the unceremonious
style OF the letter, CALLING as the tone of
superiority and conscious power in it
must be to him. He had invited Gen.
eral GRANT to make any suggestions he
might deem necessary, respecting the
assignments to duty contained in his
order. If he had asked for these sugges-
tons before issuing the order, before he
made up bis mind, before he had deter
mined to listen to no advice, one could
see the sense of the procedure, but to in
vite comments on what was done and
not to be altered was, to least the least,
unwise, and exposed the President to the
modification of just such a censure and
appeal to the people q it produced.
Notwithstanding this censure and this
appeal Of so terrible a force and signif-
canoe, this heaviest blow that has been
struck at him since the Wal between him
and the Congress commenced, and that
succession OF mistakes began which
has left him without a party,
and exposed to such a letter as
NAPOLEON might have written to
the Emperor of Austria after Auster-
Iitz, the President insisted onthe issuance
of the order. Was this mere obstinsoy,
the obstinacy OF q weak and not a bold,
brave man, or had the President bent to
the storm, finding the power Of Congress
too strong to be resisted with success,
and bided his time, until the moment
seemed to have come when he
could strike with effect? 1t is true
that Radicalism is weakened, more
so perhaps than we know. The GER
tainty that at least six negro States will
soon present themselves for admission
into the Union the approach of a inan-
cial crisis, not long TO be postponed the
fatal necessity which forces the Congress
siOnRl TyTsnts to make negro suffrage
compulsory on the Northern States, end
to destroy the State governments OF
Kentucky and Maryland the Glamour
for taxation Of the bonds of the Govern
ment; and the movement in favour of
re equalization, with the d~etestation of New
England and the Middle States caused
in the West by g plunderlng tariff, may
have told the President that the time
has now come for him to strike.
At all events, the blow was q declara-
ton OF hostilities against Congress. We
do not pretend TO be able TO foretell the
result. 1t is already announced that the
as to General SHERIDAN is sus-
pended, because General THOMAS ply
stefan thinks It would endanger his
health to go at this season to New
Orleans. 1t may be that the President
has already reoeded. II so, he ceases to
be Of any possible Importance hereafter,
and will be too insignificant and too
o~oaveHie1t, also, to be impeaohed or
deposed.
If he does not reeede, we can only con-
what the consequences will be.
can only guess at what is contained
and hidden in the womb Of the future.
But We think the result viii be that
Congress will depose the President as
as it c%oDvenes, and, with WADE as
nominal President, place all the power of
the country in the hands of General
GRANT, Uho '7iH toiHfngg accept the p0-
sitiOn. We shall then begin to see clearly
into the future. Already his letter re-
veals much and its consequences are to
bs immense. For ANDREW JOHNSON,
the moment has at last come when he
must triumph or disappear. He can no
compromise and palter and tenn,
porize. He cannot parry the HolU that
GRAFT stTikes at him. He smites him
full in the faOs. I
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