The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-08-17
,oI1 Phillips and the 5ohnsOn.
N'" Staufou Rupture.

,he Anti ) avery stan""Fo o' 'h's week.
';', ,, ,, has challenged Stanton. The
''o ". secretary Of War accepts the
-eGSl", The duel monopolizes the
,.'. .;'H or the whole land. Nobody but
'p.ol;icnt doubts the result, unless,
..' 49,. seward may be equally deluded.
,..'' though The result is certain, the
Sum ..,. i naturally anxious as to the path
,o. s,I;rh The goal is to be reached. Stan
.I WITS and resigns under protest, and,
20. rn,s.crna;ion Of the country, Grant
10 '..,:> nlacc. On this precise point we
.NH No.. comment until events show their
..-o , more fully. Meanwhile the rebels
... ,.- negroes and Inionists at their
.'..-s Texas is given up to anarchy, and
-.~r,v is a den Of aSSassins.
.r.a, arxiouslv Union men, North ana
-...g warned Congress against the folly
- -..r~r;nr after tinkcring that single
,,rf,h Staancyy had invented III the
-'. -.,~rrtion act, assuring senator's that
~..or,,ouId be invented the moment 1t
seeded. The President picks this
$3.50. =, the civil Office tenure act, rendered
=. larau>c Ne has no Congress to fear
November. - =.
81. o~a raa hardly blame the President for
.-E,c~rrrc. Senator's refused 10 i'm
..r and tried instead TO cnvelop him
.,- ,a, oC limitations. He naturally tries
~. .-s break or dropped stitch in the
Knowing the whole movement was
.,-a ,aao haIt sham, he is too old a
-...n>.r,na. to see the trick. They affect
...-o~,e anxiety about violating the
r,..;rtion BY any attempt at impcach-
,. IN reality. they are schemiDg for
p-r>;3cntial candidate. Are there
LIN The Senate cunning enough to hide
....- racks from Rcyuard in the State De-
....r,rn,, When Johnson reads Senator
mans speeches he probably quotes
s.. -we words: When you hear man
...a.., the Constitution, spot him; he is
.-,..ar." When Seward reads FesScn-
.- he ~cmcmbcrs Avonmor'S portrait OF
~..-s. "Dar who s,icklcS for the letter Of
~. Constitution with the atlGctation of a
.-. ,a, and abandonS lis principles with
~. ,9.o.tcry OF a proStitutc.' Do such
...r make the White House traitor afraid
If. indeed. 4 capitol full Of them would
ua.y porgics and mandragora TO mcdi-
.r,. lin 10 swce, sleep. He fears House of
representatives full of Radicals-a Senate
use foremost men demand his impeach-
nj. What use OF laws 10 mesh and
/ ,1ch rebel What he needs is an
seer while lie remains in office, and
aa thrust on Of i aS soon as possible.
Meanwhile. see now the rebels grow
and Unjonists l!y and hide them
.a>. See how each mail brings fresh
$3.50. negroes hunted and murdered.
.raa this new courage in rebels! 1t
., because, Tor the hour, the Presi-
r.. unchecked, represents and yields
Government, because that rebels see
.. Johnson has tools enough in the Sen
10 strike ont that provision Of the
.>c> bin forbidding him to remove
district commanders, and by adjourn
,CougrcSS, take the clutch OF The Radi-
q. rom the nape of his neck.
Fur every broken heart and desolatc
III the South, for every murdered
there. we hold FcSSenlen, Wilson,
.mi>. Coukling, and their clan, rcSpon-
We vii! not be told that by such
u-,. this mans chances for the Prcsi-
r.v are strengthened, and that other
assure is sure 10 be advanced. The
rs which stalks to lis purpose over
5.v hyar:As and murdered men is devil
80 came is admissible where the
..tcrs arc life and death. Heartlcss
..a shall rot sit il the capitol playing
Il, NE lives Of negroes and Unionlsts,
escape "ehukc merely because they
.,r.etLcm>clycs politicians. Their proper
.,y.e is murdcrcrS. We know that we use
s,-.c language. Let the reader put him.
@ beside The hunted Uniouist Of Texas
Fl. him stand under the desolate roof
Vase owner has Just been shot i'll presence
Ri, wife and cl.ldren-lc him think Of
...aerors rutllcSSly murdered by hun
.r.,-and then ask himself if the strong
.t.a-m, wc can use donot halt and llnger
Is. .at.ud the truth!
. Stanton IS removed, those senators
il. II Rousseau goes TO New Orleans
AXE Shcridan's place, they sent him
,r. 10 get places for their families
cave national finance wholly in the
Is. !, Of capitalize engineer Grants
latiou, those men opposed impcach-
..,. and voted TO adjourn Congress,
.a..E johnson free course all the sum-
--.. Only that they might carry on their
Is. II is unfair TO single out one sinner.
a,au could do little harm without the
a. d: these men, his satellites and tools in
,.c senate. II Johnson dares to-day to
4.-lge Stanton, it is not because Ken
.y and Louisiana rebels fill his ante
Gambler and Seward poisonS his. ear. 1t
. not because the World and Chicago
IS buster in his behalf. He dares to-
y 10 challenge Stanton because Henry
wilson, Grants i.ckal, consents to carry
Il. challenge, and Fcssenden, in return
..a dozen Offices given 10 his kindred,
-.',as second in the fray.
uJuo,lct Us 50 disgrace the American
people ind discredit their intelligence and
v.r,ae as u tell the world that an exposed
-2' al! bu, convicted rebel of Johnson's
..-@ge can mi>lcad them and leopard their
.-,.sc. Having survived Lee and Davis,
'.aa lad, at least, ability, let lis not show
-> nation trembling before a clumsy
a-."e, with neither character nor ability.
LII. u not admit that our tellow-citizenS
a" oye.awcd by Cabinet like that at
Washington. Few Of its members ever
Id. any reputation, either FOR honor or
Ply, to lose and no one had any repu-
.~,.-A which in the eyes of an intelligent
.slte could endure keeping such COM
.aay. No, 1T Us tell the truth. The ma
".. watches Ills duel in anxious Sus-
-'e only because Wilson, Sherman,
irs>sadeu, and their fellows, stand behind
LIE Presidents; because they stab the
Secretary Of War.
WENDELL PHILLIPS.
'"ior"d Men AZ oiYire.holGers.
A4"-I Il. Ds,Qny Hilton Heaa, s. c.: