Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-28

administration as furnishing abundant cause
for his removal, and it is probable now that
he will be displaced even before action is
taken in General Pope's case. The &dr this
evening gives mp the ghost, and thinks How
| ard, Pope, and Sickles will be removed. 1t
| is understood that the instructions in Gen
Sickness case have been temporarily suspend
ed for a week, in order that his views upon
the subject, and such excuses as he has to
make, may be communicated to the authori-
ties. The fact remains, however, that he
has seen fit to disobey General Grants Or
ders.
well informed of the purposes of the exccu-
tive, and the above prophecies may. there
fore, be regarded having more than the
ordinary basis Of truth. General Howard
is, of course, obnoxious to President john
son, because, as Commissioner of the Freed
mems Bureau, he regards it as his particular
duty to see to it that the Freedmen have
the protection contemplated by the legisla-
ton continuing the Bureau in operation.
General Sickles insists on using the military
power vested in him by the reconstruction
act, and this is enough to excite Mr.. John
sons hostility, and will furnish the Presi-
ident with abundant reasons for his removal.
The public will be at loss, however, to
understand what can have alienated bosom
friends like Seward and johnson. Since the
apostacy of Mr.. johnson no man has been
more ardent and apparently hearty in his
praise of that official than Mr.. Seward. He
went to Chicago with him and ably seconded
johnson in all his orations and rotations.
He has called A. j. the patriot who has saved
the country from the curse of radical recon-
struction. He has eulogized him as the bull
wark of the constitution and the defence of
parently colored by the hues Of maudlin
rhetoric, but it has never been stinted or
cold. What can have happened to make a
quarrel between these chief friends, these
loving traitors to the principles of the Re-
publican party?
1t is possible that Mr.. Seward may be
content to rest his laurels. His
great achievement in the purchase of the
Russian Possessions, and he may consider
that work enough and glory enough for one
Secretary of State. Perhaps he contem-
plates going into the ice business, in connec-
ton with furnishing the White House with
mint Juleps and brandy smashes during the
rest of Mr.. Johnson's official term, making
his base of operations in Alaska and he
may deem such an employment Incompatible
with the dignity of the chief of the State
Department. 1t may be that he has a fancy
I 1
and Raymond in the newspaper business,
in opposition to Mr.. Greeley and the Tribune.
Or perhaps he longs for the retirement and
| philosophic repose of Auburn, and purposes
to devote the remainder of his days to edit
ing his diplomatic correspondence, and re-
vising his war prophecies. We can imagine
all these reasons influencing Mr.. Seward to
retire from the cares and exactions of Office
but why should Mr. johnson wish to be rid
of him?
If the rumors be true, Mr.. johnson is
certainly the most ungrateful of men. Moth
ing has 80 lowered Mr.. Seward in public es-
timation as his fulsome praise of his chief
Mr.. Seward and Mr. johnson are utterly IN
like in every respect-except that they both
are more than suspected of being too fond of
the bottle-and it has seemed impossible to
believe that Mr.. Seward could be honest in
his praise of Mr.. johnson as a statesman
The mildest excuse that could be offered for
the adulatiOn which the Secretary INDUCED
in, was that he was slavcring Mr.. johnson
preparatory to swallowing him. 1t is prob
able that Mr.. Johnson objects TO being swal-
lowed by his Secretary, but, having quietly
submitted to the preliminary process, he
ought not to object to the conclusion. 1t is
not fair to .. go back - on Mr.. Seward in
this way.