The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-07

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that one thing is clear-and that is, either
General Grant ought not TO have made a
hght, or else he ought not to have made a
surrender. Such a man as General Grant
never figures well in taking step backwards.
When, therefore, he lately planted himself
on ''Section O., we expected him to eight it
out on that line If it took all summer" Per
haps, however, he will yet retrieve himself.
Meanwhile the country wishes him not to
snub but to conquer the President.
sumner, Wilson, and Butler ON the
Situation.
From The ~ Y. Herald.
Senators Sumner and Wilson and General
Butler, all of Massachusetts, and all leading
radicals in Congress- have been giving pretty
freely their views and opinions on the present
crisis, and on the principal characters, issues,
and difficulties Of the political situation. These
views and opinions are very interesting, and
especially in reference to President Johnson,
the impeachment question, General Grant,
Chief Justice Chase, and the Presidential sue
cession.
Beginning with Senator Sumner: he pro-
nOunces the removal of Secretary Stanton at
this time as "a national calamity, 4" that the
action of General Grant in cOnsenting to take
his place is difficult to explain, and that, con-
SlueI6u as Ir6SlOtuJlal candidate, I'VE are
left in narrowing uncertainty in regard to his
opinions" that President Johnson sis per-
verse, pig-headed, and brutal" that "of
course he is a usurper and tyrant;" that
'the wonder is Congress did not act accord
ipgly long ago." and "put him at once into
straight jacket;' that at last, however, he will
be impeached and removed, and f'that IL
any person calling himself Republican takes
the side of the President it will be Mr., Fessen-
den, " styled by Wendell Phillips "a dyspeptic
Scotch terrier" but who, according to Sum.
ner, Is a pugnacious customer like Johnson,
''though of much finer FIBRE" and who ''has
always had a soft side for Johnson"
Such, in nutshell, are the views and
opinions of Senator Sumner on the subjects
presented. His colleague, Wilson, though
running in the same general channel, diverges
here and there from the track of Sumner. Ac..
cOrdiDg to Senator Wilson, the Congressional
scheme of reconstruction, though embarrassed
and delayed by Mr.. Johnson, must 90 through
to its consummaton. Wilson believes, though
a late believer, that "the President will be i'm
peached, that he observes impeachment -
and that such has become the prevailing iudg-
ment of the Republican party. In the opinion
of Wilson, Grant and Stanton are in the hap
piest accord; and Grant, like Stanton, has
gone into the War Department "to do what he
could and save what he could for the coun-
try" AS regards President johnson, Mr.
Wilson thinks that che goes by fits and
starts" that, 'in fact he acts like man on a
bust, who goes to sleep and wakes up and
breaks things, and then goes to sleep again.
and so on till he gets SOBER" "In my idea"
says the Senator, she is foolish man, gov
erned by gusts of passion and temper; and a
disappointed man, because he really believed
he was going to succeed" Mr. Wilson does
not know whether Mr. Chase is a Presidential
candidate or not, but thinks "no man better
htted to be President of the United States"
Only the other day, however General Grant
was the champion of Wilson against the field.
Next, in summing up the views of General
Butler, he does not like the position of General
Grant in the War Office. 1t is ''a very difficult
and dangerous r6le' that he has to play, and
time must be left to tell the CONSEQUENCES,
Stanton has the confidence OF the country
Seward has evidently determined to be re-
venged on the Republican party 'tfor its pre-
ference for Mr.. Lincoln" "Impeachment il
sure to come. The same causes which
hindered it heretofore will now tend to bring
1t on, " because President Wade's term in the
Whlte House must now of necessity be so
short that his promotion will excite no
lealousles, from the fact, even if so inclined,
he can do no mischief against any candidate
In his distribution of the spoils. 1t is on the
national finances, however, that General
Butler comes forth in the character of an en-
hghtened statesman. When we say that his
views on the great money question in the lead
ing details are those which have been venti-
lated through the Herald for many months
past, we say all that is necessary in the Gene
RAILS defense, for on this ground no enemy can
flank him and bottle him up. /
Such are the views, in brief, of three of the
most conspicuous Republican leaders of Mas
sachusetts. What do they signify What is
the leading idea, party necessity and party
purposes, in which they all concur It is the
impeachment of President Johnson. Differing
on other men and other questions Sumner, |
Wilson, and Butler are in harmony in regard |
to President Johnson. Nor do we any longer |
hear an opposing voice from any corner of the |
Republican camp against this general cry of |
impeachment Mr.. Johnson, doubtless, is |
aware of his danger, and is doing and will do |
all he can to hold his position. He cannot |
back out. He must maintain his ground. |
What then is to follow no man can tell. We |
may safely predict, however, that Southern
reconstruction will be interrupted and de- |
layed, that confusion will be worse confounded
between President and Congress and in the
Southern States, and that there will be no
peace and no reconstruction until this Admin
and the present Congress-, and this
rabid and revolutionary Republican party, are
swept out of power by a new party movement
the will of the people.
Great Democratic Victory
I'm California.
From The ~. Y. World.
What Mr.. Stevens calls APATHY" and what
common sense calls reaction and return to
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