The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-13
The PerIIOus Position of COngress-A
Rescue or ShiPwreck'

The PerIIOus Position of COngress-A
Rescue or ShiPWreck'
From The Herald.
"The Campbells are coming Dinna ye hear
the slogan 2' spoke the quick-eared Jessie
Brown to the exhausted garrison of Lucknow,
invested by the swarming Sepoys, and despair
ing of rescue. So now, applying his eye to
the loophOle of a compromise with President
Johnson, and peering through the dense fog of
saturdays sayings and doings in Congress-"
the far-sighted Greeley thinks he sees some
thing like a streak of daylight. Thus relieved
of the hobgOblin of impeachment, he joyfully
rubs his hands and appeals to the two Houses
to take courage and try and do something
He has been under panic for some time, as If
he had just escaped with his carpet-bag from
the terFOrs of the first Bun Run. lie has seem
visions of coup d'6tGt and of another civil
war; with countless thousands of Rebels from.
the South and Copperheads from the North
pouring into Washington, gObbling up Con
gress and the Freedmen's BVreau, dividing the
spoils of the Treasury with candy Johnson,
and setting up jeff. Davis i'm his place under
the Union as it was in the time of DFed Scott.
But now, assured that Johnson is ready to
strike bargain more than half way, these
terrOfS Va0Sll, allCi Is IAllSSu dBdlll
The Impeachment, then, hangs fire. Tenn
porizing has, inte1vensd. The Presbyterians
have baffled the Independents of Congress, and
a weaker man than Cromwell may manage
them. The two Houses are all adrift. Every
WOuld-be leader has, his scheme of FecOnstruC-
ton, and there is no leader among them all.
Upon the tariff question and upon the money
question, as upon the SoutherUquestiOn, there
are discords, and divisions in the Republican
camp. all working to the advantage of Mr..
Johnson. Give hiIn an armistice Of month
or two or a week on two and ne may be more
successful than was Santa Anna through the
same device with General Scott. The crisis
which is now upon Congress demands bold
measures, and that which is Seldest and most
comprehensive authorized by the Constitu-
| ton, is the best.
| ground and if carried obt, would remove
| every difficulty Which STANDS in the way o.
| Congress and its Southern policy. Greeley's
fears upon this matter are all moonshne
President JohnsOn's impeachment and re
moval, in settling the Southern question
instead of bringing on another war, would b.
followed by anOther political carnival, Nortl
and South, something ike that of lS4S II
which the shedding of blood would give wa.
to the shedding of whisky, apple jack, har
cider and lager beer. In this war radicals AM
Copperheads, Yankees and SOutherners, Rebe
whites and loyal niggers, would all be enlisted
and President and Congress would not be ia
behind. Union and Rebel soldiers would clin
= their glasses and sing together, and Samh
[ would chime in with the chorus:-
h SIT must be now de kingdom's coming,
= And de year ofjubilo.'
/ This is the civil war which at this junctul
l. President Johnson's removal, as provided ft
d in the Constitution, would bring about,
!, bringing about the restoration of the sout
mon tie uItimatum of the North. That wOu
Or settle the whole trouble, and give us peace, r
e. union harmony, confidence, and cotton on
al more, Give US this settlement, before the eI