The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-02-14
WHo coHrRoLa ouR ARMIEs.

WHO CONTROLS QUIZ ARMIEss
The Chicago Times asserts that the present
Congress dare not impsach the President, Of
the United States, because "there viii be
found, in the control of our armies, men who
win stand by the President
There is Democracy tor you. There Is rev
erence for the Constitution Charges are
made against the President Of the United
States, and it is the duty of that body, and
they have the power, and the right to i'm
peach him, by express provision Of the Con-
stitusion. But they are threatened, by An or
gan Of the Democratic party, With military
suppression, il they attempt "a exercise their
constitutional functions In that direction.
But since the people are assured that there
will be found men, in our armies, who will
stand by the President, in such an emergency,
cannot the Times enlighten its readers still
further, by telling them who those men are Z
johnson, il is true, is titular commaader-in-
ehiei, but he don't happen to control our arr
mics, directly, or the lives of the majority in
Congress would not be worth pinch of
snuff. And how, we should like to know,
will johnson get men, in the place of our
Generals, to control our armies, and stand BY
the President in resisting, by force, the con-
stitutional action of Congress, in the matter
of impeachment
No insinuations of the Times will suffice to
raise suspicion, in the minds Of the people,
that Grant, or Sherman, or Thomas, or Sher-
idan, would turn traitor to their country, and
seek TO overthrow the Constitution, and the
liberties of the people, at the bidding of An
drew johnson. If there be any Generals who
would do that, they must be found amongst
the friends of the Times and its party, not on
the Roll of Honor, where the loyal American
people have enshrined the names of those
who won imperishable renown, in defence Of
the Stars and Stripes.
1t is notorious, in Washington. that
all our military men Of note are
opposed to the Presidents policy,
of Reconstruction, and have become utterly
disguised with il, since the Supreme Court
has subordinated military commanders to the
domination and the orders Of the contempti.
BILE traitors, who serve as State Judges in ev
cry county in the South, and seek TO magnify
their own Importance and exalt traitors by
interfering and arresting the orders of the
military commanders. Everywhere in the
South just now, United States officer or
soldier, under Johnson's policy, backed up
by the Supreme Court, 10 of no more account,
and receives about as little respect a. free
negro. None are better advised Of this mat
ter than the military commanders now as
sembled in Washington, and they would be
worse than brutes if they didn't sympathise
with the "boys in blue who are now being
snubbed by traitors all over the South, in
the name of Andrew johnson and the Su-
preme Court
A special Washington correspondent writes
TO the Chicago Tribune in full confirmation
of this view Of the situation, as follows:
at is secret that nearly every Southern
commander is much dissatisfied with the Southern
situation. The military is almost powerless TO
repress or correct wrongs. The Presidents order
and the Indiana decision Of the Supreme Court
have practically put it under the control Of the
State Courts. Generals and their subordinate.
see and hear, but may not act Hardly q man of
those who occupy responsible positions il content
with things as they are, or with the prospect for
the coming year. OF course, more troops would
be of no avail, unless more power were given to
the military. The old rebel leaders are rapidly
recovering their standing and influence; aud as .
consequence. Unonists and freedmen daily find
their condition changing from bad to worse. Gen.
sickles wants power and troops in Carolina Gen.
schoheid is snubbed and tainted in Virgins ;
Gen. Sheridan reports that Texas is a little hell:
Cen. Thomas Gays there is no place in his Depart
ment where loyal man get anything like
Justice before the civil courts What can the mill
iary do In the South 70 advance true reconstruc-
tion. how the troops be made agents Of eivili-
nation. what advice shall the force Of the coun
try give to Congress and the Executive in the pres
ent emergency-these are questions on which
Headquarters asks the counsel Of the chief subor-
dnates."
Now, who can doubt that the advice of our
Generals, under such circumstances, will be
in favor of subordinating the rebels of the
South to their own authority, rather than to
place the Union officers and soldiers of the
army of the United States at the mercy OF
the traitors, who hate them.
The correspondent quoted above does not
leave the position of the Generals of the
army to be inferred from circumstances, but
he states very clearly and very definitely just
where the people may find them, in this un.
mistakable language:
!" shall only put into print what exerybod,
says In private conversation, if state that every
one Of the great officers now hero eustains Con-
ersss and the country in demanding guarantees
from the South before readmission TO Congression-
81 privileges and, so far ~ can learn, not one
OF them will be satisfied with the Constitutional
amendment proposed by the President and the
rebel Governors. Gen. Sickles speaks in very
strong terms of the necessity for thorough work
Gen. Sheridan says 1t would be madness TO restore
the leaders Ia Texas and Louisiana TO authority
Gen. Schoheld expresses himself cautiously and
moderately, to the effect that Virginia is not yet
reconstructed on loyal basis; Gen. Thomas ad-
mits grave fears that loyalty win be entirely ex
Terminated unless Congress steps in and gives i,
succor! Gen. Grant himself reticent ~ be is, no
longer conccals his feeling Of pain and apprehen-
sion In view of the situation. / must not be un-
aeraood a. intimAting that these gentlemen in
oulge In denunciation Of the President, or demsan
themselves unworthily Of their great ofioes; but
that they are not on the Presidents side in this
contest is evident"
We should like 10 know who those men
are, that will have control Of our armies, and
stand by the side of the President against the
action of Congress.