Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-09-06

Republic--for whom all Christians taught ,
their children to implore Gods special oies-
sing; commander OF our armies and naYies,
and welding an authority as great as that
of The Caesars. Yet we blushed for him and
mourned for our country, as men IN ancient
days blushed for Commodus and mournea
for Rome. -,
fountain. Sweet waters never come rom
bitter spring. If the wOof is straw, we
cannot weave the web into silk. we may
sow the field with tares, and cultivate them
according to the most constitutional methousi
| but they will never grow into wheat. Inc
plain fact, known to all men, sorrowiuily
et and mourned over even to tears, is tnis,
that a most unworthy citizen sits IN tne
chair of Washinglon--that the best interests
of tbe country have no more malignant
enemy than the President--nnd that, unless
the people save the country in spite OF ther
rulers, then indeed there is no salvauon.
| Puiini i-pitilul. and yet sadly true. we are
to-day surrendered over to an Administra-
tion which began with bar.room capering,
and which seeks to rule the country very
much MS the Pewter Mug Politicians OF
Tnmmany Hall rule New York. Congress
believed that yea meant yea, and adlourneu
under the influence OF pledges which always
govern the conduct of gentlemen. Scarcely
sixty days have passed, and every pleugee
has been broken. We leaned on Grant, ana
! Grant is neutralized, Overruled, eliminated
1 reduced to a cypher. lie can protest and
plead, but his protests are seorned, ana ms
! enireaties sigh around the Presidents eart
S like the winds that come up from the Poto
- mac. Grant is too ingenious, too frank toe
i honest, too sincere and supplemented Il
Z; deal with the Gigantic Demagogue that rulel
E; him. He pleads for Stanton-Stanton y
d driven from the Cabinet. He begs for M
8 trusted Sheridan--the finest soldier OF hi
?, time is sent out to haggle with Indian chief
Is and thieves of the Indian Bureau. III
II demands the right to execute the law Con
] gress specially conflded 10 him. lie is praC
d lically told that the President will execut
" the law himself that he had better write II
lie political essays, and that he may devote M
a. great genius to Quartermasters and Comml'
Is sanes, and mastering idle Brigadiers out
w. the service. Congress is away, Grant
~ powerless Tammany brother reigns
IN New Orleans and the President merel
! pauses TO eel his ground before lie tak'
Id another step, and, still overriding the e.
to pressed law OF Congress, call into power u
81 clements OF the Southerh Contederac
eli Where will he stop? He proclaims himse
lie on the war-path. He tells his followers th
We he has put his foot down. He means
SC; "ovenhrow military despotism and re-esta
es- lish the Constitution We do not mlsta
IA these menaces, for this man IS capable
lie anything to hold power His fate is fxe
in His political fall is as certain as any eve
governed by the laws of national policy
, n has betrayed his party, broken his pledg'
.an dshonored himself, disgraced the count
.e" Feeling this, his policy is desperation, a
lay there is nothing he may not dare.
Ter, Let us show him that he dare not; Il
led while he has neither the respect of the pi
pic nor the confidence of any party, this
is power above him, heretofore patient a
magnanmous but which will not allow
tience and magnanimity TO become cowa
ice This hour requires plain speaking, 0
- we have sought to speak plainly OF Andr
IN johnson. In the like spirit we implore
HE friends to organize, to enter into this n
political campaign with the spirit that mo-
our fathers when they drew sword agai
and England, and which sent a million OF
. or brothers into the heart of the proud {
: - naughty rebellion. Let the Republic
% party organize in every county North
pom South. Sink all minor issues in the
ider great duty of driving from power this
and hOnored Administration, That is the d
of every patriot. We have spent too m
s"", money, we have shed too much blood in
real cause of freedom, TO suffer il to be betTa
ten- through supineness and timidity. We h
,he many things TO do - President-makin
tiuances--reconstr nstruotion--tanffs- foreign
e'Fe latiOns. First we must destroy the po
ands OF this Administration, and thus save
and country. After that, Peace